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With Countdown Battle of the Bulge, veteran journalist Chris Wallace and co-author Mitch Weiss bring their signature day-by-day chronological formula (Countdown 1945, Countdown bin Laden, and Countdown 1960) to the largest and deadliest campaign fought by the U.S. Read more
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The author presents a study in contrasts: Imperial Japan’s internal struggle between military fanatics and those seeking peace amidst the continuous destruction of their homeland, balanced against America’s intense debate over using nuclear weapons to shock Japan into surrender and prevent a prolonged, bloody invasion. Read more
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Handsome, daring, and intrinsically heroic, Marine Corps Col. Peter J. Ortiz seems more like a figure created in Hollywood than a real-life operative. Read more
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This first volume of a trilogy on WWII by a professor of the History of War and Society at King’s College London re-examines the origins and opening phase of global conflict from 1931 to 1941. Read more
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Livingstone’s well-researched account of the post-WWII Nuremberg International Military Tribunal (November 1945–October 1946) succeeds in restoring what has largely been left out of historical narratives of the twentieth century’s most famous trial—the contributions of women. Read more
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Few figures in the annals of modern irregular warfare possess a biography as cinematic, daring, and intrinsically heroic as U.S. Read more
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This sweeping biography restores Gouverneur Morris to his rightful place in the top tier of America’s Founding Fathers. Read more
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New York Times bestselling author and former Washington Post Moscow bureau chief Michael Dobbs reconstructs the harrowing inside story of Able Archer 83—a NATO military exercise in Germany that simulated nuclear war so realistically Soviet leaders feared a real preemptive strike and began counter-escalating. Read more
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This investigative account explores the terrifying malady that has afflicted up to 1,500 American officials worldwide. Beginning in Cuba in 2016 and expanding across the globe from Moscow and Shanghai to Vienna, these directed-energy attacks caused severe brain injuries reminiscent of Cold War–era Soviet microwave harassment against the U.S. Read more
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New York Times bestselling author Makos delivers a gripping account of the low-level B-24 bombing raid against Hitler’s oil refineries in Ploesti, Romania. Read more
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Feldstein, a Carnegie Endowment senior fellow, offers a well-researched guide to 21st-century geopolitics and the evolving nature of combat. Read more
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This sweeping narrative chronicles the meteoric rise of U.S. military aviation through the career of General Henry “Hap” Arnold—who learned to fly with the Wright brothers in 1911 before guiding the Army Air Forces to global supremacy. Read more
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The arid expanse of Libyan desert echoed with the roar of nearly 180 B-24 Liberator heavy bombers taking off for Ploesti, Romania, on the morning of August 1, 1943. Read more
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This third, and final, volume detailing World War II from the point of view of the man whose name became synonymous with victory, portrays Lt. Read more
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After six years of the world-wide military, political, social—and at times, literal—conflagration known as World War II, the announcement of its end on Sept. Read more
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The life and exploits of the U.S. Marine Colonel Peter J. Ortiz read like a role that might be played by the Hollywood actor he eventually became. Read more
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As the Allies approached Brussels, Belgium, in early September 1944, the occupying Nazi SS decided, as a parting act of vengeance, to load up more than 1,400 members of the Resistance, Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents, and Allied airmen onto a train bound for the Neuengamme concentration camp. Read more
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After the Führer’s death by suicide on April 30, 1945, the clock was ticking for the U.S. Army’s Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) to round up the Nazi henchmen before they vanished, or worse, attempted to continue following Hitler’s twisted vision and retaliate with hidden weapons—something the fanatical Hitler Youth leader Arthur Axmann was actively planning when he was arrested in December 1945. Read more
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Berryman was inspired to collect these stories of resistance after researching the life of his grandfather Sam Mindel. Read more
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Few aviation organizations have shaped the modern world as profoundly as Lockheed’s Skunk Works, formally known as Advanced Development Programs. Read more
