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War Stories of the Tankers: American Armored Combat, 1918 to Today

By: N/A

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Zenith Press: February 2008

Seller ID: 351918

ISBN: 0760332975

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

These are the war stories few can tell, the harrowing firsthand accounts of armored combat, from the days of the centurys first tanks to the latest encounter on the streets of Baghdad. Here are the still-vivid impressions of the brave young men who fought in the mud and trenches of no-mans land during World War I.

Here are the stories of green American tankers taking on massive and well-armored German Tigers or fighting through a screaming sea of Red Chinese soldiers in Korea. And here are the personal tales of American tankers defending Western Europe from the threat of Soviet tan...
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Arms and Armor: A Pictorial Archive from Nineteenth-Century Sources (Dover Pictorial Archive)

By: N/A

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Dover Publications: July 1995

Seller ID: 328983

ISBN: 0486285618

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Over thousands of years, man has developed an enormous variety of offensive and defensive weapons for use in battle as well as a vast array of armor and other protective devices. Now artists and illustrators can draw on this extensive archive for superb copyright-free illustrations of vintage arms, armor, and other battlefield paraphernalia.
Choose from a rich trove of over 750 illustrations compiled from rare nineteenth-century sources. Included are detailed, high-quality depictions -- arranged chronologically and, to some extent, geographically -- of suits of armor, chain mail, swords, h...
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Roosevelt and De Gaulle (a Personal Memoir of Allies in Conflict)

By: Aglion,

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Free Press: February 1988

Seller ID: 339512

ISBN: 0029015405

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Discusses the private political disagreements of de Gaulle and Roosevelt, and looks at U.S. relations with the Vichy government.
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Biggest Brother: The Life Of Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led The Band of Brothers

By: Alexander, Larry

Price: $6.95

Publisher: NAL Trade: May 2006

Seller ID: 365829

ISBN: 0451218396

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

The New York Times bestseller that tells the true story of the life of Major Dick Winters, the man who led the Band of Brothers in World War 2.

In every band of brothers, there is always one who looks out for the others.

They were Easy Company, 101st Army Airborne--the World War II fighting unit legendary for their bravery against nearly insurmountable odds and their loyalty to one another in the face of death. Every soldier in this band of brothers looked to one man for leadership, devotion to duty, and the embodiment of courage: Major Dick Winters.

This is...
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Medieval Miltary Revolution

By: Ayton, Andrew, Price

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Barnes Noble Books: January 0001

Seller ID: 333378

ISBN: 0760707669

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Roots of War

By: Barnet, Richard J.

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Penguin Books: March 1973

Seller ID: 330089

ISBN: 0140216987

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Red Mutiny: Eleven Fateful Days on the Battleship Potemkin

By: Bascomb, Neal

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: May 2007

Seller ID: 306507

ISBN: 0618592067

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

A pulse-quickening story that alternates between the opulent court of Nicholas II and the razor's-ed
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Digital War: A View from the Front Lines

By: Bateman, Robert L. III

Price: $3.95

Publisher: I Books: July 2003

Seller ID: 335794

ISBN: 0743474759

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Nine incisive essays by distinguished military leaders and historians address the role of computers and complex technology in the modern military and examine the benefits and pitfalls of this growing dependence on the digital world. Reprint.
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The Encyclopedia of 20th Century Air Warfare

By: Bishop, Chris

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Barnes and Noble: January 2001

Seller ID: 329388

ISBN: 0760727708

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

The Adventures and Inventions of Stewart Blacker: Soldier, Aviator, Weapons Inventor

By: Blacker, Barnaby

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Pen and Sword: March 2015

Seller ID: 329608

ISBN: 147382771X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Stewart Blacker was a remarkable figure. His inventions were used with significant effect both in WW1 and WW2. Most notable of these was the synchronized machine gun, attached to fighter planes that could fire through the propeller.He also designed the PIAT anti tank weapon which was used with dramatic effect during WW2, from Normandy until the end of the war. The book argues that with less obstruction from officialdom, the PIAT could have been ready at the start of the war to stop Blitzkreig in its tracks.As an aviation pioneer, flying (and crashing) planes soon after the Wright Brothers, he ...
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GREAT MILITARY DISASTERS

By: Books, Parragon

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Parragon Books: January 2011

Seller ID: 357945

ISBN: 1445424762

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

War Made New: Weapons, Warriors, and the Making of the Modern World

By: Boot, Max

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Gotham: August 2007

Seller ID: 367224

ISBN: 1592403158

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

A monumental, groundbreaking work, now in paperback, that shows how technological and strategic revolutions have transformed the battlefield

Combining gripping narrative history with wide-ranging analysis, War Made New 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 and fall of empires.

