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Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
by Donald L Miller  Publisher Comments Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who brought the war to Hitler's doorstep. With the narrative power of fiction, Donald Miller takes readers on a harrowing ride through the fire-filled skies over...
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Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization
by Nicholson Baker 
Publisher Comments Bestselling author Nicholson Baker, recognized as one of the most dexterous and talented writers in America today, has created a compelling work of nonfiction bound to provoke discussion and controversy — a wide-ranging, astonishingly fresh...
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Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
by Max Hastings Publisher Comments Hailed in Britain as “Spectacular . . . Searingly powerful” (Andrew Roberts, The Sunday Telegraph), a riveting, impeccably informed chronicle of the final year of the Pacific war. In his critically acclaimed Armageddon, Hastings detailed the...
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Gold Warriors: America's Secret Recovery of Yamashita's Gold
by Peggy Seagrave Publisher Comments In 1945, US Intelligence officers in Manila discovered that the Japanese had hidden large quantities of gold bullion and other looted treasure in the Philippines. President Truman decided to recover the gold but to keep its riches secret. These would be...
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Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World War II
by Brendan I Koerner Publisher Comments Part history, part thriller, Now the Hell Will Start tells the astonishing tale of Herman Perry, the soldier who sparked the greatest manhunt of World War IIand who became that war's unlikeliest folk hero A true story of murder, love, and headhunters...
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
by Rick Atkinson Publisher Comments In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy. In An Army at Dawn — winner of the Pulitzer Prize —...
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War Without Mercy (86 Edition)
by John Dower Publisher Comments Now in paperback, War Without Mercy has been hailed by the New York Times as "one of the most original and important books to be written about the war between Japan and the United States." In this monumental history, Professor John Dower reveals a hidden,...
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Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
by Patrick J. Buchanan Publisher Comments Were World Wars I and II—which can now be seen as a thirty-year paroxysm of slaughter and destruction—inevitable? Were they necessary wars? Were the bloodiest and most devastating conflicts ever suffered by mankind fated by forces beyond men&#...
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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West (Lewis & Clark Expedition)
by Stephen E Ambrose
Powells.com Staff Pick At the heart of the immense and growing interest in Lewis and Clark in recent years stands this book. WWII historian Stephen Ambrose had long harbored a private obsession for the Expedition of the Corps of Discovery, and in Undaunted Courage...
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Infantry Tactics of the Second World War
by Stephen Bull Synopsis Regardless of technological and doctrinal advances, final mastery of any battlefield ultimately depends upon the tight-knit group of soldiers trained to direct fire, move, take ground and hold it. This book examines the infantry combat methods of World...
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Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew
by Alex Kershaw Publisher Comments 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...
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Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945
by Max Hastings
Powells.com Staff Pick 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. Recommended by Josephine...
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New Vanguard #146: Imperial Japanese Navy Battleships 1941-45
by Mark Stille Synopsis The Imperial Japanese Navy of World War 2 surpassed the Allied and Axis fleets in innovation and technology. This title covers the 12 Japanese battleships that saw service between 1941-45. Each class is considered in turn in light of its design and...
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The New Oxford Picture Dictionary (English)
by Oxford Publisher Comments A favorite for many years, "The New Oxford Picture Dictionary contains over 2,400 illustrated vocabulary words divided into 82 topics. There are nine bilingual editions of the "Dictionary....
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Hiroshima
by John Hersey Publisher Comments On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and...
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Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
by Hampton Sides
Publisher Comments In this national bestseller, Sides renders a tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II: the rescue of American and British POWs behind enemy lines in the Philippines. of photos. 2 maps....
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Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story
by William Guarnere Publisher Comments The rousing story of two inseparable friends and World War II soldiers portrayed in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers" is a tribute to the lasting bond forged between comrades in arms--and to all those who fought for freedom....
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An Army at Dawn: The War in Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy (Liberation Trilogy)
by Rick Atkinson
Publisher Comments In the first volume of him monumental trilogy about the liberation of Europe in the Second World War, Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Atkinson tells the story of the war in North Africa. Beginning with the daring amphibious invasion in November 1942, An...
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Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
by Ben Macintyre Publisher Comments Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. He was also one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced. Inside the traitor was a man of loyalty; inside the villain was a hero. The problem for Chapman, his...
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Instructions for American Servicemen in France During World War II
by Rick (frw) Atkinson Publisher Comments “You are about to play a personal part in pushing the Germans out of France. Whatever part you take—rifleman, hospital orderly, mechanic, pilot, clerk, gunner, truck driver—you will be an essential factor in a great effort.” ...
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