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Preemptive Strike: The Secret Plan That Would Have Prevented the Attack on Pearl Harbor by Alan Armstrong Publisher Comments The untold story of a plan that would have prevented Pearl Harbor--and perhaps World War... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover 
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The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington by Jennet Conant Publisher Comments When Roald Dahl, a dashing young wounded RAF pilot, took up his post at the British Embassy in Washington in 1942, his assignment was to use his good looks, wit, and considerable charm to gain access to the most powerful figures in American political... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley Publisher Comments In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Rangers at Dieppe: The First Combat Action of U.S. Army Rangers in World War II by Jim Defelice Publisher Comments The day the U.S. Army Rangers first went into combat-and the battle that won't be forgotten. Just months after Pearl Harbor, with America still struggling to bring itself up to fighting strength for World War II, it was decided that a specially-trained... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Civil War Curiosities: Strange Stories, Oddities, Events, and Coincidences by Webb Garrison Publisher Comments A collection of fascinating anecdotes and colorful stories organized by topics and not by chronology, Civil War Curiosities offers a rare glimpse into unusual and often bizarre persons, attitudes, and events that enhance our understanding of the Civil... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Faith Under Fire: Stories of Hope and Courage from World War II by Steve Rabey Publisher Comments The Second World War generation met many challenges, and turned to their faith to sustain them through overwhelming odds. Here are stories of faith told by the people who lived them. this compelling collection not only honors the lives of these people of... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Rome at War: Caesar and His Legacy by Catherine Gilliver Publisher Comments The story of a small town that rose to become the most powerful empire of the ancient world has been an inspiration to generations of people. Even after the collapse of the Roman Empire, many nations and their leaders have styled themselves 'heirs of... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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No Ordinary Joes: The Extraordinary True Story of Four Submariners in World War II by Larry Colton Publisher Comments On April 23, 1943, the seventy-man crew of the USS Grenadier scrambled to save their submarine—and themselves—after a Japanese aerial torpedo sent it crashing to the ocean floor. Miraculously, the men were able to bring the sub back to the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Fine Night for Tanks by Ken Tout Publisher Comments On 7 August 1944, the Canadian Army, reinforced with British Army units, sent four armored columns south of Caen to close the Falaise Gap. Driving through the night, the British tanks reached their objectives behind German lines and linked up with their... (read more) List Price $35.95 Your price: $16.50 Used - Hardcover
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Afghanistan: a Military History From Alexander the Great To the War Against the Taliban ((Rev)09 Edition) by Stephen Tanner Publisher Comments For over 2,500 years, the forbidding territory of Afghanistan has served as a vital crossroads for armies and has witnessed history-shaping clashes between civilizations: Greek, Arab, Mongol, and Tartar, and, in more recent times, British, Russian, and... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg Publisher Comments Daniel Ellsberg began his career as the coldest of cold warriors-a U. S. Marine company commander, a Pentagon analyst, and a staunch supporter of America's battle against Communist expansion. But in October 1969, Ellsberg-fully expecting to spend the... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Real Team by Richard Marcinko Publisher Comments Richard Marcinko first exploded out of the clandestine world of special forces/unconventional warfare with his #1 New York Times bestselling autobiography Rogue Warrior®. Now, after coauthoring five consecutive New York Times bestselling Rogue... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II by Judith M Heimann Publisher Comments Praise for THE AIRMEN AND THE HEADHUNTERS: "At first the downed flyboys thought their hosts to be savage. But by the end of their remarkable journey, the Americans learned just how civilized headhunters can be. Judith Heimann has uncovered a dramatic... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945 by Max Hastings Publisher Comments Armageddon is the epic story of the last eight months of World War II in Europe by Max Hastings–one of Britains most highly regarded military historians, whose accounts of past battles John Keegan has described as worthy “to stand with that... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Secret Agent's Handbook: The Top Secret Manual of Wartime Weapons, Gadgets, Disguises and Devices by Mark Seaman Staff Pick Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British operative that promoted sabotage and subversion in enemy countries during World War II. The SOE only existed for six years, but it manufactured an enormous amount of disguised explosives, electronic... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War 1941-1945 by Leo Marks Publisher Comments In 1942, with a black-market chicken tucked under his arm by his mother, Leo Marks left his father's famous bookshop, 84 Charing Cross Road, and went off to fight the war. He was twenty-two. Soon recognized as a cryptographer of genius, he became head... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Glorious Way to Die: The Kamikaze Mission of the Battleship Yamato by Russell Spurr Publisher Comments Acclaimed by Critics, Historians, and Military Leaders the World Over... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Campaign #052: Gettysburg 1863: High Tide of the Confederacy by Carl Smith Publisher Comments Osprey's study of the Battle of Gettysburg (1863), one of the decisive battles of the American Civil War (1861-1865). The Confederate invasion of the Northern states was General Lee's last great gamble. By taking the war to the Union he hoped to force... (read more) List Price $20.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dawn of D-Day: These Men Were There, June 6, 1944 by David Howarth Publisher Comments "In no other book is the atmosphere of those days so vividly and truly portrayed."—The Sunday Times June 6, 1944, is one of the most famous dates in world history, and, as David Howarth shows, a defining date in countless personal histories. In this... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Armored Cav by Tom Clancy Publisher Comments A penetrating look inside an armored cavalry regiment -- the technology, the strategies, and the people . . . profiled by Tom Clancy. His first non-fiction book, Submarine, captured the reality of life aboard a nuclear warship. Now, the #1 bestselling... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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