Category: Book Review

Road to Huertgen: Forest in Hell

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Road to Huertgen-Forest in Hell, originally published in 1962, chronicles the 1944 combat experiences of U.S. Army Lieutenant Paul Boesch. The setting is the Huertgen Forest, a 1,300 square mile, densely wooded, hilly region along the German-Belgian border south and southeast of Aachen.

Citizen Soldiers

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The inspiring story of the ordinary men of the U.S. army in northwest Europe from the day after D-Day until the end of the bitterest days of World War II.

The Rape of Nanking

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The story of Nanking from three perspectives: the Japanese soldiers, the Chinese civilians, and of a group of Europeans and Americans who refused to abandon the city.

Pegasus Bridge

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A gripping account of the daring mission so crucial that, had it been unsuccessful, the entire Normandy invasion might have failed.

Stonewall Jackson

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Stonewall Jackson was the most compelling figure of the Civil War and James Robertson has found, and accepted, the key to understanding Jackson.

Lee

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Freeman's achievement is the full portrait of a great American - a distinguished, scholarly, yet eminently readable classic.

Ghost Soldiers

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A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II - the rescue of American and British POWs behind enemy lines in the Philippines.