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The Reagan Diaries

Douglas G. Brinkley

About the Author Douglas Brinkley is professor of history and Baker Institute Fellow at Rice University. He is the...

Conversations with Major Dick Winters: Life Lessons from the Commander of the Band of Brothers

Cole C. Kingseed

Praise for Conversations with Major Dick Winters “Kingseed has captured the essence of a great military leader as...

The Hinge Of Fate (The Second World War)

Winston S. Churchill

Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) has been called by historians "the man of the twentieth century." Prime Minister of...

The Bravest Man: Richard O'Kane and the Amazing Submarine Adventures of the USS Tang

William Tuohy

About the Author William Tuohy served with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific in 1945—46. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1968...

The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s

William I. Hitchcock

Outstanding." -- Michael O'Donnell ― The Atlantic “Like the supposedly conformist and complacent 1950s, too long...

Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944

John C. McManus

“A feat of prodigious scholarship and exhaustive research… The author’s brisk, engaging prose speeds the reader...

Ike: An American Hero

Michael Korda

Michael Korda has brought us a brilliantly vibrant and compulsively readable one-volume life of one of the giants of...

The Price of Valor: The Life of Audie Murphy, America's Most Decorated Hero of World War II (World War II Collection)

David A. Smith

Dr. David A. Smith is a senior lecturer in American history at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He received his...

Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, and the Partnership That Drove the Allied Conquest in Europe

Jonathan W. Jordan

Ably marshaling a considerable amount of research, Jordan fashions a truly compelling narrative of three outsized...

Mission of Honor: A Moral Compass For a Moral Dilemma

Jim Crigler

Crigler's journey to becoming an Army combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam makes for a fascinating story. Well worth a...

The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It

Gerald Astor

Praise for The Mighty Eighth “Great reading.”—Stephen Ambrose“Bold, brawny, epic in scope...Astor captures the...

Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL’s Way of Life

Thom Shea

About the Author Senior Chief Thom Shea has served twenty-three years with distinguished valor. During his career, he...

General of the Army: George C. Marshall, Soldier and Statesman

Ed Cray

General of the Army enhances our ability to perceive both the man and his monumental reputation....Cray's biography...

Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989

Michael R. Beschloss

Michael Beschloss...is clearly the most widely recognized Presidential historian in the nation.... Most Presidential...

Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief

James M. McPherson

From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Given the importance of Lincoln's role as commander-in-chief to the nation's...

Razor 03: A Night Stalker’s Wars

Alan C. Mack

“A truly extraordinary book by a phenomenal pilot and warrior. Alan Mack was in the thick of every sensitive,...

John Marshall: Definer of a Nation

Jean Edward Smith

It's taken for granted today that the Supreme Court has final say on how the Constitution is interpreted, but this...

The Star of Africa: The Story of Hans Marseille, the Rogue Luftwaffe Ace Who Dominated the WWII Skies

Anne-Marie Lewis

His list of affairs with women, some even married and famousxa0was an embarrasment, but his success as a fighter pilot...

100 Missions North: A Fighter Pilot's Story of the Vietnam War

Kenneth H. Bell

An engrossing account. His powers of description are outstanding: air-combat buffs will thrill to his knuckle-whitening...

Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die: How the Allies Won on D-Day

Giles Milton

“Earns its place in a crowded field by bringing a completely fresh, very human approach to the largest amphibious...

Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom

Russell Shorto

Shorto’s achievement is a remarkable one. The intertwined stories of Revolution Song give a sense of how far-reaching...

Terrible Swift Sword: The Life of General Philip H. Sheridan

Joseph Wheelan

About the Author Joseph Wheelan is the author of nine previous books, including the highly-acclaimed books Terrible...

Visions From a Foxhole: A Rifleman in Patton's Ghost Corps

William A. Foley

From the Inside Flap An absolutely harrowing first-person account of the 94th Infantry Division's bold campaign to...

The Fitzgeralds And The Kennedys: An American Saga

Doris Kearns Goodwin

About the Author Doris Kearns Goodwin won the Pulitzer Prize for No Ordinary Time and is the author of the bestselling...