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What It Is Like to Go to War
What It Is Like to Go to War
by Karl Marlantes
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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)

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M4 Sherman vs Type 97 Chi-Ha
M4 Sherman vs Type 97 Chi-Ha
by Steven Zaloga
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While the Pacific campaign is not well known as a theater for tank combat, the US Army deployed nearly a third of its tank battalions to the Pacific, and Japan was among the top five tank manufacturers during the war. The obscurity of Pacific tank... (read more)

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Duel #43: M4 Sherman Vs Type 97 Chi-Ha: The Pacific 1945
Duel #43: M4 Sherman Vs Type 97 Chi-Ha: The Pacific 1945
by Steven J. Zaloga
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While the Pacific campaign is not well known as a theater for tank combat, the US Army deployed nearly a third of its tank battalions to the Pacific, and Japan was among the top five tank manufacturers during the war. The obscurity of Pacific tank... (read more)

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Gothic Serpent - Black Hawk Down Mogadishu 1993 (Raid)
Gothic Serpent - Black Hawk Down Mogadishu 1993 (Raid)
by Clayton Chun
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The United States had demonstrated its military superiority worldwide with its lightning victory over Iraq in 1991. As the only superpower in the world, few would argue that Washington could not prevail in a conventional conflict. Humanitarian missions... (read more)

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British Napoleonic Infantry Tactics 1792-1815
British Napoleonic Infantry Tactics 1792-1815
by Philip Haythornthwaite
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Osprey's study of Britain's infantry tactics used during the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). The British Army's major campaigns against Napoleon were fought between 1808 and 1813 in the Peninsula (Portugal, Spain, and finally southern France), followed in... (read more)

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Gothic Serpent - Black Hawk Down Mogadishu 1993
Gothic Serpent - Black Hawk Down Mogadishu 1993
by Clayton Chun
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The United States had demonstrated its military superiority worldwide with its lightning victory over Iraq in 1991. As the only superpower in the world, few would argue that Washington could not prevail in a conventional conflict. Humanitarian missions... (read more)

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Pike and Shot Tactics 1590-1660
Pike and Shot Tactics 1590-1660
by Keith Roberts
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Osprey's examiantion of pike and shot tactics employed in various wars of the 17th century. Throughout the 17th century, large parts of Europe were depopulated during wide-ranging and savage wars of religion and dynasty involving all of the major powers.... (read more)

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Art of War
Art of War
by Sun Tzu and Ralph D. Sawyer
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The Art of War is almost certainly the most famous study of strategy ever written and has had an extraordinary influence on the history of warfare. The principles Sun-tzu expounded were utilized brilliantly by such great Asian war leaders as Mao Tse-... (read more)

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The Art of War (Shambhala Pocket Classics)
The Art of War (Shambhala Pocket Classics)
by Sun Tzu
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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)

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Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed
Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed
by Ben Rich
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Skunk Works is the true story, told for the first time, of America's most secret and successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the operation's brilliant boss for nearly two decades, the story of Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is a high... (read more)

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Art of War
Art of War
by Sun Tzu/sawyer
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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)

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Penguin Classics #253: The Campaigns of Alexander
Penguin Classics #253: The Campaigns of Alexander
by Arrian
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‘His passion was for glory only, and in that he was insatiable’ Although written over four hundred years after Alexander’s death, Arrian’s Campaigns of Alexander is the most reliable account of the man and his achievements we... (read more)

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Under the Shadow of Napoleon: French Influence on the American Way of Warfare from the War of 1812 to the Outbreak of WWII (Warfare and Culture)
Under the Shadow of Napoleon: French Influence on the American Way of Warfare from the War of 1812 to the Outbreak of WWII (Warfare and Culture)
by Michael A. Bonura
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Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership
Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership
by Barry Strauss
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In Masters of Command, Barry Strauss compares the way the three greatest generals of the ancient world—Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar—waged war and draws lessons from their experiences that apply on and off the battlefield. Alexander,... (read more)

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The Art of War
The Art of War
by Sun Tzu and Thomas Cleary
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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)

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The Mask of Command
The Mask of Command
by John Keegan
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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)

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On War (Penguin Classics)
On War (Penguin Classics)
by Carl Von Clausewitz
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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)

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The Art of War: An Illustrated Edition
The Art of War: An Illustrated Edition
by Sun Tzu
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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 by modern politicians and executives as it has... (read more)

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Command #21: George Washington
Command #21: George Washington
by Mark Lardas
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George Washington may be one of history's most underrated commanders. Overlooked in favour of his contemporaries such as Napoleon Bonaparte and Frederick the Great, Washington's achievements are arguably more impressive. Frederick and Napoleon inherited... (read more)

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The Defence of Duffer's Drift - A Lesson in the Fundamentals of Small Unit Tactics
The Defence of Duffer's Drift - A Lesson in the Fundamentals of Small Unit Tactics
by Dunlop Swinton Ernest Dunlop Swinton
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An unabridged, digitally enlarged printing to include all dreams, maps, and a glossary -... (read more)

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