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1	Hiding Place more books like this by Corrie Ten Boom As the Nazis swept through Holland, Corrie ten Boom and her family risked everything for the sake of others, and for the love of God. This is Corrie's story of how her family offered shelter to persecuted Jews, how the family was betrayed and imprisoned, and yet they retained their faith. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Greatest Generation more books like this by Tom Brokaw Accompanying an NBC television special, this title features the American men and women who were born in the 1920s, experienced the unique circumstances of a World War, and went on to become the parents of the "baby boomers." Award-winning anchorman Brokaw has reported on many of the world's major news events since he began his career with NBC News ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness more books like this by Simon Wiesenthal, Bonny V Fetterman (Preface by), Harry James Cargas (Editor) Can evil be forgiven? The famed Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal asked this question of people from many walks of life--including authors, political leaders, and scholars--and collected their responses in this book. see all copies from $2.95! new only from $8.08! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Second World War more books like this by Winston S Churchill In six volumes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.13! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Good War: An Oral History of World War II more books like this by Studs Terkel Noted journalist and historian Studs Terkel interviewed hundreds of ordinary Americans about the Second World War for this book. People offer not only their memories of the war, but also their interpretations of what it meant at the time, and what it means decades later. see all copies from $6.62! new only from $10.20! \| first editions
6	Rumor of War more books like this by Philip Caputo In March 1965, Marine Lieutnant Philip J. Caputo landed in Danang with the first ground combat unit committed to gith in Vietnam. Sixteen months later, having served on the line in one of modern history's ugliest wars, he returned home - physically whole, emotionally wasted, his youthful idealism shattered. A decade later, Caputo would write in A ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.53! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Dispatches more books like this by Michael Herr The titles in the "Textplus" series, designed to reflect the changing nature of English Literature at advanced post-GCSE level, offer the complete text with a specially commissioned introduction and compact background notes placing the work in historical and critical context. Together, these components are intended to open up the text for students ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom more books like this by Corrie Ten Boom, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill The true story of two sisters sent to a Nazi concentration camp for helping Jews, and how they survived. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.37! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Sybil more books like this by Flora Rhea Schreiber Here is the unbelievable yet true story of Sybil Dorsett, a survivor of terrible childhood abuse who as an adult was a victim of sudden and mysterious blackouts. What happened during those blackouts has made Sybil's experience one of the most famous psychological cases in the world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.19! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters and Reflections more books like this by Tom Brokaw In this collection of letters to Tom Brokaw, members of the generation that came of age during World War II respond to his best-selling THE GREATEST GENERATION, expanding on and deepening the material in the previous book. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Life and Death in Shanghai more books like this by Nien Cheng This is a first-hand account of China's cultural revolution. Nien Cheng, an anglophile and fluent English-speaker who worked for Shell in Shanghai under Mao, was put under house arrest by Red Guards in 1966 and subsequently jailed. All attempts to make her confess to the charges of being a British spy failed; all efforts to indoctrinate her were ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Stalingrad more books like this by Antony Beevor This is a timely analysis and re-creation of the turning point of World War II. In October 1942, a panzer officer wrote "Stalingrad is no longer a town...Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure". The battle became the focus of Hitler and Stalin's determination to win the gruesome, vicious war on the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Brave Men more books like this by Ernie Pyle Europe was in the throes of World War II, and when America joined the fighting, Ernie Pyle went along. Long before television beamed daily images of combat into our living rooms, Pyle's on-the-spot reporting gave the American public a firsthand view of what war was like for the boys on the front. Pyle followed the soldiers into the trenches, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.51! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Chickenhawk more books like this by Robert C Mason In this straight-from-the-shoulder account, a veteran of more than 1,000 combat missions tells the electrifying truth about the helicopter war in Vietnam, offering an astounding personal story of men under fire. Includes a new Afterword. Photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Panzer Leader more books like this by Heinz Guderian An account of the development and campaigns of the panzer forces that, along with the Luftwaffe, stood at the heart of blitzkrieg, by the man who created, trained and led them. It is also a group portrait of the Third Reich's leading personalities as they turned early victory into defeat. see all copies from $2.50! new only from $9.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Crusade in Europe more books like this by Dwight D Eisenhower Five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower was unquestionably the single most important military figure of World War II. For many historians, his memoirs of this critical period of US history have become the single most important record of that conflict. "Crusade in Europe" is the complete story of the war as Eisenhower planned it and lived it. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	And I Was There: Pearl Harbor and Midway--Breaking the Secrets more books like this by Edwin T Layton The first book by a high-ranking American naval officer to truly answer the questions behind Pearl Harbor and Midway, an acclaimed bestseller in hardcover. 24 pages of black-and-white photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.29! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Silent World more books like this by Jacques Yves Cousteau Jacques Cousteau, the man who introduced the wonders of the sea to a generation through his television series The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, chronicled the early days of his underwater adventures in SILENT WORLD, which was an instant, international bestseller upon its publication in 1954. In the midst of World War II, Cousteau and o?=mile ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.04! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Good War more books like this by Studs Terkel Noted journalist and historian Studs Terkel interviewed hundreds of ordinary Americans about the Second World War for this book. People offer not only their memories of the war, but also their interpretations of what it meant at the time, and what it means decades later. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Thunder Below!: The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II more books like this by Eugene B Fluckey The thunderous roar of exploding depth charges was a familiar and comforting sound to the crew members of the USS Barb, who frequently found themselves somewhere between enemy fire and Davy Jones's locker. Under the leadership of her fearless skipper, Captain Gene Fluckey, the Barb sank the greatest tonnage of any American sub in World War II. At ... see all copies from $8.99! new only from $16.32! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Guadalcanal Diary more books like this by Richard Tregaskis history U.S.A. $14.95 Canada $22.50 This celebrated classic gives a soldier's-eye-view of the Guadalcanal battles--crucial to World War II, the war that continues to fascinate us all, and to military history in general. Unlike some of those on Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, Richard Tregaskis volunteered to be there. An on-location news ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.30! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	One That Got Away more books like this by Ryan The SAS mission conducted behind Iraqi lines is one of the most famous stories of courage and survival in modern warfare. Of the eight members of the SAS regiment who set off, only one escaped capture. This is his story. Late on the evening of 24 January 1991 the patrol was compromised deep behind enemy lines in Iraq. A fierce fire-fight left the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.84! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Enormous Room more books like this by E E Cummings Drawing on his experiences in France as a volunteer ambulance-driver, Cummings recounts the series of mistakes that led to his arrest and imprisonment for treason. This edition restores much of the original manuscript and is illustrated with drawings that Cummings made while in prison in France. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa more books like this by Peter Godwin This autobiography is the story of Peter Godwin, who grew up in Rhodesia in the 1960s, aware, but only dimly, of the divisions that would lead to civil war. His childhood was spent among African children who could never be his friends, and white adults who were beginning to perceive the anachronism that their late colonial lifestyle represented. ... see all copies from $2.34! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy more books like this by G Gordon Liddy From spook and convicted felon to writer and radio personality and, next to Richard Nixon, the most memorable figure in the Watergate scandal, G. Gordon Liddy is a hero to some and a villain to many others. This is the first hardcover publication in 17 years of his provocative self-portrait, including a completely new afterword that bring's Liddy ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $28.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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