History: Military

"I have been 1 second from death, 15 seconds from death and 30 seconds from death." ...but this is a story about life. Full of adventures and memorable characters, this memoir tells how living through the Depression prepared one man to survive the bloodiest action in American military history: the invasion of Iwo Jima in WWII.Read More

Hardcover Edition Veritas means truth in Latin. In Veritas' Shadow is a memoir that reveals deceit and deception within U.S. Special Forces' military operations. It is based on the experiences of Green Beret Stan Bowen, who served two tours of duty in Viet Nam between 1966-1968. The action takes place primarily during his tours in Viet Nam, but the story spans the years 1968-2002. In 1967, Sgt. Bowen was asked…Read More

During World War II there were hundreds of camps that housed American prisoners of war throughout Japan. Every surviving prisoner and their families had amazing stories to tell. Ed and Ivet Bacon were no different, and yet their story is unique. Ed was an American civilian employed by a large construction firm that was building a naval base in Guam in 1941 just prior to being taken prisoner after the…Read More

Evidence indicating that the U.S. employed germ weapons in the Korean War and a lively but scholarly skewering of official denials.Read More

This groundbreaking book gives us a whole new perspective on one of the seminal events of American history. Surratt was Booth's closest associate during the four months leading up to the assassination, and he was a known member of the Confederate Secret Service with ties to the highest levels of Confederate Government. If there is a missing link between Jefferson Davis and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his name is…Read More