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  • Fire and Fortitude

    The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943

    by John C. McManus ...
    **WINNER OF THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORYAn engrossing, epic history of the US Army in the Pacific War, from the acclaimed author of The Dead and Those About to Die“This eloquent and powerful narrative is military history written the way it should be.”—James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian**"Out here, mention is seldom seen of the achievements of the Army ground ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Welcome to Hell?

    In Search of the Real Turkish Football

    by John McManus ...
    Ask a British football fan what they know about Turkish football, and they are unlikely to describe scenes of camaraderie, hospitality and humour. They are more likely to mention banners proclaiming 'Welcome to hell'. Or Leeds United supporters stabbed to death on an Istanbul street.Frustrated by the game's distorted image back home, John McManus set out to show the Turkish football that he knew - ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Born on a Train

    13 Stories

    by John McManus ...
    Two years ago--at twenty-two--John McManus captivated writers and critics with his first story collection and became the youngest recipient of the Whiting Writers Award. Now McManus returns with a collection of stories equally piercing and visionary: stories about the young and old, compromised by circumstance and curiosity, and undergoing startling transformations. In "Eastbound," a car driven by ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Island Infernos

    The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944

    by John C. McManus ...
    In Fire and Fortitude—winner of the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History—John C. McManus presented a riveting account of the US Army's fledgling fight in the Pacific following Pearl Harbor. Now, in Island Infernos, he explores the Army’s dogged pursuit of Japanese forces, island by island, throughout 1944, a year that would bring America ever closer to victory or defeat.“A feat of prodigious ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Deadly Brotherhood

    The American Combat Soldier in World War II

    by John McManus ...
    In his book Men Against Fire, [historian S. L. A.] Marshall asserted that only 15 to 25 percent of American soldiers ever fired their weapons in combat in World War II. . . .Shooting at the enemy made a man part of the “team,” or “brotherhood.” There were, of course, many times when soldiers did not want to shoot, suchas at night when they did not want to give away a position or on reconnaissance ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Americans at D-Day

    The American Experience at the Normandy Invasion

    by John C. McManus ...
    This WWII history delivers "a definitive account" of D-Day as seen through the eyes of American soldiers on the frontlines (Thomas Fleming).June 6, 1944, marked the beginning of the most climactic and decisive phase of World War II in Europe. Those who survived the intense fighting on the Normandy beaches found their lives irreversibly changed. The day ushered in a great change for the United ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Americans at Normandy

    The Summer of 1944--The American War from the Normandy Beaches to Falaise

    by John C. McManus ...
    In The Americans at D-Day, the first volume of this series, John C. McManus showed us the American experience in Operation Overlord. Now, in this succeeding volume, he does the same for the Battle of Normandy as a whole.Never before has the American involvement in Normandy been examined so thoroughly or exclusively as in The Americans at Normandy. For D-Day was only one part of the battle, and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • To the End of the Earth

    The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945

    by John C. McManus ...
    **Winner of the Army Historical Foundation Award for Excellence in U.S. Army WritingFrom the liberation of the Philippines to the Japanese surrender, the final volume of John C. McManus's trilogy on the US Army in the Pacific War**“Brilliant [and] riveting… a truly great book.”—Gen. David Petraeus • “Triumphant [and] compelling.”—Richard Frank • “McManus is one of the best—if not the best—World ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $4.99 USD

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  • Hell Before Their Very Eyes

    American Soldiers Liberate Concentration Camps in Germany, April 1945

    by John C. McManus ...
    Series series Witness to History
    The life-altering experiences of the American soldiers who liberated three Nazi concentration camps.On April 4, 1945, United States Army units from the 89th Infantry Division and the 4th Armored Division seized Ohrdruf, the first of many Nazi concentration camps to be liberated in Germany. In the weeks that followed, as more camps were discovered, thousands of soldiers came face to face with the ... Read more

    $18.89 USD

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  • Deadly Sky

    The American Combat Airman in World War II

    by John C. McManus ...
    **“From the training camps to the combat missions, this is war from the perspective of the young Americans who lived through it: the pilots, the bombardiers, the navigators, and the gunners of all the combat services in both Europe and in the Pacific. It is an engaging and vivid portrayal of war in the skies from 1941 to 1945.”—Craig L. Symonds, Author of World War II at SeaJohn C. McManus, author ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Dead and Those About to Die

    D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach

    by John C. McManus ...
    From the author of Fire and Fortitude and Island Infernos, a white-knuckle account of the 1st Infantry Division’s harrowing D-Day assault on the eastern sector of Omaha Beach—acclaimed historian John C. McManus has written a gripping history that will stand as the last word on this titanic World War II battle.Nicknamed the Big Red One, 1st Division had fought from North Africa to Sicily, earning a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Alamo in the Ardennes

    The Untold Story of the American Soldiers Who Made the Defense of Bastogne Possible

    by John C. McManus ...
    At last, here is a book that tells the full story of the turning point in World War II’s Battle of the Bulge—the story of five crucial days in which small groups of American soldiers, some outnumbered ten to one, slowed the German advance and allowed the Belgian town of Bastogne to be reinforced. Alamo in the Ardennes provides a compelling, day-by-day account of this pivotal moment in America's ... Read more

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