True war and combat stories

A gripping history of the SAS in World War II, supported by a collection of rare images from the SAS Regimental Association.

From the bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat, now a major filmSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD'Engrossing as any thriller' Daily Telegraph'Superb.

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Saying that no generation of Americans has produced a finer array of combat commanders than that of World War II, a thirty-year army veteran examines combat leadership throughout the war at every level of command in the U.

From February 2005 to March 2006, Navy trauma surgeon Zsolt Stockinger served on a forward operating base in Iraq's Sunni Triangle, where he treated more than a thousand casualties and performed hundreds of surgeries.

From World War II to high above the Earth to Vietnam, this memoir tells the story of fighter pilot Howard C.

A rare treat for World War II history buffs and fans of the strange, absurd, and unexplained Acclaimed military historian William Breuer takes readers on a trip through the looking glass to acquaint them with the weirder side of World War II.

Iraq in 2009 was a strange netherworld, not quite war but not yet peace.

David McCampbell was the leader of the most successful naval air group in combat in World War II.

An aggressive and colorful personality, William Barksdale was no stranger to controversy.

In 1999, idealistic 23-year-old Registered Nurse Sharon Bown left her comfortable family life in Tasmania and joined the Royal Australian Air Force with the aim of providing humanitarian aid to the world.

First published in 1798, this Revolutionary War memoir is one of the few ever written by a senior Continental Army commander.

Leadership is a most demanding undertaking.

Sailing Upwind is more than just another memoir of a distinguished former naval officer';s highly diverse career.

A Mohawk Memoir from the War of 1812 presents the story of John Norton, or Teyoninhokarawen, an important war chief and political figure among the Grand River Haudenosaunee (or Iroquois) in Upper Canada.

The monumental battles of World War IIs Eastern FrontMoscow, Stalingrad, Kurskare etched into the historical record.

This edition from Osprey Publishing presents the full story of the American Civil War.

The book explores the concept of complex victimhood through stories of women who were abducted by the Lord''s Resistance Army.

During a government career that spanned nearly the whole of the Cold War, George R.

A broadly interdisciplinary work, this handbook discusses the best and most enduring literature related to the major topics and themes of World War II.

Gruenwald paints his life story onto the larger canvas of some of the great conflicts and movements of the twentieth century.

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Catastrophic wartime casualties and postwar discomfort with the successes of women who had served in combat roles combined to shatter prewar ideals about what service meant for Soviet masculine identity.

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The book explores the concept of complex victimhood through stories of women who were abducted by the Lord''s Resistance Army.

*A Telegraph History Book of the Year, 2023*'An astonishing achievement' ANTONY BEEVOR A remarkably moving and humane book WILLIAM BOYDAn intimate history of the most important month of the Second World War as experienced by those who lived through it, completely based on their diaries, letters and memoirs.

This book tells the story of one of the most amazing PoW Camps of the second World War.

Sam Smith fought heroically in the American Revolution and was personally close with George Washington.

This myth-busting military biography reveals the true story of the legendary WWII German flying ace-and how his story was manipulated during the Cold War.

The seventh volume of the Papers of Nathanael Greene documents a crucial period of the American Revolution in the South.

In this Marine combat memoir, Steve Johnson recounts his service in Vietnam from April 1967 to May 1968.

Here is an outstanding personal memoir penned by a German infantry officer recalling his experiences during the initial days and weeks of the war in the West, July-September 1914.

This is a documentary work offering a first-person account of a Union soldier's daily adversity while a prisoner of war from 20 September 1863 to 4 June 1865.

Bill Yenne brings to life the untold story of Lidiya Vladimirovna, Russia's World War II flying ace, who lit up the skies over Germany and Russia while flying 66 combat missionsOf all the major air forces that were engaged in the war, only the Red Air Force had units comprised specifically of women.

In November 1969, what Time Magazine called the "e;largest battle of the year"e; took place less than two miles from the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.

Leonidas Polk was a graduate of West Point who resigned his commission to enter the Episcopal priesthood as a young man.

The remarkable story of the seven African American soldiers ultimately awarded the World War II Medal of Honor, and the 50-year campaign to deny them their recognition.

This book follows the author's experiences in the United States Navy from 1966 through 1972.

An essential introduction to Josephus's momentous war narrativeThe Jewish War is Josephus's superbly evocative account of the Jewish revolt against Rome, which was crushed in 70 CE with the siege of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple.

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Brought to life by the personal accounts of six Navy pilots and one British POW, this is the history of the U.

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This compelling memoir tracks the war experiences of a radio wireman in the 11th Infantry Regiment of the Fifth Infantry Division.

From the bestselling author of Guadalcanal Diary: The thrilling true story of the future president's astonishing act of heroism during World War II.

Drafted in October 1968, John A.

This book recounts four tours of Air Force duty in Vietnam, 1965-1968, and reports firsthand how tactics and the war effort changed each time.

From the first shot fired by his grandfather on a jungle trail in 1903 to the day his father captured plans for the Chinese invasion of South Korea, William Crawford Woodss family has fought in nearly every American war of the twentieth century.

A collection of vivid and powerful testimonies from the conflict in Ukraine, collated and illustrated by award-winning artist George Butler.

Wie ihre Landsleute nahm Julia Solska Russland zwar als permanente Bedrohung für die Ukraine wahr.