War Nonfiction

Weird but True Stories from the 1950's: Bizarre, Shocking, and Unbelievable Tales from America’s Atomic Age Think you know the 1950's? Think again. Beneath the surface of poodle skirts, chrome diners, and black-and-white TV was a decade overflowing with mystery, irony, and stranger-than-fiction true stories. This captivating collection reveals ten astonishing real-life events from the 1950's that defy expectation and logic—each one verified and rooted in historical fact. From radar panic over Washington D.C. to the eerie Phantom Whistler of New Jersey, from mid-air collisions with ...

The Second World War produced some of the most powerful Medal of Honor stories in American military history. From Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, from Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge, from Iwo Jima to Okinawa, and from submarine patrols to bomber missions over enemy territory, these are stories of men who acted when fear, fire, and death were already close. 100 Medal of Honor Stories from World War II brings together one hundred gripping accounts of courage, sacrifice, leadership, rescue, and endurance from the largest conflict in modern history. Inside this volume are famous names such as...

Want to know what Vietnam was really like? A 3-Volume BOX SET with 200 veteran interviews, 688 Photos, 1,236 pages, and 4.6 Stars on 2,270 Amazon Reviews for the individual books, at half price! Real stories told by real people in their own words, men and women, caught up in an all too real war. From the Delta to the DMZ, come walk in their boots. If you were there, you'll understand. If you weren't, grab a copy and you will, because they’re like Doritos. Try a few and you won't be able to stop. The Vietnam War dominated my generation and affected so many lives in so many different ways. ...

The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challenge: rolling back the vast Japanese Pacific empire island by island. This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War - the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944 - when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a "conquering tide", concluding with Japan's irreversible strategic defeat in the Marianas.

They sent soldiers to fight. They sent Gorman to win. Meet the forgotten hero of the Cold War. August 27, 1966: The men of 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry were standing strong in the face of enemy fire. For the past thirty-six hours, they had beaten back a relentless wave of enemy assaults. Two days earlier, the Viet Cong had attacked an American patrol along Highway 16 near Bong Trang. The ensuing firefight became so intense that three US infantry battalions were eventually drawn into the melee. History would call it the Battle of Bong Trang. As the battle raged into its second day, ...

During World War II, Silence Could Mean Survival…or Death Tens of thousands of Jewish children were forced into a world of shadows and secrecy. Hidden in attics, cellars, forest bunkers—or living in plain sight under false identities—they clung to life with every whispered word, every careful movement, every heartbeat measured against the threat of discovery. For these children, survival was never guaranteed. The Children in the Attic brings their hidden lives into the light. Drawing on survivor testimonies, secret diaries, and archival records, this book traces the extraordinary ...

A Soldier’s Life That Crosses Decades, Wars, And Impossible Decisions Drafted into the U.S. Army in 1954, Edward Zobrist never imagined his fifty-year military and corporate career would take him from the jungles of Vietnam to Cold War operations, from the Fall of Saigon to Iraq’s post-war reconstruction. Crossing Lines is not just another war memoir — it’s a rare, true story of military leadership, personal sacrifice, and courage during some of the most defining moments in modern American history. Inside This Powerful Vietnam War Biography, You’ll Experience: Decades of global ...

The year opened with the Axis powers inflicting a series of disasters on the newly formed Allies: Pearl Harbor, followed by Japan's conquest of the Philippines and Southeast Asia; Rommel running unchecked in North Africa; devastating defeats of the Red Army at Kharkov, Crimea, and southern...

They’ve just achieved statehood in Book 1 of the "Palmetto Pioneers" series. But has the wilderness of this new wife’s childhood been completely tamed, or are there deadly threats on the horizon? This is book 2 of the series. Florida, 1844. Mary Adeline Walker brims with optimism. After three years of marriage, she’s still head-over-heels in love with her refined gentleman of a husband and delights in their blended family of five children. But it’s hard to remain at peace as outlaw gangs constantly crop up and news of war with Mexico brings a spark to her spouse’s eyes. Relieved ...

Open your kitchen drawer. Check your pockets. Look around your home. Every ordinary object you touch has an extraordinary story—one filled with cutthroat inventors, corporate espionage, political intrigue, and consequences no one saw coming. The Zipper Wars takes you behind the scenes of the everyday items we take for granted, revealing the shocking true histories of objects like teabags, zippers, umbrellas, and more. These aren't gentle tales of innovation; they're stories of bitter legal battles, stolen ideas, accidental discoveries that changed the world, and inventions that sparked ...

