Book Genre: American History

The Battered Bastards of Bastogne

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“To the U.S.A. Commander of the encircled town of Bastogne. There is only one possibility to save the encircled U.S.A. troops from total annihilation: that is the honorable surrender of the encircled town. In order to think it over a term of two hours will be granted beginning with the…

The Longest Winter

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The epic story of the vastly outnumbered platoon that stopped Germany's leading assault in the Ardennes forest and prevented Hitler's most fearsome tanks from overtaking American positions.

Hell’s Highway

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A definitive account of the 1944 mission of the 101st Airborne Division paratroopers, who dropped deep behind enemy German lines in the Netherlands with the assignment to seize control and secure the road leading to Arnheim and the Rhine.

D-Day with the Screaming Eagles

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As Allied forces prepare to launch an all-out offensive on the beaches of Normandy, the daring paratroopers and glider pilots of the 101st Airborne Division make a perilous landing over occupied France.

Call of Duty

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Lt. Lynn "Buck" Compton fought in critical battles of World War II as a member of Easy Company, immortalized as the Band of Brothers.

Rebel Yell

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The great and complicated political reasons for secession, thundered about in Congress and in the state legislatures, were not their reasons, which were more like those expressed by a captive Confederate soldier, who was not a slaveholder, to his puzzled Union captors. “I’m fighting because you’re down here.” Beyond the…

Bradley: A Biography

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A study of the military career of five-star general Omar Bradley details his rise to command of the U.S. 12th Army Group in the European theater of World War II.

The Liberator

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His only realistic hope of survival was to order his own artillery to fire on his positions to stall the German attack. Some of his own men might be killed, but “pulling the chain,” as it was called, was his only option. A Harrowing Journey, A Flawed Narrative: A Review…

Shattered Sword

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All great battles develop their own unique mythos. That is to say, they become wrapped in a set of popular beliefs – “the common wisdom” – that interprets the battle and its meanings. In many cases, this mythology centers on a pivotal event – some noteworthy occurrence that captures the…

Eisenhower: A Soldier’s Life

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Chronicles the Allied commander and future president's unlikely rise to power, tracing his impoverished youth as the son of pacifists, his West Point education, toil under MacArthur in the Philippines, and involvement in D-Day.