Wars & Conflicts - World War II - General
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Eight Survived: The Harrowing Story Of The USS Flier And The Only Downed World War II Submariners To Survive And Evade Capture
$19.95 Add to cartThe incredible wartime saga of the only American submariners to survive the sinking of their ship and
On the night of August 13, 1944, the U.S. submarine Flier str
evade enemy capture in World War II.- Author: Campbell, Douglas a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1493032852
- Language: English
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Requiem for Battleship Yamato
$22.95 Add to cartA young ensign on the bridge of the fabled battleship Yamato during her final battle, recounts his experience.
- Series: Bluejacket Books
- Author: Mitsuru, Yoshida
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 31 2013
- ISBN10: 1557505446
- Language: English
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Need to Know: World War II and the Rise of American Intelligence
$24.99 Add to cartOne of The New Yorker‘s “Best Books of the Year” * A Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize Finalist
“Authoritative. . . . [Reynolds’s] contribution to our understanding of the rise of American intellig
- Author: Reynolds, Nicholas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 0062967487
- Language: English
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The Miracle of Dunkirk: The True Story of Operation Dynamo
$16.99 Add to cartThe true story of the World War II evacuation portrayed in the Christopher Nolan film Dunkirk, by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Day of Infamy.
In May 1940, the remnants of the French an- Author: Lord, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 370
- Publish Date: July 18 2017
- ISBN10: 1504047540
- Language: English
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American Grit: From a Japanese American Concentration Camp Rises an American War Hero
$15.99 Add to cartAmerican Grit is a compelling narrative about racial identity, resilience, and heroism.
In 2008, John Suzuki embarks on a poignant journey to Minidoka, one of the ten former U.S. concentration camps a
- Author: Suzuki, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: May 29 2023
- ISBN10: 9798988370604
- Language: English
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The Fall of Berlin 1945
$22.00 Add to cart“A tale drenched in drama and blood, heroism and cowardice, loyalty and betrayal.”–Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post
The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the T- Author: Beevor, Antony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: April 29 2003
- ISBN10: 0142002801
- Language: English
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At War with the Wind: The Epic Struggle with Japan’s World War II Suicide Bombers
$19.95 Read moreDrawing from hundreds of interviews with WWII veterans who survived Japan’s terrifying kamikaze strikes, acclaimed author and former U.S. Navy Officer David Sears vividly portrays what it was like to … [more below]
- Author: Sears, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0806542659
- Language: English
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Madame Fourcade’s Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France’s Largest Spy Network Against Hitler
$23.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The little-known true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II, from the bestselling author of… [more below]
- Author: Olson, Lynne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 0812985036
- Language: English
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Lethal Tides: Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists Who Helped Win World War II
$28.99 Read more“Magnificently researched, brilliantly written, Lethal Tides is immensely entertaining and reads like an action novel. Catherine Musemeche has brought to life the incredible work of the scientists and
- Author: Musemeche, Catherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 0062991698
- Language: English
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The Arsenal of Democracy: Fdr, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War
$19.99 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. The story of the dramatic transformation of Detroit from “motortown” to the “arsenal of democracy,” featuring Edsel Ford, who rebelled against his pacifist father, Henry For… [more below]
- Author: Baime, A. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 05 2015
- ISBN10: 0544483871
- Language: English
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Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler
$19.99 Add to cartNew York Times Bestseller
The definitive story of the Ritchie Boys, as featured on CBS’s 60 Minutes
“An irresistible history of the WWII Jewish refugees who returned to Europe to fight the Nazis.” —New
- Author: Henderson, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: July 03 2018
- ISBN10: 0062419102
- Language: English
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Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields
$19.99 Add to cartNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST. A revelatory history of the role of German women in the Holocaust, not only as plunderers and direct witnesses, but as actual killers on the Eastern Front during World Wa… [more below]
- Author: Lower, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 0544334493
- Language: English
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Stalingrad
$32.99 Add to cartThe long awaited one-volume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of Nazi and Soviet forces at Stalingrad; an abridged edition of the five volume Stalingrad Trilogy
Praise fo- Series: Modern War Studies
- Author: Glantz, David M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: July 13 2019
- ISBN10: 0700628797
- Language: English
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Army of Shadows
$22.00 Add to cartOriginally published in Algiers in 1943, Joseph Kessel’s Army of Shadows is one of the first books to have been written about the French Resistance. Now available in paperback, Contra Mundum Press is
- Author: Kessel, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: June 07 2017
- ISBN10: 194062522X
- Language: English
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Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943
$22.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY
An engrossing, epic history of the US Army in the Pacific War, from the acclaimed author of The Dead and Those About to Die “This eloquent and p- Author: McManus, John C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 0451475054
- Language: English
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The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age
$18.95 Add to cartIt began with plutonium, the first element ever manufactured in quantity by humans. Fearing that the Germans would be the first to weaponize the atom, the United States marshaled brilliant minds and s
- Author: Olson, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0393868354
- Language: English
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Devil Dogs: King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines: From Guadalcanal to the Shores of Japan
$21.95 Add to cartAward-winning historian Saul David reveals the searing experience of the Devil Dogs of World War II and does for the U.S. Marines what Band of Brothers did for the 101st Airborne.
The “Devil Dogs” of- Author: David, Saul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: December 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1639365761
- Language: English
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The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb
$19.99 Read moreFrom the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of Hunting Eichmann and The Perfect Mile, a World War II spy adventure set in Norway that draws on top-secret documents and memoirs of the sabot… [more below]
- Author: Bascomb, Neal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 16 2017
- ISBN10: 0544947290
- Language: English
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Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Desperadoes Who Plotted Hitler’s Downfall, Giving Birth to Modern-Day Black Ops
$17.99 Add to cartIn the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard. So Britain’s wartime leader called for the lightning development of a … [more below]
- Author: Lewis, Damien
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1529432332
- Language: English
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Vanishing Point: The Search for a B-24 Bomber Crew Lost on the World War II Home Front
$29.95 Add to cartIn Vanishing Point, award winning journalist and author Tom Wilber pieces together the largely forgotten story of the bomber, Getaway Gertie, and an eclectic group of enthusiasts who have spent years
- Author: Wilber, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1501769642
- Language: English
