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Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power by Victor Davis Hanson Publisher Comments Through vivid depictions of historic battles, Hanson reveals the connection between the West's superiority on the battlefield and its rise to world dominance. of photos.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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The Forever War (Vintage) by Dexter Filkins Synopsis An instant classic of war reporting, The Forever War is the definitive account of America's conflict with Islamic fundamentalism and a searing exploration of its human costs. Through the eyes of Filkins, a foreign correspondent for the New York Times, we... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Forever War by Dexter Filkins Publisher Comments From the front lines of the battle against Islamic fundamentalism, a searing, unforgettable book that captures the human essence of the greatest conflict of our time. Through the eyes of Dexter Filkins, the prizewinning New York Times correspondent whose... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $15.00 Used - Hardcover
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Battle of Wits : the Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II (00 Edition) by Stephen Budiansky Publisher Comments A million pages of new World War II codebreaking records have been released by the U.S. Army and Navy and the British government over the last five years. Now, Battle of Wits presents the history of the war that these documents reveal. From the battle of... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper
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None Left Behind: The 10th Mountain Division and the Triangle of Death by Charles W Sasser Publisher Comments The 10th Mountain Division is known as the most deployed unit in the U.S. Army. Today the War on Terror has drawn it to Afghanistan and Iraq. To Lieutenant Colonel Mike Infanti's unit fell the pacification of a hellish hotbed of terrorism south of... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $20.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Liberation Trilogy #01: An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 by Rick Atkinson Publisher Comments In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Atkinson focuses on 1942 and 1943, showing how central the great drama that unfolded in North Africa was to the ultimate victory of the Allied powers and to America's understanding of itself.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Soldier: A Visual History of the Fighting Man by R.G. Grant Publisher Comments From the Samurai of Japan to US riflemen, explore the dramatic experiences of soldiers who've fought battles and paid the price of warfare. Experience life on the frontline through personal accounts of the training, living conditions and engagements... (read more) Your price: $16.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Art of War by Sun Tzu Publisher Comments The Art of War, by Sun Tzu, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted... (read more) Your price: $4.95 New - Mass Market
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A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War by Victor Davis Hanson Publisher Comments One of our most provocative military historians, Victor Davis Hanson has given us painstakingly researched and pathbreaking accounts of wars ranging from classical antiquity to the twenty-first century. Now he juxtaposes an ancient conflict with our most... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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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 $16.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Campaigns and Commanders #20: A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail: Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592-1598 by Kenneth M. Swope Synopsis A fresh perspective on the late Ming and early modern East Asia... (read more) List Price $44.50 Your price: $42.25 New - Hardcover
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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges Publisher Comments General George S. Patton famously said, "Compared to war all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God, I do love it so!" Though Patton was a notoriously single-minded general, it is nonetheless a sad fact that war gives meaning to many... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Hardcover
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Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Michael B Oren Publisher Comments Though it lasted for only six tense days in June, the 1967 Arab-Israeli war never really ended. Every crisis that has ripped through this region in the ensuing decades, from the Yom Kippur War of 1973 to the ongoing intifada, is a direct consequence of... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Men at War: A Soldier's-Eye View of the Most Important Battles in History by Bill Fawcett Synopsis Epic battles-as seen through the eyes of the men who fought them. From Gettysburg to D-Day, history's most momentous battles have been recounted to the world on a grand scale. This book, for the first time ever, looks at man's most epic battles from the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cavalry from Hoof to Track (Stackpole Military History) by Roman Jarymowycz Synopsis Cavalry from Hoof to Track traces the evolution of the cavalry and demonstrates how its survival is a history of creative responses to the changing dynamics of modern warfare. History of cavalry from horses to tanks and helicopters. Sweeping narrative... (read more) Your price: $21.95 New - Trade Paper
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Competing Voices from the Mexican Revolution: Fighting Words (Fighting Words Fighting Words) by Chris Frazer Publisher Comments Competing Voices from the Mexican Revolution: Fighting Words lets readers see this watershed moment in Mexican history in a new light, through the eyes of people who actually experienced it. This annotated collection of brief primary sources-from Mexican... (read more) List Price $79.75 Your price: $76.25 New - Hardcover
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The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe by Andrew Wheatcroft Publisher Comments In 1683, an Ottoman army that stretched from horizon to horizon set out to seize the “Golden Apple,” as Turks referred to Vienna. The ensuing siege pitted battle-hardened Janissaries wielding seventeenth-century grenades against Habsburg... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $18.95 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: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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Gray Land: Soldiers on War by Barry Goldstein Publisher Comments Given extraordinary access by the U.S. Army, Barry Goldstein spent two years photographing and interviewing more than fifty actively serving members of a veteran battalion, including two month-long trips during which he lived and patrolled with the unit.... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Hardcover
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The Rough Riders (Modern Library War) by Theodore Roosevelt Publisher Comments In 1898, as the Spanish-American War was escalating, Theodore Roosevelt assembled an improbable regiment of Ivy Leaguers, cowboys, Native Americans, African-Americans, and Western Territory land speculators. This group of men, which became known as the... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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