Shipped by rail with several other POWs across Russia, Killinger was determined to return home. In order to do this, though ...
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Eleven Months to Freedom
A German POW's Unlikely Escape from Siberia in 1915
Eleven Months to Freedom recounts the daring World War I escape of German midshipman Erich Killinger. Falsely accused of bombing a railway station after crashing his plane at sea, he was sentenced to life in the Sakhalin coal mines.
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The Big E
"The Story of the USS Enterprise, Illustrated Edition"
“Her admirers will be grateful to Commander Stafford for preserving so much of her so well.” -- New York Times
“The unbelievable career of the bravest and most effective warship America ever built, excitingly recorded.” -- Life
“An action-packed drama of living men in a ship with a soul.” -- San Francisco Examiner
“After reading Commander Stafford’s lovingly detailed saga ...
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Jihadist Threat
The Re-conquest of the West?
This timely and controversial book examines the international and domestic threats to the West from jihadism. It connects the dots of this Islamic fundamentalist movement throughout the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, explaining what the movement means for the West, in particular Britain, but also continental Europe and the United States. After briefly tracing the origins of jihadism from the ...
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U.S. Battleships
An Illustrated Design History
The Norman Friedman Illustrated Design History series of U.S. warships books has been an industry standard for three decades and has sold thousands of copies worldwide. To mark and celebrate this achievement, the Naval Institute Press is proud to make these books available once more. Digitally remastered for enhanced photo resolution and quality, corrected, and updated, this series will continue to ...
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