Veterans 21

The opening battles of WWI’s Western Front and the world-changing advances in warfare are reexamined through eyewitness accounts from the trenches. The 1914 campaign of World War I, sparked by the G……続きを見る

The first volume in this two-part oral history brings to life the experiences of British Army soldiers during the Troubles in the mid 1970s. British Army veteran Ken Wharton has written extensively ……続きを見る

This “valuable history” examines America’s complex and often conflicting relationship to wounded veterans and the lasting legacies of warfare (The Intercept). America has grappled with the questions……続きを見る

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“A tender and courageous and truly haunting memoirーone of the very best to emerge from the American war in Vietnam. I loved this book.” ーTim O’Brien, author of The Things They Carried In this pier……続きを見る

“An all-encompassing study . . . Holm shows the interconnecting historical, social and psychological attributes of Native American veterans.” ーHistorynet.com At least 43,000 Native Americans fought……続きを見る

The service and sacrifices of two London boroughs are chronicled in dramatic detail in this WWI military history. In 1915, the Mayors of the London Metropolitan Boroughs were each urged to raise a u……続きを見る

A rare account of a non-German, Erik Wallin, who fought in the Nazi Party’s Waffen-SS during World War IIーa no-holds-barred narrative of the Eastern Front. This is the exciting true story of Erik W……続きを見る

The WWI biography of a Victory Cross recipient who fought bravely at Gallipoli, only to be shunned after the war for speaking out against it. The son of a former Premier of Western Australia, Hugo T……続きを見る

The epic and brutal WWI battle is vividly recounted through the words and photos of the soldiers who lived through it. One of the most famous battles of the Great War, the offensive on the Somme too……続きを見る

A military historian analyzes the ingenious WWII tanks known as Hobart’s Funnies, detailing their development and their role in the D-Day campaign. When the British and Canadians landed in Normandy ……続きを見る

A collection of eyewitness accounts of the struggle that raged in the skies over occupied Europe after the Battle of Britain during World War II. Expertly selected and interwoven by Stephen Darlow, ……続きを見る

This oral history presents the firsthand stories and memories of Britain’s last living WWI veteransーcomplete with then and now photographs. Historian Richard van Emden has spent decades interviewin……続きを見る

“Both a beautifully detailed examination of wartime life and a searingly honest depiction of a fraught father-daughter relationship.” ーPhil Klay, National Book Award-winning author of Missionaries ……続きを見る

“With its focus on tank crew members and their commanders this is a unique addition to the literature on WWII.” ーA. Harding Ganz, Associate Professor Emeritus of the Ohio State University at Newark……続きを見る

Veterans with PTSD speak: “Anyone wanting to understand what it is to have a ‘flashback’ will learn more from these firsthand accounts than from any textbook.” ーThe British Journal of Psychiatry Th……続きを見る

“In this incredibly courageous expose,” Vietnam veterans discuss the long-lasting effects of PTSD and their strategies for coping (Publishers Weekly). Though much has been written about the short-te……続きを見る

The British Army veteran and oral historian presents vivid firsthand accounts of soldiers on the frontlines of the Troubles in the early 1970s. This volume in Ken Wharton’s series of oral histories ……続きを見る

A veteran RAF fighter pilot reflects on his service in the sky during the Cold War, the Gulf War, and more in this exciting memoir. Rick Peacock-Edwards has led different lives at different times, b……続きを見る

“Unsparing, scathingly direct, and gut-wrenching . . . the war Washington doesn’t want you to see” (Andrew J. Bacevich, New York Times–bestselling author of Washington Rules) This “uncompromisingly ……続きを見る

A firsthand account of a World War II crewman in the 427 (Lion) Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force who was captured by the Nazis and became a POW. On his third operational mission, Tony Johnso……続きを見る

“An absorbing story about how the Lincoln veteran George Watt managed to escape from Nazi-occupied Belgium.”ーSan Francisco Review of Books November 1943: American flyer George Watt parachutes out o……続きを見る

“The stories . . . are top-notch and engaging as soldiers and veterans grapple with big questions while seeking meaning in life and coping with war and PTSD.” ーBooklist Ask combat veterans to name ……続きを見る

“An absorbing story about how the Lincoln veteran George Watt managed to escape from Nazi-occupied Belgium.”ーSan Francisco Review of Books November 1943: American flyer George Watt parachutes out o……続きを見る

An attack in a grocery store parking lot launches an examination of the Vietnam War’s dark legacyーby the author of The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee. The Broken Country uses a violent incident that……続きを見る

The postwar life of surviving Rebel generalsーthe triumph and heartbreak, success and failure of Robert E. Lee, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and others. The South’s high command traveled dramatically div……続きを見る

The definitive biography of Harold G. Moore, hero of the Vietnam War and author of the bestselling memoir of the battle at Ia Drang. Hal Moore, one of the most admired American combat leaders of the……続きを見る

“This collection makes evident Coffman’s importance in defining the field of modern American military history. Lucid, astute, and immensely entertaining.” ーBrian Linn, Texas A&M University, author ……続きを見る

A female marine’s “absorbing memoir” recounting her work with the remains and personal effects of fallen soldiers and her battle with PTSD (Publishers Weekly). In 2008, CBS chief foreign corresponde……続きを見る

A stirring account of the heroic World War I exploits and life of Tennessean Alvin C. York. “Reads like a good novel.” ーSouthern Living In a brief encounter on October 8, 1918, during the Argonne o……続きを見る