“tells the story of those American women, the Atta-Girls, who willingly left the relative safety of mainland United States and deliberately placed themselves in th
"Suzann Cope rights a wrong in this exhaustive book, detailing through four women's particular experiences the pivotal role women had in fighting the fascist occupation."
The first six months after Pearl Harbor were a very dismal time for America. Facing nothing but constant defeat at the hands of the Japanese Empire, America desperately needed heroes.
“An engrossing book that inspires the reader to consider a life of adventure, history, science, or, in the case of some of the characters in this story, combinatio
“British journalist Robert Verkaik tells the story of Market Garden’s failure in the context of one of the most remarkable and consequential spy stories of World War II.”
“For anyone interested in the B-29 and the men who flew it during the closing period of the war in the Pacific, this is a fascinating and deeply personal book . . .”
“Milton’s book reminds us that the exigencies of international politics, especially in time of war, constrain the options and shape the decisions of political leaders.”
“Although the subtitle of the book credits Churchill with the fight to save civilization, in the end Dugard makes clear that is was the courageous pilots of the RAF . . .”
“presents D-Day history not as some sweeping battle narrative, but as the thousands of individuals stories that collectively decided the course of the battle that day.”
In this short book filled with drawings and photographs, Edward Ward tells a concise technical service history of the Spitfire, what he describes as the “most important British aircraft of all time
With the media focused on the bombing of civilians in Ukraine and Gaza, revisiting the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and its impact on the civilian population, seems timely.
“The book is replete with maps, photographs, profiles of commanders and weapons, and illustrations that help explain the brutal combat in a region that another historian ha
“In Nazis on the Potomac, Sutton tells the incredible previously secret story of an institution where Americans listened and learned the lessons needed to win World War II.”
