World War II
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Japanese Destroyer Captain: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway – The Great Naval Battles as Seen Through Japanese Eyes
$26.95 Add to cartA highly regarded war memoir long treasured by historians for its insights into the Japanese side of the war in the Pacific.
- Author: Hara, Capt Tameichi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 15 2011
- ISBN10: 1591143845
- Language: English
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Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel
$24.99 Add to cart“A fascinating collection” of wartime cartoons from the beloved children’s author and illustrator (The New York Times Book Review).
For decades, readers throughout the world have enjoyed the marvelou- Author: Minear, Richard H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 01 2001
- ISBN10: 1565847040
- Language: English
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Beyond Band of Brothers
$14.95 Add to cartWinters’ memoir, based on his wartime diary, includes the untold stories of his comrades–the Band of Brothers who suffered 150 percent casualties while liberating Europe.
- Series: Thorndike Paperback Bestsellers
- Author: Mjr Dick Winters W/Col Cole C. Kingseed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 540
- Publish Date: May 06 2008
- ISBN10: 1594132364
- Language: English
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Is Paris Burning
$0.00 Read moreFrom the bestselling author of The City of Joy comes the dramatic story of the Allied liberation of Paris. Is Paris Burning? reconstructs the network of fateful events–the drama, the fervor, and the
- Author: Lapierre, Dominique
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 404
- Publish Date: August 20, 2008
- ISBN10: 0446392251
- Language: English
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Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields
$19.99 Add to cartNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST. A revelatory history of the role of German women in the Holocaust, not only as plunderers and direct witnesses, but as actual killers on the Eastern Front during World Wa… [more below]
- Author: Lower, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 0544334493
- Language: English
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Stalingrad
$32.99 Add to cartThe long awaited one-volume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of Nazi and Soviet forces at Stalingrad; an abridged edition of the five volume Stalingrad Trilogy
Praise fo- Series: Modern War Studies
- Author: Glantz, David M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: July 13 2019
- ISBN10: 0700628797
- Language: English
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Spy Who Loved
$33.99 Add to cartThe Spy Who Loved presents the untold story of Britain’s first female Special Agent of World War II.
In June 1952, a woman was murdered by an obsessed colleague in a hotel in the South Kensington distr- Author: Mulley, Clare
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 27 2014
- ISBN10: 1250049768
- Language: English
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Army of Shadows
$22.00 Add to cartOriginally published in Algiers in 1943, Joseph Kessel’s Army of Shadows is one of the first books to have been written about the French Resistance. Now available in paperback, Contra Mundum Press is
- Author: Kessel, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: June 07 2017
- ISBN10: 194062522X
- Language: English
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Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943
$22.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY
An engrossing, epic history of the US Army in the Pacific War, from the acclaimed author of The Dead and Those About to Die “This eloquent and p- Author: McManus, John C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 0451475054
- Language: English
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The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age
$18.95 Add to cartIt began with plutonium, the first element ever manufactured in quantity by humans. Fearing that the Germans would be the first to weaponize the atom, the United States marshaled brilliant minds and s
- Author: Olson, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0393868354
- Language: English
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Devil Dogs: King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines: From Guadalcanal to the Shores of Japan
$21.95 Add to cartAward-winning historian Saul David reveals the searing experience of the Devil Dogs of World War II and does for the U.S. Marines what Band of Brothers did for the 101st Airborne.
The “Devil Dogs” of- Author: David, Saul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: December 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1639365761
- Language: English
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Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II
$18.00 Read moreTwenty-five years after her passing, Audrey Hepburn remains the most beloved of all Hollywood stars, known as much for her role as UNICEF ambassador as for films like Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Ti
- Author: Matzen, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 404
- Publish Date: May 12, 2020
- ISBN10: 1732273588
- Language: English
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The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of Hunting Eichmann and The Perfect Mile, a World War II spy adventure set in Norway that draws on top-secret documents and memoirs of the sabot… [more below]
- Author: Bascomb, Neal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 16 2017
- ISBN10: 0544947290
- Language: English
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Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
$30.00 Add to cart“Tells the tales left untold by Stephen Ambrose, whose Band of Brothers was the inspiration for the HBO miniseries…laced with Winters’s soldierly exaltations of pride in his comrades’ bravery.”–Pub… [more below]
- Author: Winters, Dick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 07 2006
- ISBN10: 0425208133
- Language: English
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Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Desperadoes Who Plotted Hitler’s Downfall, Giving Birth to Modern-Day Black Ops
$17.99 Add to cartIn the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard. So Britain’s wartime leader called for the lightning development of a … [more below]
- Author: Lewis, Damien
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1529432332
- Language: English
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Sisters in Resistance: How a German Spy, a Banker’s Wife, and Mussolini’s Daughter Outwitted the Nazis
$18.99 Add to cartIn a tale as twisted as any spy thriller, discover how three women delivered critical evidence of Axis war crimes to Allied forces during World War II: “A tantalizingly novelistic history lesson” (Kir… [more below]
- Author: Mazzeo, Tilar J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1538751275
- Language: English
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Vanishing Point: The Search for a B-24 Bomber Crew Lost on the World War II Home Front
$29.95 Add to cartIn Vanishing Point, award winning journalist and author Tom Wilber pieces together the largely forgotten story of the bomber, Getaway Gertie, and an eclectic group of enthusiasts who have spent years
- Author: Wilber, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1501769642
- Language: English
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The Shetland Bus: A WWII Epic Of Courage, Endurance, and Survival
$19.95 Add to cartFrom the author of We Die Alone, The Shetland Bus recounts the hundreds of crossings of small boats from the Shetland Islands to German-occupied Norway to supply arms to the Resistors and to rescue re… [more below]
- Author: Howarth, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: February 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1493032941
- Language: English
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81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska’s Frozen Wilderness
$18.99 Add to cart“A riveting…saga of survival against formidable odds” (Washington Post) about one man who survived a World War II plane crash in Alaska’s harsh Yukon territory
Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five … [more below]- Author: Murphy, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0306824523
- Language: English
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In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors (Revised and Updated)
$19.99 Add to cart“Always a classic and now even better–a masterful account of one of history’s most poignant and tragic secrets.”–Lee Child
Now available in an updated trade paperback edition, In Harm’s Way is the b- Author: Stanton, Doug
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1250853494
- Language: English
