Tin Can Titans by John Wukovits
An excellent narrative of the blue-collar destroyers. Destroyers did not have the firepower of battleships or cruisers or the glamour of the aircraft carriers, ...
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The Chosen Few by Gregg Zoroya
Zoroya, like so many great authors in the past, perfectly describes the fighting spirit of America's warriors. He chronicles the different firefights and battle...
Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway
Kleiss's account of the battle from his perspective is riveting. His detailed analysis of how everything transpired is a testament to the professionalism and ex...
Brandywine: A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America by Michael C. Harris
The book thrives in the details. Harris in many instances lists the names of those who are killed or wounded in a particular part of the battle. That example an...
Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack by Steve Twomey
In Countdown to Pearl Harbor Steve Twomey revisits the reasons why the Americans were so caught off-guard by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Still to this ...