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World War II General
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Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945
Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945
by Max Hastings
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A meticulous, unprecedented account of the final year of WWII. History buffs beware: your time is not your own once Armageddon is in your hands.... (read more)

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    The Face of Battle

    John Keegan
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    Charlie Rangers

    John L Rotundo

World War II Europe
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
by Diane Ackerman
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'When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw\'\"and the city\'s zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen \"guests\" hid inside the... (read more)

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General History
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Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan
Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan
by Doug Stanton
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From bestselling author Doug Stanton, a harrowing, true-life tale of a band of American soldiers and their struggles and triumphs in... (read more)

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Espionage
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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
by Simon Singh
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Codes have decided the fates of empires, countries, and monarchies throughout recorded history. Mary, Queen of Scots was put to death by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, for the high crime of treason after spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham cracked the secret... (read more)

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World War II
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D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II
D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II
by Stephen E Ambrose
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Stephen E. Ambrose draws from more than 1,400 interviews with American, British, Canadian, French, and German veterans to create the preeminent chronicle of the most important day in the twentieth century. Ambrose reveals how the original plans for the... (read more)

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Indian Wars
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Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors
Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors
by Stephen Ambrose
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On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611 men of the United States 7th Cavalry rode toward the banks of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory, where 3,000 Indians stood waiting for battle. The lives of two great warriors would soon be forever... (read more)

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Naval History
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Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew
Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew
by Alex Kershaw
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By October, 1944, the U.S. Navy submarine Tang was legendary-she had sunk more enemy ships, rescued more downed airmen, and pulled off more daring surface attacks than any other Allied submarine in the Pacific. And then, on her fifth patrol, tragedy... (read more)

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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
by Marcus Luttrell
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Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July, 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was to document the activity of an al Qaeda leader rumored to be very close to Bin Laden with a small... (read more)

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Soldiers of the Dragon: Chinese Armies 1500 BC-Ad 1840
Soldiers of the Dragon: Chinese Armies 1500 BC-Ad 1840
by C J Peers
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The turbulent history of China has seen many dynastic struggles over the centuries, ever since the semi-nomadic tribes of ancient China were unified under the first emperor, Cheng. From the Great Wall to the terracotta army at Xian, monuments to China's... (read more)

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Means of Escape: A War Correspondent's Memoir of Life and Death in Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Vietnam
Means of Escape: A War Correspondent's Memoir of Life and Death in Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Vietnam
by Philip Caputo
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Philip Caputo has been a witness to the most important struggles of our time, from the hot green hell of Vietnam to the dusty mountains of Afghanistan and the bloodstained streets of Beirut. In Means of Eascape, Caputo intersperses imaginative retellings... (read more)

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Review-a-Day | May 24, 2009

Bite the Bullet

The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq by Helen Benedict Reviewed by Amy Herdy Ms. Magazine This dramatic statement against... Continue »


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Rare Books | May 20, 2009

All posts by Kirsten Berg Hardboiled World

The novels of one of the most influential writers of the 20th century, W. R. Burnett, are now out of print. Never heard of him, you say? Have you... Continue »


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Review-a-Day | May 14, 2009

Surging and Awakening

The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008 by Thomas E. Ricks Reviewed by Dexter Filkins The New... Continue »


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