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  • af Lynn Hamilton
    298,95 kr.

    Chasing Cynthiana reveals hidden pockets of wine obsession in rural America and explores why the U.S. wine industry, outside California, lags behind Europe’s.

  • af Terrence Petty
    348,95 kr.

    Nazis at the Watercooler chronicles a historic injustice quieted by German government officials and abetted by the CIA: the ease with which Nazi war criminals were able to land jobs in the postwar civil service, largely because of a callous indifference among German authorities about job candidates’ wartime records.

  • af Bill Thorness
    348,95 kr.

    When a slim packet of his father’s letters came to light after his mother’s death, Bill Thorness began a quest to rediscover his father, who was an army commando battling in Italy to liberate Rome in World War II.

  • af Aramís Calderón
    218,95 kr.

    In this compelling memoir Aramís Calderón tells a fascinating story of what it’s like to be a fugitive’s son, what drives a young man into the military, and how his time in combat brings back childhood memories he’d hoped to forget.

  • af Scott D Seligman
    286,95 kr.

    Scott D. Seligman recounts the untold story of the largest antisemitic riot in American history: the horrific attack on Jewish mourners by factory workers and police on New York’s Lower East Side during the 1902 funeral of Chief Rabbi Jacob Joseph.

  • af Joanie Holzer Schirm
    231,95 - 363,95 kr.

  • af Peter Sarandinaki
    408,95 kr.

    A thrilling, true-life detective story about the search for the missing members of the Romanov royal family, murdered by Bolsheviks in 1918, and one family’s involvement in the hundred-year-old forensic investigation into their deaths, clandestine burials, and the recovery and authentication of the remains.

  • af Edward Mickolus
    308,95 kr.

    This collection of personal essays details adventures, advice, and experiences of generations of CIA analytic, support, and technical officers.

  • af Ira Chinoy
    398,95 kr.

    Predicting the Winner is a riveting narrative about election night 1952, when computers were used for the first time to predict winners from early returns and the results were launched live and untested on the newest medium for news: television.

  • af Theodore Craig
    358,95 kr.

    Through the lens of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, former senior U.S. embassy official Ted Craig offers an insightful, fast-moving tour through U.S.-Pakistan relations, from 9/11 to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

  • af Brian McGinty
    368,95 kr.

    Lincoln and California portrays the previously unrecognized ties between President Abraham Lincoln and the Golden State, portraying his key relationships with close friends and personal acquaintances that helped influence the imperiled Union.

  • af John Webb
    333,95 kr.

    Molyvos chronicles the work of Melinda McRostie and a few friends in Molyvos—on the north coast of the Greek island of Lesvos—as well as Eric and Philippa Kempton at Eftalou as they carried out the only refugee relief effort on the north coast between 2014 and 2015.

  • af Jim Leeke
    338,95 kr.

    The Gas and Flame Men tells how chemical warfare changed the course of World War I, war in general, and the game of baseball—with famous players stepping away from the game to serve and fight in France.

  • af Jack Devine
    278,95 - 368,95 kr.

    In Spymaster’s Prism, the legendary spymaster Jack Devine aims to ignite public discourse on our country’s intelligence, covert action, and counterintelligence posture against Russia.

  • af Paul Carter
    333,95 kr.

    This biography of Richard Nixon covers his uniquely Southern California life in full circle, from his birth in Yorba Linda to his final resting place just a few yards from the home in which he was born.

  • af Tony Silber
    333,95 kr.

    Told in real time, this is the story of President Abraham Lincoln, his cabinet, and his military commanders during the first days of the Civil War.

  • af Anthony R Palumbi
    368,95 kr.

    Anthony R. Palumbi dives into the history of dam-building in the United States as natural waterscapes have been replaced with engineered environments and the bone-dry West became America’s produce aisle.

  • af D M Giangreco
    368,95 kr.

    Based on previously unpublished research, noted historian D. M. Giangreco provides a concise account of President Harry S. Truman’s decision to drop the atom bomb during World War II, focusing on the question: What did Truman know, and when did he know it?

  • af Norman Polmar
    368,95 kr.

    Spy Ships highlights specialized naval ships used for collecting intelligence and reveals their major impact on military operations and national security.

  • af Harriet F Senie
    348,95 kr.

    Amid modern-day racial unrest, a national pandemic, and a political divisiveness that seems to have become a dominant feature of American discourse, Harriet F. Senie offers a thoughtful reflection on the complex legacies of the four presidents memorialized on Mount Rushmore.

  • af Joseph M Pereira
    243,95 - 318,95 kr.

    All Souls Day is the reconstruction of a little-known battle during World War II and the impact it has to this day.

  • af Candice Shy Hooper
    388,95 kr.

    Delivered Under Fire is the biography of the U.S. Post Office special agent who risked his life to protect mail that contained some of the most personal and valuable information during the Civil War.

  • af Eileen A Bjorkman
    263,95 kr.

    Unforgotten in the Gulf of Tonkin is the riveting story of Navy pilot Lt. William Sharp’s high-speed ejection from his F-8 after being hit by enemy fire over North Vietnam and ultimately his escape.

  • af Robert F O'Neill
    388,95 kr.

    This tactical study of fighting in June of 1863 is placed within the strategic context of a campaign—the result of thirty years of research at repositories across the country and research in unpublished records at the National Archives.

  • af Wayne L. White
    318,95 kr.

  • af James Morrison
    318,95 kr.

    In this journal Boatswain’s Mate James Morrison recounts the Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty’s 1787 voyage and the ensuing mutiny, providing an invaluable resource for naval historians and an enthralling tale for the general reader.

  • af William L Shea
    368,95 kr.

    Union General tells the story of the most successful Federal general west of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War, Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805–1866).

  • af Teresa Fazio
    213,95 kr.

    A woman Marine officer’s story of coming of age.

  • af Brooke King
    233,95 kr.

    A no-holds-barred account of the reality one woman faced in war, War Flower pushes back against the stereotypes of women in combat.