A Measureless Peril:

America in the Fight for the Atlantic, the Longest Battle of World War II

Paperback (368 pages), kindle, audiobook

In that global conflagration, only one battle — the struggle for the Atlantic — lasted from the very first hours of the conflict to its final day. Hitler knew that victory depended on controlling the sea-lanes where American food and fuel and weapons flowed to the Allies.

Flames in the Field:

The Story of Four SOE Agents in Occupied France

Paperback (368 pages), kindle

Intrigue and heroism, adventure and betrayal figure in this true story of women agents of the secret WWII Special Operations Executive, mandated by Winston Churchill to "set Europe ablaze" by organizing resistance in occupied Europe during the prelude to D-Day.

Secret Germany:

Stauffenberg and the True Story of Operation Valkyrie

Paperback (432 pages), kindle, audiobook

An exhilarating and definitive portrait of the anti-Nazi movement (called "Secret Germany") that almost killed Hitler, thus prolonging a further pointless year of war and the deaths of millions more.

The Manhattan Project:

The Birth of the Atomic Bomb

Paperback (499 pages), kindle

The most comprehensive account of the birth of the atomic age, containing documents, essays, articles and the oral histories of key eyewitnesses to the legacy and aftermath of the Manhattan Project.

The Hitler Salute:

On the Meaning of a Gesture

Paperback (128 pages), kindle

The Nazi transformation of a simple human interaction - the greeting - shows how a shared gesture can usher in the conformity of an entire society. Made compulsory in 1933, the Hitler salute developed into a daily reflex in a matter of months.

Niemandsland:

A History of Unoccupied Germany, 1944-1945

Hardcover (264 pages), kindle

Sandwiched between American and Red Army lines as the war came to an end, 500,000 German inhabitants were cut off from the outside world and left to fend for themselves in the face of crippling shortages of food, fuel and housing. Only here do we see what happened when the currents of post-Nazi German politics were allowed to flow freely, unimpeded by Allied intervention.

Mein Kampf:

The Official 1939 Version

Hardcover (387 pages), paperback, kindle

This, the only translation of Mein Kampf which was officially endorsed by the Nazi party during Hitler’s lifetime, represents an opportunity to try and understand the twisted madman's evil to come exactly as it was presented to readers at that time.

The Longest Night:

The Bombing of London on May 10, 1941

Paperback (384 pages), kindle

The untold story of the horrific bombing raid that almost brought Britain to military collapse - using extensive survivors' testimony and previously classified documents to reveal just how close the Luftwaffe came to total victory.

Hitler's Rockets:

The Story of the V-2s

Paperback (448 pages), kindle

The story of the V-2, the technically brilliant but hated weapon, the ancestor and forerunner of all subsequent ballistic missiles. The author reveals the devious power-play within the German armed forces and the Nazi establishment that so influenced the creation of the rockets.

Reluctant Witness:

Memoirs from the Last Year of the European Air War, 1944-45

Paperback (537 pages), kindle

Lt Col James Mahoney, the 859th Squadron Commander, 492nd Bomb Group, wrote his memoirs of the war, writing (as the title suggests) about what he witnessed and very little about himself, including the day that seven of the B-24 Liberators he sent out on a bombing mission to Germany failed to return. Seventy men lost.

My War:

From Bismarck to Britain and Back

Paperback (364 pages), kindle

Ruth Register volunteered for the American Red Cross after her husband was killed in the Pacific. Her war story is a round trip ticket from North Dakota to Europe and back.

Patton's Panthers:

The African-American 761st Tank Battalion In World War II

Paperback (368 pages), kindle

On the battlefields of WWII, the men of the African-American 761st Tank Battalion under General Patton broke through enemy lines with the same courage with which they broke down the racist limitations set upon them by others -- proving themselves as tough, reliable, and determined to fight as any tank unit in combat.

And If I Perish:

Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II

Paperback (528 pages), kindle

A dramatic narrative that at last brings to light the critical role that U.S. Army nurses played throughout the war on the frontlines with grit, humor, and great heroism. A long overdue work of history and a powerful tribute to these women and their inspiring legacy.

A WASP Among Eagles:

A Woman Military Test Pilot in World War II

Paperback (132 pages), kindle

The first-person account of how Ann Baumgartner Carl learned to fly, trained as a WASP, and became one of the earliest jet-age pioneers.

The Code Book:

The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

Paperback (432 pages), kindle

The most powerful intellectual weapon ever known remains SECRECY. Learn the history of encryption and the evolution and dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives from ancient times to the Navajo Code Talkers who helped the Allies win World War II, to the incredibly simple breakthrough that made Internet commerce secure.

Fleeing Hitler:

France 1940

Hardcover (271 pages), paperback, kindle

As Hitler's victorious armies approached Paris, panic gripped the city and the roads heading south filled with millions of French citizens, fleeing for their lives, with scant supplies and often no destination in mind.

Beyond Glory:

Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink

Paperback (423 pages), kindle

The heavyweight fights in 1936 and 1938 between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling symbolized the hopes, hatreds, and fears of a world moving toward total war. Journey into the careers of both men and experience the extraordinary buildup to their legendary 1938 rematch which elevated Louis to the status of the first true African-American national hero in the United States.

German V-Weapon Sites 1943-45

Paperback (64 pages), kindle

Designed to change the course of the war, the V-weapons required ambitious plans to defend their expensive and complicated launch sites. The author describes the configuration and planned deployment of heavy missile sites, as well as the unique Allied tactics developed to counter this threat.

Roswell and the Reich:

The Nazi Connection

Paperback (520 pages), kindle

A fascinating case sure to disturb both ET believer and skeptic alike, namely, that what crashed may have been representative of an independent postwar Nazi power, an extraterritorial Reich monitoring its old enemy, America, and its continuing developments of the very technologies it confiscated from Germany at the end of the war.

The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank

Paperback (204 pages), kindle

The "unwritten" final chapter of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl tells the story of the time between Anne Frank's arrest and her death through the testimony of 6 Jewish women who survived the hell from which Anne Frank never returned.