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FIGHTING SPIRIT





FIGHTING SPIRIT


by Yoshitaka Horie


This is the only memoir available in English by a Japanese military officer who helped plan the Battle of Iwo Jima. Yoshitake Horie, a Japanese field...





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ALONE ON GUADALCANAL





ALONE ON GUADALCANAL


by W.F. Martin Clemens


This remarkable memoir tells the compelling story of the near-mythic British district officer who helped shape the first great Allied...





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REMINISCENCES





REMINISCENCES


by Douglas MacArthur


Written in his own hand and finished only weeks before his death, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's memoir spans more than half a century of modern...





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SAMURAI!





SAMURAI!


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Saburo Sakai was Japan's greatest fighter pilot to survive World War II, and his memoir is one of the most popular and enduring books written on...





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THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE





THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE


by Terence Roberston


The legendary U-boat ace Otto Kretschmer was branded "the Wolf of the Atlantic," for his exploits as one of the Kriegsmarine's finest U...





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THE QUIET WARRIOR





THE QUIET WARRIOR


by CDR Thomas B. Buell, USN (Ret.)


Regarded as the standard biography of World War II naval hero Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, this work is now available in trade paperback for the first...





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DESTROYER CAPTAIN





DESTROYER CAPTAIN


by Admiral James Stavridis


This memoir of James Stavridis' two years in command of the destroyer USS Barry reveals the human side of what it is like to be in charge of a...





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FAITHFUL WARRIORS


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Faithful Warriors is a memoir of World War II in the Pacific by a combat veteran of the 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. Written with award-...





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LAUGHTER IN THE SHADOWS





LAUGHTER IN THE SHADOWS


by Stuart Methven



	This memoir of a CIA operations officer captures the spirit of the early years of the Agency, a period sometimes described as its "finest...





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STEALTH BOAT





STEALTH BOAT


by Gannon McHale


The mission of the U.S. Navy's fast attack submarines during the Cold War was a closely guarded secret for many years, but this look back at the...





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GRACE HOPPER





GRACE HOPPER


by Kathleen Broome Williams


When Grace Hopper retired as a rear admiral from the U.S. Navy in 1986, she was the first woman restricted line officer to reach flag rank and, at...





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THE ANGEL OF DIEN BIEN PHU





THE ANGEL OF DIEN BIEN PHU


by Genevieve de Galard



	As the only French woman among some 11,000 defenders at Dien Bien Phu, Geneviève de Galard had a unique perspective of the siege and fall of...





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WE WILL STAND BY YOU





WE WILL STAND BY YOU


by Theodore C. Mason


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This view of the war from the mess deck of a fleet tug is far different from those written from a flag bridge...





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BLACK SHEEP


by John F. Wukovits


Named a Proceedings Notable Naval Books of 2011
The turbulent life of Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, the top U.S. Marine ace of the Pacific, is...





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FATEFUL RENDEZVOUS





FATEFUL RENDEZVOUS


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Fighter pilot Butch O'Hare became one of America's heroes in 1942 when he saved the carrier Lexington in what has been called the most daring...





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