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The Art of War by Sun Tzu and Samuel B. Griffith Publisher Comments Like Machiavelli's The Prince and the Japanese Book of Five Rings, Sun Tzu's The Art of War is as timely for business people today as it was for military strategists in ancient China. Written in China more than 2,000 years ago, Sun Tzu's classic The Art... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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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) Your price: $26.99 New - Hardcover
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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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Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor / Hiroshima / 9-11 / Iraq by John W Dower Publisher Comments Over recent decades, John W. Dower, one of America’s preeminent historians, has addressed the roots and consequences of war from multiple perspectives. In War Without Mercy (1986), winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, he described and... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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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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Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill Staff Pick Enter the secretive world of the most powerful private army on the planet. Here Scahill exposes the disturbing story of Blackwater, a shadowy private company offering specialized military services for hire. A dark study of both the organization and the... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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) Your price: $8.99 New - Mass Market
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What Every Person Should Know about War by Chris Hedges Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-162) and index.... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL by Eric Greitens Publisher Comments PRAISE FOR The Heart and the Fist “Eric Greitens is the best of the best. He has the best mental capacity and physical stamina Ive ever seen in a human being. His story teaches us about how to have a heart and a fist to get the most out of life... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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My War Gone By, I Miss It So by Anthony Loyd Publisher Comments "A truly exceptional...account of his time in the Balkans and Chechnya....I read [Loyd's] story of war and addiction (to conflict and to heroin) with a sense of gratitude for the honesty and courage on every page." Independent (UK)"... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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No Surrender: A World War II Memoir by James Sheeran Publisher Comments No Surrender is the true story of an American WWII soldier who escaped a Nazi POW train and fought in the French Resistance, rivetingly told by the man himself. A paratrooper in the 101st Airborne, James Sheeran was just a kid when he floated into... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 by Ian W. Toll Publisher Comments On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Apache: Inside the Cockpit of the World's Most Deadly Fighting Machine by Ed Macy Synopsis Apache is the incredible true story of Ed Macy, a decorated Apache helicopter pilot, that takes you inside the cockpit of the world’s most dangerous war machine. A firsthand account of the exhilaration and ferocity of war, Apache chronicles a... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War by Susan Griffin Publisher Comments An acclaimed writer explores the interplay between the public tragedy of war and the daily struggles of our private lives — the conflicts between truth and falsehood, secrecy and revelation, testimony and denial. A brilliant philosophical inquiry... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ghosts of Afghanistan: The Haunted Battleground by Jonathan Steele Synopsis A masterful blend of graphic reporting, illuminating interviews, and insightful analysis. Ghosts of Afghanistan is the first account of Afghanistan's turbulent recent history by an independent eyewitness. Jonathan Steele, an award-winning journalist and... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Boots on the Ground: The Fight to Liberate Afghanistan from Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, 2001-2002 by Dick Camp Publisher Comments From the book:The SEAL platoon, reinforced with two combat controllers, was to be inserted by two MC-130s on one of the darkest nights of the year. “Our plan called for four Humvees to be put down about ten miles from the target site on the dry... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Hardcover
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Leadership Secrets of the Rogue Warrior by Richard Marcinko Publisher Comments Richard Marcinko's explosive #1 New York Times bestselling autobiography, Rogue Warrior, and four blockbuster Rogue Warrior novels have earned him fame for his raucous, no-holds-barred style. Now, blasting other business guides out of the water, Marcinko... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker Publisher Comments A true-life Catch-22 set in the deeply dysfunctional countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, by one of the region’s longest-serving correspondents. Kim Barker is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondent—she is candid, self-deprecating,... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Dave Grossman Synopsis Upon its initial publication, "On Killing" was hailed as a landmark study of the techniques the military uses to overcome the powerful reluctance to kill. Now, Grossman has updated this classic work to include information on 21st-century military... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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Seal Target Geronimo: The Inside Story of the Mission to Kill Osama Bin Laden by Chuck Pfarrer Publisher Comments The true story of the killing of bin Laden by author and former U.S. Navy SEAL Chuck Pfarrer On May 2, 2011, at 1:03 a.m. a satellite uplink was sent from Pakistan crackling into the situation room of the White House: "Geronimo, Echo, KIA."... (read more) Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover
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