Draws on the personal reminiscences and experiences of submariners to document the heroic accomplishments of the U.S. Navy's Submarine Force, which, in the wake of the disaster at Pearl Harbor, became one of the few things that stood between the shattered U.S. Pacific Fleet and the Japanese Navy.

The Depths of Courage: American Submariners at War with Japan, 1941-1945

History

Flint Whitlock

Ron Smith

Military

Berkley Hardcover

In 1942, at the beginning of World War II, the US Army built its most unusual military post for its most unusual division in a high, remote, Rocky Mountain valley 100 miles west of Denver, Colorado. Located at 9,250 feet above sea level, Camp Hale was the training home of the famed 13,459-man 10th Mountain Division, which trained in mountain warfare techniques for two years--and almost missed the war. After they were finally deployed for combat in early 1945 in the Northern Apennine Mountains of Italy, the young men of the 10th never lost a battle or gave up a foot of ground. And, after the war, many of the veterans returned home to create America's ski and winter sports industry. Building Camp Hale was an incredible feat of wartime engineering and construction. To transform the wild, alpine meadow into an Army camp, 10,000 civilian construction workers were hired to scrape away the vegetation; level the valley floor; install roads and water and sewer lines; build 1,000 structures and two ski areas; and relocate a highway and railroad line--all within seven months and at a cost of $31 million (over a half billion dollars in today's money). Yet Camp Hale was demolished two years after it was built.

10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale (Images of America)

Arts & Photography

Miller,Eric

Photography & Video

Arcadia Publishing

"Gentlemen, do not be daunted if chaos reigns; it undoubtedly will." So said Brigadier S. James Hill, commanding officer of the British 3rd Parachute Brigade, in an address to his troops shortly before the launching of Operation Overlord—the D-Day invasion of Normandy. No more prophetic words were ever spoken, for chaos indeed reigned on that day, and many more that followed. Much has been written about the Allied invasion of France, but award-winning military historian Flint Whitlock has put together a unique package—the first history of the assault that concentrates exclusively on the activities of the American, British, and Canadian airborne forces that descended upon Normandy in the dark, pre-dawn hours of 6 June 1944. Landing into the midst of the unknown, the airborne troops found themselves fighting for their lives on every side in the very jaws of the German defenses, while striving to seize their own key objectives in advance of their seaborne comrades to come. Whitlock details the formation, recruitment, training, and deployment of the Allies' parachute and glider troops. First-person accounts by the veterans who were there—from paratroopers to glidermen to the pilots who flew them into the battle, as well as the commanders (Eisenhower, Taylor, Ridgway, Gavin, and more)—make for compelling, "you-are-there" listening. If Chaos Reigns is a fitting tribute to the men who rode the wind into battle and managed to pull victory out of confusion, chaos, and almost certain defeat. Author/military historian Flint Whitlock graduated from the Army's Airborne School at Ft. Benning, GA, in 1965 and spent five years on active duty, including a combat tour in Vietnam. He is the author of nine books, six of which are about World War II, and is currently the editor of WWII Quarterly. He has appeared in documentaries on The History Channel and on the Fox Channel's War Stories with Oliver North, and now lives in Denver, CO.

If Chaos Reigns

Europe

Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

Life story of pioneer aviator Elrey B. Jeppesen with 98 photos and illustrations and 12 aeronautic charts

Capt Jepp and the Little Black Book

Biographies & Memoirs

Terry L. Barnhart

Historical

Savage Pr

Capt. Jepp and the Little Black Book is a fascinating look at the beginnings of aviation in America and the colorful daredevils who risked their lives to entertain crowds, deliver the mail, and carry passengers commercially. It is also the rags-to-riches story of Elrey B. Jeppesen--daredevel barnstormer and wing walker of the 1920s, intrepid airmail and airline pilot of the 1930s, creator of an aerial navigation system in use today worldwide, and founder of a business that grew from a ten-cent little black book into an international, multi-billion-dollar enterprise without equal.

Capt Jepp and the Little Black Book: How Barnstormer and Aviation Pioneer Elrey B Jeppesen Made the Skies Safer for Everyone

Professionals & Academics

Cable Publishing

Here is a fascinating look at the beginnings of aviation in America and the colorful daredevils who risked their lives to entertain crowds, carry the mail, and carry passengers commercially. It is also the rags-to-riches story of the amazing life of Elrey B. Jeppesen--Capt Jepp--daredevil barnstormer and wing walker of the 1920s, intrepid airmail and airline pilot of the 1930s, creator of an aerial navigation system in use today worldwide, and founder of a business that grew from a ten-cent little black book into an international, multi-billion-dollar enterprise without equal.

Turbulence Before Takeoff is the inspiring story of Marlon DeWitt Green, a successful Air Force pilot, who became the first African America to be hired by a commercial airline. Interspersed with his struggle, which ended with a landmark, unanimous ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, are unforgettable stories from the 1950s and 1960s, when the fight for civil rights nearly tore America apart.

Turbulence Before Takeoff: The Life & Times of Aviation Pioneer Marlon Dewitt Green

Community & Culture

Turbulence Before Takeoff is the inspiring story of Marlon DeWitt Green, a successful Air Force pilot who became the first black pilot hired by a passenger airline, but only after years of struggle that ended with a unanimous, landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in his favor. Paralleling Captain Green's saga are unforgettable stories from the 1950s and 1960s, when the battle for civil rights nearly tore America apart, and unforgettable characters like Robert Kennedy, Martin Luthers King, Jr., and a tireless lawyer who didn't know the word "quit."

Turbulence Before Takeoff: The Life & Times of Aviation Pionerr Marlon Dewitt Green

When one hears the words Nazi Germany, images of concentration camps and mass death come to mind. And no concentration camp is more infamous then Buchenwald--a pitiless place where tens of thousands of human beings died. Overseeing this empire of horror was SS Colonel Karl Koch and his wife Ilse. Under their cruel regime. evil reigned unchecked and the inconceivable became commonplace. A riveting story.

The Beasts of Buchenwald: Karl & Ilse Koch, Human-Skin Lampshades, and the War-Crimes Trial of the Century (The Buchenwald Trilogy, Vol. 1)

The crime and punishment story of how Nazi SS Colonel Karl Koch and his wife Ilse ran Buchenwald, the most infamous concentration camp of Nazi Germany, where evil reigned unchecked and the inconceivable was commonplace.

The Beasts of Buchenwald: Karl & Ilse Koch, Human-Skin Lampshades, and the War-Crimes Trial of the Century (Buchenwald Trilogy) (The Buchenwald Trilogy)

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The Depths of Courage: American Submariners at War with Japan, 1941-1945

10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale (Images of America)

If Chaos Reigns

Capt Jepp and the Little Black Book

Capt Jepp and the Little Black Book: How Barnstormer and Aviation Pioneer Elrey B Jeppesen Made the Skies Safer for Everyone

Capt Jepp and the Little Black Book

Turbulence Before Takeoff: The Life & Times of Aviation Pioneer Marlon Dewitt Green

Turbulence Before Takeoff: The Life & Times of Aviation Pionerr Marlon Dewitt Green

The Beasts of Buchenwald: Karl & Ilse Koch, Human-Skin Lampshades, and the War-Crimes Trial of the Century (The Buchenwald Trilogy, Vol. 1)

The Beasts of Buchenwald: Karl & Ilse Koch, Human-Skin Lampshades, and the War-Crimes Trial of the Century (Buchenwald Trilogy) (The Buchenwald Trilogy)