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The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 3: Red River to Appomattox
by Shelby Foote
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"I have never read a better, more vivid, more understandable account of the savage battling between Grant's and Lee's armies.... Foote stays with the human strife and suffering, and unlike most Southern commentators, he does not take sides. In... ( read more)
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Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
by Jon Krakauer
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Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild knows he was born to write about quirky, iconoclastic characters who travel their own road, ultimately leading to a tragic demise. Where Men Win Glory is every bit as captivating and even more timely than... ( read more)
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The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
by Robert M. Edsel
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At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would... ( read more)
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The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy
by David Hoffman
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This riveting narrative history of the end of the arms race sheds new light on the frightening last chapters of the Cold War and the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that remain a threat today. During the Cold War, world... ( read more)
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The Good Soldiers
by David Finkel
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It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new strategy for Iraq. He called it the surge. Many listening tonight will ask why this effort will succeed when previous operations to secure Baghdad did not.... ( read more)
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Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters
by Chesley B. Sullenberger
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The inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of the decade, Capt. 'Sully' Sullenbergerwith his thoughts on leadership, responsibility, and service.... ( read more)
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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 Zabinskis'... ( read more)
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The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
by David Halberstam
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Buy the set! Order The Coldest Winter now and receive the acclaimed 35-minute documentary about David Halberstam's last great effort.
Starring Joan Didion, Bob Woodward, Robert Caro, Anna Quindlen, and Neil
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The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo
by Roy Adkins
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As he did with his much lauded Nelson's Trafalgar, Roy Adkins (now writing with wife Lesley) again thrusts readers into the perils and thrills of early-nineteenth-century warfare. From its very first page, this is an adventure storya superb account of... ( read more)
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My War Gone By, I Miss It So
by Anthony Loyd
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"A truly exceptional...account of his time in the Balkans and Chechnya....I read [Loyd's] story of war and addiction (to conflict and to heroin) with a sense of gratitude for the honesty and courage on every page." Independent (UK)"... ( read more)
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Original Essays | September 25, 2009
By Robert Edsel
The Monuments Men were the greatest heroes of World War II you've never heard of. Before I tell you who they were, let me ask you a few seemingly obvious questions, but ones you — like me — have, probably never wondered. You know of the...
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