More than one million men and women have received the Purple Heart since its creation as an award “for military merit” in 1932. This book provides a... Læs mere
Before America entered World War II, twenty-two U.S. citizens went to England and volunteered with the Royal Navy. Commissioned between... Læs mere
Told here for the first time in vivid detail is the story of the defenders of Wake Island following their surrender to the Japanese on... Læs mere
Vice Admiral Allan Rockwell McCann left no reminiscences that might reveal a deeper sense of his extraordinary... Læs mere
A memoir of the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a young pilot flying an armed UH-1E's in Marine Observation Squadron 6. Parts of the book are... Læs mere
From the start of the Cold War to the fall of Saigon, from the Congo to Tibet, from the Bay of Pigs to North Vietnam and Nicaragua, here is a... Læs mere
The first history of the American mobile ICBM, a technology the United States spent four decades and billions of... Læs mere
In the early days of World War II, a young Marine named Charles Fenn was recruited by the OSS for undercover operations in the China-Burma-India... Læs mere
An operational history that records every naval engagement fought between major surface warships during World War I. Much more than a catalogue of... Læs mere
Written in ""real-time"" as events occurred, Phan Nhat Nam provides a unique window into the harsh combat that followed America's withdrawal and the hopelessness of South Vietnam's attempt to stave off an eventual communist victory.