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Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson Publisher Comments A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th century history — the Arab Revolt, and the secret game to control the Middle East. The Arab Revolt against the Turks in World War One was, in the words... (read more) Your price: $28.95 New - Hardcover
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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Schlosser Publisher Comments The author of Fast Food Nation blends a riveting minute-by-minute account of an H-bomb accident with a chilling assessment of the grave threat we face from nuclear weapons. At the height of the cold war in the American heartland, a combination of human... (read more) Your price: $36.00 New - Hardcover
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Vietnam War Almanac: An In-Depth Guide to the Most Controversial Conflict in American History by James H. Willbanks Publisher Comments With more than 58,000 casualties and 300,000 wounded, at a cost of more than $130 billion, the Vietnam War became one of the most divisive conflicts in American history. The scars left by the war can still be felt today, making it crucial that we have... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War by Max Hastings Publisher Comments From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I: from the breakdown of diplomacy to the dramatic battles that occurred before the war bogged down in the trenches. World War I immediately evokes images of the trenches... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $28.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832 by Alan Taylor Publisher Comments Frederick Douglass recalled that slaves living along Chesapeake Bay longingly viewed sailing ships as “freedom’s swift-winged angels.” In 1813 those angels appeared in the bay as British warships coming to punish the Americans for... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Fortress Rabaul: The Battle for the Southwest Pacific, January 1942-April 1943 by Bruce Gamble Publisher Comments “This tour de force by Bruce Gamble is an absolute must for anyone interested in the true story of one of World War II’s most interesting—and most overlooked—battles.” —Col. Walter Boyne, USAF (Ret.), author of... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Trade Paper
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Bomber Command (Zenith Military Classics) by Max Hastings Publisher Comments Sir Max Hastings, recipient of the 2012 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing, has written one of the classic accounts of World War II. Upon publication, Bomber Command, winner of the Somerset... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Trade Paper
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Black Tuesday Over Namsi: B-29s Vs Migs: The Forgotten Air Battle of the Korean War, 23 October 1951 by Earl J. Mcgill Publisher Comments An hour and a half before sunup, nine B-29s of the 307th Bombardment Wing lifted off from Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa on a bombing mission against Namsi, a North Korean airfield under construction in the heart of MiG Alley. Five and a half hours later,... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Nazi and the Psychiatrist: Hermann Goring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a Fatal Meeting of Minds at the End of WWII by Jack El-Hai Publisher Comments In 1945, an improbable relationship between the captured Reichsmarschall, Hermann Göring, and an ambitious US Army psychiatrist, Douglas M. Kelley, becomes a hazardous quest into the nature of evil. The Nazi and the Psychiatrist explores the unusual... (read more) Your price: $27.99 New - Hardcover
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The Liberty Incident Revealed: The Definitive Account of the 1967 Israeli Attack on the U.S. Navy Spy Ship by A Jay Cristol Publisher Comments The Liberty Incident Revealed is the complete and final story about the Israeli Air Force and Navy attack on the USS Liberty during the Six Day War in June 1967. Cutting through all of the controversy and conspiracy theories about Israel's deadly attack,... (read more) List Price $36.95 Your price: $20.00 Used - Hardcover
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Islands of Destiny: The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sun by John Prados Publisher Comments The Battle of Midway is traditionally held as the point when Allied forces gained advantage over the Japanese. In Islands of Destiny, acclaimed historian and military intelligence expert John Prados points out that the Japanese forces quickly regained... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Last Warlord: The Life and Legend of Dostum, the Afghan Warrior Who Led US Special Forces to Topple the Taliban Regime by Brian Glyn Williams Publisher Comments The Last Warlord tells the spellbinding story of the legendary Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum, a larger-than-life figure who guided US Special Forces to victory over the Taliban after 9/11. Having gained unprecedented access to General Dostum and his... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Black April: The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-1975 by J. Patrick Lewis Synopsis The defeat of South Vietnam was arguably Americas worst foreign policy disaster of the 20th Century. Yet a complete understanding of the endgamefrom the 27 January 1973 signing of the Paris Peace Accords to South Vietnams surrender on 30 April 1975&... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Trade Paper
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Human Game: The True Story of the 'Great Escape' Murders and the Hunt for the Gestapo Gunmen by Simon Read Publisher Comments In March and April of 1944, Gestapo gunmen killed fifty POWsa brutal act in defiance of international law and the Geneva Conventions. This is the true story of the men who hunted them down. The mass breakout of seventy-six Allied airmen from the... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Destiny in the Desert: The Road to El Alamein - The Battle That Turned the Tide of World War II by Jonathan Dimbleby Publisher Comments It was the Allied victory at the Battle of El Alamein in November 1942 that inspired one of Churchill's most famous aphorisms: “This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” In... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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American Soldier of WWII: D-Day, a Visual Reference by Denis Hambucken Publisher Comments American Soldier of World War II provides a detailed look at the lives, weapons, and equipment of the soldiers who fought in the European Theater through a collection of artifacts and exacting reproductions. While other books examine World War II from a... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Last Ditch: Britain's Secret Resistance and the Nazi Invasion Plans by David Lampe Publisher Comments Novelists, historians, and theorists have often toyed with the question: what would have happened if the Germans had occupied Britain in 1940? Based on years of persistent detective work, The Last Ditch investigates the German plans and the... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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In Search of the Ninja: The Historical Truth of Ninjutsu by Antony Cummins Publisher Comments Now available in paperback, the first book to describe the reality of ninja history Lost in modern myth, false history, and general misinterpretation, the ninja has been misrepresented for many years, but recently, a desire for a more historical... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Terrible Swift Sword: The Life of General Philip H. Sheridan by Joseph Wheelan Publisher Comments In this compelling and crisply written biography, historian Joseph Wheelan examines the life and wars of the indomitable General Phil Sheridan, whose leadership and aggressive tactics helped win the Civil War, crush the marauding Plains Indiansand... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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Verdun: The Lost History of the Most Important Battle of World War I, 1914-1918 by John Mosier Publisher Comments Alongside Waterloo and Gettysburg, the Battle of Verdun during the First World War stands as one of historys greatest clashes. Yet it is also one of the most complex and misunderstood, in a war only imperfectly grasped. Conventional wisdom holds that... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover
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