Specific wars and campaigns

The captivating individual stories of 17 U.

Comic books have presented fictional and fact-based stories of the Korean War, as it was being fought and afterward.

For three years, Staff Sergeant Charles M.

In February 1968, the U.

A soldier's eye view of Vietnam's fiercest close-quarters battle upon its 50th anniversaryKhe Sanh's Hill Fights of 1967as experienced by co-author Bobby Maras and told in this hour-by-hour, day-by-day accountwere carnage on the ground, much of it hand-to-hand fighting in the dark.

In 2012, Specialist Summerfield and the 2-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment were deployed to the Kandahar province of Afghanistan.

A poignant memoir that recounts the author's hair-raising--and occasionally hilarious--experiences as a young, not especially gung-ho Marine artilleryman in Vietnam.

Much has been written about the exploits of the American Expeditionary Forces, the men and women sent overseas to fight during World War I, but much less is known about the two million who served in the Army without ever setting foot on foreign soil.

When Saigon fell to North Vietnamese forces on April 30, 1975, the communist victory sent shockwaves around the world.

THE LAST SURVIVOR is the incredible story of a man who survived three concentration camps and a major maritime disaster at the end of WW II.

Both before and during World War II, the Nazis restricted the rights of Jewish and communist doctors.

Steven Grzesik's counter-culture experience in Greenwich Village ended with a bad acid trip followed by a draft notice.

In The Hidden Places of WWII, the author takes readers to overlooked places where WWII history was made.

A brutal siege.

Military historian Victor Brooks argues that the year 1943 marked a significant shift in the World War II balance of power from the Axis to Allied forces.

2017 is the 100th anniversary of America's declaration of war against Germany.

By the time the war clouds of Europe and Asia spilled onto the shores of the United States, the allied military found itself outmanned, outgunned and out flown.

George S.

The basis of the provocative hit military documentary Fallen Angel Call Sign: Extortion 17.

Never to Return is the harrowing tale of the torpedoing and sinking of a Coast Guard ship and the loss of 171 Coast Guardsmen off the coast of Iceland during WWII.

The First Counterspyis the pulse-quickening and traumatic story of spy, counterspy, and an American family unwittingly caught in its web.

From an historian and columnist in Leatherneck and Armor magazines, this is the exciting, personal account of a Marine fighter squadron in the South Pacific during the critical days of 1943 when the tide turned against the Japanese.

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor changed the lives of almost every American, and began the process of putting 17 million of them in uniform to fight in World War II.

As Europe descended into war over the summer of 1914, cricket in England continued as it had for the preceding few decades.

The Ottoman Empire was unprepared for the massive conflict of World War I.

The stakes for George Gordon Meade could not have been higher.

Wanting War is the first comprehensive analysis of the often contradictory reasons why President George W.

It has been more than a century since the American conquest and subsequent annexation of the Philippines.

An inspiring first-hand account by military aviation pioneer Richard Kirkland recounts how he and a handful of daring helicopter pilots revolutionized battlefield medical evacuation and blazed the trail for modern air-evac flying.

Haunted Victory: The American Crusade to Destroy Saddam and Impose Democracy on Iraq explores the dynamic trajectory of beliefs, actions, and their consequences in what will forever be debated as among the most controversial and costly operations in U.

For many in the West, North Korea is a secretive, reclusive, and enigmatic country, a rogue state that threatens the world with its nuclear program and ballistic missiles.

The legendary "e;Fighting 69th"e; took part in five major engagements during World War I.

The Isles of Scilly, five inhabited islands 24 miles west of Land's End, were of low priority to the War Department when the First World War was declared.

Louis Trezevant Wigfall was a violent, mercurial man.

So who really started the war?

The Maps of Spotsylvania through Cold Harbor continues Bradley M.

This is a huge history book for fifth graders because of the topics discussed here.

Helicopter pilots in Vietnam kidded one another about being nothing but glorified bus drivers.

The military adventure that George W.

The spirit of Christmas was strong between the soldiers fighting in 1914.

During histhirty-eight-year career as a military officer, Henry Clay Merriam received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Civil War, rose to prominence in the Western army, and exerted significant influence on the American West by establishing military posts, protecting rail lines, and maintaining an uneasy peace between settlers and Indians.

Understanding the role of combat in the Iraq war is essential for both the American people and the U.

In 1941 photographer Croswell Bowen joined American Field Service volunteer ambulance drivers and served alongside the British Eighth Army during World War II.

This seminal work on modern terrorism is the one book to read in order to truly understand the reasons why radical Muslims such as Osama bin Laden and his followers have declared war on America and the West.

In New York City in 1939, neither eighteen-year-old Jack "e;Jake"e; Jacobson nor his comrade Murray "e;Duke"e; Davison had any intention of joining the military.

Inspired by the old African proverb: "e;When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground,"e; high-school student Morgan Reilly sought to preserve as many Maine libraries as he could by interviewing men and women from Maine who served in World War II and preserving their stories.

Very Special Ships is the first full-length book about the Abdiel-class fast minelayers, which were considered the fastest and most versatile to serve in the Royal Navy during World War II.

From Axis Victories to the Turn of the Tide is a history of the critical campaigns of WorldWar II that highlights the "e;visible"e; turning point battles of the war in 1942 and 1943.

The history of the Ottoman Empire spanned more than seven centuries.

As of early 2010, more than two million U.