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A History of Air Warfare
A History of Air Warfare
by John Andreas Olsen
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***Selected for the 2010 Chief of the United States Air Force's Reading List*** This one-volume anthology provides a comprehensive analysis of the role that air power has played in military conflicts over the past century. Comprising sixteen essays... (read more)

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Lucky Sweetbrier
Lucky Sweetbrier
by Tanney Edward Oberg
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The night before, a Japanese seaplane under cover of darkness, landed on the other side of the harbor - unnoticed. In the early morning, he took off and dove at a liberty ship, a short distance off Sweetbrier's port bow. The area wasn't even alerted... (read more)

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A Sphinx: The Memories of a Reluctant Spy in Vietnam
A Sphinx: The Memories of a Reluctant Spy in Vietnam
by John G. Burdick
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When John Burdick received his orders to ship to Vietnam in 1967, he was certain his life was over. His goal was to return to the United States alive and on his feet no matter what it took. He had been recruited by the military to become an intelligence... (read more)

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Vietnam Voices
Vietnam Voices
by James F. Behr
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Vietnam Voices is an oral history in the spirit of... (read more)

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Tannenberg
Tannenberg
by Dennis Showalter
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The battle of Tannenberg (August 2730, 1914) opened World War I with a decisive German victory over Russia-indeed the Kaiser's only clear-cut victory in a non-attritional battle during four years of war. In this first paperback edition of the classic... (read more)

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War Correspondent
War Correspondent
by Holbrook Bradley
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The Blue/Gray shoulder patch told us he was one of ours. He'd been hit in the left shoulder, the uniform ripped and bloody, a temporary bandage on the jagged tear which seemed to cover a quarter of his torso. That wax-like face, eyes closed, no sign of... (read more)

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My Heart Became Attached
My Heart Became Attached
by Mark Kukis
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Traces John Walker Lindh's personal and spiritual transformation from a confused teenager studying Arabic in Yemen to a holy warrior fighting with the Taliban.... (read more)

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The Pearl Harbor Myth
The Pearl Harbor Myth
by George Victor
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Did U.S. intelligence know of Japan's coming attack on Pearl Harbor? Did President Roosevelt know? If so, why did he withhold warnings from the commanders in Hawaii? The answers are embedded in the cogent analysis of The Pearl Harbor Myth. Based on... (read more)

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Distant Voices
Distant Voices
by Michael B. Colegrove
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Distant Voices: Listening to the Leadership Lessons of the Past is an invaluable resource to anyone who is a student of Military History or wants to learn more about the fundamentals of leadership. Mike Colegrove brings over 30 years of experience in... (read more)

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Vermont Hero
Vermont Hero
by George S Maharay
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Major General Lewis A. Grant was one of Vermont's greatest heroes in the Civil War. He organized the Fifth Vermont in 1861 and led the First Vermont Brigade from February 1863 to June 1865. He participated in 22 battles; most notable were Savage's... (read more)

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Misguided Weapons
Misguided Weapons
by Azriel Lorber
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Technological failure results when one side in a conflict does not fully grasp the potential impact of known, or even familiar, weapons in the enemy's hands. In most cases, such failure resulted from higher officials' ignorance or their total... (read more)

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Bunker Hill To Bastogne
Bunker Hill To Bastogne
by Briton C Busch
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America's curiosity about elite military units is greater than ever in today's crisis-ridden world. And while numerous books have examined the various elite forces, Bunker Hill to Bastognegoes much further to show the relationship between these special... (read more)

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World in the Balance
World in the Balance
by Brooke C. Stoddard
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After the 1940 Battle of France, the British Expeditionary Force desperately attempted to flee the small French port of Dunkirk and reach British shores, France was falling, and the men were well aware that the German army had already conquered Poland... (read more)

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The Effectiveness of Airpower in the 20th Century
The Effectiveness of Airpower in the 20th Century
by John F O'Connell
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The book is the first in a series of three volumes which explore the actual effectiveness of airpower during the 20th Century. It deals with the functions of military airpower that emerged during World War I on the Eastern and Western Fronts and in the... (read more)

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Veteran of the Ardennes
Veteran of the Ardennes
by Francis DiPietro
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Out of a war which caused over 50,000,000 deaths comes the story of a dedicated life. Meet Francis Charles DiPietro, a young man from Cambridge, Massachusetts who is called from his education at Harvard University to serve his country in the most... (read more)

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Beating Goliath
Beating Goliath
by Jeffrey Record
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Beating Goliath examines the phenomenon of victories by the weak over the strong - more specifically, insurgencies that succeeded against great powers. Jeffrey Record reviews eleven insurgent wars from 1775 to the present and determines why the seemingly... (read more)

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Learning to Love the Bomb
Learning to Love the Bomb
by Sean M. Maloney
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In Learning to Love the Bomb, Sean M. Maloney explores the controversial subject of Canada's acquisition of nuclear weapons during the Cold War. Based on newly declassified Canadian and U.S. documents, it examines policy, strategy, operational, and... (read more)

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Seeking Signs of Sanity
Seeking Signs of Sanity
by Russell E. Spooner
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We were probably the most despised members of the armed forces, but our assignment had never been a matter of choice, and we did not, in the beginning, have any clue as to why we should be so disliked. In due time, all this would become clear. Our job... (read more)

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Bodyguard
Bodyguard
by Owen Platt
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Bodyguard" is the compelling true story of the most audacious confidence trick in the history of warfare, "Operation Bodyguard," the secret plan to save D-Day from disaster. How the British managed to convince Hitler and his generals into believing the... (read more)

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The Emmons Saga
The Emmons Saga
by Edward Baxter Billingsley
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Rear Admiral Edward Baxter Billingsley's book, The Emmons Saga, captures the deck plate routine of the Sailors aboard Emmons as she intersected with the great events of World War II and influenced the course of history. Any reader who has ever served... (read more)

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