War Made New begins with the Gunpowder Revolution and explains warfare's evolution from ritualistic, drawn-out engagements to much deadlier events, p...
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Compassionate Soldier: Remarkable True Stories of Mercy, Heroism, and Honor from the Battlefield

By: Borrowman, Jerry

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Shadow Mountain: May 2017

Seller ID: 356643

ISBN: 1629722928

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Compassionate Soldier illuminates some of the most fascinating and yet largely unknown stories of men and women whose humanity led them to perform courageous acts of mercy and compassion amid the chaos and carnage of war. Arranged by war from the American Revolution to the Iraq War and global in perspective, it features extraordinary stories of grace under fire from valiant soldiers and noncombatants who rose above the inhumanity of lethal conflict and chose compassion, even knowing their actions could put their lives and liberty at risk.

Included in this collection are the ...
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Compassionate Soldier: Remarkable True Stories of Mercy, Heroism, and Honor from the Battlefield

By: Borrowman, Jerry

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Shadow Mountain: May 2017

Seller ID: 358461

ISBN: 1629722928

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Beyond the Wild Blue: A History of the U.S. Air Force, 1947-1997 (Thomas Dunne Book)

By: Boyne, Walter J.

Price: $7.95

Publisher: St. Martin's Press: March 1997

Seller ID: 329161

ISBN: 0312154747

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

"Beyond the Wild Blue" is a fascinating look at fifty turbulent years of Air Force history. From the prop-driven armada of World War II to the most advanced Stealth weaponry, from pioneers like General Henry "Hap" Arnold to glorious conquests in the Gulf War, B"eyond the Wild Blue" is a high-flying study of the triumphs (and failures) of leadership and technology

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History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion,

By: Buck Private McCollum

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Bucklee Pub. Co: January 1939

Seller ID: 355119

ISBN: B00086034Y

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

My War: Killing Time in Iraq

By: Buzzell, Colby

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Putnam Adult: October 2005

Seller ID: 335891

ISBN: 0399153276

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

A U.S. Army soldier who served in Iraq as a member of the Stryker Brigade Combat Team recounts his experiences during a tour of duty in which he engaged in dangerous firefights and kept an online web log describing his war experiences.
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When Johnny and Jane Come Marching Home: How All of Us Can Help Veterans (The MIT Press)

By: Caplan, Paula J.

Price: $7.95

Publisher: The MIT Press: March 2011

Seller ID: 301781

ISBN: 0262015544

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

A psychologist's impassioned call to stop labeling our traumatized war veterans as mentally ill and a guide to how every citizen can help returning vets.

Traumatized veterans returning from our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are often diagnosed as suffering from a psychological disorder and prescribed a regimen of psychotherapy and psychiatric drugs. But why, asks psychologist Paula J. Caplan in this impassioned book, is it a mental illness to be devastated by war? What is a mentally healthy response to death, destruction, and moral horror? In When Johnny and Jane Come Marching H...
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No Room for Error: The Covert Operations of America's Special Tactics Units from Iran to Afghanistan

By: Carney, John T.

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Ballantine Books: November 2002

Seller ID: 346936

ISBN: 0345453336

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

"John Carney is one of the few heroes I have."
-LT. COL. L. H. "BUCKY" BURRUSS, USA (Ret.)
Founding member and Deputy Commander of Delta Force"
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When the U.S. Air Force decided to create an elite "special tactics" team in the late 1970s to work in conjunction with special-operations forces combating terrorists and hijackers and defusing explosive international emergencies, John T. Carney was the man they turned to. Since then Carney and the U.S. Air Force Special Tactical units have circled the world on sensitive clandestine missions. They have operated behind enemy lines gatheri...
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Behind the Lines: Powerful and Revealing American and Foreign War Letters---and One Man's Search to Find Them

By: Carroll, Andrew

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Scribner: May 2005

Seller ID: 326508

ISBN: 0743256166

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

From the editor of the phenomenal "New York Times" bestseller "War Letters" comes an even more powerful, more revealing collection of rare and previously-unpublished letters from every major war in American history -- all discovered during Andrew Carroll's extraordinary three-year journey throughout the U.S. and to thirty-five countries around the world."
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