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King of spies

the dark reign of America's spymaster in Korea
2017
Presents the untold story of Master Sergeant Donald Nichols, and how he became a spy master, complete with his own secret base, covert army, and rules during the Korean War.
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The lost eleven

the forgotten story of black American soldiers brutally massacred in World War II
"Nearly forgotten by history, this is the story of the Wereth Eleven, African-American soldiers who fought courageously for freedom in WWII--only to be ruthlessly executed by Nazi troops during the Battle of the Bulge"--Amazon.com.

Inside the concentration camps

eyewitness accounts of life in Hitler's death camps
1996
Combination of personal narratives and official documents describing deportation, incarceration, death, and survival in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany.

The Butcher's trail

how the search for Balkan war criminals became the world's most successful manhunt
Chronicles the fourteen-year pursuit and capture of the Balkan war criminals indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague. Indicting the worst war criminals that Europe had known since the Nazi era, all one hundred and sixty-one suspects on the wanted list were caught, a feat never before achieved in political and military history.

Shock factor

American snipers in the war on terror
Written by a retired military sniper and based on extensive interviews with snipers currently on active duty, this book provides a realistic depiction of urban combat and gives an in-depth discussion of the elite snipers' weapons, training and tactics.

Broken silence

2004
A collection of five documentary films detailing personal stories surrounding the horrors of the Holocaust during World War II.

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

2007
Interviews with perpetrators, witnesses, and victims examining the abuses that occurred in the fall of 2003 at the notorious Iraqi prison. Probes the psychology of how typical American men and women came to commit these atrocious acts.

Daniel's story

2008
Daniel, whose family suffers as the Nazis rise to power in Germany, describes his imprisonment in a concentration camp and his eventual liberation.

Flyboys

a true story of courage
2004
Examines the disappearance of eight American airmen shot down and taken prisoner on the remote island of Chichi Jima in World War II and the secrecy that surrounded the events for decades, and discusses the violence inflicted by both sides in the Pacific War.

Mengele

the complete story
2000

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