Military / War
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The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost
$25.99 Add 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: Paperback
- Page Count: 728
- Publish Date: March 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0190931515
- Language: English
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Armies of Sand: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness
$40.99 Add to cartSince the Second World War, Arab armed forces have consistently punched below their weight. They have lost many wars that by all rights they should have won, and in their best performances only ever a… [more below]
- Author: Pollack, Kenneth M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 696
- Publish Date: January 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0190906960
- Language: English
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The Treaty of Versailles: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSigned on June 28, 1919 between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I. Problematic from the very beginning, even its contemporaries saw the treat… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Neiberg, Michael S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 25 2019
- ISBN10: 0190644982
- Language: English
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Wounded: A New History of the Western Front in World War I
$20.99 Add to cartThe number of soldiers wounded in World War I is, in itself, devastating: over 21 million military wounded, and nearly 10 million killed. On the battlefield, the injuries were shocking, unlike anythin… [more below]
- Author: Mayhew, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 019045444X
- Language: English
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Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948
$18.99 Add to cart“A riveting tale of her family’s experience in Europe during World War II [and] a well-wrought political history of the region, told with great authority. . . . More than a memoir, this is a book of f
- Author: Albright, Madeleine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 19 2013
- ISBN10: 0062030345
- Language: English
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Fortress Nashville: Pioneers, Engineers, Mechanics, Contrabands & U.S. Colored Troops
$29.95 Add to cartFortress Nashville: Pioneers, Engineers, Mechanics, Contrabands & U.S. Colored Troops tells the story of how the heavily fortified logistics and transportation hub became the key to victory in the Wes
- Author: Zimmerman, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0578379368
- Language: English
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Victory!: Propaganda Cartoons from World War II
$14.99 Add to cartAward-winning cartoonist Tony Husband tells the story of World War II through a selection of the era’s finest political cartoons.
Satire is one of the key weapons of war. Forget ‘sticks and stones’, e- Author: Husband, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1398817791
- Language: English
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Reynolds Pamphlet
$4.99 Add to cartThe Reynolds Pamphlet (1797) is an essay by Alexander Hamilton. Written while Hamilton was serving as Secretary of the Treasury, the Pamphlet was intended as a defense against accusations that Hamilto
- Series: Mint Editions–Historical Documents and Treaties
- Author: Hamilton, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 34
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1513295616
- Language: English
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A Different Race: World War II, the Alaska Highway, Racism and a Court Martial
$14.99 Add to cartOn December 7, 1941 the United States suddenly found itself at war with the Empire of Japan. Alaska’s Aleutian Island chain led through the North Pacific from Japan to North America, and the army desp
- Author: McClure, Christine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: February 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1735841706
- Language: English
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The Siege of Vicksburg: Climax of the Campaign to Open the Mississippi River, May 23-July 4, 1863
$44.99 Add to cartIn The Siege of Vicksburg: Climax of the Campaign to Open the Mississippi River, May 23-July 4, 1863, noted Civil War scholar Timothy B. Smith offers the first comprehensive account of the siege that … [more below]
- Series: Modern War Studies
- Author: Smith, Timothy B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: June 18 2021
- ISBN10: 0700632255
- Language: English
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The Union Assaults at Vicksburg: Grant Attacks Pemberton, May 17-22, 1863
$116.65 Read moreIt was the third week of May 1863, and after seven months and six attempts, Ulysses S. Grant was finally at the doorstep of Vicksburg. What followed was a series of attacks and maneuvers against the l… [more below]
- Series: Modern War Studies
- Author: Smith, Timothy B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: January 10 2020
- ISBN10: 0700629068
- Language: English
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America on Trial: A Defense of the Founding
$27.95 Read moreThe Founding of the American Republic is on trial. Critics say it was a poison pill with a time-release formula; we are its victims. Its principles are responsible for the country’s moral and social d
- Author: Reilly, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 02 2020
- ISBN10: 1586179489
- Language: English
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The Art of War by Sun Tzu & The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
$13.99 Add to cart- Author: Tzu, Sun
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: April 25 2007
- ISBN10: 9562912507
- Language: English
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Hitler’s Last Christmas: The Day the Entire Mighty 8th Air Force Entered the Battle of the Bulge
$24.95 Add to cartHitler’s Last Christmas: The Day the Entire Mighty 8th Air Force Entered the Battle of the Bulge provides an account of the history and results of the largest aerial bombing mission ever. The story be
- Author: Kilburg, Donald F., Jr.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: May 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1977206395
- Language: English
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Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler: The Astonishing True Story of the American Financiers Who Bankrolled the Nazis
$25.00 Add to cart“The contribution made by American capitalism to German war preparations can only be described as phenomenal. It was certainly crucial to German military capabilities…. Not only was an influential s… [more below]
- Author: Sutton, Antony C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 29 2010
- ISBN10: 1905570279
- Language: English
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The Minute Men: The First Fight: Myths and Realities of the American Revolution
$19.95 Add to cartThe concept of the farmer and shopkeeper pulling rifles off pegs on the wall to fight the British has been the typical image of the American minuteman. The fact that he may have had military training … [more below]
- Series: History of War
- Author: Galvin, John R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: December 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1597970700
- Language: English
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Sunburst
$41.95 Add to cartThis acclaimed sequel to the Peattie/Evans prizewinning work, Kaigun, illuminates the rise of Japanese naval aviation from its genesis in 1909 to its thunderbolt capability on the eve of the Pacific w… [more below]
- Author: Peattie, Estate Of Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 159114664X
- Language: English
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Silent Warfare: Understanding the World of Intelligence
$26.95 Add to cartA thoroughly updated revision of the first comprehensive overview of intelligence designed for both the student and the general reader, Silent Warfare is an insider’s guide to a shadowy, often misunde… [more below]
- Author: Shulsky, Abram N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 262
- Publish Date: May 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1574883453
- Language: English
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Japan at War: An Oral History
$39.67 Read moreA “deeply moving book” (Studs Terkel) and the first ever oral history to document the experience of ordinary Japanese people during World War II
“Hereafter no one will be able to think, write, or teach
- Author: Cook, Haruko Taya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 01 1993
- ISBN10: 1565840399
- Language: English
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The Battle of Brandy Station: North America’s Largest Cavalry Battle
$33.99 Add to cartJust before dawn on June 9, 1863, Union soldiers materialized from a thick fog near the banks of Virginia’s Rappahannock River to ambush sleeping Confederates. The ensuing struggle, which lasted throu… [more below]
- Author: Wittenberg, Eric J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 274
- Publish Date: March 22 2010
- ISBN10: 1540220605
- Language: English
