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Operation Mincemeat:

Operation Mincemeat:

How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

Paperback (432 pages), kindle, audiobook

Filled with spies, double agents, rogues, fearless heroes, and one very important corpse, the story of Operation Mincemeat reads like an international thriller.

Double Cross:

Double Cross:

The True Story of the D-Day Spies

Paperback (416 pages), kindle, audiobook

Operation Fortitude and the Double Cross system were the most sophisticated deception operations ever carried out, ensuring Allied success on D-Day.

The Gestapo:

The Gestapo:

A History of Horror

Paperback (384 pages), kindle, audiobook

Chronicle of how the land of Beethoven elevated sadism to a fine art, written by a victim of the Gestapo, from interviews with former Gestapo agents.

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich:

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich:

A History of Nazi Germany

Paperback (1,280 pages), kindle, audiobook

This monumental study of Hitler’s empire is widely acclaimed as the definitive record of the twentieth century's blackest hours.

The Great Oil Conspiracy:

The Great Oil Conspiracy:

How the US Government Hid the Nazi Discovery of Abiotic Oil from the American People

Paperback (176 pages), kindle, audiobook

Although it came too late, Nazi Germany's scientists did unlock the secrets to developing all the synthetic oil they needed to wage war. Yet their confiscated documents remained largely ignored in the US.

Any Way You Slice It:

Any Way You Slice It:

The Past, Present, and Future of Rationing

Paperback (320 pages), kindle, audiobook

Rationing is not just a quaint practice restricted to World War II memoirs and 1970s gas station lines.

Flags of Our Fathers:

Flags of Our Fathers

Heroes of Iwo Jima

Paperback (382 pages), kindle, audiobook

Three of the men that raised the flag on Mt Suribachi were killed during the continuing battle; the others proclaimed heroes and flown home to become reluctant symbols.

The Battle of Los Angeles, 1942:

The Battle of Los Angeles, 1942:

The Mystery Air Raid

Paperback (208 pages), audiobook

What happened that morning in the skies over Los Angeles is still an unexplained mystery that remains open to speculation and accusations of a cover-up.

Yalta:

Yalta:

The Price of Peace

Paperback (480 pages), kindle, audiobook

Did FDR give too much to Stalin and thus pave the way to the Cold War? Since 1945, opinion has been bitterly divided on what FDR, Churchill and Stalin achieved at the Yalta Conference.

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors:

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors:

The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour

Paperback (499 pages), kindle, audiobook

The men, the strategies, and the sacrifices that turned certain defeat of the Battle off Samar into a legendary naval victory.

New Deal or Raw Deal?:

New Deal or Raw Deal?:

How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

Paperback (336 pages), kindle, audiobook

Sharply critical new look at FDR's presidency reveals government policies that hindered economic recovery from the Great Depression - and are still hurting America today.

Liberal Fascism:

Liberal Fascism:

The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change

Paperback (512 pages), kindle, audiobook

Ever since the emergence of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, both sides of the American political spectrum have campaigned vigorously to distance themselves from the likes of Mussolini and Hitler by likening their opposition to those despicable regimes.

The Third Reich at War

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.

In Defense of Internment:

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.

The Greatest Battle:

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.

Gandhi the Man:

Gandhi the Man:

How One Man Changed Himself to Change the World

Paperback (200 pages), kindle, audiobook

An unsuccessful young lawyer becomes the Mahatma, the "“great soul" and leads 400 million Indians in their struggle for independence from the British Empire. Gandhi's life continues to inspire and baffle readers today.

If the Allies Had Fallen:

If the Allies Had Fallen:

Sixty Alternate Scenarios of WWII

Paperback (304 pages), kindle, audiobook

From the Munich crisis and the dropping of the atom bombs to Hitler’s declaration of war on the US and the D-Day landings, historians suggest "what might have been" if key events in World War II had gone differently.

No Ordinary Time:

No Ordinary Time:

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II

Paperback (768 pages), kindle, audiobook

Pulitzer Prize winning chronicle of one of the most vibrant and revolutionary periods in the history of the United States and an intimate portrait of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt during a time in which a new, modern America was born.

The Rape Of Nanking:

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.

Lindbergh vs Roosevelt:

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?

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