World War 2 for Kids: Amazing Facts, Heroic Stories & Real History Brought to LifeDiscover the incredible true stories, daring missions, and unbelievable facts that shaped the modern world! Packed with over 40 real photographs, World War 2 for Kids is a fun, fact-filled adventure through one of history’s most important chapters — perfect for children, students, and even adults who love learning something new. 👉 Inside you'll explore: The causes of World War 2 and how one event set the world on fire. The major battles and turning points — from D-Day to the Pacific. The rise and fall...

World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions died; empires collapsed; new ideologies and political movements arose; poison gas, warplanes, tanks, submarines, and other technologies appeared. "Total war" emerged as a grim, mature reality. In The Great War, Peter Hart provides a masterful combat history of this global conflict.

From the author of the bestselling and award-winning Matterhorn comes a brilliant nonfiction book about war and the psychological and spiritual toll it takes on those who fight. “I wrote this book primarily to come to terms with my own experience of combat. So far—reading, writing...

Blood feuds, billion-dollar cocaine empires, and the mafia you’ve never heard of.... For decades, the Sicilian Cosa Nostra and the Neapolitan Camorra stole the spotlight. But in the shadows of Calabria, another brotherhood was rising — one more disciplined, more secretive, and far deadlier. Today, the Ndrangheta is the richest and most powerful crime syndicate in the world, controlling up to 80% of Europe’s cocaine trade and laundering billions through banks, construction firms, and global finance. From kidnapped heirs chained in mountain caves to multi-ton shipments of cocaine ...

THE STRANGEST COLD WAR HEIST YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF—AND IT REALLY HAPPENED. June 1962. An abandoned Soviet drifting ice station groans in the polar night. Two American operatives, half-frozen and hauling armfuls of secret gear, stare into a blizzard and pray they can hear engines. Their ride home isn’t a helicopter or submarine—it’s a lumbering World War II B‑17 that intends to snatch them off the ice with a balloon, a cable, and a V‑shaped hook. Miss once and they die. Hit it, and they’re yanked into the sky like human kites. Skyhooked: The Untold Shocking True Story of ...

On 7 May 1915, the RMS Lusitania was struck by a German torpedo off the coast of Ireland. In minutes, a modern liner built to embody speed, comfort, and confidence rolled into chaos. Lifeboats jammed and swung uselessly. The decks tilted beyond control. The sea filled with voices, then with silence. But the sinking was never just a maritime disaster. It became a turning point in how the world understood war at sea. Lusitania: Civilian Death and the Birth of Modern Naval War follows the ship’s final voyage and the brutal mechanics of her loss, then tracks the shockwave that travelled far ...

What if the most dangerous man in the Lincoln assassination conspiracy was not John Wilkes Booth… but Lewis Thornton Powell? Young. Fiercely loyal to the Confederacy. Brutally determined. Lewis Thornton Powell emerged from the shadows of the Civil War to become one of the most feared figures connected to the plot that stunned the nation on April 14, 1865. While Booth struck at President Abraham Lincoln inside Ford’s Theatre, Powell carried out an equally horrifying mission only blocks away—an attempted assassination of Secretary of State William H. Seward that left an entire household...

Pancho Villa. John J. Pershing. George S. Patton Jr. - Three names bound by a manhunt that would change them—and the course of American warfare. Mexico had been mired in a catastrophic civil war since 1910. Pancho Villa, once a notorious bandit, rose through daring exploits to become a rebel hero admired by millions—including Americans watching closely from across the border. Once an ally of the United States, Villa turned against President Woodrow Wilson after a bitter rupture between them. The revenge was swift. In 1916, Villa crossed into New Mexico and attacked an American town, ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Amazon Editor’s Pick “An intimate, moving look at the war that extracts deep meaning from the carnage and loss.” – Publishers Weekly What happens when you lose your freedom and the people who eventually get it back for you are no longer alive to thank? Remember...

Fourteen men. One captured Japanese fishing boat. The most audacious commando raid of the Pacific War. In September 1943, a small force of British and Australian commandos sailed the Krait — a sixty-eight-foot Japanese trawler salvaged from the wreckage of Singapore — over four thousand miles through enemy waters. They stained their skin brown with vegetable dye to look Asian. They threw nothing European overboard. Beneath an Imperial Japanese flag, they slipped past patrol boats and reconnaissance aircraft and dropped anchor eight kilometres south of the most heavily defended port in ...