A Sunken Ship, a Vanished Crew, and the Final Mystery of Pearl Harbor
By: Stephen Harding / Narrated By: Richard Ferrone
Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
First half? DULL! Second half? NOW we’re getting somewhere… Then? Over…?!?
Day of Infamy
By: Walter Lord / Narrated By: Grover Gardner
Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
If you want heavy-duty history, look elsewhere. Aaaah, but if you want Living History? Here it is!!!
Target Tokyo
Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor
By: James M. Scott / Narrated By: LJ Ganser
Length: 20 hrs and 3 mins
AWEsome! Breathtaking! Riveting! Holy cow! …and I could go on and on and on!!!
To End All Wars
Wounded
Once There Was a War
By: John Steinbeck / Edited By: Mark Bowden / Narrated By: Lloyd James
Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
A look at the details of war—often humorous, sometimes touching, always oh so human…
Operation Mincemeat
How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
By: Ben Macintyre / Narrated By: John Lee
Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
I hear tell this is only for history buffs?!? Well, hallelujah and huzzah: That I most certainly am!!!
A Game of Birds and Wolves
A Woman of No Importance
The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
By: Sonia Purnell / Narrated By: Juliet Stevenson
Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
From the print reviews? I do believe Juliet Stevenson makes this is a grand and daring tale
The Dog Who Could Fly
The Incredible True Story of a WWII Airman and the Four-Legged Hero Who Flew at His Side
By: Damien Lewis / Narrated By: Derek Perkins
Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
LOVED IT!!!
The Vietnam War in American Childhood
Children, Youth, and War Series
By: Joel P. Rhodes / Narrated By: Chris Sorensen
Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
This world, yes, became my foundation
The League of Wives
Most Dangerous
Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
By: Steve Sheinkin / Narrated By: Ray Porter
Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
Oh wow—This is for kids?!? No wonder I found it so accessible, so enjoyable, so, well, even I could grasp all the nuances!!!
Rites of Spring
The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age
By: Modris Eksteins / Narrated By: Michael Prichard
Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
So suuuuue me—Best intro to Springtime EVER!
A Christmas Far From Home
An Epic Tale of Courage and Survival During the Korean War
By: Stanley Weintraub / Narrated By: Malcolm Hillgartner
Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
The real heroes were the troops fighting and dying—Don’t look to MacArthur for heroism…
