Military / War
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Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization
$21.00 Add to cartBestselling author Nicholson Baker, recognized as one of the most dexterous and talented writers in America today, has created a compelling work of nonfiction bound to provoke discussion and controver… [more below]
- Author: Baker, Nicholson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: March 03 2009
- ISBN10: 1416572465
- Language: English
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The Hundred Years War: 1337-1453
$20.00 Read moreAn illustrated overview of the Hundred Years War, the longest-running and the most significant conflict in western Europe in the later Middle Ages.
There can be no doubt that military conflict between- Series: Essential Histories (Osprey Publishing)
- Author: Curry, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1472857062
- Language: English
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Escape from Davao: The Forgotten Story of the Most Daring Prison Break of the Pacific War
$19.99 Add to cart- Author: Lukacs, John D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1668021331
- Language: English
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Those Thrilling Yarns of Yesteryear Volume 2: A Few of Our Heroes
$22.95 Add to cartIn this second book in a series of thrilling stories, the author vividly describes the soul-stirring details that surround the amazing deeds of some of America’s greatest war heroes. You will marvel a
- Author: Paepcke, Carl Bud
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 308
- Publish Date: April 03 2023
- ISBN10: 9.79889E+12
- Language: English
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Commanding Lincoln’s Navy: Union Naval Leadership During the Civil War
$24.95 Add to cartThe Union Navy played a vital role in winning the Civil War by blockading Confederate ports, cooperating with the Union Army in amphibious assaults, and operating on the Mississippi River and its trib
- Author: Taaffe, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 364
- Publish Date: October 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1682479277
- Language: English
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Avoiding Muddy Foxholes: A Story of an American Bombardier
$25.95 Add to cartThe future looked bright for many young men before the United States entered World War II on December 7th, 1941. Richard (Dick) Loveless from Washington, DC, was no exception. He had joined an apprent
- Author: Loveless, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: July 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1977265480
- Language: English
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Sacred Soldier: The Dangers of Worshiping Warriors
$20.00 Read moreA Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and military veteran examines both the realities of our military and the worshipful attitude of Americans toward it.
How can our nation stop fighting needless wars- Author: Keeler, Robert F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 162371107X
- Language: English
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Welcome Home: The Lucky Ones
$11.99 Add to cartThe sound of helicopter blades chopping through the air as they swiftly fly away into the distance, the eerie quietness before the buzzing of bullets zipping past the protective helmets, and the blast
- Author: Byerly, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 90
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1088047653
- Language: English
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Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad
$17.00 Add to cartBased on reporting that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Thunder Run chronicles one of the boldest gambles in modern military history. Three battalions and fewer than a thousand men launched a v… [more below]
- Author: Zucchino, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 345
- Publish Date: November 29 2004
- ISBN10: 080214179X
- Language: English
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Danger’s Hour: The Story of the USS Bunker Hill and the Kamikaze Pilot Who Crippled Her
$30.99 Add to cartIn the closing months of World War II, Americans found themselves facing a new and terrifying weapon: kamikazes — the first men to use airplanes as suicide weapons.
By the beginning of 1945, America- Author: Kennedy, Maxwell Taylor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: November 03 2009
- ISBN10: 0743260813
- Language: English
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Lake Michigan’s Aircraft Carriers
$24.99 Add to cartThis is the story of the USS Wolverine and the USS Sable, two Great Lakes excursion ships converted for aircraft carrier training during WWII.
Through the duration of the war, the United States Navy qu
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Somers, Paul M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 05 2003
- ISBN10: 0738532088
- Language: English
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Corinth 1862: Siege, Battle, Occupation
$27.99 Add to cartFletcher Pratt Award
McLemore Prize In the spring of 1862, there was no more important place in the western Confederacy–perhaps in all the South–than the tiny town of Corinth, Mississippi. Major Gen- Series: Modern War Studies (Paperback)
- Author: Smith, Timothy B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 07 2016
- ISBN10: 0700623450
- Language: English
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Beyond Valor: World War II’s Ranger and Airborne Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat
$23.99 Add to cartThe thrilling story of the Airborne and Ranger troops that saw the worst of WWII action–told for the first time in the voices of the soldiers themselves.From the first parachute drops in North Africa… [more below]
- Author: O’Donnell, Patrick K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 386
- Publish Date: March 05 2002
- ISBN10: 0684873850
- Language: English
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Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, Fdr’s Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors
$22.00 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to a young officer as he and his captain charted a course into U.S. naval legend.
“Son, we’re going to Hell.”- Author: Hornfischer, James D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: August 28 2007
- ISBN10: 0553384503
- Language: English
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American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution
$24.99 Add to cartA vibrant look at the American Revolution’s first months, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals.
When we reflect on our nation’s history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foreg- Author: Borneman, Walter R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 14, 2015
- ISBN10: 031622099X
- Language: English
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Tiger Force: A True Story of Men and War
$24.99 Add to cartAt the outset of the Vietnam War, the Army created an experimental fighting unit that became known as “Tiger Force.” The Tigers were to be made up of the cream of the crop-the very best and bravest so… [more below]
- Author: Sallah, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 13 2007
- ISBN10: 0316066354
- Language: English
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Swords Around a Throne: Napoleon’s Grande Armée
$32.99 Add to cartThis authoritative, comprehensive, and enthralling book describes and analyzes Napoleon’s most powerful weapon–the Grande Armée which at its peak numbered over a million soldiers. Elting examines ev
- Author: Elting, John R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: March 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0306807572
- Language: English
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Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East
$22.99 Add to cartIn this vivid and timely history, Juan Cole tells the story of Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt. Revealing the young general’s reasons for leading the expedition against Egypt in 1798 and showcasing his f… [more below]
- Author: Cole, Juan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0230606032
- Language: English
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Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles That Shaped American History
$21.99 Add to cartFrom thunderous broadsides traded between wooden sailing ships on Lake Erie, to the carrier battles of World War II, to the devastating high-tech action in the Persian Gulf, here is a gripping history… [more below]
- Author: Symonds, Craig L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 23 2006
- ISBN10: 0195312112
- Language: English
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The First World War
$21.00 Read more“This serious, compact survey of the war’s history stands out as the most well-informed, accessible work available.” (Los Angeles Times)
Nearly a century has passed since the outbreak of World War I,- Author: Strachan, Hew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0143035185
- Language: English
