Biography & Autobiography - Military
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Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam WarFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Sons and Soldiers comes the incredible but true story of Dieter Dengler, the only pilot to escape captivity from a POW camp in the Laotian jungle during the Vietnam War. In February 1966, Dieter Dengler was...
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Hidden History: The Donut Dollies in VietnamMeet the Donut Dollies, the Red Cross volunteers whose mission was simple: to bring a touch of home to American soldiers. Amidst the chaos of war, these college-educated volunteers offered a friendly face, a listening ear, medical attention and a momentary escape from the...
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Hiroshima, 8:15: The Lost MemoirA newly discovered firsthand account of the Hiroshima bombing and its aftermath from one of the survivors--bringing unprecedented immediacy to our understanding of this world-changing event. "A stunning historical discovery and a heartrending testimony." --Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize-winning coauthor of American Prometheus At approximately...
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Hitler: 1889-1936: HubrisFrom his illegitimate birth in a small Austrian village to his fiery death in a bunker under the Reich chancellery in Berlin, Adolf Hitler left a murky trail, strewn with contradictory tales and overgrown with self-created myths. One truth prevails: the sheer scale of...
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Hogs in the Sand: A Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat Journal"I am awed by my destructive power. With a small squeeze of the gun trigger under my right index finger, I can rip the turret off a thirty-ton battle tank and throw it 200 feet across the desert, while the rest of the tank...
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Hollow: A Memoir of My Body in the Marines"Illuminating and infuriating . . . A staggering achievement." (Publishers Weekly starred review) A powerful coming-of-age memoir of one girl's struggle, adrift in warrior culture At eighteen, Bailey Williams bolted from her strict Mormon upbringing to a Marine recruiting office to enlist as a...
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Holocaust on the High Seas: An Eyewitness Account of Israel's 1967 Attack on the USS LibertyPhil Tourney provides an eyewitness account of Israel's 1967 attack on the USS Liberty. While patrolling in international waters in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea on June 8, 1967, the unarmed, intelligence-gathering vessel confronted an enemy they never expected: Israel. In an unprovoked and vicious...
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Homage to CataloniaA National Review Top Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Century "One of Orwell's very best books and perhaps the best book that exists on the Spanish Civil War."--The New Yorker In 1936, originally intending merely to report on the Spanish Civil War as...
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Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in VietnamA powerful and harrowing memoir of a young nurse's experience in the Vietnam War Lynda Van Devanter was the girl next door, the cheerleader who went to Catholic schools, enjoyed sports, and got along well with her four sisters and parents. After high school...
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House to House: A Soldier's MemoirTHE CLASSIC SOLDIER'S MEMOIR FROM MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT STAFF SERGEANT DAVID BELLAVIA "A rare and gripping account of frontline combat."--LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty "They used to say that the real war will never get in the books. Here...
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How Good It Is I Have No Fear of Dying: Lieutenant Yulia Mykytenko's Fight for UkrainePublishing on the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine: The gripping, heartrending story, told in her own words, of a formidable 29-year-old woman serving as a commander on the front lines of the War in Ukraine -- and an intimate, hair-raising look at...
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Hunting the Jackal: A Special Forces and CIA Soldier's Fifty Years on the Frontlines of the War Against TerrorismSpanning more than five decades, here is a riveting true account of fighting America's enemies around the world--told by the soldier/operative who was there I am not a hero. Billy Waugh has lurked in the shadows and on the periphery of many of the...
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I'm Alive: A Young Fighter Pilot's Diary of the US Navy Air War in Vietnam, 1964-1965 Volume 25I'm Alive is the compelling diary of Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) Errol F. Reilly, a 26-year-old Navy fighter pilot, written aboard the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea during his first Vietnam combat cruise. In writing that is colorful, perceptive, and, at times, both humorous...
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I'm Okay If You're Okay: The Chris AuCoin StoryChris AuCoin was the epitome of strength, bravery, and professional proficiency, a Marinewho later rose through the ranks of the New Hampshire State Police and SWAT Team, securing a reputation for excellence, competency, and dependability. A beloved son, brother, husband, and father of three...
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I'm Okay If You're Okay: The Chris AuCoin StoryChris AuCoin was the epitome of strength, bravery, and professional profi ciency, a Marinewho later rose through the ranks of the New Hampshire State Police and SWAT Team, securing a reputation for excellence, competency, and dependability. A beloved son, brother, husband, and father of...
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If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me HomeA classic from the New York Times bestselling author of The Things They Carried "One of the best, most disturbing, and most powerful books about the shame that was / is Vietnam."--Minneapolis Star and TribuneBefore writing his award-winning Going After Cacciato, Tim O'Brien gave...
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If I Don't Return: A Father's Wartime JournalAuthor: Lieutenant General (Ret ). Mar HertlingPublisher: Ballast BooksPublished: 03/10/2026Pages: 350Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.03lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78dISBN: 9781971678092About the AuthorHertling, Mark: - Lieutenant General (Retired) Mark Hertling served thirty-eight years in the US Army as a tanker and cavalryman while also spending...
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If I Don't Return: A Father's Wartime Journal"This journal was once a gift to our young sons. It is now a gift to anyone who cares to read it." When Major Mark Hertling deployed to Iraq in 1990 as the operations officer of an armored cavalry squadron, his unit was told...
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If Not Now, When?: Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of NeedA Medal of Honor recipient looks back at his own service in the Vietnam War--and ahead to America's future. Jack Jacobs was acting as an advisor to the South Vietnamese when he and his men came under devastating attack. Wounded, 1st Lt. Jacobs took...
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Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOsINSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERINSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLERINSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe former head of the Pentagon program responsible for the investigation of UFOs--now known as unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)--reveals long-hidden secrets with profound implications for not only national security but our understanding...
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