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Faith of My Fathers
by John Mccain  Publisher Comments John McCain is one of the most admired leaders in the United States government, but his deeply felt memoir of family and war is not a political one and ends before his election to Congress. With candor and ennobling power, McCain tells a story that, in...
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Patton: Genius for War, a
by Carlo Deste Publisher Comments Patton: A Genius for Waris a full-fledged portrait of an extraordinary American that reveals the complex and contradictory personality that lay behind the swashbuckling and brash facade. According to Publishers Weekly, the result is "a major biography of...
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Billy Mitchell: Crusader for Air Power
by Alfred F. Hurley Synopsis A fast-paced biography of the founder of the U.S. Air Force...
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Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life
by Carlo Deste Publisher Comments From the bestselling author of Patton: A Genius for War comes a compelling new account of the transformation of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, from apprehensive soldier to one of our greatest heros. In the weeks leading up to D-Day, Dwight D. Eisenhower...
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General Patton: A Soldier's Life
by Stanley Hirshson Publisher Comments General George S. Patton Jr, an inspirational leader and outstanding tactician, has intrigued and confounded his biographers. Utilising untapped archival materials in both the USA and UK, government documents, family papers, and oral histories, Hirshson...
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Texas A & M University Military History #101: Colt Terry, Green Beret
by Charles D. Patton Synopsis Through one man's career, "Colt Terry, Green Beret" portrays the birth and development of America's most elite fighting unit. 30 photos....
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Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir
by John Mccain Publisher Comments Senator John McCain learned about life and honor from his grandfather and father, both four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy.Both their careers and their courage helped prepare McCain for the biggest challenge of his life when, as a naval aviator, he was...
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Nelson A. Miles and the Twilight of the Frontier Army
by Robert Wooster Publisher Comments Based on a wide range of sources, including materials only recently made available to researchers, this first complete, carefully documented biography of Miles skillfully delineates the brilliant, abrasive, and controversial tactician whose career in...
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Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell (Vintage)
by Karen Deyoung Publisher Comments The first full biography of Colin Powell, from his Bronx childhood to his military career to his controversial tenure as secretary of state, with a new afterword detailing his life after the Bush White House. Over the course of a lifetime of service to...
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About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior
by David H Hackworth Synopsis He joined the army at 15 and is today America's most decorated living soldier. In one of the most extraordinary military memoirs of our time, About Face chronicles the wars of David H. Hackworth--from World War II to his opposition to U.S. tactics and...
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American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964
by William Manchester Synopsis Inspiring, outrageous... A thundering paradox of a man. Douglas MacArthur, one of only five men in history to have achieved the rank of General of the United States Army. He served in World Wars I, II, and the Korean War, and is famous for stating that...
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Patton :a genius for war
by Carlo Deste Book News Annotation Interviews with the general's family and access to his private and public papers help military historian D'Este reveal the complex and contradictory personality behind the humorless facade (and beyond the hard-edged image created by the 1970 film...
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Brave Men Gentle Heroes
by Michael Takiff Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [539]-547)....
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Tempered Steel: The Three Wars of Triple Air Force Cross Winner Jim Kasler
by Perry D. Luckett Synopsis WWII tailgunner, Korean War jet ace, Vietnam POW, and the only three-time recipient of the Air Force Cross...
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Our Country, Right or Wrong: The Life of Stephen Decatur, the U.S. Navy's Most Illustrious Commander
by Leonard F Guttridge Publisher Comments Blazing sea fights and undercurrents of intrigue: these are among the compelling ingredients of a biography that brings to life the most illustrious and formidable figure of the United States Navy. His name is carried by more than two dozen towns and...
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I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story
by Rick Bragg Publisher Comments Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Rick Bragg lends his remarkable narrative skills to the story of the most famous POW this country has known. In I Am a Soldier, Too, Bragg let’s Jessica Lynch tell the story of her capture in...
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Terrible Terry Allen: Combat General of World War II - The Life of an American Soldier
by Gerald Astor Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-365) and index....
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Major General Maurice Rose: World War II's Greatest Forgotten Commander
by Stephen L Ossad Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references and index....
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John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy
by Evan Thomas Publisher Comments John Paul Jones, at sea and in the heat of the battle, was the great American hero of the Age of Sail. He was to history what Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey and C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower are to fiction. Ruthless, indomitable, clever; he vowed to...
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When I Was a Young Man
by J Robert Kerrey Publisher Comments Bob Kerrey's much-acclaimed and fascinating memoir tells the tale of a young boy's life in Nebraska, his journey as a young man into the dangers of Vietnam and the hospitals where he recovered from grievous injuries, and finally to the Nixon White House,...
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