books by Gerald Astor

books by Gerald Astor

books:

Gerald Astor

A Blood-Dimmed Tide: The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought It (Dell World War II Library)

Gerald Astor

Dell, 1993

Good Book on the Battle of the Bulge
Interesting supplement to other works on the Battle of the Bulge. The book does not try to explain the flow of the battle, but rather presents the viewpoint of the individual soldiers involved. It captures the wide range of emotions of the participants during and after ...

Crisis in the Pacific: The Battles for the Philippine Islands by the Men Who Fought Them

Gerald Astor

Dell, 2002

Crisis in the Pacific; The Battles for the Philippine Island
Excellent review of the war in the pacific. This story is long overdue. Hats off to Mr. Astor for the way he intermingled history with the personal stories of the courageous men and women who endured, fought and overcame an extremely vicious enemy. Anyone who had a ...

The Jungle War: Mavericks, Marauders and Madmen in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II

Gerald Astor

Wiley, 2004

very informative and an eye opener! it reveal much of present geopolitical landscapes of burma india and chinese frontiers
this book is a precursor of the present political landscapes of burma and india. most specifically burma. that the present bandits landlords of the countries mountain lands are dominated by karens tribal rebels who actually support their existence with poppy production ...

The Right to Fight: A History of African Americans in the Military

Gerald Astor

Da Capo Press, 2001

Definitive work on an area that has been grossly overlooked
The subject that Gerald Astor has chosen to write about, depicts the continuing saga of a group of people that has been the subject of more studies then any other group in America. In a methodical and comprehensive manner the author gives us a chronological history of ...

The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It

Gerald Astor

Dell, 1998

The Best WW2 Book I've Ever Read
Out of all the World War Two books that I've read, this one is by far the greatest of them all. Gerald Astor takes you into the cockpit of a P-51 Mustang, the pilot's seat of a B-17 and the cold prison camps of Nazi Germany. I could not put this book down. This is a ...

Battling Buzzards: The Odyssey of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team 1943-1945

Gerald Astor

Dell, 2001

Quality history of a special unit.
This is an excellent book about one of WWII's special forces-an Airborne Regimental Combat Team. The accounts range from gruesome to humorous, and cover both the combat and the non-combat parts of this unit's history. Military veterans will appreciate the real life ...

Presidents at War: From Truman to Bush, The Gathering of Military Powers To Our Commanders in Chief

Gerald Astor

Wiley, 2006

Concentrates on Undeclared Wars
This book should really be titled 'Presidents at UNDECLARED War.' During the years since the founding of the republic, the United States has only been in five declared wars. During those same years the United States military forces have engaged in more than two hundred ...

The Bloody Forest: Battle for the Hurtgen: September 1944-January 1945

Gerald Astor

Presidio Press, 2000

Good account of the campaign from the GIs point of view
"The dead man, nameless to us, was one of the thousands of callow replacements...who were fed into the maws of the Huertgen and became dead meat almost immediately". This quote, from medic Paul Treatman (p. 198), aptly sums up what was possibly the most brutal and ...

Operation Iceberg : The Invasion and Conquest of Okinawa in World War II

Gerald Astor

Dell, 1996

Must read for anyone whose father fought in the Pacific
My father was a member of the 77th Division which fought in the Pacific. He never talked about the war and I have always been interested in learning more about how he survived. This book is a MUST read for anyone whose father fought in the Pacific, especially on ...

Terrible Terry Allen: Combat General of World War II - The Life of an American Soldier

Gerald Astor

Presidio Press, 2003

Best U.S. Combat Commander of W.W.II
"The Greatest Soldier of World War Two" - This is one of the many accolades said of Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen by other Generals who knew him. He has also been credited with being the best U.S. combat commander of WWII. There are quite a few similarities ...

The Greatest War, Volume III: The Battle of the Bulge to Hiroshima

Gerald Astor

Grand Central Publishing, 2001

Third book in series rounds out WW2
This is the third book in Gerald Astor's WW2 series covering American servicemen in all theaters, for the duration of the war. Now that I've finished the series, I can more completely comment on the books. While I enjoyed them, I must comment that there's as much left ...

Terrible Terry Allen: Combat General of WWII - The Life of an American Soldier
Gerald Astor

Random House Audio Roads, 2004

Terry de la Mesa Allen?s mother was the daughter of a Spanish officer, and his father was a career U.S. Army officer. Despite this impressive martial heritage, success in the military seemed unlikely for Allen as he failed out of West Point?twice?ultimately gaining his commission through Catholic University?s R.O.T.C. program. In World War I, the ...

Semper Fi in the Sky: The Marine Air Battles of World War II

Gerald Astor

Presidio Press, 2005

Concentrates on the big marine battle - Guadalcanal
Although this book has a few pages on earlier and later Marine aviation, the bulk of it is on the activities of the Marines during World War II. The WW II activities began at Pearl Harbour where several Marine Corp aircraft were destroyed. The action then moved to ...

The Greatest War, Volume I: From Pearl Harbor to the Kasserine Pass

Gerald Astor

Grand Central Publishing, 2001

Clear, Informative and Enjoyable
This is a clear, informative and enjoyable oral history. Numerous eyewitness accounts coupled with the facts surrounding events make for great and credible reading.

June 6, 1944: The Voices of D-Day (World War II Library)

Gerald Astor

Dell, 2002

The Human Cost of Victory in Europe
If you saw Saving Private Ryan and wondered at the authenticity of Spielberg's account, this is an excellent reference. Astor's method is as much journalism as history, relying heavily on first person narrative to tell the story, providing enough background and ...