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...
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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...
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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...
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