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The Somme
Author: Peter Hart
On 1 July 1916, Douglas Haig's army launched the "Big Push" that was supposed finally to bring an end to the stalemate on the Western Front. What happened next ...more
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The Struggle to Victory: Forgotten Voices of
Author: Max Arthur
The horrific third battle of Ypres finally ended at Passchendale on November 10, 1917. Ten days later, at Cambrai, the British launched the first massed tank as...more
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We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the
Author: Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore, J
More than 15 years since its original publication, the number-one New York Times best seller We Were Soldiers Once...and Young is still required r...more
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Tobruk (Unabridged)
Author: Peter FitzSimons
In the early days of April 1941, the 14,000 Australian forces garrisoned in the Libyan town of Tobruk were told to expect reinforcements and supplies within eig...more
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The Forever War (Unabridged)
Author: Dexter Filkins
From the front lines of the battle against Islamic radicalism, a searing, unforgettable audiobook that captures the human essence of the greatest conflict of ou...more
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Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pa
Author: Mary Tillman, Narda Zacchin
Pat Tillman was seen by many as an American hero. A star college-football player turned pro, he walked away from a multimillion-dollar NFL contract after the 9/...more
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No Room for Error: The Covert Operations of A
Author: Colonel John T. Carney, Jr.
When the U.S. Air Force decided to create an elite "special tactics" team in the late 1970s to work with special-operations forces, John T. Carney was the man t...more
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First Light
Author: Geoffrey Wellum
Two months before the outbreak of WWII, 17-year-old Geoffrey Wellum leaves school to become a fighter pilot with the RAF. Bursting with youthful energy and expe...more
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The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume III, Red R
Author: Shelby Foote
In the third and last volume of this vivid history, Shelby Foote brings to a close the story of four years of turmoil and strife which altered American life for...more
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The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume II, Freder
Author: Shelby Foote
This volume is dominated by the almost continual confrontation of great armies. For the fourth time, the Army of the Potomac (now under the control of Burnside)...more
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Last Post: The Final Word from Our First Worl
Author: Max Arthur
From the author of the best-selling Forgotten Voices of the Great War comes a final look at the last 21 living British veterans of the First World War. T...more
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Shadow Divers: Adventure of Two Americans Who
Author: Robert Kurson
For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, deep wreck diving was more than a sport. Testing themselves against treacherous currents, braving depths that induced hal...more
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Jeff Shaara's Civil War Battlefields: Discove
Author: Jeff Shaara
Jeff Shaara, America's premier Civil War novelist, gives a remarkable guided tour of the 10 Civil War battlefields every American should visit: Shiloh, Antietam...more
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The Commentaries (Unabridged)
Author: Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar wrote his exciting Commentaries during some of the most grueling campaigns ever undertaken by a Roman army. The Gallic Wars and T...more
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Shadow Divers: Two Americans Who Risked Every
Author: Robert Kurson
In 1991, acting on a tip from a local fisherman, two scuba divers discovered a sunken German U-boat, complete with its crew of 60 men, not too far off the New J...more
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Crusade: The Untold Story of the Gulf War, Vo
Author: Rick Atkiinson
Throughout the Gulf War of 1991, the allied governments and the Pentagon combined to impose unprecedented restrictions on the media's access to the battlefield....more
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The Twentieth Maine (Unabridged)
Author: John J. Pullen
From rockbound coast, from farm and logging camp came the men of the Twentieth Maine, a volunteer regiment in the Civil War. It was at Little Round Top that the...more
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Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the
Author: Tom Holland
In 480 BC, Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For 70 years, victory, rapid, spectacular v...more
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The Peloponnesian War, Volume 2 (Unabridged)
Author: Thucydides
If ever a tragedy of Olympian proportions could be ascribed to an historic event, it would surely be appropriate to use that term in relation to the great city ...more
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Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam
Author: Stephen W. Sears
The Civil War battle waged on September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek, Maryland, was one of the bloodiest in the nation's history: On this single day, the battle ...more
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