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A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII by Sarah Helm Publisher Comments From an award-winning journalist comes this real-life cloak-and-dagger tale of Vera Atkins, one of Britains premiere secret agents during World War II. As the head of the French Section of the British Special Operations Executive, Vera Atkins recruited... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior by David H Hackworth Publisher Comments He joined the army at 15 and is today America's most decorated living soldier. In one of the most extraordinary military memoirs of our time, About Face chronicles the wars of David H. Hackworth--from World War II to his opposition to U.S. tactics and... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Eisenhower: Soldier and President by Stephen E Ambrose Publisher Comments Stephen E. Ambrose draws upon extensive sources, an unprecedented degree of scholarship, and numerous interviews with Eisenhower himself to offer the fullest, richest, most objective rendering yet of the soldier who became president. He gives us a... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Hawk and the Dove: World War II at Okinawa and Korea by Roland Glenn Synopsis A first-person account of the horrific hand-to-hand fighting at Okinawa, where 12,500 Americans died, memories of which have haunted Roland Glenn for all his life. The book is a development of Glenn's dramatic presentation of his wartime experiences and... (read more) List Price $22.25 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Shadow Enemies: Hitler's Secret Terrorist Plot Against the United States by Alex Abella Publisher Comments An astonishing account of the Nazi plot to paralyze the American war effort through terrorist actions on U.S. soil.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $1.95 Used - Hardcover
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Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam Publisher Comments "A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience." -- The New York Times "[The] most comprehensive saga of how America became involved in Vietnam. It is also the Iliad of the American empire and the Odyssey of this nation's search... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Civil and Merchant Vessel Encounters with United States Navy Ships, 1800-2000 by Greg Williams Publisher Comments Contacts or incidents (among them collisions, rescue missions, groundings, founderings, intentional scuttlings, piracy, and other contacts) occurring between nearly 1,000 United States Navy ships and over 900 merchant vessels, yachts, workboats, and... (read more) List Price $61.75 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Masters of Chaos: The Secret History of the Special Forces by Linda Robinson Publisher Comments Special Forces soldiers are daring, seasoned troops from America's heartland, selected in a tough competition and trained in an extraordinary range of skills. They know foreign languages and cultures and unconventional warfare better than any U.S... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45 by Stephen E Ambrose Publisher Comments Stephen Ambrose is the acknowledged dean of the historians of World War II in Europe. In three highly acclaimed, bestselling volumes, he has told the story of the bravery, steadfastness, and ingenuity of the ordinary young men, the citizen soldiers, who... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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Inside the Jihad: My Life with Al Qaeda: A Spy's Story by Omar Nasiri Publisher Comments Between 1994 and 2000, Omar Nasiri worked as a secret agent for Europes top foreign intelligence services-including Frances DGSE (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure), and Britains MI5 and... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Iwo Jima: Legacy of Valor by Bill D Ross Publisher Comments An hour by hour account of the largest and most brutal assault ever conducted by the Marine Corps.... (read more) List Price $16.25 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Performing Collaborative Research with Nontraditional Military Suppliers by Kenneth P Horn Synopsis This report discusses what the Army needs to do to attract more nontraditional military suppliers (NTMSs) and what specific Army organizations and associated technologies are best suited for a pilot program designed to attract NTMSs.... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Okinawa, 1945: Assault on the Empire by Simon Foster Publisher Comments A fast-moving narrative action history of the awesome culmination of the war in the Pacific, as the Allies attacked and invaded the last island before Japan.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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How to Research the American Civil War by Richard A Sauers Publisher Comments Sauers is also very up-to-date on electronic Civil War sources, from Internet websites to massive collections that are now available and often easier to use in electronic form.... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Last Journey: A Father and Son in Wartime by Darrell Griffin Publisher Comments A tribute to the 'great conversation' between a father and his son, an Iraq staff sergeant who died in combat.... (read more) List Price $23.25 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Battle: A History of Combat and Culture by John A Lynn Publisher Comments Battle: A History of Combat and Culture spans the globe and the centuries to explore the way ideas shape the conduct of warfare. Drawing its examples from Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, and America, John A. Lynn challenges the belief... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Wedge: From Pearl Harbor to 9/11: How the Secret War Between the FBI and CIA Has Endangered National Security by Mark Riebling Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [551-564]) and index.... (read more) List Price $30.75 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Colin Powell by Howard Means Publisher Comments "Colin Powell is the most effective general officer we've had since George Marshall." H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF General Colin Powell embodies the fulfillment of the American Dream. Born in Harlem to a wonderfuly supportive family of Jamaican heritage, and... (read more) List Price $5.99 Your price: $1.95 Used - Mass Market
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"Boots and Saddles" or, Life in Dakota with General Custer by Elizabeth B. Custer Publisher Comments The honeymoon of Elizabeth Bacon and George Armstrong Custer was interrupted in 1864 by his call to duty with the Army of the Potomac. She begged to be allowed to go along, thus setting the pattern of her future life. From that time on, she accompanied... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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MERCS: True Stories of Mercenaries in Action by Bill Fawcett Publisher Comments For as long as armies have clashed on fiery fields of battle, professional soldiers of fortune have fought, bled, and died. They are the ultimate warriors, sharing skills few men possess, a pride few men can merit, and an unassailable courage in the face... (read more) List Price $6.50 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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