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Von Richthofen
The Legend Evaluated
By Richard Townshend Bickers
In this book, the author puts Richtofen's fighting record into perspective with the famous fighter pilots of World War II. He argues that Richtofen's reputation may have been created by the German propaganda machine, or the Allied pilots who were outfought by Germany's advanced technology.
Available Formats: Hardcover
Winning Edge
Naval Technology in Action, 1939-1942
By Kenneth Poolman

In this surprisingly lively approach to recording the impact of technology on the war at sea, Kenneth Poolman follows comprehensive descriptions of each new technical development with dramatic examples of its use in action.

To combat the savage campaign mounted by German submarines and surface raiders to keep vital supplies from the Allies, Allied navies deployed new weapons like ASDIC ...

Available Formats: Hardcover
Phase Line Green
The Battle for Hue, 1968
By Nicholas Warr
The bloody, month-long battle for the Citadel in Hue during 1968 pitted U.S. Marines against an entrenched, numerically superior North Vietnamese Army force. By official U.S. accounts it was a tactical and moral victory for the Marines and the United States. But a survivor's compulsion to square official accounts with his contrasting experience has produced an entirely different perspective of ...
Available Formats: Softcover
Going Back
A Navy Airman in the Pacific War
By Charles J. Furey

Like millions of other young Americans in the 1930s, Charles Furey grew up surrounded by the images and memories of World War I, not knowing that he was part of a generation bred for another war. Pearl Harbor changed all that. In 1942 he enlisted in the Navy and, during the next three years, fought in a war that transformed ...

Available Formats: Hardcover