by Jeremy Scahill  
Powells.com Staff Pick Enter the secretive world of the most powerful private army on the planet. Here Scahill exposes the disturbing story of Blackwater, a shadowy private company offering specialized military services for hire. A dark study of both the organization and the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your Price $11.86 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies 
by George Crile Publisher Comments Charlie Wilson's War was a publishing sensation and a New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times bestseller. In the early 1980s, a Houston socialite turned the attention of maverick Texas congressman Charlie Wilson to the ragged band of... (read more) Your Price $6.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Marcus Luttrell Publisher Comments Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July, 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was to document the activity of an al Qaeda leader rumored to be very close to Bin Laden with a small... (read more) Your Price $15.99 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Robert Drury Publisher Comments Halsey’s Typhoon is the story of World War II’s most unexpected disaster at sea. In the final days of 1944, Admiral William “Bull” Halsey is the Pacific theater’s most popular and colorful naval hero. After a string of... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Rick Atkinson
Powells.com Staff Pick An Army at Dawn is a superbly written book on the Northern African campaign of World War II. This is a wonderful history of some of the first campaigns of the war; Atkinson maintains a balanced focus on everyone involved, from the generals down to the... (read more) Your Price $9.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by David Halberstam Special Offer Buy the set! Order The Coldest Winter now and receive the acclaimed 35-minute documentary about David Halberstam's last great effort. Starring Joan Didion, Bob Woodward, Robert Caro, Anna Quindlen, and Neil Sheehan.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your Price $14.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Jack Coughlin Publisher Comments Jack Coughlin is the Marine Corps’ top-ranked sniper, the man who personally brings America’s military muscle to the enemy’s front door. In twenty years of active service, he has accumulated one of the most impressive records in the... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Andrew X Pham
Publisher Comments Winner of the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Winner of the Whiting Writers' Award A Seattle Post-Intelligencer Best Book of the Year Catfish and Mandala is the story of an American odyssey—a solo bicycle... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Adam Nicolson Publisher Comments For the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, Nicolson draws from a wide range of sources to investigate the battle, and the ambitions, fears and principles that drove the British fleet to such a devastating victory.... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Stephen E Ambrose Publisher Comments Stephen E. Ambrose draws from more than 1,400 interviews with American, British, Canadian, French, and German veterans to create the preeminent chronicle of the most important day in the twentieth century. Ambrose reveals how the original plans for the... (read more) Your Price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Evan Wright
Publisher Comments Based on the author's National Magazine Award-winning series in "Rolling Stone," this "New York Times" bestseller is "one of the best books to come out of the Iraq War" ("Financial Times").... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $6.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Ian W. Toll
Powells.com Staff Pick The birth of the U.S. Navy and its coming-of-age engagements are the subject of this richly told and intriguing history. More than a maritime account, this action-filled read skillfully relates the struggles of our country in its infancy. Recommended... (read more) Your Price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Richard Rhodes Publisher Comments Here for the first time, in rich, human, political, and scientific detail, is the complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the turn-of-the-century discovery of the vast energy locked inside the atom to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan.... (read more) Your Price $8.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Chris Hedges Publisher Comments Best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges and journalist Laila Al-Arian spent the past year interviewing over fifty veterans to expose the patterns of the occupation in Iraq. The testimonies of these soldiers—many of... (read more) Your Price $15.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Rajiv Chandrasekaran Publisher Comments An unprecedented account of life in Baghdad's Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of towering plants, posh villas, and sparkling swimming pools that was the headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq. The Washington Post's former Baghdad bureau... (read more) Your Price $4.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
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