The Bridge on the River Kwai

DVD

Academy Award winning 1957 film gives an exciting, yet historically inaccurate, glimpse into the brutality suffered by British POWs of the Japanese.

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.

Blood On The Sea:

American Destroyers Lost In WWII

Paperback (408 pages)

71 American destroyers went down during WWII, and this meticulously researched book describes the history of each - from launch to the ship's final hours.

Lockheed P-38J Lightning

Desktop Model

1/50 scale model, 12.5-in wing span

Accurate exterior detailing adds a touch of realism to this pre-built model. Comes with an elegant wood base and nameplate for proudly displaying on your desk or mantle.

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.

The Italian Resistance:

Fascists, Guerrillas and the Allies

Paperback (320 pages)

Italy's anti-fascist, anti-Nazi Resistance movement was one of the biggest and most politically radical, yet it remains relatively unknown outside of its own homeland.

Nazi Prisoners of War in America

Paperback (352 pages)

Half a million German Prisoners were scattered through the US in 511 POW Camps. With no precedents upon which to form policy, these foreign prisoners were placed into CCC camps, high school gyms, fairgrounds and even race tracks to wait out the war.

Malta Spitfire:

The Diary of an Ace Fighter Pilot

Paperback (256 pages)

Canadian George Beurling truly had powers beyond those of mere mortals when he was in the cockpit of a Spitfire, going up against superior numbers of German and Italians fighters.

The Best War Ever:

America and World War II

Paperback (208 pages)

We knew who the enemy was. We knew what we were fighting for. But this book argues that our experience of WWII was positive but also disturbing, creating problems that continue to plague us today.

Profiles in Courage

by John F Kennedy

Hardcover (304 pages), paperback, audiobook

JFK's inspiring true accounts of 8 unsung heroic acts by American patriots at different junctures in our nation's history, hiss book became required reading, an instant classic, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

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.

Modern Marvels:

The Empire State Building

DVD

The miraculous story behind the rise of what would, for a time, become the world's tallest and most famous skyscraper.

Marvel Firsts:

WWII Super Heroes

Paperback (456 pages)

In 1939, Timely Comics, the precursor to modern Marvel, burst onto the scene with a wild and unmatched energy, populating the Golden Age of Comics with hundreds of all-new characters!

The Flight of Rudolf Hess

Kindle only (~42 pages)

Hitler denounced Hess as a madman who had stolen a plane while in the grip of a delusion in order to "broker peace." The German nation, to whom he had been something of a hero, abruptly disowned him.

The Trial of the Germans:

An Account of the 22 Defendants at Nuremberg

Paperback (696 pages)

Some sentences may have seemed too severe, but none was harsher than the punishments meted out to innocent people by the regime these men served.

Building For War:

The Epic Saga of the Civilian Contractors and Marines of Wake Island in WWII

Hardcover (400 pages), kindle

Over 1,000 depression-era civilian contractors came to remote Wake Island in 1941 to build an air station only to find themselves in the Alamo of the Pacific.

The Essential Hitler:

Speeches and Commentary

Hardcover (862 pages), paperback

A Third Reich reference book, arranged by topic, gives insight into the twisted madman's regime and his speeches that mesmerized so many.

The Nazis:

A Warning From History

DVD - 2 discs

How could a political party as fundamentally evil and overtly racist as the Nazis come to power? Was it simply the hypnotic power of Hitler's rhetoric? This 6-part BBC series unveils a more chilling reality.

Good Girls, Good Food, Good Fun:

The Story of USO Hostesses during WWII

Hardcover (272 pages), kindle

Each Saturday night, thousands of servicemen and USO hostesses happily forgot the war for a little while as they danced together in USO clubs, which served as havens of carefree stability.