War & military

Michael Anthony

After twelve months of military service in Iraq, Michael Anthony stepped off a plane, seemingly happy to be home--or at least back on US soil. He was twenty-one years old, a bit of a nerd, and carrying a pack of cigarettes that he thought would be his last. Two weeks later, Michael was stoned on Vicodin, drinking way too much, and picking a fight with a very large Hell's Angel. At his wit's end, he came to an agreement with himself: If things didn't improve in three months, he was going to kill himself

Mike Ritland

Provides an inside look at the dogs that serve as highly trained K9 warriors doing detection and apprehension work in battlefield conditions as elite Navy SEAL canines, with anecdotes from the author's experience as a Navy SEAL and a trainer and supplier of working and protection dogs.

Neal Bascomb

This true story of a group of Jewish men brought together to capture and bring to justice a notorious Nazi war criminal takes place 15 years after the end of WWII. Adolf Eichmann, who had been in charge of eradicating the 725,000 Jews from Hungary and was discovered living in Argentina, became the target of the Mossad, a new Israeli secret service intelligence agency.

Luis Carlos Montalvan

War veteran Luis Carlos Montalván reflects on his advocacy with his beloved golden retriever service dog, Tuesday,as they hit the road for America's wounded warriors until his death to suicide prior to publication.

Steve Sheinkin

In late December 1938, German chemist Otto Hahn discovered that uranium atoms could be split, and just a few months later the race to build an atomic bomb was on. The story unfolds in three parts, covering American attempts to build the bomb, how the Soviets tried to steal American designs and how the Americans tried to keep the Germans from building a bomb. It was the eve of World War II, and the fate of the world was at stake, "[b]ut how was a theoretical physicist supposed to save the world?" It's a true spy thriller, ranging from the football stadium at the University of Chicago to the mountains of Norway, from the deserts of New Mexico to laboratories in East Tennessee, and all along the way spies in the United States were feeding sensitive information to the KGB.

Kathryn J. Atwood

Atwood offers in-depth profiles of 14 women who were involved in various ways with the Vietnam War, from its historic roots in the 1940s and '50s to its end in the 1970s. Included are American, French, Australian, and Vietnamese women (from both North and South Vietnam). Though largely unsung, these women played a variety of essential-and dangerous-roles: nurses, field surgeons, relief workers, journalists, and in singer Joan Baez, war protester.

Ray Anthony Shepard

Traces the parallel lives of Massachusetts 54th Infantry soldiers George E. Stephens and James Henry Gooding, detailing their invaluable work as war correspondents who raised awareness about the harsh realities, risks and tragedies endured by thousands of black soldiers during the Civil War.

Phillip Hoose

When the Germans threatened to invade Denmark, the Danes capitulated with only token resistance on April 9, 1940, becoming an occupied country. This infuriated 15- and 16-year-old brothers Knud and Jens Pedersen, who formed a group of saboteurs and began cutting German telephone wires and defacing and reorienting directional signs. Just as they were making their presence felt, their family was relocated from Odense to Aalborg, where the two teens started a new group, called The Churchill Club in honor of the legendary British prime minister. Their story is one of bravery in the face of constant danger and of increasingly meaningful acts of sabotage, including stealing weapons and destroying important German assets.

Wayne Vansant

Presents, in graphic novel format, a history of the aerial bombing campaign conducted against Nazi Germany by the Allied Forces during World War II that led to the downfall of Adolf Hitler.

Wayne Vansant

In graphic novel format, tells the story of the planning and execution of the Allied invasion of Europe from the perspective of both the Allied and Axis forces, beginning with the invasion of the five D-Day beaches through the liberation of Paris.

Bill O'Reilly

By early 1945, the destruction of the German Nazi State seems certain. The Allied forces, led by American generals George S. Patton and Dwight D. Eisenhower, are gaining control of Europe, leaving German leaders scrambling. Facing defeat, Adolf Hitler flees to a secret bunker with his new wife, Eva Braun, and his beloved dog, Blondi. It is there that all three would meet their end, thus ending the Third Reich and one of the darkest chapters of history

Elizabeth Partridge

This fascinating, comprehensive plunge into the Vietnam War finds its heart and soul in six rich, diverse interviews that Partridge conducted with veterans, each of whom recounts their experience with such effortlessness that it's as if they never left the war-and, in some ways, perhaps they haven't. Their stories are woven into a sweeping, chronological narrative of the war, which delivers the facts while taking significant looks at notable protesters, politicians, and presidents, whose beliefs and, at times, misguided patriotism dramatically affected America's involvement in the conflict.