Military / War
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The Sledge Patrol: A WWII Epic Of Escape, Survival, And Victory
$19.95 Add to cartIn 1943, a group of brave Danish and Norwegian hunters carried out one of the most dramatic operations of World War II. Using dogsleds to patrol a stark 500-mile stretch of the Greenland coast, their … [more below]
- Author: Howarth, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1493032933
- Language: English
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A Field Guide to Antietam: Experiencing the Battlefield Through Its History, Places, and People
$25.00 Add to cartThe Battle of Antietam took place on September 17, 1862, and still stands as the bloodiest single day in American military history. Additionally, in its aftermath, President Abraham Lincoln issued his… [more below]
- Author: Reardon, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 17 2016
- ISBN10: 1469630206
- Language: English
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The Train to Crystal City: Fdr’s Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America’s Only Family Internment Camp During World War II
$22.00 Add to cartThe New York Times bestselling dramatic and never-before-told story of a secret FDR-approved American internment camp in Texas during World War II: “A must-read….The Train to Crystal City is compell… [more below]
- Author: Russell, Jan Jarboe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 05 2016
- ISBN10: 1451693672
- Language: English
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Satan’s Henchman: What Ever Became of SS General Hans Kammler?: What Ever Became of SS General Hans Kammler?
$10.95 Add to cartOn April 3-4, 1945, the city of Nordhausen, Germany, was attacked by Allied bombers. “Why us?” declared the city’s mayor as he surveyed his destroyed city and upwards of eight thousand dead civilians.
- Author: Huddleston, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 9798218119317
- Language: English
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The West Virginia Coal Wars: A Captivating Guide to the Mine Wars and the Battle of Blair Mountain, the Largest Labor Uprising in the History of th
$23.99 Add to cartDid you know the coal fields of West Virginia were the scene of violence and strife between coal miners and coal company management in the early 20th century?
The West Virginia Coal Wars are often over
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: October 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1637169280
- Language: English
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Ancient and Medieval Siege Weapons: A Fully Illustrated Guide To Siege Weapons And Tactics
$19.95 Add to cartIn this richly illustrated guide, author Konstantin Nossov masterfully analyzes and recreates the weaponry, tactics, and stratagems of the ancient world. He offers first a comprehensive history of sie… [more below]
- Author: Nossov, Konstantin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: September 04 2012
- ISBN10: 0762782641
- Language: English
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Last Battle: The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin
$21.00 Add to cartThe classic account of the final offensive against Hitler’s Third Reich.The Battle for Berlin was the culminating struggle of World War II in the European theater, the last offensive against Hitler’s … [more below]
- Author: Ryan, Cornelius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: May 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0684803291
- Language: English
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Mosby’s Rangers
$23.99 Add to cartA Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
- Author: Wert, Jeffry D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 15 1991
- ISBN10: 0671747452
- Language: English
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The Mantle of Command: FDR at War, 1941-1942
$17.99 Add to cartA dramatic, eye-opening account of how FDR took personal charge of the military direction of World War II.
Based on years of archival research and interviews with the last surviving Roosevelt aides and… [more below]
- Series: FDR at War
- Author: Hamilton, Nigel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: May 19 2015
- ISBN10: 0544227840
- Language: English
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The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800
$52.42 Add to cartWell before the Industrial Revolution, Europe developed the superior military potential and expertise that enabled her to dominate the world for the next two centuries. In this attractively illustrate… [more below]
- Author: Parker, Geoffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 18 1996
- ISBN10: 0521479584
- Language: English
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The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War
$22.99 Add to cartNamed one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by The Economist
World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions died; empires collapsed; new ideologies and politica- Author: Hart, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: May 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0190227354
- Language: English
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Reconstruction: A Concise History
$20.99 Add to cartThe era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history. It succeeded in reuniting the nation politically after the Civil War but in little else. Conflict shifted from the b… [more below]
- Author: Guelzo, Allen C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0190865695
- Language: English
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Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson’s Battle of Trafalgar
$17.99 Add to cart“Strikingly original. . . . Nicolson brings to life superbly the horror, devastation, and gore of Trafalgar.” —The Economist
Adam Nicolson takes the great naval battle of Trafalgar, fought between the
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Nicolson, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0060753625
- Language: English
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Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia
$32.95 Add to cartFlying Camelot brings us back to the post-Vietnam era, when the US Air Force launched two new, state-of-the art fighter aircraft: the F-15 Eagle and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. It was an era when debate
- Series: Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History
- Author: Hankins, Michael W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: December 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1501760653
- Language: English
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Life and Death at Cape Disappointment: Becoming a Surfman on the Columbia River Bar
$29.95 Add to cartThe ocean is one of the few untamed places on earth–unpredictable and unsympathetic to the lives lost there. For this reason, people remain fascinated by its tides, currents, and mysteries. Life and
- Author: D’Amelio, Christopher J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 01 2021
- ISBN10: 149305872X
- Language: English
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Clash of Fleets: Naval Battles of the Great War 1914-18
$28.95 Add to cartClash of Fleets is an operational history that records every naval engagement fought between major surface warships during World War I. Much more than a catalog of combat facts, Clash of Fleets explor
- Author: O’Hara, Vincent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 15, 2020
- ISBN10: 1682476251
- Language: English
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Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartNuclear weapons have not been used in anger since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Yet even after the Cold War, the Bomb is still the greatest threat fa… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Siracusa, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198860536
- Language: English
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The American Revolution: A Captivating Guide to the American Revolutionary War and the United States of America’s Struggle for Independence fro
$29.99 Add to cartExplore the Captivating History of the American Revolution
In an era where political discourse is becoming increasingly polarized, it is worth reflecting on the circumstances of America’s foundation.
Th
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 114
- Publish Date: January 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1647482526
- Language: English
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The Spartans
$15.99 Add to cartThe image of Sparta, and the Spartans, is one dyed indelibly into the public consciousness: musclebound soldiers with long hair and red cloaks, bearing shiny bronze shields emblazoned with the Greek l… [more below]
- Author: Bayliss, Andrew J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 03 2020
- ISBN10: 0198853084
- Language: English
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Remembering United States Naval Academy
$19.99 Add to cartWith a proud tradition reaching back to its founding in 1845, the United States Naval Academy today pursues its role as the nation’s premier institution dedicated to teaching and molding the naval lea
- Series: Remembering
- Author: Cheevers, James W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 134
- Publish Date: August 28 2010
- ISBN10: 1683368975
- Language: English
