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Loving and Leaving Washington: Reflections on Public Service (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
John Yochelson was seventeen when he first heard President Kennedy’s call, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for... Læs mere
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The Mysteries of Haditha: A Memoir (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
A journalist embedded with Special Forces in Iraq recounts his time on the battlefield and the journey there and back.
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Call Me Commander: A Former Intelligence Officer and the Journalists Who Uncovered His Scheme to Fleece America (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Examines how John Donald Cody was able to swindle tens of millions of dollars in donations from the largest fraudulent nonprofits for veterans in history.
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Power and Complacency: American Survival in an Age of International Competition (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Power and Complacency: American Survival in an Age of International Competition highlights the disconnect between America’s approach to international competition and the realities of how its adversaries conceive of war.
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The Turtle and the Dreamboat: The Cold War Flights That Forever Changed the Course of Global Aviation (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This is the first detailed account of the historic race for long-distance flight records between the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy after World War II.
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Spy Ships: One Hundred Years of Intelligence Collection by Ships and Submarines (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Spy Ships highlights specialized naval ships used for collecting intelligence and reveals their major impact on military operations and national security.
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Truman and the Bomb: The Untold Story (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Based on previously unpublished research, noted historian D. M. Giangreco provides a concise account of President Harry S. Truman’s decision to drop the atom bomb during World War II, focusing on the question: What did Truman know, and when did he know it?
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All Roads Lead to Rome: Searching for the End of My Father's War (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
When a slim packet of his father’s letters came to light after his mother’s death, Bill Thorness began a quest to rediscover his father, who was an army commando battling in Italy to liberate Rome in World War II.
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The Chief Rabbi's Funeral: The Untold Story of America's Largest Antisemitic Riot (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Scott D. Seligman recounts the untold story of the largest antisemitic riot in American history: the horrific attack on Jewish mourners by factory workers and police on New York’s Lower East Side during the 1902 funeral of Chief Rabbi Jacob Joseph.
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Blue Helmet: My Year As a UN Peacekeeper in South Sudan (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Blue Helmet tells the story of a U.S. Marine working to translate the words of his UN leaders into actions capable of protecting civilians in South Sudan.
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Waging War for Freedom with the 54th Massachusetts: The Civil War Memoir of John W. M. Appleton (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The memoir of John W. M. Appleton, a field officer in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, provides the most in-depth account available of the lives of the first regiment of free Black soldiers recruited during the Civil War.
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Fuji Fire: Sifting Ashes of a Forgotten U.S. Marine Corps Tragedy (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
In this first account of the intimate and compelling stories forged by an October 1979 tragedy at Camp Fuji, Japan, journalist Chas Henry... Læs mere
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