General Books


Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War, 1941-1945Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War, 1941-1945
Best Price: $14.98
Evan Mawdsley, a Professor of Modern History at the University of Glasgow is an expert in Soviet...
German Generals TalkGerman Generals Talk
Best Price: $6.99
For a serious student of military theory or history this presents few new insights today. ...
800 Days on the Eastern Front: A Russian Soldier Remembers World War II (Modern War Studies)800 Days on the Eastern Front: A Russian Soldier Remembers World War II (Modern War Studies)
Best Price: $14.13
Considering the amount of memoirs available form WW2 it is amazing how few are from a Soviet...
Sinking the Rising Sun: Dog Fighting & Dive Bombing in World War II: A Navy Fighter Pilot's StorySinking the Rising Sun: Dog Fighting & Dive Bombing in World War II: A Navy Fighter Pilot's Story
Best Price: $15.69
A very human, humorous, and often poignant account of a young man going to war. Some may be put...
Backing Hitler: Consent and Coercion in Nazi GermanyBacking Hitler: Consent and Coercion in Nazi Germany
Best Price: $18.31
There is no point, at this late date, for retelling German horrors, unless the retelling...


In Defense of Internment: The World War II Round-Up and What It Means For America's War on TerrorIn Defense of Internment: The World War II Round-Up and What It Means For America's War on Terror
Best Price: $5.94
This book is right on the money. Michelle Malkin nailed this one on the head. This has been a...
Spitfire Pilot: A Personal Account of the Battle of BritainSpitfire Pilot: A Personal Account of the Battle of Britain
Best Price: $18.67
Good reading about the events of that time. A view into a slice of life taking place at that time.
The Bomber Boys: True Stories of B-17 AirmenThe Bomber Boys: True Stories of B-17 Airmen
Best Price: $10.50
THIS BOOK WAS GREAT. IT GIVES YOU SOME REALLY WONDERFUL FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS OF ESCAPE FROM...
Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of JapanRacing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan
Best Price: $12.42
"Racing the Enemy" is a meticulous yet gripping reconstruction of the three-sided...
Griffon Spitfire Aces (Aircraft of the Aces)Griffon Spitfire Aces (Aircraft of the Aces)
Best Price: $13.61
Mating the Spitfire fuselage with the 2,000 hp Griffon engine produced a series of long-nose...


Beyond the Rhine: A Screaming Eagle in GermanyBeyond the Rhine: A Screaming Eagle in Germany
Best Price: $3.62
Excellent book in a series of four written by Burgett. Seldom does an author who was as young as...
Who Will Write Our History?: Emanuel Ringelblum, the Warsaw Ghetto, and the Oyneg Shabes Archive (The Helen and Martin Schwartz Lectures in Jewish Studies)Who Will Write Our History?: Emanuel Ringelblum, the Warsaw Ghetto, and the Oyneg Shabes Archive (The Helen and Martin Schwartz Lectures in Jewish Studies)
Best Price: $21.82
A fantastic, I am tempted to say a definitive book about this compelling issue. For sure a...
Horten Ho 229 Spirit of Thuringia: The Horten All-Wing Jet FighterHorten Ho 229 Spirit of Thuringia: The Horten All-Wing Jet Fighter
Best Price: $28.19
This is the best book on the HO229 from the technical perspective. I like the detailled...
Seven Days in January: With the 6th SS-Mountain Division in Operation NORDWINDSeven Days in January: With the 6th SS-Mountain Division in Operation NORDWIND
Best Price: $10.25
The book was good but the binding gave out almost right away. I have a nice collection but this...
Dumb but Lucky!: Confessions of a P-51 Fighter Pilot in World War IIDumb but Lucky!: Confessions of a P-51 Fighter Pilot in World War II
Best Price: $3.98
This was not an easy read. The writer is so proud of his status as a maverick, that it invades...

Counterfeiter: How a Norwegian Jew survived the Holocaust (General Military)Counterfeiter: How a Norwegian Jew survived the Holocaust (General Military)
Best Price: $13.67
Moritz Nachstern was the only member of his family left in Norway when he was arrested and held...
BB-67 MONTANA, U.S. Navy Battleship: Why She Matters TodayBB-67 MONTANA, U.S. Navy Battleship: Why She Matters Today
Best Price: $15.62
I was provided a pdf of this document for review. The un-built Montana class of American super...
The VICTORS : Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of World War IIThe VICTORS : Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of World War II
Best Price: $4.92
A point of view seldom seen: the kids in the field who had to grow up very quickly. With a...
PANZERSCHLACHT: Armoured Operations on the Hungarian Plains September-November 1944PANZERSCHLACHT: Armoured Operations on the Hungarian Plains September-November 1944
Best Price: $35.96
A book on operations on the Hungarian Plains in September - November 1944 was to me a promising...
Japan 1945: From Operation Downfall to Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Campaign)Japan 1945: From Operation Downfall to Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Campaign)
Best Price: $13.57
In this 200th Campaign series title Clayton Chun examines the final stages of World War II as...

