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1	Slaughterhouse-Five: Or the Children's Crusade, a Duty-Dance with Death more books like this by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. add to wishlist SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE, a best-seller when it was first published in 1969, brought Kurt Vonnegut to prominence as a major voice in American fiction. Vonnegut was a POW held in Dresden in 1945 when the city was attacked by American bombers and virtually obliterated, leaving more than 130,000 people dead. He uses that event as the climax of this ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II more books like this by Judith M Heimann add to wishlist In November 1944: Army airmen set out in a B-24 bomber on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast. Instead they found themselves unexpectedly facing a Japanese fleet - and were shot down. When they cut themselves loose from their parachutes, they were scattered across the island's mountainous interior. Then a group of loincloth ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Guadalcanal Diary more books like this by Richard Tregaskis add to wishlist 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 $2.00! signed copies \| first editions
4	With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa more books like this by Eugene B Sledge add to wishlist This World War II memoir by a former U. S. Marine is highly regarded by historians and former soldiers alike for its veracity and style. Sledge recounts his experiences in the Pacific campaigns, especially the (very bloody) landings on Peleliu and Okinawa. see all copies from $2.63! new only from $4.62! \| SVS
5	The Rising Tide: A Novel of World War II more books like this by Jeff Shaara add to wishlist A master of the historical novel, Shaara begins an ambitious trilogy about the conflict that defined the 20th century. With painstaking historical detail and all-inclusive points of view, Shaara portrays the momentous and increasingly dramatic events of World War II in brilliant detail. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Cryptonomicon more books like this by Neal Stephenson add to wishlist Weaving between two separate time lines, this novel depicts the adventures of a codebreaker, a Japanese lieutenant, and a U.S. Marine in World War II with the modern-day tale of their grandchildren, who are jointly investigating a mysterious computer program in Southeast Asia. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Gravity's rainbow more books like this by Thomas Pynchon add to wishlist Tyrone Slothrop is an archetypal innocent abroad, but in the worst possible circumstances: he's an American on a mission to locate V-2 rocket-launching sites in war-torn Europe. On a larger level, the novel illustrates the struggle between those who perceive and rebel against the war, seeing it as an overt movement toward the obliteration of the ... see all copies from $2.46! new only from $8.93! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters more books like this by Dick Winters, Cole C Kingseed add to wishlist Winters' memoir, based on his wartime diary, includes the untold stories of his comrades--the Band of Brothers who suffered unimaginable casualties while liberating Europe. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 more books like this by Rick Atkinson (Read by) add to wishlist In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Skeletons at the Feast more books like this by Chris A Bohjalian add to wishlist In January 1945, in the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich to reach the British and American lines, in this richly crafted novel that puts a face on one of the 20th century's greatest tragedies. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.18! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness more books like this by Simon Wiesenthal, Harry James Cargas (Editor), Bonny V Fetterman (Editor) add to wishlist 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 $1.99! new only from $6.88! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	All but my life more books like this by Gerda Weissmann Klein add to wishlist Gerda Klein has expanded her story, originally published in 1957, to include a description of her new life in the United States. She recounts in detailed prose the nostalgic story of her home and family--none of whom survived the war--in prewar Bielitz, Poland, and her three-year imprisonment in German work camps and the 1000-mile winter march. It ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.58! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Wave more books like this by Todd Strasser add to wishlist Novel based on a true incident that occurred when a teacher conducted an experiment dealing with group pressure in his classes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.83! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Greatest Generation more books like this by Tom Brokaw add to wishlist 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 $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Night more books like this by Elie Wiesel add to wishlist Wiesel's account of his own experiences in the camps during World War II has become a classic of the genre. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.12! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Third Reich at War more books like this by Richard J Evans add to wishlist The final volume in Evans's masterly trilogy on the history of Nazi Germany traces the rise and fall of German military might, the mobilization of a people's community to serve a war of conquest, and Hitler's campaign of racial subjugation and genocide. see all copies from $8.98! new only from $18.27! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour more books like this by James Hornfischer add to wishlist Desperately fought on the morning of October 25, 1944, the Battle of Samar was an upset victory won by American warships fighting a battle they were never supposed to fight. Filled with riveting details, this is war at sea as it has seldom been presented before. see all copies from $4.22! new only from $8.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	To Hell and Back more books like this by Audie Murphy add to wishlist Originally published in 1949, TO HELL AND BACK was a smash bestseller for fourteen weeks and later became a major motion picture starring Audie Murphy as himself. More than fifty years later, this classic wartime memoir is just as gripping as it was then. Desperate to see action but rejected by both marines and paratroopers because he was too ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $6.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Fall of Berlin 1945 more books like this by Antony Beevor add to wishlist This history of the final days of World War II tells of the carnage as Allied troops advanced on Berlin, and Hitler issued orders from his bunker. Beevor depicts the plight of the people in the street and the soldiers, as well as the competition between Russia and the other Allies to reach Berlin first. see all copies from $5.49! new only from $9.52! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Survival in Auschwitz, The Nazi assault on humanity. more books like this by Primo Levi add to wishlist Originally entitled, IF THIS IS A MAN, Levi's narrative of his experiences at Auschwitz is unique among Holocaust memoirs for its simplicity, its lack of self-pity, and its objectivity; he often emphasizes not his own sufferings but the many instances of goodness he found among his fellow prisoners. In an appendix, Levi stated: "[I]n writing this ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.82! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Unlikely Spy more books like this by Daniel Silva add to wishlist An academic who has joined the war effort full force, Alfred Vicary is employed to mislead German intelligence about the true target of the Allies D-Day attack. He must convince a besotted American Naval officer that his girlfriend is really a German spy, in fact a very good one who seems to outwit Vicary at every turn. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	G.I. Joe & Lillie: Remembering a Life of Love and Loyalty more books like this by Joseph S Bonsall, Barbara Bush (Foreword by) add to wishlist From a member of the six-time Grammy Award-winning music group The Oak Ridge Boys comes a true story of life, love, war and, finally, peace. "G.I. Joe & Lillie" tells of a young man and woman who each escapes the harsh realities of home by volunteering to serve their country. How they meet, fall in love, and make it through life's triumphs and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom more books like this by Corrie Ten Boom, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill add to wishlist 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 $3.61! \| SVS
24 view cover	Catch-22 more books like this by Joseph L Heller (Preface by) add to wishlist Joseph Heller's manic, bleak, blackly humorous, and brilliant novel has become a classic of American literature, and "Catch-22" has entered the language as a term describing a no-win situation. Set during the last months of World War II, the novel tells the story of an Air Force bombardier, the hapless Yossarian, who is convinced--quite rightly, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Citizen Soldiers: The U S Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945 more books like this by Professor Stephen E Ambrose (Introduction by) add to wishlist An oral history of the last European campaigns of the Second World War, from the landings at Normandy to the final surrender of the Axis powers. Ambrose, who has already chronicled the Second World War in UNDAUNTED COURAGE and D_DAY, concentrates on the experiences of the ordinary soldier in the ranks, and makes use of hundreds of interviews ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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