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Tag: historical nonfiction

Cuban Missile Crisis
June 25, 2025 BOOK REVIEWS / American History / Audiobook / AUTHOR / BOOKS / GENRE / History / Max Hastings / Military Fiction / Military History / Nonfiction / Politics / Russia / War / World History

Abyss: A Riveting Look at the Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuban Missile Crisis retold by Max Hastings—an intense look at the 1962 standoff that brought the world close to nuclear war.

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Cold War
January 11, 2025 BOOK REVIEWS / American History / Audiobook / Biography / BOOKS / Espionage / Historical / History / Military Fiction / Nonfiction / Politics / Scott Anderson / War

The Quiet Americans: A Look into the CIA Spies of the Cold War

Explore the lives of CIA spies in The Quiet Americans, a gripping look at espionage during the Cold War. Book review inside.

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Colditz Castle
December 19, 2024 Uncategorized

Prisoners of the Castle Review: Inside Colditz Castle’s Incredible WWII Stories

Prisoners of the Castle by Ben Macintyre tells the fascinating story of Colditz Castle, a high-security Nazi prison during World

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American Paratrooper Memoir
December 28, 2023 BOOK REVIEWS / AUTHOR / Autobiography / Biography / David Kenyon Webster / GENRE / Historical / History / Memoir / Military Fiction / Military History / Nonfiction / War / World War II

Parachute Infantry: A Powerful American Paratrooper Memoir of WWII

Explore Parachute Infantry, an American Paratrooper Memoir revealing the true face of WWII through David Kenyon Webster’s eyes.

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Apollo 13
October 14, 2023 BOOK REVIEWS / American / American History / Astronomy / Audiobook / AUTHOR / BOOKS / GENRE / Henry S. F. Cooper / Historical / History / Nonfiction / Science / Space / Survival

Apollo 13: A True Story of Survival and Teamwork in Space

Apollo 13 was poised to be NASA’s third lunar landing, an emblem of American exceptionalism. However, fate had other plans.

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