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The plots of this thriller are based on the real danger that threatened the Allied plan "Overlord" to land in France and the accompanying plan "Bodyguard", which had to mislead the Germans regarding the place and time of D-Day.
The novel is a kaleidoscopic, polyphonic account of the life of Gerda Taro (née Gerda Pohorylle, 1910–1937), the first female war photographer to die on the battlefield. A must-read for fans of historical fiction about strong women and anti-fascism.
Bulat Okudžava often called his historical novel Meeting with Bonaparte his best work.
A novel set in the turbulent period of the Cold War, with the action taking place in Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion. The story combines elements of espionage, love and political intrigue in one of the world's most unstable regions.
Norman Mailer's novel The Naked and the Dead (1948) is a masterpiece of American literature about World War II. The plot follows a platoon of American soldiers on the fictional Pacific island of Anopopeia during their fight against the Japanese army.
As a veteran war correspondent, Chris Hedges has survived ambushes in Central America, imprisonment in Sudan, and a beating by Saudi military police.