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Brave Men in Desperate Times

The Lives of Civil War Soldiers

What was it like to be a soldier in combat during the Civil War? What was it like to be a poorly trained, ill-equipped, and un-uniformed militiaman in a state "army" trying to, literally, defend your own home? What was it like to be s...

       
ISBN: 978-0-7627-2372-0 Pub Date: 10/01/2006 Price: $12.95  
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The Death of the USS Thresher

The Story Behind History's Deadliest Submarine Disaster

The true story of the first loss of a nuclear submarine in history.

       
ISBN: 978-1-59228-392-7 Pub Date: 04/01/2004 Price: $14.95  
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The Devil's Causeway

The True Story of America's First Prisoners of War in the Philippines, and the Heroic Expedition Sent to Their Rescue

As the United States engaged in a bloody campaign to pacify its newly-won Philippines territory, a secret American mission went terribly wrong, resulting in a prisoner-of-war incident tha...

       
ISBN: 978-0-7627-8029-7 Pub Date: 09/18/2012 Price: $26.95  
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The Flying Tiger

The True Story of General Claire Chennault and the U.S. 14th Air Force in China

A definitive biography of the legendary leader of the Flying Tigers and the U.S. Fourteenth Air Force in China. The Flying Tigers and the U.S. Fourteenth will be the subject of a huge upcoming film from IMAX and director John Woo. The...

       
ISBN: 978-0-7627-7283-4 Pub Date: 12/20/2011 Price: $18.95  
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Frontier Soldier

An Enlisted Man's Journal of the Sioux and Nez Perce Campaigns, 1877

       
ISBN: 978-0-917298-55-4 Pub Date: 01/01/1998 Price: $15.95  
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The Greatest U.S. Army Stories Ever Told

Unforgettable Stories of Courage, Honor, and Sacrifice

Portraits of courage and dedication from the Revolution to today. From the highly successful "Greatest Stories Ever Told" series--over 150,000 in print!

       
ISBN: 978-1-59228-858-8 Pub Date: 05/01/2006 Price: $24.95  
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The Greatest U.S. Marine Corps Stories Ever Told

Unforgettable Stories of Courage, Honor, and Sacrifice

The amazing experiences of America's proud Marines, from the birth of the U.S. Marine Corps to today's operations around the globe. From the highly successful "Greatest Stories Ever Told" series--over 150,000 in print!

       
ISBN: 978-1-59921-017-9 Pub Date: 08/01/2007 Price: $14.95  
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The Grey Seas Under

The Perilous Rescue Mission of a N.A. Salvage Tug

The hair-raising rescue missions of a deep-sea salvage tug that saved hundreds of lives during two decades of service in the North Atlantic.

       
ISBN: 978-1-58574-240-0 Pub Date: 04/01/2001 Price: $16.95  
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Haunted U.S. Battlefields

Ghosts, Hauntings, and Eerie Events from America's Fields of Honor

Summing up the eerie essence of wartime scenes across America—many of which today host popular ghost tours—Haunted U.S. Battlefields is a must for students of the paranormal, Civil War buffs, and al...

       
ISBN: 978-0-7627-4936-2 Pub Date: 08/21/2008 Price: $14.95  
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It Happened in the Civil War, 2nd

Remarkable Events that Shaped History

This compelling collection of true anecdotes from America's Civil War offers a lively look at thirty unusual, little-known, and bizarre incidents that impacted the course of the war.

       
ISBN: 978-0-7627-5872-2 Pub Date: 06/15/2010 Price: $14.95  
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Long Rifle

A Sniper's Story in Iraq and Afghanistan

Native New Yorker Joe LeBleu, retired from the military, reenlisted after 9/11 and saw action of the leader of a sniper team in both Iraq and Afghanistan. This is his story.

       
ISBN: 978-1-59921-440-5 Pub Date: 11/25/2008 Price: $16.95  
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Miracle at Belleau Wood

The Birth of the Modern U.S. Marine Corps

The Battle of Belleau Wood, stunning in both its concentration and intensity, was the fiery furnace from which the modern United States Marine Corps emerged as America's fiercest and most effective warriors, the world's preeminent fig...

       
ISBN: 978-0-7627-6130-2 Pub Date: 10/05/2010 Price: $16.95  
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Nez Perce Summer, 1877

The US Army and the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis

Nez Perce Summer, 1877 tells the story of a people's epic struggle to survive in the face of unrelenting military force. Written by a noted frontier military historian and reviewed by members of the Nez Perce tribe, this is the most d...

       
ISBN: 978-0-917298-82-0 Pub Date: 10/01/2001 Price: $27.95  
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Sea Cobra

Admiral Halsey's Task Force and the Great Pacific Typhoon

The history of one of the most dramatic and underreported stories of WWII.

       
ISBN: 978-1-59228-978-3 Pub Date: 03/01/2007 Price: $24.95  
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She Went to the Field: Women Soldiers of the Civil War

Women Soldiers of the Civil War profiles several substantiated cases of female soldiers during the American Civil War, including Sarah Rosetta Wakeman (aka Private Lyons Wakeman, Union); Sarah Emma Edmonds (aka Private Frank Th...

       
ISBN: 978-0-7627-4384-1 Pub Date: 07/01/2006 Price: $14.95  
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The Sledge Patrol

A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and Victory

Gripping true tale how of men who patrolled by dogsleds a stark 500-mile stretch of Greenland fought capture or death by outwitting and outlasting the Nazis.

       
ISBN: 978-1-59921-322-4 Pub Date: 06/25/2008 Price: $16.95  
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Sniper

American Single-Shot Warriors in Iraq and Afghanistan

Heart-pounding real-life tales from the military’s most experienced snipers, the best of the best snipers in action today. Gunfights, long distance shots, stalking, and more.

       
ISBN: 978-1-59921-855-7 Pub Date: 09/01/2010 Price: $16.95  
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Two Survived

The Timeless WWII Epic of Seventy Days at Sea in an Open Boat

In the tradition of the Shackleton adventure and Nathaniel Philbrick’s In the Heart of the Sea, Two Survived is an unforgettable true story of survival against the very longest...

       
ISBN: 978-1-59921-430-6 Pub Date: 12/30/2008 Price: $16.95  
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Two Tankers Down

The Greatest Small-Boat Rescue in U.S. Coast Guard History

A riveting account of the greatest small-boat rescue in American history.

       
ISBN: 978-1-59921-337-8 Pub Date: 08/03/2008 Price: $16.95  
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The Wolves at the Door

The True Story of America's Greatest Female Spy

The secret story of Virginia Hall, America's greatest World War II spy heroine.

       
ISBN: 978-1-59921-072-8 Pub Date: 05/13/2008 Price: $15.95  
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