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The Model Occupation:
The Channel Islands Under German Rule 1940-1945
Paperback (384 pages), kindle
Every islander was faced with uncomfortable choices during the German occupation of Britain's Channel Islands.
Struggle for the Middle Sea:
The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean Theater, 1940 - 1945
Hardcover (360 pages), kindle
It was the most intensely contested body of water in World War II. More major naval actions were fought in the Mediterranean than in the Atlantic or Pacific.
Patton:
Ordeal and Triumph
Paperback (896 pages), kindle
This is the book credited in the opening of the 1970 film Patton. He was, and remains to this day, America's most famous general, representing toughness, focus and the ideal of achievement in the face of overwhelming odds.
Mrs Adolf Hitler:
The Eva Braun Photograph Albums 1912-45
Hardcover (208 pages), kindle
Strange-but-true saga of the life of Eva Braun, richly illustrated from her own personal photograph albums.
Yank Bomber Boys in Norfolk:
A Photographic Record of the USAAF in the Second World War
Hardcover (344 pages), kindle
Over 500 personal photographs produce a unique flavor of life in and around the airbase plots of "Little America" in Norfolk.
Soldiers with Spanners:
The B-24 Ground Crew's View During the Second World War
Paperback (160 pages), kindle
A photographic history of life as soldier on a US airbase in the UK during WWII, as seen through the camera lenses of the GIs themselves.
Eisenstaedt:
Witness to Our Time
Paperback (348 pages)
Starting with Alfred Eisenstaedt's early photographs of the crowned heads of Europe and of the rise of Hitler, this book covers decades of US history, from Hollywood in the golden 1930s, to the home front during World War II, including, of course, his iconic Times Square Kiss photo.
The Alaska Highway
Paperback (112 pages)
An exciting collection of photographs presenting the story of the planning, construction and maintenance of the Alcan Highway and the impact and influence it made on the landscape and the First Nations people along the route.
The Berlin Wall:
A World Divided, 1961-1989
Paperback (528 pages), kindle
The physical manifestation of the struggle between Soviet Communism and American capitalism that stood for nearly thirty years.
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.