The Lost Squadron: A Fleet of Warplanes Locked in Ice for Fifty YearsThe Lost Squadron: A Fleet of Warplanes Locked in Ice for Fifty Years
Best Price: $11.60
In the early months of the US's involvment in WW2, a squadron of P38 Lightnings and 2 B17...
No Simple Victory: World War II in Europe, 1939-1945No Simple Victory: World War II in Europe, 1939-1945
Best Price: $6.54
Norman Davies is a distinguished British historian of World War II in Europe. He won fame by...
Our Mothers' War: American Women at Home and at the Front During World War IIOur Mothers' War: American Women at Home and at the Front During World War II
Best Price: $4.74
See Women of the Homefront by Pauline E. Parker for first hand accounts of life on the homefront...
Man, the State, and WarMan, the State, and War
Best Price: $7.95
This is not directly a review, though I did find the information contained within Waltz's book...
War of Annihilation: Combat and Genocide on the Eastern Front, 1941 (Total War: New Perspectives on World War II)War of Annihilation: Combat and Genocide on the Eastern Front, 1941 (Total War: New Perspectives on World War II)
Best Price: $12.48
The author provides an excellent overview of the origin of Hitler's decision to invade the...

Omaha Beach: D-Day, June 6, 1944Omaha Beach: D-Day, June 6, 1944
Best Price: $4.38
I read the book several years ago, just prior to visiting the Normandy Beaches. Bought it to...
Kursk: Hitler's Gamble, 1943 (Stackpole Military History Series)Kursk: Hitler's Gamble, 1943 (Stackpole Military History Series)
Best Price: $10.52
IF YOU LIKE STATISTICS AND NUMBERS YOU'LL LIKE THIS BOOK IF YOUR LOOKING FOR STORIES OF EVENTS...
The Adventures of Eddie Fung: Chinatown Kid, Texas Cowboy, Prisoner of WarThe Adventures of Eddie Fung: Chinatown Kid, Texas Cowboy, Prisoner of War
Best Price: $13.50
Eddie Fung's curiosity, sense of adventure, and generous spirit in helping others is inspiring! ...
Skis Against the Atom: The Exciting, First Hand Account of Heroism and Daring Sabotage During the Nazi Occupation of NorwaySkis Against the Atom: The Exciting, First Hand Account of Heroism and Daring Sabotage During the Nazi Occupation of Norway
Best Price: $13.95
excellent read, turned into a documentary. well worth a watch. very heroic exciting stuff, a...
BIG SHOW: The Greatest Pilot's Story of World War II (Cassell Military Paperbacks)BIG SHOW: The Greatest Pilot's Story of World War II (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
Best Price: $7.64
Clostermann's account of the air war in Europe is one of the best I've ever read -- almost as...

 Soldiers: Reshaping the Memory of the World Wars Soldiers: Reshaping the Memory of the World Wars
Best Price: $7.06
At the outbreak of the First World War, an entire generation of young men charged into battle...
Closing With the Enemy: How GIs Fought the War in Europe, 1944-1945 (Modern War Studies)Closing With the Enemy: How GIs Fought the War in Europe, 1944-1945 (Modern War Studies)
Best Price: $10.45
Some very interesting chapters, but looks like each were articles consolidated into a book after...
Prisoners of the Japanese : Pows of World War II in the PacificPrisoners of the Japanese : Pows of World War II in the Pacific
Best Price: $7.77
For years, historian Gavan Daws has been talking to men of one of the most neglected groups from...
Panther vs T-34: Ukraine 1943 (Duel)Panther vs T-34: Ukraine 1943 (Duel)
Best Price: $10.71
I found the author's premise thought provoking and interesting, but in the end, a bit hollow. He...
Gazala 1942: Rommel's greatest victory (Campaign)Gazala 1942: Rommel's greatest victory (Campaign)
Best Price: $11.78
I always have a good feeling when I put a book down for the last time knowing more than I did...

