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Rho Magna, the Laotian War Dragon    by Mark Berent
Price: Free! 3830 words. Language: English. Published on May 17, 2012. Nonfiction » History » War.

Combat fighter pilot Mark Berent writes of a dragon-shaped karst mountain in Laos along the Ho Chi Minh Trail that bristles with physical and psychological danger. He writes of it as he first saw it on an F-4 FAC mission from Ubon RTAFB in 1969. Then he adds an excerpt from "Phantom Leader," one of his historical fiction books about war and politics in the Vietnam era.
The Girl from Latvia    by Kathie Harrington
Price: $0.99 USD. 1770 words. Language: English. Published on April 29, 2012. Nonfiction » History » War.

War crept silently into my life when most little girls enjoy playing jacks and jumping rope; when the soft echoes of the past dance upon early adolescent innocents. Yes, World War II came softly into my life.
How the Allies Won World War II    by Austin Torney
Price: Free! 2320 words. Language: English. Published on March 15, 2012. Nonfiction » History » War.

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To The Ends of The Earth    by Jeremy Green
Price: $0.99 USD. 13850 words. Language: English. Published on February 13, 2012. Nonfiction » History » War.

Imagine at the age of 60 finding out you were adopted? This is what happened to David Green, not only did he find out he was adopted but that the events leading up to his adoption were both tragic and life changing. This short but true story shows how several events come together to change your future.
Liberty    by Karen Sunde
Price: Free! 19590 words. Language: English. Published on December 27, 2011. Nonfiction » History » War.

Presents “the making of a hero least likely,” when George Washington, in the final months of 1776, leads the bedraggled Continental Army. They are chased out of New York, down New Jersey, vomited half-naked on the Pennsylvania bank of the Delaware, then finally turn, charge...and become America. A full-length play first performed in New York, 1978.
Herbert Hopp's Story    by Thomas Hopp
Price: $0.99 USD. 5040 words. Language: English. Published on December 24, 2011. Nonfiction » History » War.

This is the true story of Herbert Albert Hopp, Navy airman in World War II. The turret gunner of a Grumman Avenger torpedo bomber, Herb saw action of a kind only very few men experienced in that great conflict. Reading this, you will doubt that any one man ever faced such hell on earth or fought so valiantly. But believe it. It's true.
California Valor, Charles Harold Gonsalves    by John A Johnson
Price: Free! 7760 words. Language: English. Published on October 31, 2011. Nonfiction » History » War.

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History records no act of greater valor than Charles Harold Gonsalves. In mortal combat he deliberately covered a live enemy hand grenade with his body. He was only 19 years old when he died. The author describes a mild mannered youth from Alameda, California's transformation into a killing machine. This book also sheds much neede light on Executive Order 9066 that incarcerated Japanese Americans.
World War ll London Blitz Diary Volume 1    by Victoria Washuk
Price: $0.99 USD. 65980 words. Language: English. Published on September 27, 2011. Nonfiction » History » War.

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Ruby Side Thompson, an ordinary woman living during the World War ll London Blitz bombing blasts history out of the realm of dry, dusty names and dates and places the reader in the midst of the terrifying events as they unfold. This is very important documentation and will have tremendous appeal to those who have an avid interest in the effect of the war on ordinary citizens.
An Ineffective System: The M247 Sergeant York    by Russell Phillips
Price: Free! 1880 words. Language: English. Published on July 6, 2011. Nonfiction » History » War.

In the 1970s, the US Army decided that it needed a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, similar to the West German Gepard or Soviet ZSU-23-4. The result was the M247 Sergeant York.
L’Augmentation du parti Nazi    by Kristina Howells
You set the price! 12820 words. Language: German. Published on June 7, 2011. Nonfiction » History » War.

Peu auraient cru que le Parti Nazi, en commençant comme un gang de soldats sans emploi en 1919, deviendrait le gouvernement juridique de l'Allemagne en 1933. En quatorze ans, un obscur caporal, Adolf Hitler, deviendrait le Chancelier d'Allemagne.