As for fiction; Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind. The Haj by Leon Uris - so far so good - he paints an ugly picture of Arab life.
Operation Paperclip, by Annie Jacobsen.
From the first word it is no-nonsense. I wished she’d have footnoted as she went along. The work done here is amazing, and new. In the first three chapters, you get a look at how the V1 and V2 rocket programs were run. Chilling stuff, and it puts Von Braun in a whole new light.