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1. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared. Then, on the ocean surface, the face of a young ... More
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2. No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
by Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer
For the first time anywhere, the first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from a Navy Seal who confronted the ... More
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3. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice
Gripping, eye-opening, and powerful, "American Sniper" is the astonishing autobiography of SEAL Chief Chris Kyle, whose record 255 confirmed kills ... More
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4. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah
The first-person account of a 25-year-old who fought in the war in Sierra Leone as a 12-year-old boy. 'My new friends have begun to suspect that I ... More
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5. Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy: A Righteous Gentile vs. the Third Reich
by Eric Metaxas
From the "New York Times-"bestselling author of "Amazing Grace" comes a groundbreaking biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the greatest heroes ... More
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6. The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today
by Thomas E Ricks
From the #1 bestselling author of "Fiasco" and "The Gamble," an epic history of the decline of American military leadership from World War II to Iraq.
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7. Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies
by Ben Macintyre
D-Day, 6 June 1944, the turning point of the Second World War, was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation: ... More
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8. Hiding Place
by Corrie Ten Boom
"The Hiding Place" proves that the light of God's love can penetrate even the darkest recesses of despair--places like the Nazi extermination camp at ... More
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9. Maus: A Survivor's Tale
by Art Spiegelman
Now in paperback, "the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust" (Wall Street Journal). "The power of Spiegelman's story ... More
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10. Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
by Mitchell Zuckoff
One of the last untold stories of World War II, the extraordinary mission to rescue male and female survivors of a U.S. military plane crash in an ... More
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11. It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy
by D Michael Abrashoff, Captain
Under Abrashoff's leadership, the "Benfold" had the highest gunnery score in the Pacific fleet and the crew completed the Navy's pre-deployment ... More
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12. Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
by Tom Reiss
Who was the real Count of Monte Cristo? In this extraordinary biography, Tom Reiss traces the almost unbelievable life of the man who inspired not ... More
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13. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
by E B Sledge
Originally published: Novato, Calif.: Presidio Press, 1981.
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14. Maus II: A Survivors Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
by Art Spiegelman
Now in paperback, "the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust" (Wall Street Journal). "The power of Spiegelman's story ... More
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15. Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
by Robert Kurson
Two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery surrounding the wreckage of a World War II German U-boat off the coast ... More
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16. What It Is Like to Go to War
by Karl Marlantes
"In 1968, at the age of 22, Karl Marlantes abandoned his Oxford University scholarship to sign up for active service with the US Marine Corps in ... More
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17. Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour
by Lynne Olson
The acclaimed author of "Troublesome Young Men" reveals the behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain ... More
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18. Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
by Jon Meacham
Jon Meacham "weaves together the lives, characters, and fates of Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill" ("Time") in the fullest portrait to date ... More
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19. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
by William L Shirer
Shirer offers an unparalleled and thrillingly told examination of how Adolf Hitler nearly succeeded in conquering the world. With millions of copies ... More
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20. Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
by Tony Horwitz
Bestselling author Horwitz tells the electrifying tale of the daring insurrection that put America on the path to bloody war. Plotted in secret, ... More
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21. Ordinary Men
by Christopher R Browning
Widely reviewed and read in hardcover, this is the shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of ... More
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22. The Second World War
by Antony Beevor
The Second World War began in August 1939 on the edge of Manchuria and ended there exactly six years later with the Soviet invasion of northern China ... More
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23. The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden
by Mark Bowden
"""There wasn't a meeting when someone didn't mention Black Hawk Down ."" - A senior Obama administration official, as quoted in The New York Times, ... More
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24. A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France
by Caroline Moorehead
In January, 1943, 230 women of the French Resistance were sent to the death camps by the Nazis who had invaded and occupied their country. This is ... More
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25. Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948
by Madeleine Albright
Former Secretary of State Albright's account provides a unique lens to view the tumultuous period of her early life from 1937 to 1948, detailing the ... More
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