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• The Daughters of Kobani

  a Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice

  Lemmon, Gayle Tzemach,

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  Based on years of on-the-ground reporting, The Daughters of Kobani is the unforgettable story of the women of the Kurdish militia that improbably became part of the world's best hope for stopping ISIS in Syria.

• Facing the Mountain

  a True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

  Brown, Daniel James, 1951-

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  From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat , a gripping World War II saga of patriotism, highlighting the contributions and sacrifices that Japanese immigrants and their American-born children made for the sake of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Information Hunters

  When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe

  Peiss, Kathy Lee,

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  While armies have seized enemy records and rare texts as booty throughout history, it was only during World War II that an unlikely band of librarians, archivists, and scholars traveled abroad to collect books and documents to aid the military…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Hawk Down

  a Story of Modern War

  Bowden, Mark, 1951-

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  Recounts a 1993 firefight in Mogadishu, Somalia, that resulted in the deaths of eighteen Americans and more than five hundred Somalis, examining the rationales behind the disastrous raid.

• Brothers in Arms

  the Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes

  Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-

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  Brothers in Arms recounts the extraordinary story of the 761st "Black Panthers," the first all-black armored unit to see combat in World War II. Working with acclaimed writer Anthony Walton, Abdul-Jabbar interviewed the surviving members of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Guns of August

  Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim

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  In this landmark, Pulitzer Prize-winning account, renowned historian Barbara W. Tuchman re-creates 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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ghost Soldiers

  the Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission

  Sides, Hampton

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  On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty miles in an attempt to rescue 513 American and British POWs who had spent three…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Code Girls

  the Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II

  Mundy, Liza, 1960-

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  Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. A strict vow of secrecy nearly erased their efforts from history; now, through dazzling research and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An Army at Dawn

  the War in North Africa, 1942-1943

  Atkinson, Rick

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  Opening with the daring amphibious invasion in November 1942, An Army at Dawn follows the American and British armies as they fight the French in Morocco and Algiers, and then take on the Germans and Italians in Tunisia.

• Battle Cry of Freedom

  the Civil War Era

  McPherson, James M.

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  Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book vividly recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War--the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry--and then moves into a masterful…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Earth Is Weeping

  the Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West

  Cozzens, Peter, 1957-

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  With the end of the Civil War, the nation recommenced its expansion onto traditional Indian tribal lands, setting off a wide-ranging conflict that would last more than three decades. In an exploration of the wars and negotiations that destroyed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Band of Brothers

  E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

  Ambrose, Stephen E.

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  As good a rifle company as any in the world, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, kept getting the tough assignments -- responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Splendid and the Vile

  a Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

  Larson, Erik, 1954-

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  In The Splendid and the Vile , Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the British people "the art of being fearless." It is a story of political brinkmanship, but it's also an intimate domestic drama, set against the backdrop…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Marines of Montford Point

  America's First Black Marines

  McLaurin, Melton Alonza

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  Drawing from interviews with 60 veterans, The Marines of Montford Point relates the experiences of these pioneers in their own words. From their stories, we learn about their reasons for enlisting; their arrival at Montford Point and the training…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Spy and the Traitor

  the Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

  Macintyre, Ben, 1963-

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  Veteran nonfiction writer Macintyre... tells the story of Oleg Gordievsky (b. 1938), a spy for the Soviet Union beginning in the 1960s, later becoming the chief spy in the KGB's London office. Over time, Gordievsky developed leanings toward the West…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Good-bye to All That

  Graves, Robert, 1895-1985

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  Tracing his upbringing from his solidly middle-class Victorian childhood through his entry into the war at age twenty-one as a patriotic captain in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, this dramatic, poignant, often wry autobiography goes on to depict the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• D-Day, June 6, 1944

  the Climactic Battle of World War II

  Ambrose, Stephen E.

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  Now illustrated with an extraordinary collection of over 125 photos, Stephen E. Ambrose's D-Day is the definitive history of World War II's most pivotal battle, June 6, 1944, the day that changed the course of history.... Drawing on more than 1,400…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Inferno

  the World at War, 1939-1945

  Hastings, Max

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  From one of our finest military historians, a monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of World War II and its deeply personal consequences. Through his strikingly detailed stories of everyday people--of soldiers, sailors and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Spearhead

  An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II

  Makos, Adam,

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  From the author of the international bestseller A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story of an American tank gunner's journey into the heart of the Third Reich, where he will meet destiny in an iconic armor duel--and forge an enduring…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Flyboys

  a True Story of Courage

  Bradley, James, 1954-

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  Over the remote Pacific island of Chichi Jima, nine American flyers-Navy and Marine pilots sent to bomb Japanese communications towers there-were shot down. One of those nine was miraculously rescued by a U.S. Navy submarine. The others were…Read moreRead more of this annotation