Biographies About
Military Leaders & War Heroes

From commanding generals to valiant fighters who risked their lives for others’ freedom and justice,
these bios celebrate individuals of incredible courage and conviction.

This book illustrates that great leaders become great through conscious effort - a commitment not only to develop vital skills but also to surmount personal shortcomings....

A double agent for the Abwehr, MI5 and MI6, and the FBI during World War II, Popov seduced numerous women, spoke five languages, and was a crack shot....

Oleg Okshevsky was born a son of a Russian Tsarist cavalry officer in 1915, in Yevpatoriya, Russia. Because of the Russian Revolution he was raised in Serbia....

The Last Punisher is a bold, no-holds-barred first-person account of the Iraq War. With wry humor and moving testimony, Kevin Lacz tells the story of his tour in Iraq with SEAL Team Three....

Called the "Bob Gates of his generation", Michael Morell is a top CIA officer who saw it all....

Sarah Helm chronicles Atkins’s extraordinary life and her singular journey through the chaos of post-war Europe. Brimming with intrigue, heroics, and the horrors of war, A Life in Secrets is the story of a grand, elusive woman and a tour de force of investigative journalism....

Simon Mann’s remarkable first-hand account of his life delivers like a thriller, taking listeners into the world of mercenaries and spooks, of murky international politics, danger, love, and betrayal....

Before he could forge a band of elite warriors ... he had to become one himself....

As a young woman growing up in Africa, 17-year-old Leymah Gbowee was crushed by a savage war when violence reached her native Monrovia....

A decade ago Special Forces warrior Jason Morgan parachuted into the Central American jungle on an anti-narcotics raid. Months later he regained consciousness in a US military hospital....