Military history
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Concrete Hell: Urban Warfare from Stalingrad to Iraq
$22.00PaperbackAdd to cartThroughout history, cities have been at the center of warfare, from sieges to street-fighting, from peace-keeping to coups de mains. Sun Tzu admonished his readers of The Art of War that the lowest re
- Series: Military History
- Author: DiMarco, Louis a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 234
- Publish Date: October 24 2017
- ISBN10: 1472833384
- Language: English
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By: McNab, Chris
A History of War: From Ancient Warfare to the Global Conflicts of the 21st Century
$24.99HardcoverRead moreThis lavishly illustrated full-color hardback explores the dark but compelling story of warfare, from its emergence in prehistoric tribal disputes, through great imperial and global wars, to present-d
- Series: Arcturus Science & History Collection #14
- Author: McNab, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 15 2021
- ISBN10: 183940678X
- Language: English
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By: Chiussi, Tommaso
Zollgrenzschutz: Border Guards on the Frontier of the Reich, Hauptzollamt Villach, 1941-1945
$29.99HardcoverRead moreAfter occupying the Balkans early in the war, the Axis powers constantly struggled to police the region. The partisan presence was quite substantial, and while the various fractured guerrilla groups e… [more below]
- Author: Chiussi, Tommaso
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0764367056
- Language: English
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Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power
$24.00PaperbackRead moreExamining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times–from Salamis, where outnumbered Greeks devastated the slave army of Xerxes, to Cortes’s conquest of Mexico to the Tet offensive–Victor Da… [more below]
- Author: Hanson, Victor Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: August 27 2002
- ISBN10: 0385720386
- Language: English
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The Soul of Battle: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, How Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny
$18.00PaperbackRead moreVictor David Hanson, author of the highly regarded classic The Western Way of War, presents an audacious and controversial theory of what contributes to the success of military campaigns.
Examining in- Author: Hanson, Victor Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 17 2001
- ISBN10: 0385720599
- Language: English
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Warriors: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #31: Warriors in Winter
$7.99PaperbackAdd to cartTrack the facts about warriors, weapons, and battles throughout history in this nonfiction companion to the #1 bestselling Magic Tree House series!
When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure i- Series: Magic Tree House (R) Fact Tracker #40
- Author: Osborne, Mary Pope
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1101936517
- Language: English
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The Archaeology of Weapons: Arms and Armour from Prehistory to the Age of Chivalry
$16.95PaperbackRead morePremodern weapons of war receive a tremendously detailed and thorough accounting in this volume — the work of a noted authority on medieval arms in Europe. Covering a period of 30 centuries, the stud… [more below]
- Series: Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor
- Author: Oakeshott, R. Ewart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 18 1996
- ISBN10: 0486292886
- Language: English
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By: Fuller, J. F. C.
Conduct of War PB
$21.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe Conduct of War is the study of the way in which political and economical changes since the French Revolution have altered both the techniques and the aims of war, and its theme is that war which i… [more below]
- Series: Quality Paperbacks Series
- Author: Fuller, J. F. C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0306804670
- Language: English
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By: Nolan, Cathal J.
The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost
$40.99HardcoverAdd to cartHistory has tended to measure war’s winners and losers in terms of its major engagements, battles in which the result was so clear-cut that they could be considered “decisive.” Marathon, Cannae, Tours… [more below]
- Author: Nolan, Cathal J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 728
- Publish Date: February 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0195383788
- Language: English
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By: Caesar, Julius
The War for Gaul: A New Translation
$16.95PaperbackAdd to cartA translation that captures the power of one of the greatest war stories ever told-Julius Caesar’s account of his brutal campaign to conquer Gaul
Imagine a book about an unnecessary war written by the- Author: Caesar, Julius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: July 13 2021
- ISBN10: 069121669X
- Language: English
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By: Milton, Giles
Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy: How the Allies Won on D-Day
$34.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe international bestselling historian and host of the Unknown History podcast presents a ground-breaking account of the first 24 hours of the D-Day invasion told by a symphony of incredible accounts
- Author: Milton, Giles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1250134935
- Language: English
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By: O'Neill, Bard E.
Insurgency and Terrorism: From Revolution to Apocalypse, Second Edition, Revised
$24.95PaperbackAdd to cartA systematic, comprehensive, and straightforward textbook for analyzing and comparing insurgencies and terrorist movements, Insurgency and Terrorism was first published in 1990 to broad acclaim. Obser… [more below]
- Author: O’Neill, Bard E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1574881728
- Language: English
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Strategy: Second Revised Edition
$23.00PaperbackRead more“The most important book by one of the outstanding military authorities of our time.”–Library Journal
Strategy is a seminal work of military history and theory, and a perfect companion to Sun-tzu’s T- Author: Liddell, Hart B. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 30 1991
- ISBN10: 0452010713
- Language: English
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Ancient and Medieval Siege Weapons: A Fully Illustrated Guide To Siege Weapons And Tactics
$19.95PaperbackAdd to cartIn this richly illustrated guide, author Konstantin Nossov masterfully analyzes and recreates the weaponry, tactics, and stratagems of the ancient world. He offers first a comprehensive history of sie… [more below]
- Author: Nossov, Konstantin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: September 04 2012
- ISBN10: 0762782641
- Language: English
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By: Caesar, Julius
The Conquest of Gaul
$12.00PaperbackAdd to cartBetween 58 and 50 BC Caesar conquered most of the area now covered by France, Belgium and Switzerland, and twice invaded Britain. This is the record of his campaigns. Caesar’s narrative offers insight… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Caesar, Julius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 24 1983
- ISBN10: 0140444335
- Language: English
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By: Strachan, Hew
The Direction of War: Contemporary Strategy in Historical Perspective
$35.00PaperbackAdd to cartThe wars since 9/11, both in Iraq and Afghanistan, have generated frustration and an increasing sense of failure in the West. Much of the blame has been attributed to poor strategy. In both the United… [more below]
- Author: Strachan, Hew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 335
- Publish Date: December 05 2013
- ISBN10: 1107654238
- Language: English
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Supplying War: Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton
$40.00PaperbackAdd to cartDrawing on a very wide range of unpublished and previously unexploited sources, Martin van Creveld examines the “nuts and bolts” of war. He considers the formidable problems of movement and supply, tr… [more below]
- Author: Van Creveld, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: March 15 2004
- ISBN10: 0521546575
- Language: English
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Strategy: A History
$40.99HardcoverAdd to cartSelected as a Financial Times Best Book of 2013
In Strategy: A History, Sir Lawrence Freedman, one of the world’s leading authorities on war and international politics, captures the vast history of st- Author: Freedman, Lawrence
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: October 02 2013
- ISBN10: 0199325154
- Language: English
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By: Keegan, John
The Face of Battle
$18.00PaperbackAdd to cart
The Face of Battle is military history from
John Keegan’s groundbreaking portrayal of the common soldier in the heat of battle — a masterpiece that explores the physical and mental aspects of warfare- Author: Keegan, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 364
- Publish Date: January 27 1983
- ISBN10: 0140048979
- Language: English
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By: Mayor, Adrienne
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Unconventional Warfare in the Ancient World
$19.95PaperbackAdd to cartA gripping and groundbreaking history of how ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional weapons of war
Flamethrowers, poison gases, incendiary bombs, the large-- Author: Mayor, Adrienne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 26 2022
- ISBN10: 0691211086
- Language: English














