Autobiography: historical, political & military books

From a family with a long military background Frank O'Brien joined the Australian Army as a fifteen year old boy...  Read More >>

An extraordinary first-person account of life in rural Norfolk before the Great War, edited and released now by...  Read More >>

Harold Bishop is called up to the army in 1941, aged 39. Harold describes his time in a training barracks in Edinburgh,...  Read More >>

I arrived at Army Training Centre Pirbright in September 1986. I was 16 years old. I came on a white elephant -...  Read More >>

"This is a behind-the-scenes look at Trump, his cabinet, and an international diplomacy you've never seen before--written...  Read More >>

More Than The Eye Can See tells the story of Gopinath Pillai, a Singaporean businessman and diplomat who served...  Read More >>

More Than The Eye Can See tells the story of Gopinath Pillai, a Singaporean businessman and diplomat who served...  Read More >>

The closest friend of Lee Harvey Oswald and his Soviet wife Marina upon the couple's arrival in Texas breaks a sixty-year...  Read More >>

The closest friend of Lee Harvey Oswald and his Soviet wife Marina upon the couple's arrival in Texas breaks a sixty-year...  Read More >>

"The diary of a young Jewish housewife who, together with her husband and five-month-old baby, fled the Warsaw ghetto...  Read More >>

"The diary of a young Jewish housewife who, together with her husband and five-month-old baby, fled the Warsaw ghetto...  Read More >>

Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy offers a nuanced assessment of the thirty-fifth president, whose legacy and...  Read More >>

Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy offers a nuanced assessment of the thirty-fifth president, whose legacy and...  Read More >>

In her own words, the remarkable life of one of the world's greatest humanitarians.  Read More >>

From Pain to Purpose is a suspenseful memoir depicting the costly commitment of a young woman to keep her faith...  Read More >>

From Pain to Purpose is a suspenseful memoir depicting the costly commitment of a young woman to keep her faith...  Read More >>

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The autobiography of one of the most famous Commandos of the Second World War.  Read More >>

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"A light-hearted romp through Tom's personal, work and family life, he looks at life through the funny-bone lens....  Read More >>

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The autobiography of Medal of Honor recipient LTG Robert F. Foley.  Read More >>

A Different Drummer: My Life as a Peacetime Soldier by Gerard Teachman chronicles his 3 years in the U.S. Army....  Read More >>

A moving and inspiring memoir by Afghanistan's youngest female mayor and campaigner for human rights.  Read More >>

Offers an intimate look at the challenges of directing NATO operations in Afghanistan, military intervention in...  Read More >>