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A Higher Form of Killing
A Higher Form of Killing
Written by Robert Harris and Jeremy Paxman
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307430403
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A Higher Form of Killing
The Secret History of Chemical and Biological Warfare
Written by Robert Harris and Jeremy Paxman


Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99

A Higher Form of Killing opens with the first devastating battlefield use of lethal gas in World War I, and then investigates the stockpiling of biological weapons during World War II and in the decades afterward as well as the inhuman experiments con-ducted to test their effectiveness. This updated edition includes... Read more >
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Soldiers and Slaves
Soldiers and Slaves
Written by Roger Cohen
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780385722315
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Soldiers and Slaves
American POWs Trapped by the Nazis' Final Gamble
Written by Roger Cohen


Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: April 11, 2006
Price: $15.00

In February of 1945, 350 American POWs, selected because they were Jews, thought to resemble Jews or simply by malicious caprice, were transported by cattle car to Berga, a concentration camp in eastern Germany. Here, the soldiers were worked to death, starved and brutalized; more than twenty percent died from this... Read more >
Armageddon
Armageddon
Written by Max Hastings
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ISBN: 9781400043729
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Armageddon
The Battle for Germany, 1944-45
Written by Max Hastings


Format: eBook, 608 pages
On Sale: November 16, 2004
Price: $14.99

In September 1944, the Allies believed that Hitler’s army was beaten and expected the bloodshed to end by Christmas. Yet a series of mistakes and setbacks, including the Battle of the Bulge, drastically altered this timetable and led to eight more months of brutal fighting. With Armageddon, the eminent military historian... Read more >
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The Demon in the Freezer
The Demon in the Freezer
Written by Richard Preston
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780345466631
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The Demon in the Freezer
A True Story
Written by Richard Preston


Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2003
Price: $7.99

“The bard of biological weapons captures
the drama of the front lines.”

-Richard Danzig, former secretary of the navy


The first major bioterror event in the United States-the anthrax attacks in October 2001-was a clarion call for scientists who work with “hot” agents to find ways of protecting civilian populations against biological weapons. In... Read more >
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