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The Guns of August:
The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic About the Outbreak of World War I
Paperback (640 pages), kindle, audiobook
The first month of World War I: thirty days in the summer of 1914 that determined the course of the conflict, the century, and ultimately our present world.
The Big Roads:
The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways
Paperback (375 pages), kindle, audiobook
The historic creation and the many people affected by the Interstates; from the largely forgotten technocrats who planned the system, to the thousands of city dwellers who resisted the concrete juggernaut when it bore down on their neighborhoods.
Interstate:
Highway Politics and Policy Since 1939
Paperback (208 pages)
An account of the disruption wrought by urban expressways to large portions of the nation's central cities, and the spread of freeway revolts that led to the teardown movement.
The Roads That Built America:
The Incredible Story of the U.S. Interstate System
Paperback (224 pages)
The fascinating story of the largest engineering project the world has ever known.
Divided Highways:
Building the Interstate Highways, Transforming American Life
Paperback (416 pages), kindle
An engaging history of the people and policies that profoundly transformed the American landscape — and the daily lives of Americans.
Eisenhower in War and Peace
Paperback (976 pages), kindle, audiobook
The whole panorama from Ike's superlative generalship forging the Allied path to victory to his meteoric rise to the White House.
Exorcising Hitler:
The Occupation and Denazification of Germany
Paperback (480 pages), kindle, audiobook
The story of Germany's Year Zero and what came next as the German people shook off the nightmare of Nazism to rebuild their battered country.
The Extraordinary Life of Josef Ganz:
The Jewish Engineer Behind Hitler's Volkswagen
Paperback (408 pages)
The Nazis did all they could to keep the Jewish godfather of the German compact car out of the history books.
Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon:
Zoot Suits, Race, and Riot in Wartime LA
Paperback (328 pages), kindle
Music, fashion, race relations, neighborhood activism and a World War all come together and erupt in violence in Los Angeles.
Layered Violence:
The Detroit Rioters of 1943
Paperback (329 pages)
The Detroit race riot of 1943 was the most devastating civil disorder in national history up to that time. It remains a powerful gauge by which other racial disorders can be measured.
Women At Risk:
We Also Served
Paperback (492 pages)
More than 60 women explain some of the things they did or do in the military or as civilians. They tell us why they volunteered, how their lives were changed, and answer the question, Would I do it again?
Dancing in Combat Boots
and other stories of American Women in WWII
Paperback (184 pages), kindle
The eleven fictional stories in this remarkable collection are based on real women whose experiences were at once typical and extraordinary.
Gabby:
A Fighter Pilot's Life
Paperback (176 pages)
If ever a man has earned his place in the annals of military history, that man is Francis Gabby Gabreski.
Dunkirk:
Fight to the Last Man
Paperback (720 pages), kindle
A bold and powerful account of the small group of men who fended off the German army so that hundreds of thousands of their comrades could exit this doomed land.
Hitler:
The Last Ten Days
DVD
1973 movie follows the final days from Hitler's 56th birthday to his death, this unflinching peek into the bunker shows us the downfall of a madman. Stars Alec Guinness.
Marshall and His Generals:
US Army Commanders in World War II
Paperback (438 pages)
General George C Marshall, chief of staff of the US Army during WWII, faced the daunting task not only of overseeing two theaters of a global conflict, but also of selecting the best generals to carry out American grand strategy.
The Generals:
American Military Command from World War II to Today
Paperback (576 pages), kindle, audiobook
A close study of America's military leaders for three decades, and the widening gulf between performance and accountability among the top brass of the US military.
USAAF Handbook
1939-1945
Hardcover, paperback (276 pages)
Illustrated with more than 150 photos and drawings, this book deals with the many aspects of the US Army Air Force's organization and equipment in WWII.
Air Spy:
How Nazi Secrets Were Uncovered From The Air
Paperback (190 pages)
Behind-the-scenes story of the role of photo intelligence in the winning of WWII by a woman whose photo analysis was instrumental in identifying German's V-1 and V-2 weapons.
