History Audio Books

Bing West
No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah (Unabridged)

The epic battle for Fallujah revealed the startling connections between policy and combat that are a part of the new reality of war....

Norman Pearlstine
Off the Record: The Press, the Government, and the War Over Anonymous Sources (Unabridged)

The press' hunger for a new Watergate has made reporters vulnerable to officials who use confidentiality to get their message out, even if it means leaking state secrets and breaking the law....

Malcolm MacPherson
Roberts Ridge: A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan (Unabridged)

For the U.S. Navy's elite team of SEALs, the mission seemed straightforward enough....

George Packer
The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq (Unabridged)

Rich in history and political insight, this is an important contribution to the ongoing dialogue over the Iraq War....

Jonathan Mahler
The Challenge: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight over Presidential Power (Unabridged)

In 2001, a 31-year-old Yemeni man was captured near the Pakistan border. After confessing to being Osama bin Laden's driver, he was transferred to Guantanamo Bay....

Philip Shenon
The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation

In a work of history that will make headlines, New York Times reporter Philip Shenon investigates the investigation of 9/11....

Lawrence Wright
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Unabridged)

A sweeping narrative history of the events leading to 9/11, a groundbreaking look at the people and ideas, the terrorist plans, and the Western intelligence failures....

Douglas Frantz , Catherine Collins
The Nuclear Jihadist (Unabridged)

The world has entered a second nuclear age. For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the threat of nuclear annihilation is on the rise....

Ronald Kessler
The Terrorist Watch: Inside the Desperate Race to Stop the Next Attack (Unabridged)

Although it has been over five years since the 9/11 attacks, Americans still do not have a clear sense of how our government is waging the war on terror....

Lynn Spencer
Touching History: The Drama that Unfolded in the Skies over America on 9/11 (Unabridged)

Touching History is told through the eyes of pilots, FAA and military controllers, and others who had to grapple with the bizarre and unprecedented unfolding drama of the attacks....