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Warriors of the Steppe: A Military History of Central Asia, 500 B.C. to A.D.1700 by Erik Hildinger Publisher Comments The nomadic peoples of central Asia—Huns, Bulgars, Magyars, Mongols—are still known to us for their legendary fighters Attila, Genghis Khan, and Timur Lenk (Tamerlane), as well as for their feats of calculated brutality. (Timur Lenk would leave... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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U.S. Navy Seal Sniper Training Program by U S Navy Publisher Comments "From 1962 when the first SEAL teams were commissioned to present day, Navy SEALs have distinguished themselves as an individually reliable, collectively disciplined and highly skilled maritime force. Because of the dangers inherent in Naval Special... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam by Barbara W Tuchman Publisher Comments Includes bibliographies and index.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Neptune's Inferno (11 Edition) by James D. Hornfischer Publisher Comments The Battle of Guadalcanal has long been heralded as a Marine victory. Now, with his powerful portrait of the Navy’s sacrifice, James D. Hornfischer tells for the first time the full story of the men who fought in destroyers, cruisers, and... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do about It by Richard A. Clarke Publisher Comments Richard A. Clarke warned America once before about the havoc terrorism would wreak on our national security—and he was right. Now he warns us of another threat, silent but equally dangerous. Cyber War is a powerful book about technology, government,... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills by Charles Henderson Publisher Comments Tells the exciting true story of Sergeant Carlos Hathcock, a legendary Marine sniper in the Vietnam War.... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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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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Counting the Days: POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific by Craig B. Smith Publisher Comments Counting the Days is the story of six prisoners of war imprisoned by both sides during the conflict the Japanese called the "Pacific War." As in all wars, the prisoners were civilians as well as military personnel. Two of the prisoners were captured on... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley Publisher Comments A New York Times bestseller, now adapted for young readers, Flags of Our Fathers is the unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history: the raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Mass Market
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The Mask of Command by John Keegan Publisher Comments John Keegan asks us to consider questions that are seldom asked: What makes a great military leader? Why is it that men, indeed sometimes entire nations, follow a single leader, often to victory, but with equal dedication also to defeat? Dozens of names... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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SAS Ultimate Guide to Combat: How to Fight and Survive in Modern Warfare by Robert Stirling Publisher Comments 'I'm not going to teach you how to survive in snowy mountains with only a tea bag; this book will teach you how to fight and survive war in the 21st century.'--Robert Stirling, from the Introduction In the tradition of John 'Lofty' Wiseman's SAS Survival... (read more) Your price: $25.95 New - Hardcover
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War: The Lethal Custom by Gwynne Dyer Publisher Comments While modern science ponders whether human beings are programmed toward belligerence and warfare, there is no doubt that war has been humanity's constant companion since the dawn of civilization, and that we have become all too proficient in its conduct.... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Gun by C J Chivers Publisher Comments At a secret arms-design contest in Stalins Soviet Union, army technicians submitted a stubby rifle with a curved magazine. Dubbed the AK-47, it was selected as the Eastern Blocs standard arm. Scoffed at in the Pentagon as crude and unimpressive, it was... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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I Am a Seal Team Six Warrior: Memoirs of an American Soldier by Howard E. Wasdin Publisher Comments When the Navy sends their elite, they send the SEALs. When the SEALs send their elite, they send SEAL Team Six--a secret unit made up of the finest soldiers in the country, if not the world. This is the dramatic tale of how Howard Wasdin overcame a tough... (read more) Your price: $7.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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On War (Penguin Classics) by Carl Von Clausewitz Synopsis Writing at the time of Napoleon's greatest campaigns, Prussian soldier and writer Carl von Clausewitz created this treatise on the art of warfare, which presented war as part of a coherent system of political thought.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Military Commanders: The 100 Greatest Throughout History by Nigel Cawthorne Publisher Comments Military history as told through the lives and deeds of warfare's most famous commanders, from ancient Greece through the World Wars, VietNam, and the end of the twentieth century Beginning with Leonides of Sparta, who died at Thermopylae in 480 b.c.e... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.95 Sale - Hardcover
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The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy Seal Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen by Brandon Webb Publisher Comments BEFORE HE COULD FORGE A BAND OF ELITE WARRIORS… HE HAD TO BECOME ONE HIMSELF. Brandon Webbs experiences in the worlds most elite sniper corps are the stuff of legend. From his grueling years of training in Naval Special Operations to his... (read more) Your price: $26.99 New - Hardcover
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Heart and Fist (11 Edition) by Eric Greitens Publisher Comments “Meet my hero—Eric Greitens. His life and this book remind us that America remains the land of the brave and generous.” — Tom Brokaw Like many young idealists, Eric Greitens wanted to make a difference, so he traveled to... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Afghanistan Cave Complexes 1979-2004 by Mir Bahmanyar Publisher Comments Following the Soviet invasion in 1979, the Mujahideen defenders of Afghanistan developed and reinforced many natural cave systems to use as supply bases and defensive positions. The Taliban and Al Qaeda further strengthened these positions in the 1990s... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $12.38 Google eBooks - Electronic
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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: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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