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The Wolf: How One German Raider Terrorized the Allies in the Most Epic Voyage of WWI
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The Wolf: How One German Raider Terrorized the Allies in the Most Epic Voyage of WWIThe Wolf: How One German Raider Terrorized the Allies in the Most Epic Voyage of WWI

During WWI the Germans realized the value of menacing British commercial shipping lanes in the South Pacific. They sent the raider Wolf, disguised as a merchant ship, to lay mines and sink enemy vessels near English-controlled ports. Nearly 800 captured civilians lived aboard the ship during its fifteen-month voyage. The Germans took prisoners for two reasons: to adhere to ancient maritime traditions forbidding the murder of civilians and to avoid disclosure of the Wolf s secret mission. 
 
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Storming the Heavens - Soldiers, Emperors and Civilians in the Roman Empire
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Storming the Heavens - Soldiers, Emperors and Civilians in the Roman EmpireStorming the Heavens - Soldiers, Emperors and Civilians in the Roman Empire

In the closing years of the second century B.C., the ancient world watched as the Roman armies maintained clear superiority over all they surveyed. But, social turmoil prevailed at the heart of her territories, led by an increasing number of dispossessed farmers, too little manpower for the army, and an inevitable conflict with the allies who had fought side by side with the Romans to establish Roman dominion.
 
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Tags: Roman, conflict, allies, fought, inevitable, Storming, Civilians, Empire, Heavens
End of the Beginning by Harry Turtledove
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End of the Beginning by Harry TurtledoveEnd of the Beginning by Harry Turtledove

Six weeks ago, Imperial Japanese military forces conquered and occupied the Hawaiian Islands. A puppet king sits on Hawaii's throne, his strings controlled by the general of the invasion force. American POWs, malnourished and weak, are enslaved as hard laborers until death takes them. Civilians fare little better, struggling to survive on dwindling resources. And families of Japanese origin find their loyalties divided.

 
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The War Behind Me: Vietnam Veterans Confront the Truth about U.S. War Crimes
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The War Behind Me: Vietnam Veterans Confront the Truth about U.S. War Crimes
In 2005, Deborah Nelson joined forces with military historian Nick Turse to investigate an extraordinary archive: the largest compilation of records on Vietnam-era war crimes ever to surface.

The declassified Army papers were erroneously released and have since been pulled from public circulation.

Few civilians have seen the documents.
 
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