German Tanks of World War II (Enthusiast Color)German Tanks of World War II (Enthusiast Color)
Best Price: $8.99
This book is an excellent reference on German Tanks, their variants, armor and capabilities. If...
World War II AFV Plans:  German Early War Armored Fighting Vehicles (World War II Armored Fighting Vehicle Plans)World War II AFV Plans: German Early War Armored Fighting Vehicles (World War II Armored Fighting Vehicle Plans)
Best Price: $7.26
As advertised this book has "AFV Plans" and not much else -- but this is its strength....
Command Of Honor: General Lucian Truscott's Path to Victory in World War IICommand Of Honor: General Lucian Truscott's Path to Victory in World War II
Best Price: $13.63
"COMMAND of HONOR" could not have been more appropriately nor accurately TITLED. This...
Iraq 1941: The battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad (Campaign)Iraq 1941: The battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad (Campaign)
Best Price: $2.99
Many of the recent Osprey Campaign books have been excellent and nearly all have been solid...
Sea Cobra: Admiral Halsey's Task Force and the Great Pacific TyphoonSea Cobra: Admiral Halsey's Task Force and the Great Pacific Typhoon
Best Price: $11.44
Fantastic. Extremely well written. I lost a family member to Typhoon Cobra USS Spence DD 512....

Requiem for Battleship Yamato (Bluejacket Books)Requiem for Battleship Yamato (Bluejacket Books)
Best Price: $10.30
young, naive and inexperienced the author chronicles his one and only combat mission. relating...
Calculated Risk: The Extraordinary Life of Jimmy Doolittle-Aviation Pioneer and World War II HeroCalculated Risk: The Extraordinary Life of Jimmy Doolittle-Aviation Pioneer and World War II Hero
Best Price: $12.00
This is just another excellent example of why this country has stayed a free democracy for 232...
STORMTROOPER ON THE EASTERN FRONT: Fighting with Hitler's Latvian SSSTORMTROOPER ON THE EASTERN FRONT: Fighting with Hitler's Latvian SS
Best Price: $24.05
Following the conquest of his native Latvia by the Nazis, the author was given the stark choice:...
Is Paris BurningIs Paris Burning
Best Price: $10.00
This is a real jem. Well written, fast paced, and a must read for visitors to Paris. Prepeare...
Strange DefeatStrange Defeat
Best Price: $8.08
Other reviewers have given an excellent account of this book's main subject. What Bloch also...

Channel ZeroChannel Zero
Best Price: $7.66
Channel Zero is the tale of a New York art student living in the midst of change for the worse...
Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and MemoryDenying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory
Best Price: $5.83
This is the book that set off the famous libel suit by infamous neo Nazi David Irving which...
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. 8: New Guinea and the Marianas, March 1944-August 1944 (History of United States Naval Operations in World War II)History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. 8: New Guinea and the Marianas, March 1944-August 1944 (History of United States Naval Operations in World War II)
Best Price: $6.20
My 86 year old father served in the New Guinea campaign. Only now, in his later years, has he...
In Hostile Skies: An American B-24 Pilot in World War II (North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series)In Hostile Skies: An American B-24 Pilot in World War II (North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series)
Best Price: $17.49
When you first see this book you can't help but think, 'What, another bomber pilot story.' Yes,...
Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War IICompany Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II
Best Price: $5.98
Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II by Charles B. MacDonald. I highly...

Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris; June 6 - Aug. 5, 1944; RevisedSix Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris; June 6 - Aug. 5, 1944; Revised
Best Price: $2.83
This book is not your typical account of the D-Day invasion and battles. Keegan initially...
Unholy Trinity: The Vatican, The Nazis, and The Swiss BanksUnholy Trinity: The Vatican, The Nazis, and The Swiss Banks
Best Price: $11.23
Although the title (and the cover) are deceptive, this is an attempt to unravel the motives...
The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust, 1941-1945The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust, 1941-1945
Best Price: $7.95
As a history teacher I have discovered that one of the most enduring myths of younger Americans...
Alamo In The Ardennes: The Untold Story of the American Soldiers Who Made the Defense of BastognePossibleAlamo In The Ardennes: The Untold Story of the American Soldiers Who Made the Defense of BastognePossible
Best Price: $11.20
In December 1944, the 101st Airborne made their legendary stand at Bastogne. But their heroics...
Finding a Fallen Hero: The Death of a Ball Turret GunnerFinding a Fallen Hero: The Death of a Ball Turret Gunner
Best Price: $15.10
'Captivating'...'hard to put down'...'thoroughly enjoyable' - all apt descriptors of Bob...

From Ashes to Life: My Memories of the HolocaustFrom Ashes to Life: My Memories of the Holocaust
Best Price: $11.00
I had a hard time putting this book down. Eichengreen does a good job of telling her story - it...
Hollywood Goes to War: How Politics, Profits and Propaganda Shaped World War II MoviesHollywood Goes to War: How Politics, Profits and Propaganda Shaped World War II Movies
Best Price: $16.50
`Hollywood Goes to War" is the biography of a federal government agency, the Office of War...
   
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