Angels Against the Sun: A WWII Saga of Grunts, Grit, and Brotherhood
By: James M. Fenelon
4.29
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Band of Brothers , historian and former paratrooper James M. Fenelon offers a g…
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1. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
By: Donald L. Miller
4.18
Format: 671 pages, Hardcover
Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who bro… read more
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- world war ii
- history
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"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
"In an equally fought battle of attrition both sides sometimes believe they are losing. With Overlord planned for the spring of 1944, Allied leaders became increasingly worried that their air forces w…"-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
2. The Templar Legacy (Cotton Malone, #1)
By: Steve Berry
3.84
Format: 511 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power over kings and … read more
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"1. "...All the complicated things in life can be settled over a cup of coffee. A person will tell more of their private life after one good cup of coffee, than after a magnum of Champagne or a quarte…"-Steve Berry, The Templar Legacy (Cotton Malone, #1)
3. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
As good a rifle company as any, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, US Army, kept getting tough … read more
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"We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace..."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"We can't make you do anything, but we can make you wish you had. - Army saying"-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"Chickenshit is so called - instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit - because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
4. Merrill's Marauders: The Untold Story of Unit Galahad and the Toughest Special Forces Mission of World War II
By: Gavin Mortimer
3.00
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
In August of 1943, a call went out for American soldiers willing to embark on a "hazardous and dang… read more
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- world war ii
- history
- military fiction
- nonfiction
5. The War Below: The Story of Three Submarines That Battled Japan
By: None
3.03
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of the submarine force that helped win World War II by ravaging Japan's merchant… read more
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6. Last Stand at Khe Sanh: The U.S. Marines' Finest Hour in Vietnam
By: Gregg Jones
4.25
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In a remote mountain stronghold in 1968, six thousand US Marines awoke one January morning to find … read more
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7. The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII
By: Bob Drury
4.34
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's h… read more
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- history
- military fiction
- nonfiction
8. Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
By: Tom Holland
4.26
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination. … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"To hail a religion for its compatibility with a secular society was decidedly not a neutral gesture. Secularism was no less bred of the sweep of Christian history than were Orban's barbed-wire fences…"-Tom Holland, Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
9. The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943
By: James Holland
4.33
Format: 568 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland’s new book both recasts the controversial Italian Campaign a… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
10. Nuclear War: A Scenario
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more
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- history
- military fiction
- nonfiction
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
11. The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams
By: Adam Lazarus
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of the unique fifty-year friendship between two American John Glenn, the unassail… read more
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- history
- military fiction
- nonfiction
12. Damn Lucky: One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History
By: Kevin Maurer
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Kevin Maurer―the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning coauthor of No Easy Day ―comes t… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
13. Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
By: Ronen Bergman
4.40
Format: 784 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF’s targeted killing programs, from… read more
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- history
- military fiction
- nonfiction
"The divide between the combat-sated generals, who once had "a knife between their teeth" but later grasped the limits of force, and the majority of the people of Israel, is the sad reality in which M…"-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
"Finally, a recruit would undergo one last test. The agency would send him home, to his own neighborhood and his own social circle, in disguise and with his alias. If he could circulate there, among t…"-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
"Indeed, in many respects the story of Israel’s intelligence community as recounted in this book has been one of a long string of impressive tactical successes, but also disastrous strategic failures.…"-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
14. The Old Lion
By: Jeff Shaara
4.24
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara, The Old Lion a brilliant novel tracing the life… read more
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15. To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945
By: John C. McManus
4.59
Format: 436 pages, Hardcover
From the liberation of the Philippines to the Japanese surrender, the final volume of John C. McMan… read more
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- history
- military fiction
- nonfiction
16. Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944
By: John C. McManus
4.47
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
In Fire and Fortitude--winner of the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History--John C. McManus pre… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
17. Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
By: Daniel James Brown
4.49
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga… read more
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- nonfiction
18. Sand & Steel: The D-Day Invasions and the Liberation of France
By: Peter Caddick-Adams
4.63
Format: 1025 pages, Hardcover
Peter Caddick-Adams's account of the Allied invasion of France in June 1944 matches the monumental … read more
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19. Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II
By: Alex Kershaw
4.38
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of… read more
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20. A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II
By: Harry H. Crosby
4.58
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
"Written from the unusual perspective of a navigator, this is a compelling account of the air war a… read more
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21. Luck of the Draw
By: Frank Murphy
4.22
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “In the pursuit of authenticity, of accurate history and und… read more
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22. Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe
By: Rachel Chrastil
3.84
Format: 485 pages, Hardcover
'Compassionate and thought-provoking history' Daily Telegraph'Superb on the human consequences of w… read more
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23. The Sniper: The Untold Story of the Marine Corps' Greatest Marksman of All Time
By: Jim Lindsay
4.23
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Jim Lindsay's The Sniper reveals, for the first time ever, the full story of the deadliest sniper i… read more
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24. Devil Dogs: King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines: From Guadalcanal to the Shores of Japan
By: Saul David
4.58
Format: 628 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning historian Saul David reveals the searing experience of the Devil Dogs of World War II… read more
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25. And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: Operation Jericho and the Raid That Saved D-Day (Daring Military Operations of World War Two)
By: Jack Fishman
4.37
Format: 544 pages, Kindle Edition
The incredible account of the World War Two Allied operation to bomb Amiens Prison and free impriso… read more
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26. Into Enemy Waters: A World War II Story of the Demolition Divers Who Became the Navy SEALS
By: Andrew Dubbins
4.66
Format: 457 pages, Kindle Edition
With echoes of Unbroken; the derring-do and bravado of The Right Stuff; and the battle-forged comra… read more
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27. Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin: The Glider Pilots of World War II
By: Scott McGaugh
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The first major history of the American glider pilots, the forgotten heroes of World War II, by New… read more
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28. Dark Waters, Starry Skies: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, March–October 1943
By: Jeffrey R. Cox
4.32
Format: 911 pages, Kindle Edition
Esteemed Pacific War historian Jeffrey Cox has produced a fast-paced and absorbing read of the cruc… read more
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29. Angels Against the Sun: A WWII Saga of Grunts, Grit, and Brotherhood
By: James M. Fenelon
4.29
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Band of Brothers , historian and former paratrooper James M. Fenelon offers a g… read more
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30. Clean Sweep: VIII Fighter Command against the Luftwaffe, 1942–45
By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
4.30
Format: 614 pages, Kindle Edition
A vivid narrative history, packed with first-hand accounts, of the US Eighth Air Force's VIII Fight… read more
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31. Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway
By: N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss
4.45
Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition
Hailed as "the single most effective pilot at Midway" (World War II magazine), Dusty Kleiss struck … read more
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