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Five Years To Freedom

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This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness

Updated with maps, photographs, and battlefield diagrams, this special fiftieth anniversary edition of the classic history of the Korean War is a dramatic and hard-hitting account of the conflict writ…

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The Longest Day: June 6, 1944

The unparalleled work of history that recreates the battle that changed World War II -- now in a new edition for the 50th anniversary of D-Day.

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The historians can’t seem to settle whether to call this one "The Third Space War" (or the fourth), or whether "The First Interstellar War" fits it better. We just call it “The Bug War." Everything up…

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A Bridge Too Far

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New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

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The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi

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