True war and combat stories

How do you quadruple the size of an 85-year-old company in one decade without changing its cultural DNA?

This riveting biography details how Stanley "e;Swede"e; Vejtasa became a World War II naval hero.

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

Capturing the chaotic nature of the U.

Preparing for Victory explains how and why Commandant Thomas Holcomb successfully supervised the dramatic expansion of the Marine Corps from 18,000 officers and men in 1936 to 385,000 in 1943.

"e;A brilliantly vibrant and compulsively readable one-volume life of one of the giants of the twentieth century.

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This riveting biography details how Stanley "e;Swede"e; Vejtasa became a World War II naval hero.

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From the harsh realities of basic training to post-war chaos in Iraq and knife-edge tension in Northern Ireland, Squaddie takes us to a place not advertised in army recruitment brochures.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFormer Secretary of Defense Mark T.

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The first major history of the American glider pilots, the forgotten heroes of World War II, by a New York Times bestselling author.

The first major history of the American glider pilots, the forgotten heroes of World War II, by a New York Times bestselling author.

Vor 300 Jahren wurde mit dem Frieden von Nystad, am 10.

Ein sehr persönliches, menschliches Zeugnis für Versöhnung und Toleranz.

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Nosotros morimos solos relata una de las historias de huida más emocionantes que surgieron de los desafíos y las miserias de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

The Iraq Wars only living Medal of Honor recipient reveals the untold story of the remarkable brotherhood behind one of the wars legendary acts of valor In 2004, he stormed an enemy stronghold to save his platoon.

A los diecinueve años, Azad, un joven kurdo iraní, fue reclutado por el Ejército de Irán para luchar contra su propio pueblo.

Marcel Beyer geht der Frage nach, wie sich Schriftsteller:innen heute zur medialen Verarbeitung des Krieges verhalten können.

Marcel Beyer geht der Frage nach, wie sich Schriftsteller:innen heute zur medialen Verarbeitung des Krieges verhalten können.

The debut novel from legendary SAS Survival Guide author Lofty Wiseman.

When legislation was passed in 1948 giving women permanent status in the regular and reserve Navy, it was largely due to the efforts of Joy Bright Hancock, the author of this revealing memoir.

Among the fiercest opponents of the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II was journalist James "e;Jimmie"e; Matsumoto Omura.

This well-documented and hard-hitting biography of the thirteenth commandant of the U.

Sean Maloney, the first Canadian military historian to go into battle since the Korean War, brings the intensity of near-fatal experiences in southern Afghanistan to his description of events in 2006 when the Taliban insurgency threatened to overwhelm the U.

In May 1861, Virginian Thomas Henry Carter (18311908) raised an artillery battery and joined the Confederate army.

Black smoke drifted about the scene.

Father Joe O'Callahan, S.

A memoir of extraordinary scope, William Lloyd Stearman's reminiscences will attract those interested in early aviation, World War II in the Pacific, life as a diplomat behind the Iron Curtain, the Vietnam War, and the ins and outs of national security decision-making in the White House.

This action-packed biography focuses on a 1944 graduate of the U.

This remarkable memoir tells the compelling story of the near-mythic British district officer who helped shape the first great Allied counteroffensive.

In Across Cultures and Empires author Mahir Ibrahimov invites the reader to share his incredible journey through the world-shaking geopolitical transformations of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

Written in his own hand, and finished only weeks before his death, Reminiscences by General Douglas MacArthur spans more than half a century of modern history.

A teenager on a Maryland farm when World War II began, Betty Lussier went to England to help the British fight off an impending invasion.

Letters from Abu Ghraib, a collection of email messages sent by Joshua Casteel to his friends and family during his service as a US Army interrogator and Arabic linguist in the 202nd Military Intelligence Battalion, is the raw and intimate record of a solider in moral conflict with his duties.

John Gallishaw was born in St Johns, Newfoundland in Canada in 1891.

Among the British troops bound for the Black Sea in May 1854 was a young officer in the 5th Dragoon Guards, Richard Temple Godman, who sent home throughout the entire Crimea campaign many detailed letters to his family at Park Hatch in Surrey.

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

The Battle of An Loc was one of the bloodiest battles in the Vietnam War and a defining moment in the history of the Republic of South Vietnam.

Boxing might not have survived the 1930s if not for Max Baer.

From 1945 to 1973, more than 100,000 members of the U.

From 1861 to 1865, the American Civil War saw numerous technological innovations in warfare--chief among them was the ironclad warship.

This candid memoir recounts the author's nearly four years in the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment--a.

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

As a first lieutenant in the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, U.

On September 25, 1944, Hitler attempted to shore up his faltering forces by creating the Volkssturm or People's Army.

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