On Butterfly Wings
 The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars. - General Douglas MacArthur The War in Vietnam was one of the most significant periods in U.S. history. We were a country divided between ... [... more]
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A Question of Loyalty : Gen. Billy Mitchell and the ...
It had all the ingredients of a movie drama:a scandal that grips Washington and touches the White House; bitter battles and backroom intrigue at the highest levels of the U.S. military; glamorous women who make or break the careers of powerful men; a ... [... more]
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Cross of Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German War ...
"In smooth, economical prose, (Mosier) incorporates a number of thought-provoking insights and hypotheses . . . This is a stimulating overview of a war machine." -Publishers Weekly World War I has inspired a vast mythology of bravery and ... [... more]
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Battle Ready (Tom Clancy Commanders)
From one of the country's most prominent writers and one of the military's most outspoken generals comes the audiobook every American must listen to. Marine general Tony Zinni was known as the "Warrior Diplomat" during his nearly forty years of ... [... more]
$16.50
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Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty
First published on Veteran's Day 2003 to glowing reviews ("Powerful"-Seattle Post-Intelligencer), energetic cross-country events, and instant national bestseller status, Medal of Honor has now been revised, updated, and augmented into an even ... [... more]
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Andersonville: The Last Depot (Civil War America)
Between February 1864 and April 1865, 41,000 Union prisoners of war were taken to the stockade at Anderson Station, Georgia, where nearly 13,000 of them died. Most contemporary accounts placed the blame for the tragedy squarely on the shoulders of the ... [... more]
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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed "one of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war." John Keegan referred to it in The Second World War as "one of the most arresting documents in war literature." And ... [... more]
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Secret Weapon: U.S. High-Frequency Direction Finding in ...
Interesting review of the fielding of ship mounted HFDF. Reviews the source of technology and fielding of marine mobile HFDF used in ASW during WWII, parimarly in the Atlantic. Does not cover land based systems in the same depth which was dissappointing ... [... more]
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The Just War: Force and Political Responsibility
With a new foreword by noted theologian and ethicist Stanley Hauerwas, this classic text on war and the ethics of modern statecraft written at the height of the Vietnam era in 1968 speaks to a new generation of readers. Characterized by a sophisticated ... [... more]
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Pacification in Algeria, 1956-1958
When Algerian nationalists launched a rebellion against French rule in November 1954, France was forced to cope with a varied and adaptable Algerian strategy. In this volume, originally published in 1963, David Galula reconstructs the story of his highly ... [... more]
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Jane's Guns Recognition Guide 4e (Jane's Guns ...
Since the publication of the first edition in 1996, Jane's Guns Recognition has sold over 65,000 copies worldwide and this edition ensures it remains the international best-selling firearms handbook. This book does exactly what it says on the cover! This ... [... more]
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Swift Boat Down
A Swift Boat is sunk by two rockets from an unidentified aircraft near the border between North and South Vietnam. It is June 15/16th, 1968, around midnight, and now five sailors are dead or missing. Two survivors and several witnesses report seeing ... [... more]
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