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Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath
by Michael Norman
Formats: Audio Download | Audio CD ($35.99) | MP3 CD ($26.99)
Published:
June 2009
For the first four months of 1942, U.S., Filipino, and Japanese soldiers fought what was America's first major land battle of World War II, the battle for the tiny Philippine peninsula of Bataan.
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Horse Soldiers
by Doug Stanton
Formats: Audio Download ($14.90) | Audio CD ($23.99)
Published:
May 2009
Horse Soldiers is the dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who secretly entered Afghanistan following 9/11 and rode to war on horses against the Taliban.
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Lemay: The Life and Wars of General Curtis Lemay
by Warren Kozak
Formats: Audio Download ($17.47) | Audio CD ($22.46)
Published:
May 2009
The firebombing of Tokyo. Strategic Air Command. John F. Kennedy. Dr. Strangelove. George Wallace. All of these have one man in common - General Curtis Lemay, who remains as enigmatic and controversial as he was in life.
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Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy
by J.R. Hale
Formats: Audio Download | Audio CD ($34.19) | MP3 CD ($22.49)
Published:
May 2009
The navy created by the people of Athens in ancient Greece was one of the finest fighting forces in the history of the world and the model for all other national navies to come.
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If Not Now, When?: Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of Need
by Jack Jacobs
Formats: Audio Download | Audio CD ($26.96) | Audio Cassette | MP3 CD
Published:
April 2009
A Medal of Honor recipient looks back at his own serviceand ahead to Americas future.
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Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler
by Anne Nelson
Formats: Audio Download | Audio CD ($34.19) | MP3 CD ($22.49)
Published:
April 2009
This riveting account of German resistance is based on years of research by the distinguished journalist Anne Nelson. This is a beautiful and moving portrait of ordinary but heroic figures - an untold story of a circle of Germans and German-Americans in Berlin who took a principled stand against Hitler and the Holocaust.
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The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education
by Craig M. Mullaney
Formats: Audio Download | Audio CD ($35.99) | MP3 CD ($26.99)
Published:
April 2009
Craig M. Mullaney's education had been relentlessly preparing him for this moment. The four years he spent at West Point and the harrowing test of Ranger School readied him for a career in the Army.
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Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World
by Tom Zoellner
Formats: Audio Download | Audio CD ($31.49) | MP3 CD ($22.49)
Published:
April 2009
Uranium is a common element in the earth's crust and the only naturally occurring mineral with the power to end all life on the planet. After World War II, it reshaped the global order---whoever could master uranium could master the world.
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Eyes on the Horizon: Serving on the Front Lines of National Security
by Richard B. Myers
Formats: Audio Download | Audio CD ($34.19) | MP3 CD ($22.49)
Published:
March 2009
General Richard B. Myers has unique insight into how the American national-security system works. In Eyes on the Horizon, he recounts his military career and outlines a bold blueprint for a strategic overhaul of our security system, including the military, so that the nation is adequately protected and prepared to fight in this era of what he calls the "Grand Insurgency".
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Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood
by Donovan Campbell
Formats: Audio Download | Audio CD ($31.49) | MP3 CD ($22.49)
Published:
March 2009
When Donovan Campbell's platoon deployed to Ramadi in the spring of 2004, they believed they'd be spending most of their time building schools, training police, and making friends with the citizens.
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The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat
by Bob Drury
Formats: Audio Download | Audio CD ($31.49) | MP3 CD ($22.49)
Published:
March 2009
November 1950, the Korean Peninsula. After General MacArthur ignores Mao's warnings and pushes his UN forces deep into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 Chinese soldiers near the Chosin Reservoir.
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Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas
by Benson Bobrick
Formats: Audio Download | Audio CD ($35.99) | MP3 CD ($26.99)
Published:
March 2009
In this revelatory, dynamic biography, Benson Bobrick, profiles George H. Thomas, arguing that he was the greatest and most successful general of the Civil War.
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Shadows in the Jungle: The Alamo Scouts Behind Japanese Lines in World War II
by Larry Alexander
Formats: Audio Download | Audio CD ($31.49) | MP3 CD ($22.49)
Published:
February 2009
Set on retaking the Philippines ever since his ignominious flight from the islands in 1942, General Douglas MacArthur needed a first-rate intelligence-gathering unit. Out of thousands, only 138 men were chosen: the best, toughest, and most fit men the army had to offer.
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The Great Gamble: The Soviet War in Afghanistan
by Gregory Feifer
Formats: Audio Download | Audio CD ($31.49) | MP3 CD ($22.49)
Published:
January 2009
The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a grueling debacle that has striking lessons for American foreign policy today. In The Great Gamble, Gregory Feifer examines the war from the perspective of the soldiers on the ground.
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Sherman: Great General Series
by Steven E. Woodworth
Formats: Audio Download | Audio CD ($22.46) | Audio Cassette ($44.95) | MP3 CD ($29.95)
Published:
January 2009
William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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The Bitter Road to Freedom: A New History of the Liberation of Europe
by William I. Hitchcock
Formats: Audio Download | Audio CD ($35.99) | MP3 CD ($26.99)
Published:
December 2008
Americans are justly proud of the role the United States played in liberating Europe from Nazi tyranny. For many years, we have celebrated the courage of the Allied soldiers, sailors, and aircrews who defeated Hitler's regime and restored freedom to the continent.
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Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
by John Lee Anderson
Formats: Audio Download | Audio CD | MP3 CD ($44.95)
Published:
December 2008
This acclaimed national best-seller is the definitive work on Che Guevara, the dashing rebel whose epic dream was to end poverty and injustice in Latin America and the developing world through armed revolution.
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Defiance
by Nechama Tec
Formats: Audio Download | Audio CD ($22.46) | Audio Cassette ($72.95) | MP3 CD ($29.95)
Published:
December 2008
The true story of the largest armed rescue of Jews by Jews during World War II, this book is the base of a movie starring Daniel Craig that was released December 12, 2008.
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God in the Foxhole
by Charles W. Sasser
Formats: Audio Download | Audio CD ($23.99)
Published:
December 2008
Veteran military writer Charles Sasser presents a collection of riveting and inspiring personal accounts of American soldiers whose faith has guided them through many hardships of war.
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