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War Made New: Weapons, Warriors, and the Making of the Modern World by Max Boot Publisher Comments Combining gripping narrative history with wide-ranging analysis, this book focuses on four revolutions in military affairs and describes how inventions ranging from gunpowder to GPS-guided air strikes have remade the field of battle--and shaped the rise... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Masters of War by Michael I. Handel Publisher Comments This study is based on a detailed textual analysis of the classical works on war by Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, Mao Tse-tung and, to a lesser extent, by Jomini and Machiavelli. The central conclusion is that the logic of waging war and of strategic thinking is... (read more) List Price $53.95 Your price: $41.00 Used - Trade Paper
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American Revolution by Bruce Lancaster Publisher Comments From Lexington to Yorktown, Bruce Lancaster's classic, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, covers the story of America's fight for independence in vivid detail. Here Lancaster examines both the historical facts of the Revolution and the sacrifice and bravery of the... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Tokyo War Crimes Trial: the Pursuit of Justice in the Wake of World War II (09 Edition) by Yuma Totani Publisher Comments This book assesses the historical significance of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE)—commonly called the Tokyo trial—established as the eastern counterpart of the Nuremberg trial in the immediate aftermath of World... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Frontier Regulars (84 Edition) by Robery M. Utley Publisher Comments In Frontier Regulars Robert M. Utley combines scholarship and drama to produce an impressive history of the final, massive drive by the Regular Army to subdue and control the American Indians and open the West during the twenty-five years following ... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Air Power in the Age of Total War (99 Edition) by John Buckley Publisher Comments Military History<P>The airplane has revolutionized warfare in the modern era more than any other warfare technology. In Air Power in the Age of Total War, John Buckley analyzes the impact of aircraft on battle on land and at sea as well as the... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $19.00 Used - Trade Paper
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American Military History : Survey From Colonial Times To the Present (07 - Old Edition) by William T Allison Publisher Comments MySearchLab provides students with a complete understanding of the research process so they can complete research projects confidently and efficiently. Students and instructors with an internet connection can visit www.MySearchLab.com and receive... (read more) List Price $58.35 Your price: $40.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Patterns of War Since the Eighteenth Century: Second Edition by Larry H Addington Publisher Comments From reviews of the first edition: "There is nothing else in print that tells so much so concisely about how war has been conducted since the days of Gen. George Washington." - Russell F. Weigley. "A superior synthesis. Well written, nicely organized... (read more) List Price $30.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Like Men of War : Black Troops in the Civil War, 1862-1865 (98 Edition) by Noah Andre Trudeau Publisher Comments In this unprecedented work of history, one of America's leading Civil War historians draws from nineteenth-century newspapers, letter, & soldiers' diaries to recreate the experiences of African-American troops in the Civil War. The authors richly... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966 by Rick Atkinson Publisher Comments "A story of epic proportions [and] an awesome feat of biographical reconstruction."—The Boston Globe A classic of its kind, The Long Gray Line is the twenty-five-year saga of the West Point class of 1966. With a novelists eye for detail, Rick... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Retribution: the Battle for Japan, 1944-45 (08 Edition) by Max Hastings Publisher Comments By the summer of 1944 it was clear that Japan's defeat was inevitable, but how the drive to victory would be achieved remained unclear. The ensuing drama—that ended in Japan's utter devastation—was acted out across the vast theater of... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Through a Howling Wilderness: Benedict Arnold's March To Quebec, 1775 (06 Edition) by Thomas A. Desjardin Publisher Comments Before Benedict Arnold was branded a traitor, he was one of the colonies' most valuable leaders. In September 1775, eleven hundred soldiers boarded ships in Massachusetts, bound for the Maine wilderness. They had volunteered for a secret mission, under... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Republic Reborn : War and the Making Liberal America, 1790-1820 (89 Edition) by Steven Watts Publisher Comments The War of 1812 played a critical role in the emergence of an American 'culture of capitalism.' In the Republic Reborn Steven Watts offers a brilliant new interpretation of the war and the foundation of liberal America. He explores the sweeping changes... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $19.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Absolute Destruction : Military Culture and the Practices of War in Imperial Germany (04 Edition) by Isabel V. Hull Publisher Comments Examines the military doctrine and extreme tactics of the Imperial German Army, foreshadowing the later atrocities of the Nazi regime.... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Origins of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific (87 Edition) by Akiria Iriye Publisher Comments <P>Professor Iriye analyses the origins of the 1941 conflict against the background of international relations in the preceding decade in order to answer the key question: Why did Japan decide to go to war against so formidable a combination of... (read more) List Price $64.15 Your price: $52.00 Used - Trade Paper
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To the Halls of the Montezumas : the Mexican War in the American Imagination (85 Edition) by Robert W. Johannsen Publisher Comments "Our country has entered on a new epoch of its history," wrote a Whig Party journal in 1849, just after America's triumph in the Mexican War. Indeed, for that romantic generation of Americans in the mid-nineteenth century, the Mexican War was a grand... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $30.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Quest for Decisive Victory (09 Edition) by Robert M. Citino Publisher Comments Since the earliest days of warfare, military operations have followed a predictable formula: after a decisive battle, an army must pursue the enemy and destroy its organization in order to achieve a victorious campaign. But by the mid-nineteenth century,... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $19.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Naval Power : History of Warfare and the Sea From 1500 Onwards (09 Edition) by Jeremy Black Publisher Comments Jeremy Black provides a short and accessible account of naval power and its relationship to international relations. Focusing on navies as instruments of power and analyzing what they indicate about the nature of state systems and cultures... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose Publisher Comments These are the stories from fifteen WWII Marines, compiled by Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton but left unfiltered and in the words of the Marines who were there. Unflinching, brutal, and relentless, Voices of the Pacific will leave a reader gasping for... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the Twenty-First Century by P W Singer Publisher Comments "riveting and comprehensive, encompassing every aspect of the rise of military robotics." --Financial Times In Wired for War, P. W. Singer explores the great­est revolution in military affairs since the atom bomb: the dawn of robotic warfare. We... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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