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1945
by Newt Gingrich William R. ForstchenThe year is 1945, In Europe, the Third Reich reigns triumphant. The Soviet Union is a fragment of its former self, and Britain has accepted a dictated armistice. In the Pacific, after a brief, sharp war with Japan, America is the only significant military presence. Now the world's two superpowers eye each other warily across the Atlantic Ocean that grows smaller daily. The Big Show is about to start... Who will win? The Americans with their formidable industrial base and superior logistical techniques-or the Germans with their science fiction super weapons that turn out not to be fictional after all? Only one thing is certain: if America is beaten, this alternate Reich will last a thousand years...
Apocalypse 1945: the Destruction of Dresden
by David IrvingDescribes the bombing of Dresden by the allies in 1945. The bombing started a firestorm which destroyed the city.
The Big Breach: From Top Secret to Maximum Security
by Richard TomlinsonRichard Tomlinson was recruited by MI6, the British foreign intelligence service, during his senior year at Cambridge University. He quickly gained the trust and confidence of one of the world's most effective intelligence organisations. MI6 relied on Tomlinson to smuggle nuclear secrets out of Moscow, to run an undercover operation in Sarajevo while the city was under siege, and to infiltrate and dismantle a criminal group that sought to export chemical weapons capabilities to Iran.
Bloody Hill: the Civil War Battle of Wilson's Creek
by William Riley BrooksherThis is a well-documented and easy-to-follow discussion of the first major battle in the American West in the Civil War. The battle took place in 1861, and resulted in a loss for the northern forces. This book also contains a well-presented analysis of the political and economic factors which lead to the war being fought.
Combat Recon
by Robert D. ParrishA firsthand account of a soldier in Vietnam describes the destruction of the country by American troops and the experience of war from the perspective of South Vietnamese soldiers
The Commandos Behind Enemy Lines
by Douglas C. WallerThese were the Army's most professional soldiers, and their most flexible. They weren't green recruits still growing~ up. They were mature warriors.
Deathrace (Seal Team Seven, #7)
by Keith DouglassIran is building nuclear devices, and it's up to Murdock and his platoon to stop them. Only one person is qualified to dismantle the warheads, an expert by the name of Katherine Garnet. But how's a female civilian supposed to keep up with the SEALs?
Good to Go!
by Harry Constance Randall FuerstIn 1966 Harry Constance became a member of the newly formed U.S. Navy SEALS TEAM II. By 1970 he was a veteran of 300 combat missions in Vietnam, had captured almost two hundred enemy prisoners, and had received 32 citations, including three bronze stars and a purple heart. In Good To Go, Constance powerfully recounts his experience during three tours in Vietnam as a member of Seal Team II, Seventh Platoon. Known as fierce warriors with amazing stealth and skill in battle, the Seals are an elite force trained to fight on sea, air, and land with sophisticated special operation warfare tactics. Made famous by Richard Marcinko's Rogue Warrior Books, here is a behind-the-scenes look at what Seal combat was really like. From the flood plains of the Mecong Delta to the beaches of the south China Sea, Good To Go takes readers on Constance's harrowing missions, along trails crisscrossed by trip wires and through dense jungles booby-trapped with live grenades. Each "Special Op" is dramatic: the Seventh Platoon sets up ambushes, infiltrates Viet Cong territory, preforms daring nighttime attacks, targets the location of high-level VC Officials, and narrowly escapes enemy fire. Constance gives an extra ordinary account of the Tet offensive, which his platoon fought from a hotel Mi Tho. But in recounting the ferocious battle of Tet, Constance shows why Seal humor and bravado always won the day. After Constance leaves Vietnam, Good To Go follows him as he plays a key role in the expansion of the Seal program. His duty training recruits for undercover clandestine Ops and going on dangerous assignments around globe - in South America hot spots and onboard nuclear submarines - reflects his inspiring dedication to the Seals. Constance's unforgettable memoir reveals the loyalty, bravery, and honor behind the Seal mystique. Packed with astonishing descriptions of the Seals real-life adventure in the deadliest of war zones, Good To Go captures the heroism and profound courage that have made the Seals legendary.
Guadalcanal Diary
by Richard TregaskisThe battle for Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands, an important turning point of the war in the Pacific, is now recognized as one of the most vital campaigns in all our history. Richard Tregaskis, a war correspondent for International News Service during World War II, was with the marines when they landed on the Japanese-held island of Guadalcanal in the summer of 1942. <P> For seven crucial weeks he ate, slept, and sweated with our front-line units. He also kept a diary, in which he described the island's occupation by our forces and their magnificent defense of that seven-mile strip against innumerable attacks by superior air, land and sea forces. This remarkable diary was originally published in 1943, and has since become a classic of World War II reporting. <P> For this shorter, Landmark edition Mr. Tregaskis has written several new chapters to tell how the battle for Guadalcanal fitted into the history of the war in the Pacific. Thus the reader will gain an understanding of why the battle for Guadalcanal ranks in importance with Valley Forge and Gettysburg.
Fortunes of War
by Stephen CoontsIt is the near future. Russia is disintegrating; Japan is in economic decline. Some of japann's leaders execute a bold plan to make Japan great again -- the invasion of siberia. As American and Japanese planes once again battle each other in the skies, the world moves closer and closer to the brink! As in all wars, it is the personal courage and honor of individuals, not the grand strategies of politicians, which will decide the fate of nations -- and of the world.
