The Rape Of Nanking:

The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II

Paperback (360 pages), kindle, audiobook

The eastern Chinese city of Nanking served as a kind of laboratory in which Japanese soldiers were taught to slaughter unarmed, unresisting civilians, as they would later do throughout Asia, with a death toll exceeding that of the atomic blasts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined.

Then & Now

The Sheffield Blitz

Kindle only (~107 pages)

Anyone too young to remember WWII may find it hard to imagine just how devastated Sheffield was by two German raids in December 1940.

What If?

The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been

Paperback (416 pages), kindle

Armchair quarterbacking in hindsight. Pointless? Fruitless? Perhaps. But when played well, the "what if" game can be very eye opening.

Master of Airpower:

General Carl A. Spaatz

Paperback (430 pages), kindle

A quiet, unpretentious man, Spaatz was not a colorful figure but he was a first-class military leader and organizer.

Lindbergh vs Roosevelt:

The Rivalry That Divided America

Hardcover (270 pages), kindle, audiobook

Was Charles Lindbergh a Nazi sympathizer and anti-Semite? Or was he the target of a vicious personal vendetta by President Roosevelt?

We Remember the Home Guard

Hardback (384 pages), kindle, audiobook

Their weapons and ammunition were negligible at first, but slowly these amateur soldiers began to produce professional results.

Soldier Dogs:

The Untold Story of America's Canine Heroes

Paperback (304 pages), kindle, audiobook

A dog's natural intelligence, physical abilities, and pure loyalty contribute more to our military efforts than ever before.

The Cairo Conference of 1943

Paperback (207 pages), kindle

Roosevelt, Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo, 22-27 Nov 1943, to discuss the future of the war in the China-Burma-India Theater and postwar plans after Japan's defeat.

Albert Kesselring

Paperback (64 pages), kindle

A detailed study of one of the most famous German commanders of World War II.

Prague Winter:

A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948

Paperback (480 pages), kindle, audiobook

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's moving memoir of her formative years in Czechoslovakia during the tumult of Nazi occupation, fascism, and the onset of the Cold War.

Tirpitz:

The Life and Death of Germany's Last Super Battleship

Hardcover (256 pages), kindle, audiobook

The story of the battleship Tirpitz - Bismarck's sister ship - and the desperate Allied efforts to destroy it.

The Challenge of Grand Strategy:

The Great Powers and the Broken Balance between the World Wars

Paperback (355 pages), kindle

The retreat of the US from global geopolitics, the weakening of the UK and France, Russian isolation following the 1917 revolution, the resurgence of German power in Europe and the rise of Japan in East Asia.

Ship Busters:

A Classic Account of RAF Torpedo Bombers in WWII

Hardcover (256 pages), kindle

Low-level strikes against enemy shipping by torpedo-carrying aircraft were perhaps the most dangerous forms of air attack developed during WWII, and few isolated actions had such a direct impact on naval and military actions.

Less Than Human:

Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others

Paperback (336 pages), kindle

A revealing look at why we dehumanize each other, with stunning examples from world history as well as today’s headlines.

The Third Reich:

Politics and Propaganda

Paperback (264 pages), kindle

The role and effectiveness of propaganda in the light of the total takeover of the media, the omnipresent atmosphere of terror, and the progressive madness of Nazi ideology.

Kristallnacht:

The Nazi Terror That Began the Holocaust

Paperback (128 pages), kindle

The violent attacks unleashed by the Nazis against the Jews that took place throughout Germany came to be known as Kristallnacht, the "Night of Broken Glass." The brutal assault came to an end, but it marked the beginning of something much worse: the Holocaust.

United Nations:

A History

Paperback (496 pages), kindle

The United Nations was created to prevent war, yet the list of conflicts that have arisen since 1945 seems endless.

The Defense of Moscow 1941:

The Northern Flank

Paperback (320 pages), kindle

There was only one point in WWII when Nazi Germany had a chance of winning: October 1941, when most of the Soviet forces before Moscow had been smashed or encircled. Down by 12 runs in the 2nd inning, the all but defeated Red Army continued with fierce determination. And thanks to an arrogant manager, there would be no joy in Reich-ville.

Patton And Rommel:

Men of War in the Twentieth Century

Paperback (459 pages), kindle

Patton and Rommel served their countries through two World Wars. Their temperaments, both on and off the battlefield, couldn't be further apart from each other, but their approaches to modern warfare were very similar.

Fortress Ploesti:

The Campaign to Destroy Hitler's Oil Supply

Paperback (320 pages), kindle

Go well beyond the famous raid of August 1, 1943 and examine the entire 1944 strategic campaign that all but knocked Ploesti out of the war and denied the German war machine the fuel it so desperately needed.