Bestseller Martin Dugard's (coauthor of Bill O'Reilly's Killing series) cinematic follow-up to Taking London chronicles the events leading to the June 1942 naval Battle of Midway, which proved a turning point in the Pacific Theater of World War II. For fans of: The Silver Waterfall: How America Won the War in the Pacific at Midway by Brendan Simms and Steven McGregor.
Utilizing journals and extensive interviews, historian Danielle Leavitt profiles seven everyday Ukrainians in her evocative account of life during wartime. Further reading:Displaced: Civilians in the Russia-Ukraine War by Valery Panyushkin.
Historian John Lisle's disturbing and well-researched latest examines the evolution of the CIA's MKULTRA mind control program in the mid-20th century, featuring hundreds of pages of never-before-seen testimonies from program participants and victims. Further reading: Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control by Stephen Kinzer.
Historian Lynne Olson's (Empress of the Nile) disturbing yet inspiring latest focuses on four women French Resistance fighters who were captured and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp, detailing how they worked together to survive World War II, help their fellow prisoners, and, post-war, seek justice for the atrocities they experienced. Further reading: The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany by Gwen Strauss.
Bestselling author Jay Winik's well-researched history explores the role President Abraham Lincoln played at the beginning of the American Civil War, including his attempts to avoid the conflict altogether. Try this next: Lincoln's Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War by Michael Vorenberg.
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