Bill Yenne

Operation Cobra and the Great Offensive: Sixty Days That Changed the Course of World War II

by Bill Yenne

THE BEGINNINGS OF VICTORY

Shortly after the D-Day invasion, the Allied forces in Europe had stalled. A limited operation was set in motion to punch a small hole in the enemy defenses, starting on July 25, 1944....

Raptor Force: Corkscrew

by Bill Yenne

With this elite covert strike team, terrorists don't stand a fighting chance. In the midst of a hotly contested election, the president's wife is kidnapped while touring Europe, and the commander of Raptor Force...

Raptor Force: Holy Fire

by Bill Yenne

The fanatical new Sultan of Brunei decides to make his presence felt on an international scale-with a nightmarish biological attack on San Francisco. Now it's time for Raptor Force to extinguish the Holy Fire...with...

Aces High: The Heroic Saga of the Two Top-Scoring American Aces of World War II

by Bill Yenne

They were two of the greatest heroes of World War II. But only one could be top gun...

Capturing the hearts of a beleaguered nation, the fighter pilots of World War II engaged in a kind of battle that became...

B-52 Stratofortress: The Complete History of the World's Longest Serving and Best Known Bomber

by Bill Yenne

 The B-52 is the longest serving and most versatile of the United States Air Force's combat aircraft. The Stratofortress entered active service in 1955 and is scheduled to continue as part of the air force's...

The White Rose of Stalingrad: The Real-Life Adventure of Lidiya Vladimirovna Litvyak, the Highest Scoring Female Air Ace of All Time

by Bill Yenne

Of all the major air forces that were engaged in the war, only the Red Air Force had units comprised specifically of women. Initially the Red Air Force maintained an all-male policy among its combat pilots....

Big Week: Six Days that Changed the Course of World War II

by Bill Yenne

In just six days, the United States Strategic Air Forces changed the course of military offense in World War II. During those six days, they launched the largest bombing campaign of the war, dropping roughly...

Alexander the Great

by Bill Yenne

When the Oracle of Delphi told Alexander the Great that he was invincible, it was right.

The son of the great King Philip II of Macedonia, Alexander was educated by Aristotle and commanded a wing of his father's...

Julius Caesar

by Bill Yenne & Wesley K. Clark

No ancient ruler inspired more legends than Julius Caesar. Under his leadership, Rome conquered territory throughout Europe and the Mediterranean, reaching the North Sea and conducting the first Roman invasion...

Tommy Gun

by Bill Yenne

The Trench Broom. The Annihilator. The Persuader. The Chopper. The Chicago Typewriter. The Tommy Gun.  The Thompson submachine gun has gone by many names, and for nearly a century the gun’s image has been...

Bladen Cole: Bounty Hunter

by Bill Yenne

Is the bounty hunter actually the hunted?  

Bladen Cole is getting a handsome sum of money from Isham Ransdell, the owner of the Gallatin City Bank. It’s not a withdrawal, but a reward for the heads of the...

Guinness: The 250 Year Quest for the Perfect Pint

by Bill Yenne

A perfectly poured history of the world's greatest beer.

"Joseph Conrad was wrong. The real journey into the Heart of Darkness is recounted within the pages of Bill Yenne's fine book. Guinness (the beer) is a...