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The Good Soldiers by David Finkel Publisher Comments A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: THE NEW YORK TIMES CHICAGO TRIBUNE SLATE.COM THE BOSTON GLOBE THE KANSAS CITY STAR THE PLAIN DEALER (CLEVELAND) THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITORWINNER OF THE HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM It was the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Art of War (Shambhala Pocket Classics) by Sun Tzu Publisher Comments Compiled more than two thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, The Art of War is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world today, as eagerly studied in Asia by modern politicians and executives as it... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives by Jim Sheeler Publisher Comments They are the troops that nobody wants to see, carrying a message that no military family ever wants to hear. Since the start of the war in Iraq, Marines like Major Steve Beck found themselves charged with a mission they never asked for and one for which... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage by Sherry Sontag Publisher Comments Two investigative reporters and a researcher tell the epic story of American espionage from the early Cold War Years to the Clinton Administration, showing how the Navy and CIA have used submarines to gather intelligence and launch covert operations... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Mass Market
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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen Ambrose Publisher Comments As good a rifle company as any in the world, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, kept getting the tough assignments -- responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Class of 1846 by John Waugh Publisher Comments No single group of men at West Point--or possibly any academy--has been so indelibly written into history as the class of 1846. The names are legendary: Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, George B. McClellan, Ambrose Powell Hill, Darius Nash Couch... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Citizen Soldiers: The U S Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany June 7, 1944 - May 7, 1945 by Stephen Ambrose Publisher Comments From the bestselling author of Undaunted Courage and D-Day, the definitive book on the most important day of World War II, comes the inspiring story of the ordinary men of the U.S. Army in northwest Europe from the day after D-Day until the end of the... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles by Anthony Swofford From Powells.com War is one of the few great literary topics. Since Homer immortalized the Trojan War 3,000 years ago, legions of writers have been glorifying, lamenting, dissecting, and parodying the soldier's life. So, can the world really bear yet another... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Mass Market
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Preemptive Strike: The Secret Plan That Would Have Prevented the Attack on Pearl Harbor by Alan Armstrong Publisher Comments The untold story of a plan that would have prevented Pearl Harbor--and perhaps World War... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $4.25 Sale - Hardcover
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Flights of Passage: Recollections of a World War II Aviator by Samuel Hynes Publisher Comments Samuel Hynes served as a consultant on "The War", directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, and appears on camera in several episodes. "The War" is a seven-part, 14-hour documentary series that debuts on PBS on Sunday, September 23, 2007. Sam... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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Rangers at Dieppe: The First Combat Action of U.S. Army Rangers in World War II by Jim Defelice Publisher Comments The day the U.S. Army Rangers first went into combat-and the battle that won't be forgotten. Just months after Pearl Harbor, with America still struggling to bring itself up to fighting strength for World War II, it was decided that a specially-trained... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization by James Bamford Publisher Comments The book the NSA tried to suppress. In this remarkable tour de force of investigative reporting, James Bamford exposes the inner workings of America's largest, most secretive, and arguably most intrusive intelligence agency. The NSA has long eluded... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Civil War Curiosities: Strange Stories, Oddities, Events, and Coincidences by Webb Garrison Publisher Comments A collection of fascinating anecdotes and colorful stories organized by topics and not by chronology, Civil War Curiosities offers a rare glimpse into unusual and often bizarre persons, attitudes, and events that enhance our understanding of the Civil... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Faith Under Fire: Stories of Hope and Courage from World War II by Steve Rabey Publisher Comments The Second World War generation met many challenges, and turned to their faith to sustain them through overwhelming odds. Here are stories of faith told by the people who lived them. this compelling collection not only honors the lives of these people of... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Dispatches by Michael Herr Publisher Comments "He seems to have brought to this book the ear of a musician and the eye of a painter . . . the premier war correspondence of Vietnam."--Washington Post. "The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time."--John le Carre... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Going Solo by Roald Dahl Publisher Comments Continuing the story begun in Boy, this book takes young Roald Dahl to Tanzania in 1938, where he enlists in the RAF when war is declared. After a crash landing on a solo flight, Dahl begins the long struggle toward restored health and home.... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Art of War by Sun Tzu/sawyer Publisher Comments An illuminating new look at the classic primer on warfare. Distinguishing itself from many previous versions, this contemporary translation of Sun-Tzu's landmark text acknowledges the work first and foremost as a masterpiece of military strategy... (read more) List Price $7.98 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Real Team by Richard Marcinko Publisher Comments Richard Marcinko first exploded out of the clandestine world of special forces/unconventional warfare with his #1 New York Times bestselling autobiography Rogue Warrior®. Now, after coauthoring five consecutive New York Times bestselling Rogue... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Fighter Wing: A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing by Tom Clancy Publisher Comments Now, for the first time, an insider's look at an Air Force combat wing —the planes, the technology, and the people . . . with Tom Clancy as your guide. UPDATED WITH NEW MATERIALS AND PHOTOS!... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $1.95 Used - Mass Market
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Armored Cav by Tom Clancy Publisher Comments A penetrating look inside an armored cavalry regiment -- the technology, the strategies, and the people . . . profiled by Tom Clancy. His first non-fiction book, Submarine, captured the reality of life aboard a nuclear warship. Now, the #1 bestselling... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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