Oil and War:

How the Deadly Struggle for Fuel in WWII Meant Victory or Defeat

Hardcover (384 pages)

World War II was a process driven by the need for fuel, which was absolutely necessary to run the engines of war.

Hitler's Olympics:

The 1936 Berlin Olympic Games

Paperback (336 pages), kindle

Germany was chosen to host the 1936 Olympics to signal its return to the world community, but Hitler used the Games as a massive propaganda campaign.

The Execution of Private Slovik

Paperback (256 pages)

Hundreds of soldiers were tried for desertion during WWII and sentenced to die, but only Eddie Slovik paid the price - the only American soldier executed for desertion since the Civil War.

Landmark Speeches of National Socialism

Paperback (176 pages), kindle

Public oratory has seldom been as pivotal in generating and sustaining the vitality of a movement as it was during the rise and rule of the charismatic Adolf Hitler.

Hitler's Airwaves:

The Inside Story of Nazi Radio Broadcasting and Propaganda Swing

Hardcover (384 pages)

Jazz was banned from German broadcasting as soon as the Nazis came to power in 1933. Yet throughout the war, American jazz and swing were core components of the Third Reich's propaganda.

The Third Reich at War

Paperback (944 pages), kindle, audiobook

The dynamics of a society rushing headlong to self-destruction and taking its citizens down with it, plunging all Germans into war at every level.

We're Here To Win The War For You:

The US 8th Air Force At War

Paperback (356 pages), kindle

A fascinating history of the war through the words of the men who took it direct to the heart of both Germany and Italy, men who risked their lives daily in the search for freedom for occupied Europe.

Hitler's Boy Soldiers:

The Hitler Jugend Story

Paperback (128 pages), kindle

Over 5 million German males as young as 14 assisted the war effort in every capacity called upon; eventually into full war fighting.

The Memoirs of Field Marshal Montgomery

Paperback (574 pages), kindle

Monty tells his side of the story of the momentous battles against the enemy - and, sadly, the Allies - as he strove for victory in WWII.

Anzio:

Italy and the Battle for Rome - 1944

Paperback (416 pages), kindle

The US campaign on the beaches of Western Italy reigns as perhaps the deadliest battle of WWII’s western theater.

The Wannsee Conference and the Final Solution:

A Reconsideration

Paperback (224 pages)

In a grand villa on the shore of Berlin’s Lake Wannsee, fifteen well-educated young men met to talk mass murder.

The Washington Conference, 1921-22:

Naval Rivalry, East Asian Stability and the Road to Pearl Harbor

Paperback (320 pages), kindle

The conference that led to limitations in the era when it was still believed that battleships were the epitome of naval power and a sign of a country's strength.

Monte Cassino:

The Hardest Fought Battle of World War II

Paperback (448 pages), kindle

One of the bloodiest Allied struggles against the Axis, the horrific conflict saw over 350,000 casualties, while the worst winter in Italian memory and official incompetence and backbiting only worsened the carnage and turmoil.

For the Good of the Country:

World War II Baseball in the Major and Minor Leagues

Paperback (380 pages)

Like virtually every other aspect of American life, baseball was affected by WWII. Many of its players left the playing field for the battlefield, but the game continued, played by those who stayed behind, entertaining a nation in desperate need of a diversion and a morale boost in a time of crisis.

In Defense of Internment:

The Case for Racial Profiling in World War II and the War on Terror

Hardcover (376 pages), kindle, audiobook

Neither the internment of ethnic Japanese - not to mention ethnic Germans and Italians - nor the relocation and evacuation of Japanese Americans from the West Coast were the result of war hysteria or race prejudice as historians have taught us.

Frauen:

German Women Recall the Third Reich

Paperback (536 pages), kindle

Twenty-nine German women from a wide spectrum of circumstances recall memories of life under the Third Reich.

Dutch Naval Air Force Against Japan:

The Defense of the Netherlands East Indies, 1941-1942

Paperback (217 pages), kindle

Details of the significant yet often overlooked contribution of the Dutch to the Allied effort in the Pacific.

Fall Gelb 1940:

Army Group A

Paperback (96 pages)

The swiftness of the Case Yellow blitzkrieg conquest of the Low Countries and France has never been surpassed in the history of warfare.

The Greatest Battle:

Stalin, Hitler, and the Desperate Struggle for Moscow That Changed the Course of World War II

Paperback (384 pages), kindle, audiobook

The battle for Moscow was not only the biggest battle of WWII, it was the biggest battle of all time. Yet it is far less known than Stalingrad, which involved about half the number of troops.

The Jet Race and the Second World War

Paperback (224 pages)

Three competing jet programs took place in Britain, Germany, and the US during the war, each with its own challenges of wartime limitations, government interest and strategic need.