Chronological Period/1940's
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Samson: A Savior Will Rise
$15.99 Read moreWinner of 7 International Book Festival Competitions for Best Novel of the Year, including New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and San Francisco.
The year is 1941, and Samson Abrams makes a life-or-death de
- Author: Hoffman, Shawn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 05 2013
- ISBN10: 0849964687
- Language: English
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Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe
$28.95 Read moreIt’s a Wonderful Life was the first motion picture Jimmy Stewart made after returning home from World War 2, where he had participated in 20 often-brutal combat missions over Germany and France. When … [more below]
- Author: Matzen, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 24 2016
- ISBN10: 0996274057
- Language: English
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Invasion on: D-Day, the Press, and the Making of an American Narrative
$39.95 Read moreIn Invasion On Stephen M. Rusiecki describes the process of how and why Americans developed a standing narrative of the World War II operation known as D-Day based upon a common, press-enabled, themat… [more below]
- Author: Rusiecki, Stephen M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 15 2023
- ISBN10: 168247920X
- Language: English
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Operation Ro-Go 1943: Japanese Air Power Tackles the Bougainville Landings
$25.00 Read moreA compelling account of the failure of Imperial Japan’s Operation Ro-Go, intended to take the offensive in the Solomons theater of the Pacific War, but which became Japan’s first line of defense again
- Series: Air Campaign #41
- Author: Claringbould, Michael John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1472855574
- Language: English
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The Eagle’s Claw: A Novel of the Battle of Midway
$20.00 Read moreNATIONAL BESTSELLER – In a “riveting” (Booklist) tale that picks up where To Wake the Giant left off, Jeff Shaara transports us to the Battle of Midway in another masterpiece of military historical fi… [more below]
- Author: Shaara, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0525619461
- Language: English
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When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance
$21.95 Read moreWinner of the Society for Military History’s Distinguished Book Award
“Deeply researched and forcefully written . . . deftly explains the confused politics and diplomacy that bedeviled the war against- Author: Neiberg, Michael S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0674293886
- Language: English
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Left for Dead: A Young Man’s Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis
$12.99 Read moreFor fans of sea battles, adventures, and war stories like Unbroken, this is the incredible true story of a boy who helps to bring closure to the survivors of the tragic sinking of the USS Indianapolis… [more below]
- Author: Nelson, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 201
- Publish Date: November 11 2003
- ISBN10: 0385730918
- Language: English
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US Navy Gun Destroyers 1945-88: Fletcher Class to Forrest Sherman Class
$20.00 Read moreAn illustrated history of the long Cold War careers of the US Navy’s last gun destroyers, from the modernized World War II-era Fletcher-class to the Forrest Sherman-class.
The finest American destroy- Series: New Vanguard #322
- Author: Stille, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1472855124
- Language: English
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Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans
$23.95 Read moreA chilling story of human depravity and ultimate justice, told for the first time by an eyewitness court reporter for the Nuremberg war crimes trial of Nazi doctors. This is the account of 23 men tort… [more below]
- Author: Spitz, Vivien
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: April 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1591810329
- Language: English
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Our Darkest Night: A Novel of Italy and the Second World War
$18.99 Add to cartTo survive the Holocaust, a young Jewish woman must pose as a Christian farmer’s wife in this unforgettable novel from USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Robson–a story of terror, hope, love, and
- Author: Robson, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 05 2021
- ISBN10: 0062674978
- Language: English
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Personality and Power: Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe
$30.00 Read moreOne of New York Magazine‘s Most Anticipated Books of the Fall
How far can a single leader alter the course of history? From one of the leading historians of twentieth-century Europe and the author of- Author: Kershaw, Ian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1594203458
- Language: English
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Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II
$22.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
The remarkable story of James Howard “Billy” Williams, whose uncanny rapport with the world’s largest land animals transformed him from a care- Author: Croke, Vicki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 14 2015
- ISBN10: 0812981650
- Language: English
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Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “[Timothy] Snyder identifies the conditions that allowed the Holocaust–conditions our society today shares. . . . He certainly couldn’t be more right about our world.”–Th… [more below]
- Author: Snyder, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 1101903473
- Language: English
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I Escaped from Auschwitz: The Shocking True Story of the World War II Hero Who Escaped the Nazis and Helped Save Over 200,000 Jews
$19.99 Read moreThe Stunning and Emotional Autobiography of an Auschwitz Survivor
April 7, 1944–This date marks the successful escape of two Slovak prisoners from one of the most heavily-guarded and notorious conce- Author: Vrba, Rudolf
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1631584715
- Language: English
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USS Enterprise (CV-6): The Big E from the Doolittle Raid, Midway, and Santa Cruz to Guadalcanal and Leyte
$19.99 Read moreThough it barely missed being caught and destroyed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the US Navy’s USS Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier took part in every major action of the Pacific War, from th… [more below]
- Series: Legends of Warfare: Naval #18
- Author: Doyle, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 28 2020
- ISBN10: 0764360752
- Language: English
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The Leopard Is Loose
$26.00 Read moreThe fragile, 1952 postwar tranquility of a young boy’s world explodes one summer day when a leopard escapes from the Oklahoma City zoo, throwing all the local residents into dangerous excitement, in t… [more below]
- Author: Harrigan, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0525655778
- Language: English
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Angels of the Pacific: A Novel of World War II
$18.99 Add to cart“Absolutely riveting. A stay-up-all night read about two very different women who discover just how strong they can be–and just how much they’ll dare–during the brutal Japanese occupation of the Phi
- Author: Hooper, Elise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0063068907
- Language: English
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Últimos DÃas En BerlÃn
$22.95 Read moreCuando el amor y la esperanza son más poderosos que el odio y la furia.
Cuando Yuri Santacruz asistió al nombramiento como canciller de Adolf Hitler, no podÃa imaginar lo mucho que cambiarÃa su vid
- Author: Sánchez-Garnica, Paloma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 348
- Publish Date: December 21 2021
- ISBN10: 6070783123
- Language: Spanish
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The Winter Campaign in Italy 1943: Orsogna, San Pietro and Ortona
$25.00 Read moreA gripping tale of three crucial battles fought at the end of 1943 as Allied forces approached the Gustav Line in Italy.
After repulsing the German counter-attack at Salerno in September 1943, the US- Series: Campaign #395
- Author: Battistelli, Pier Paolo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1472855698
- Language: English
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Cape Matapan 1941: Cunningham’s Mediterranean Triumph
$25.00 Read moreThe first ever illustrated study of the largest and most significant clash between the Royal Navy and the Italian Regia Marina.
The Battle of Matapan witnessed the first use of decisive new technologi- Series: Campaign #397
- Author: Konstam, Angus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: December 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1472857232
- Language: English
