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"The heartbreaking, redemptive story of two World War II soldiers whose fateful encounter in the Forgotten War of Alaska has fascinated Americans for decades. Prize-winning journalist Mark Obmascik rediscovered a long-lost document from World War II: the diary of a Japanese surgeon, recovered from his body by the soldier who killed him. In the Cradle of Storms reveals the layered and moving story of two men bound together by a nineteen-page diary--and...
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[2017]
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"War in Italy in 1939 was by no means necessary or even beneficial to the country. But in June 1940, Mussolini finally declared war on Britain and France. The awful inevitability with which Italy stumbled its way into a war for which they were ill prepared and largely unenthusiastic is documented here with grace and clarity by one of the twentieth century's great diarists. This diary, which has never been published and was recently found in Iris Origo's...
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A revealing account of Hitler's thoughts and actions throughout World War II from one of his closest aides.
Major Gerhard Engel was Hitler's army adjutant from 1938 to 1943. During his years with Hitler, Engel kept a diary. After the war, he added material to shed further light on certain events, military and political decisions, and Hitler's attitude to particular problems. His diary covers the decision-making process behind crucial military actions,...
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2005.
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"They had the most dangerous job in the Air Force. Now Bury Us Upside Down reveals the never-before-told story of the Vietnam War's top-secret jet-fighter outfit - an all-volunteer unit composed of truly extraordinary men who flew missions from which heroes are made." "In today's wars, computers, targeting pods, lasers, and precision-guided bombs help FAC (forward air controller) pilots identify and destroy targets from safe distances. But in the...
18) Army sidelights
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[2018]
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"In the year following Pearl Harbor, over three million young men enlisted in the US Army. This included a 22-year-old from Irvington, Indiana by the name of Jack Pollock. For the next 1,168 days, Pollock documented his life as a soldier from his training to north Africa, and following the infantry's advances up the Italian peninsula. There have been hundreds of books written on the horrors of the second World War, but that wasn't his purpose for...
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