Special Ops Heroes tells the extraordinary stories behind Lord Ashcroft's collection of SAS and other Special Forces medals - the largest of its kind in the world. The action-packed stories span som……続きを見る
New York Times bestselling author Susan Donovan welcomes you to Bayberry Island, a special place where a bronze mermaid statue promises to grant true love to anyone with an open heart... Perfect for……続きを見る
In the early 1940s, the 8th U.S. Army Air Corps was asked to fly daylight missions over Germany in non-pressurized, unheated aircraft that were built in the early 1930s (at the same time Model “A” F……続きを見る
Six documents provide unique information and insights about the issue of women in the American military services. The documents are: Women and Military Service: A History, Analysis, and Overview of ……続きを見る
Navy SEAL sniper and New York Times bestselling author Brandon Webb’s personal account of eight of his friends and fellow SEALs who made the ultimate sacrifice.
“Knowing these great menーwho they we……続きを見る
War Story author and ex-Green Beret Jim Morris attends a fiftieth anniversary party for the Green Berets. This special forces unit traces its history back to the dawn of World War II when the OSS ra……続きを見る
War Story author Jim Morris ponders the hated nickname "Baby Killers" given to Vietnam War soldiers, and then explains the extraordinary lengths U.S. soldiers go to in order to avoid civilian casual……続きを見る
In 1944, hundreds of Allied soldiers were trapped in POW camps in occupied France. The odds of their survival were long. The odds of escaping, even longer. But one man had the courage to fight the o……続きを見る
What was life like through the eyes of an all-American ten-year-old boy during WWII?
Today, grown men have man caves in which to take refuge. William Henry had his thinking tree, where he could hide……続きを見る
The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars have taken a harsh toll on our military’s population. Some service members come back from combat ready for a change of pace, others get caught up in the draw down curre……続きを見る
James F. Dunnigan and Albert A. Nofi's Dirty Little Secrets of the Vietnam War allows us to see what really happened to American forces in Southeast Asia, separating popular myth from explosive real……続きを見る
'Hard eyes stare out of massive beards, their faces marked by the scars of battle. With these guys their webbing looks like it belongs to them, rather than it's been hung on a pair of reluctant shou……続きを見る
The extraordinary story of the deserters of the Second World War. Who were they? What made them run? And what happened once they made the decision to flee?
During the Second World War, the British l……続きを見る
For Army’s players, their 1964 football game against a Navy team led by its Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, Roger Staubach, was a do-or-die battle. Army had lost to Navy five years in a row. Thi……続きを見る
The 'Forgotten Voices' of the First World War speak for the final time.
LAST POST is very consciously the last word from the handful of First World War survivors who were left alive in 2004. Now the……続きを見る
The truth about the battle that came to define our Vietnam War - from the men who were there.
18th August, 1966. 1pm…D Company entered the plantation. They thought that, if they were lucky, they wer……続きを見る
著者:James Holland
出版社: HarperCollins Publishers
発売日: 2010年08月19日
‘Heroes’ is the story of an extraordinary generation of young men, mostly British, who came of age in the Second World War. These young men – and women – found themselves facing life-threatening dan……続きを見る
'Afghanistan is just like Iraq – hot, dusty and full of people who want to kill you', SSgt Simon Fuller, Royal Engineer Search Advisor
Bomb Hunters tells the story of the British army's elite bomb d……続きを見る
An exhilarating and uplifting account of the lives of sixteen ‘warriors’ from the last three centuries, hand-picked for their bravery or extraordinary military experience by the eminent military his……続きを見る
著者:James Holland
出版社: HarperCollins Publishers
発売日: 2012年12月20日
World War II affected the lives of ordinary men and women more directly than any other conflict before or since.
This is an unprecedented look at the lives of twenty-one young men who answered their……続きを見る
From the author of The Perfect Storm, a gripping book about Sebastian Junger's almost-fatal year with the 2nd battalion of the American Army.
They were known as "The Rock." For one year, in 2007-200……続きを見る
Afghanistan, Summer 2006. This is war.
Afghanistan in the summer of 2006. In blazing heat in remote outposts the 3 Para battlegroup is pitted against a stubborn enemy who keep on coming. Until now, ……続きを見る
This is Nicky’s story, one of four individual journeys taken from Wherever You Are by The Military Wives.
At 33, Nicky Clarke had stopped thinking she would ever fall in love. But they say when you ……続きを見る
Quand je donnai, sous les auspices de la Société bibliographique, une nouvelle édition des Mémoires de Jacques de Chastenet, seigneur de Puységur (Paris, 1883, 2 v……続きを見る
Elite paratrooper Sgt. Don Malarkey takes us not only into the World War II battles fought from Normandy to Germany, but into the heart and mind of a soldier who lost his best friend during the nigh……続きを見る
One of the New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year
New York Times bestselling author Danielle Trussoni's unforgettable memoir of her wild and haunted father, a man whose war never rea……続きを見る
著者:Pete Blaber
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2010年09月07日
“A book about the complexities of combat that's just as applicable for dealing with the complexities of business and our personal lives.”ーKevin Sharer, chairman and CEO, Amgen
As a commander of Del……続きを見る
Clive Aslet's War Memorial: The Story of One Village's Sacrifice from 1914 to 2003, is a powerful
story of those who died in war.
Who were the men and women whose names are commemorated on war memor……続きを見る
More than one million Americans have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, but fewer than 500 from this group have earned a Silver Star, Navy Cross, Air Force Cross, Distinguished Service Cross, or the Me……続きを見る