Biografía y autobiografía / Militar

My American Journey

de Colin L. Powell & Joseph E. Persico

"A GREAT AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY . . . AN ENDEARING AND WELL-WRITTEN BOOK."

--The New York Times Book Review

Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from...

Warlord: Tojo Against the World

de Edwin P. Hoyt

This biography of Japanese army general and dictatorial prime minister Hideki Tojo (1884-1948) covers his early, easy World War II victories (including Pearl Harbor); his subsequent crushing defeats; and his...

Badass: Ultimate Deathmatch

de Ben Thompson

Unstoppable true stories of the most hardcore showdowns, last stands, and military engagements of all time! When only one can live, it's an Ultimate Deathmatch!

This ain't no table tennis. You're not here to...

Battle Ready

de Mark L. Donald & Scott Mactavish

The gripping memoir of Navy Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart recipient SEAL Lieutenant Mark L. Donald As A SEAL and combat medic, Mark served his country with valorous distinction  for almost...

The Other Side of the Trench

de Garry Willmott

This story deserves to be told. Garry Willmott creates graphic and quite horrifying insights into unseen and 'unsung' aspects of World War 1, where so many Australian, Canadian, British, New Zealander, American...

The Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944-1945

de Paul Fussell

The Boys’ Crusade is the great historian Paul Fussell’s unflinching and unforgettable account of the American infantryman’s experiences in Europe during World War II. Based in part on the author’s own...

Patton, Montgomery, Rommel: Masters of War

de Terry Brighton

In Patton, Montgomery, Rommel, one of Britain's most accomplished military scholars presents an unprecedented study of the land war in the North African and European theaters, as well as their chief commanders—three...

The Colored Cadet at West Point

de Henry Ossian Flipper

Henry Ossian Flipper (21 March 1856 - 3 May 1940) was an American soldier, former slave, and the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877, earning a commission...

Delta Force

de Charlie A. Beckwith & Donald Knox

The only insider′s account ever written on America′s most powerful weapon in the war against terrorism

Rommel

de , Desmond Young

This book contains the story of Rommel, the famous German Field Marshal of World War II, commonly known as Desert Fox. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are...

C.S.S. Shenandoah: The Memoirs of Lieutenant Commanding James I. Waddell

de James D. Horan

The last shot of the Civil War was fired, not on an obscure battlefield, but in the ice-locked Sea of Okhotsk off Siberia seven months after Lee’s surrender.

The last armed Confederate cruiser was the C.S.S....

The Devil Soldier: The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China

de Caleb Carr

A courageous leader who became the first American mandarin, Frederick Townsend Ward won crucial victories for the Emperor of China during the Taiping Rebellion, history's bloodiest civil war. Carr's skills as...

Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior

de Rorke Denver & Ellis Henican

Rorke Denver trains the men who become Navy SEALs—the most creative problem solvers on the modern battlefield, ideal warriors for the kinds of wars America is fighting now. With his years of action-packed...

Among You: The Extraordinary True Story of a Soldier Broken by War

de Jake Wood

Among You is the gripping real-life story of a soldier serving on the front line in Iraq and Afghanistan, and an unforgettable, unflinching account of the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Jake Wood...

This Soldier's Fortune - The Trials and Triumphs of a Polish Soldier during WWII

de Zygmunt Tratkiewicz

Born and raised in Zwola, in rural Poland, Zygmunt Tratkiewicz was an ordinary young man, conscripted at age 23 to the national military service. When World War II broke out, Zygmunt was faced with trials and...

The Sea Was Always There

de Joseph Callo

The Sea Was Always There is one man's story about learning from the sea. It includes the joy, pain, victory, defeat, surprises, and humor involved in the process. The narrative spans areas of the globe extending...

True Stories Of The Commandos: The British Army's Legendary Front line Fighting Force

de Robin Hunter

Raised in the dark, post-Dunkirk days of 1940 to carry the war to the enemy, in five short and violent years the British Army Commandos established a reputation that has made the name 'Commando' the mark of...

The Things They Cannot Say

de Kevin Sites

What is it like to kill? What is it like to be under fire? How do you know what's right? What can you never forget?

In The Things They Cannot Say, award-winning journalist and author Kevin Sites asks these difficult...

Bloods: Black Veterans of the Vietnam War: An Oral History

de Wallace Terry

"Simply the most powerful and moving book that has emerged on this topic." UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL

The national bestseller that tells the truth of about Vietnam from the black soldiers' perspective. An oral...

Michael Collins: A Life

de James Mackay

The most charismatic figure to emerge during the struggles for the independence of Ireland was undoubtedly Michael Collins. This remarkable biography, which draws on much hitherto unpublished material, charts...