Eagle Station
by Mark BerentThe war brought them together. Brothers in combat who fought, flew, and survived the TET offensive of 1968, they were the bravest and the best -- in the worst of times. Now they face their greatest challenge... October, 1968. Court Bannister and Wolf Lochert are sent to Eagle Station, a radar post in northern Laos that is under attack from a ruthless, unknown enemy. Manuel Dominguez defies Air Force rules by dropping from helicopters to save downed pilots. And Major "Flak" Apple, imprisoned at the "Hanoi Hilton," is pressured to make an anti-war tape in exchange for freedom...
Vanished Arizona, Recollections of the Army Life by a New England Woman
by Martha SummerhayesI have written this story of my army life at the urgent and ceaseless request of my children.
The Sea Was My Last Chance
by Donald H. Wills Reyburn W. MyersMEMOIR OF AN AMERICAN CAPTURED ON BATAAN IN 1942 WHO ESCAPED IN 1944 AND LED THE LIBERATION OF WESTERN MINDANAO THIS is the personal story of Col. Donald H. Wills for the time from April 6, 1942, when the Philippine Islands were invaded by the Japanese Imperial Forces, until April, 1945, when the islands were liberated by United States forces in the Far East under Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The story is written from memory and notes made during that time and other recollections made later in 1945. More than 45 years have passed and there is the possibility that some dates or figures could be contested by other survivors of those times. It is possible that there are some errors, but they would be unimportant to the overall story. All events really happened. There has been no attempt to slight the accomplishments of others who played important roles. The bravery, suffering, and death of the defenders of the Philippines have been well documented. The courage and determination of forces retaking Leyte and Luzon have also been written about in some detail. Less well-known was the contribution of the American and Filipino guerrilla fighters who either escaped or refused to surrender and took to the hills to continue the struggle. This is the story of one determined escapee, who, after experiencing cruelty, starvation, and hopelessness for two years in Japanese prison camps, realized that freedom was worth any risk. Alone he dared Japanese bullets, sharks, and the Pacific Ocean to reach Mindanao to fight on with the loyal Moros, Filipinos, and other Americans.
The Minotaur (Jake Grafton #3)
by Stephen CoontsA Soviet mole is riding Pentagon secrets at twice the speed of sound... Fighter-jock Jake Grafton has survived his share of airborne death duals. Now he's grounded. As head of the Top-Secret Athena Project, he's now in charge of developing the Navy's next-generation attack aircraft -- a carrier - launched stealth version of the A-6 Intruder. But deep within the Labyrinth of the Pentagon, a cunning Soviet network is trashing U.S. security. Behind it it is the ultimate spymaster called The Minotaur: his sights are on Jake's aircraft... and his plans are for one last kill.
A Lonely Kind of War
by Marshall HarrisonTells the story of the FACs (forward air controllers) who flew light, unarmored and often unarmed aircraft over the jungles of Vietnam. Their job was to find enemy troop and supply concentrations and direct fighters, artillery, gunships and bombers to them.
The Niihau Incident
by Allan BeekmanThe true story of the Japanese fighter pilot who, after the Pearl Harbor attack, crash landed on the Hawaiian Island of Niihau and terrorized the residents.
Nucflash (Seal Team Seven, #3)
by Keith DouglassPart of Third Platoon, SEAL Team Seven, is in Great Britain participating in a training exchange program with the British SAS when an international terrorist organization hijacks an oil platform in the North Sea. The terrorists claim to have a nuclear device which they will detonate if their demands are not met. The remainder of Third Platoon quickly arrives on the scene and the SEALS assume the primary responsibility for reclaiming the oil platform, freeing the hostages and finding and neutralizing the nuclear device.
Panzer Commander the Memoirs of Colonel Hans Von Luck
by Hans Von LuckVivid descriptions of the soldiers he fought against and their national characteristics-Poles, Frenchmen, the British, the Red Army, Americans-along with equally vivid descriptions of the terrain he fought in ... Marvelous vignettes about the people he encountered.
Silent Descent
by Dick CouchA U.S. spy has gone missing. A Navy Seal team is sent to bring him back.
Seal Team Seven (Seal Team Seven, #1)
by Keith DouglassLieutenant Balke Murdoch and his seven-man unit from SEAL Team Seven's Red Squad embark on a perilous mission to recover a Japanese freighter carrying nuclear fuel from the renegade Iranian fanatics that hijacked it.
Seals, the Warrior Breed: Purple Heart
by H. Jay RikerThe world is in flames once more -- and war demands its terrible tribute in blood. Many have already fallen in freedom's cause -- and the Navy's crack UNDERWATER DEMOLITION TEAM has paid dearly in wounded and the dead. Meticulously trained amphibious commandos, they silently stalk the enemy in his own waters. In turbulent seas they are tested and they triumph, unaware that their successes and courageous sacrifice are being noted at the nation's highest levels -- giving rise to glorious legend... and to the birth of the most awesome elite fighting force America has ever known.
Sky Masters (Patrick McLanahan Series #2)
by Dale BrownDale Brown's powerful tale of America's greatest challenge since the Gulf War: a crisis on the oil-rich islands near China.