In The Day of Battle, author Rick Atkinson follows the strengthening American and British armies as they invade Sicily in July 1943 and then, mile by bloody mile, fight their way north toward Rome.The decision to invade the so-called soft underbelly...

The Dead and Those About to Die D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach by John C. McManusPaperback384 pages Nicknamed the Big Red One, 1st Division had fought from North Africa to Sicily, earning a reputation as stalwart warriors on the front lines and...

The story of Japanese American internees, soldiers, and resistance at Heart Mountain during WWII—exploring identity, military service, and the struggle for civil rights. Bradford Pearson’s focuses on community resilience and the paradox of...

The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History: The Story of the Monuments MenBy Robert M. Edsel Hardcover368 pages2019Age Range: 9 - 12Grade Level: 4 - 7 Robert M. Edsel, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Monuments Men, brings this story to young...

D-Day marked the commencement of the final campaign of the European war, and Atkinson's riveting account of that bold gamble sets the pace for the masterly narrative that follows. The brutal fight in Normandy, the liberation of Paris, the disaster that...

She became a Vogue cover girl in 1920s New York before embracing Paris, photography, and surrealism, and then dramatically changed her life yet again, reinventing herself as a war correspondent, notably covering the liberation of Dachau.These...

The Nine follows the true story of the author’s great aunt Hélène Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp and made a ten-day journey across the front lines of WWII from...

Steve Vogel traces the Pentagon’s architectural, institutional, and political history—how the building shaped and reflected U.S. defense policy, bureaucratic life, and modern war planning. A wide-ranging institutional history useful for...

The Phenomenon of Anne Frank  by David Barnouw, Jeannetter K. Ringold (Translator)Paperback141 pagesFebruary, 2018 “Everything you want to know about the Anne Frank phenomenon, about the perception and the effect of the text, whose writer...

The Spy Toolkit: Extraordinary inventions from World War II by The National Archives and Stephen TwiggeHardcover157 PagesMay 2018 A revealing, sometimes sinister and often hilarious look at the gadgets and devices devised to help spies in their...

The Story of World War II: Revised, Expanded, and Updated by Donald L. Miller and Henry Steele CommagerPaperback704 Pages Drawing on previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, prizewinning historian Donald L. Miller has written what critics are calling...

USMC Band of Brothers Challenge Coin Drawing strength from knowing his brother-in-arms has his back, this coin honors the few and the proud who do battle with our enemies in order to secure American freedoms. From the South Pacific to Kandahar, the...

In this concise yet powerful narrative, Michael Neiberg examines the collapse of France in 1940 and the emergence of the Vichy regime. Through focused storytelling and key turning points, Neiberg unpacks the political shockwaves across Europe—and...

Meet the man who laid the groundwork for modern American intelligence: William "Wild Bill" Donovan, founder of the OSS. Douglas Waller’s compelling 482-page biography (circa February 2012) reads like a spy thriller—rich with daring missions,...

With the Old BreedE.B. SledgeOkinawa Paperback352 Pages2007 An Alabama boy steeped in American history and enamored of such heroes as George Washington and Daniel Boone, Eugene B. Sledge became part of the war’s famous 1st Marine Division—3rd...

Starting with Hemingway's sympathy to antifascist forces during the 1930s, Reynolds illuminates Hemingway's immersion in the life-and-death world of the revolutionary left, from his passionate commitment to the Spanish Republic; his successful pursuit by...