An Army at Dawn
by Rick Atkinson




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An Army at Dawn is a superbly written book on the Northern African campaign of World War II. This is a wonderful history of some of the first campaigns of the war; Atkinson maintains a balanced focus on everyone involved, from the generals down to the... (read more)

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Generation Kill
by Evan Wright




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Based on the author's National Magazine Award-winning series in "Rolling Stone," this "New York Times" bestseller is "one of the best books to come out of the Iraq War" ("Financial Times").... (read more)

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Shooter: The Autobiography of the Top-Ranked Marine Sniper
by Jack Coughlin


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Jack Coughlin is the Marine Corps’ top-ranked sniper, the man who personally brings America’s military muscle to the enemy’s front door. In twenty years of active service, he has accumulated one of the most impressive records in the... (read more)

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Sabotage and Subversion: The SOE and OSS at War
by Ian Dear


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Espionage, disrupting an adversary's plans and flow of supplies, putting guerrilla groups to work behind enemy lines, inflicting damage on a foe's power and morale in ways other than direct battle: such strategies have always been a part of warfare. But,... (read more)

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D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II
by Stephen E Ambrose


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Stephen E. Ambrose draws from more than 1,400 interviews with American, British, Canadian, French, and German veterans to create the preeminent chronicle of the most important day in the twentieth century. Ambrose reveals how the original plans for the... (read more)

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Stalkers and Shooters: A History of Snipers
by Kevin Dockery


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Now in paperback! From the author of the Navy SEALs Oral History series-an intimate look at the world's most efficient and deadly warriors. Snipers have a rich history. This fascinating book follows their tasks and techniques from the Revolutionary and... (read more)

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War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History: 1500 to Today
by Max Boot


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An analysis of the pivotal role of technology in modern warfare focuses on four historical periods that shaped the rise and fall of empires, in a narrative account that covers such topics as gunpowder, the Industrial Revolution, and stealth aircraft... (read more)

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The Civil War and the Wars of the Nineteenth Century (Smithsonian History of Warfare)
by Brian Holden Reid


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The Civil War was the bloodiest war in American history and a defining moment of the nineteenth century. In this concise and authoritative volume, Brian Holden Reid -- a leading expert on the subject -- reveals how industrialization and emerging methods... (read more)

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Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines with the Elite Warriors of Sog
by John L Plaster


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SOG was a secret operations force in Vietnam, the forerunner of today's Delta Force and Navy SEALs. Exceptionally skilled Green Berets, they were the most highly decorated unit in the war. Always outnumbered-often by as much as 100 to 1-SOG commandos... (read more)

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Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
by George Crile


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Charlie Wilson's War was a publishing sensation and a New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times bestseller. In the early 1980s, a Houston socialite turned the attention of maverick Texas congressman Charlie Wilson to the ragged band of... (read more)

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Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar (P.S.)
by Adam Nicolson


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For the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, Nicolson draws from a wide range of sources to investigate the battle, and the ambitions, fears and principles that drove the British fleet to such a devastating victory.... (read more)

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Masters of the Air Americas Bomber Boys
by Donald L Miller


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Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who brought the war to Hitler's doorstep. With the narrative power of fiction, Donald Miller takes readers on a harrowing ride through the fire-filled skies over... (read more)

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Miracles on the Water: The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-Boat Attack
by Tom Nagorski


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Based on firsthand accounts from child survivors and other passengers, including the author's great-uncle, "Miracles on the Water" is an unforgettable story of children in wartime, of heroism at sea, and of courage and the power of the human spirit.... (read more)

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On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of World War II
by Jack Hamann




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Returning to a forgotten incident in local WWII history, Jack Hamann reintroduces the story of a horrible injustice influenced by the racial prejudices of the American prosecution. Skillfully told, this gripping work of military history couldn?t come at... (read more)

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Samurai - The World of the Warrior
by Stephen R Turnbull


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A new lower-priced paperback edition of this well-received book, exposing the true world of the samurai. It looks beyond the rituals of revenge and suicide and the cult of the sword to recreate their world.... (read more)

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The Few: The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain
by Alex Kershaw


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From the acclaimed author of "The Bedford Boys" and "The Longest Winter" comes the never-before-told story of the American pilots--idealists, adventurers, romantics--who joined the RAF before America entered the war in order to fight Hitler and save... (read more)

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Kommando; German Special Forces of World War Two
by James Lucas


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Without these secret agents paving the way, Germany would have found it far more difficult to invade Czechoslovakia and Poland. Kommando details the stunning achievement of Nazi operatives in naval warfare, including suicide pilots, human torpedoes, and... (read more)

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Cry from the Deep: The Sinking of the Kursk, the Submarine Disaster That Riveted the World and Put the New Russia to the Ultimate Test
by Ramsey Flynn


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A gripping account of the disastrous Russian submarine explosion that killed the entire crew, devastated the Russian people, and defined Vladimir Putin's post–Cold War regime. What were Russian officials thinking when they waited 48 hours to... (read more)

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