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What It Is Like to Go to War by Karl Marlantes Publisher Comments Fast off the success of his devastating Vietnam War novel, Karl Marlantes gives us his incredibly readable treatise on soldier psychology, Reflections on Combat: Psyche, Soul, and Consciousness in Modern Warfare. Writing in a personal address to youths... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover 
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand Publisher Comments On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young... (read more) Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover
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One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer by Nathaniel Fick Publisher Comments Fick unveils the process that makes Marine officers such legendary leaders and shares his hard-won insights into the differences between military ideals and military practice. In this deeply thoughtful account of what it's like to fight on today's front... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez Publisher Comments He is the only original World War II Navajo code talker still alive—and this is his story . . . His name wasn’t Chestesr Nez. That was the English name he was assigned in kindergarten. And in boarding school at Fort Defiance, he was punished... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle Publisher Comments He is the deadliest American sniper ever, called “the devil” by the enemies he hunted and “the legend” by his Navy SEAL brothers . . . From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific by Robert Leckie Publisher Comments Here is one of the most riveting first-person accounts ever to come out of World War II. Robert Leckie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in January 1942, shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In Helmet for My Pillow we follow his... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Soft Spots (09 Edition) by Clint Van Winkle Publisher Comments A powerful, haunting, provocative memoir of a Marine in Iraq—and his struggle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in a system trying to hide the damage done Marine Sergeant Clint Van Winkle flew to war on Valentines Day 2003. His battalion was among... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Joshua L. Chamberlain: The Life in Letters of a Great Leader of the American Civil War by Thomas Desjardin Publisher Comments Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain has been a central character in two feature films (Gettysburg and Gods & Generals), a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel (The Killer Angels), and an inspiration for Ken Burns's production of the highly acclaimed PBS series The... (read more) Your price: $25.95 New - Hardcover
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Omar Bradley (Command) by Steven J. Zaloga Publisher Comments General Omar Bradley was the premier US Army tactical commander in the European Theater of Operations in 1944-45. A West Point classmate of Dwight Eisenhower, Bradley was the quintessential US field commander of World War II, elevated to high command... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy Seal Team Six Operator Adam Brown by Eric Blehm Publisher Comments Fearless takes you deep into SEAL Team SIX, straight to the heart of one of its most legendary operators. When Navy SEAL Adam Brown woke up on March 17, 2010, he didn’t know he would die that night in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan... (read more) Your price: $21.99 New - Hardcover
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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell Publisher Comments Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was to document the activity of an al Qaeda leader rumored to be very close to Bin Laden with a small... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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Omar Bradley by Steven Zaloga Publisher Comments General Omar Bradley was the premier US Army tactical commander in the European Theater of Operations in 1944-45. A West Point classmate of Dwight Eisenhower, Bradley was the quintessential US field commander of World War II, elevated to high command... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $8.83 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Blue Cascade: A Memoir of Life after War by Mike Scotti Publisher Comments Sometimes the hardest battle is the one after the war. As one of the soldiers on the front line of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Lieutenant Scotti was taught that weakness is what gets you killed: no hesitation, focus your energies on your objective, and... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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You'll Be Sor-Ree!: A Guadalcanal Marine Remembers the Pacific War by Sid Phillips Publisher Comments Sid Phillips knew he was a long way from his home in Mobile, Alabama, when he plunged into the jungles of Guadalcanal in August 1942... A mortarman with H-2-1 of the legendary 1st Marine Division, Sid was only seventeen years old when he entered combat... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Manstein: Hitler's Greatest General by Mungo Melvin Publisher Comments Among students of military history, the genius of Field Marshal Erich von Manstein (1887-1973) is respected perhaps more than that of any other World War II soldier. He displayed his strategic brilliance in such campaigns as the invasion of Poland, the... (read more) Your price: $37.50 New - Hardcover
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Let Me Go (04 Edition) by Helga Schneider Publisher Comments Unforgettable and deeply arresting, Let Me Go is a haunting memoir of World War II that wont let you go until youve finished reading the last page (The Washington Post Book World). In 1941, in Berlin, Helga Schneiders mother abandoned her along with her... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo Publisher Comments The classic Vietnam memoir, as relevant today as it was almost thirty years ago. In March of 1965, Marine Lieutenent Philip J. Caputo landed at Da Nang with the first ground combat unit deployed to Vietnam. Sixteen months later, having served on the... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Battleground Pacific: A Marine Rifleman's Combat Odyssey in K/3/5 by Sterling Mace Publisher Comments A POWERFULLY WROUGHT MEMOIR BY A MEMBER OF WWIIS FABLED 1ST MARINE DIVISION Sterling Mace's unit was the legendary “K-3-5” (for Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment of the 1st Marine Division) and his story takes readers through... (read more) Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover
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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by E. B. Sledge Publisher Comments In The Wall Street Journal, Victor Davis Hanson named With the Old Breed one of the top five books on epic twentieth-century battles. Studs Terkel interviewed the author for his definitive oral history, The Good War. Now E. B. Sledges acclaimed first... (read more) Your price: $7.99 New - Mass Market
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Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan by Sean Parnell Publisher Comments In combat, men measure up. Or don't. There are no second chances. In this vivid account of the U.S. Army's legendary 10th Mountain Division's heroic stand in the mountains of Afghanistan, Captain Sean Parnell shares an action-packed and highly emotional... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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