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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

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

Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific

By: Burgin, R.V.,Marvel, Bill

Price: $6.95

Publisher: NAL: March 2010

Seller ID: 352717

ISBN: 0451229908

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Watch author RV Burgin discuss "Islands of the Damned" and "The Pacific."

See R.V. Burgin in the award winning documentary film Peleliu 1944: Horror in the Pacific. Click here for more information. This is an eyewitness-and eye-opening-account of some of the most savage and brutal fighting in the war against Japan, told from the perspective of a young Texan who volunteered for the Marine Corps to escape a life as a traveling salesman. R.V. Burgin enlisted at the age of twenty, and with his sharp intelligence and earnest work ethic, climbed the ranks from a green private to a seasoned sergea...
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Under Fire: The Untold Story of the Attack in Benghazi

By: Burton, Fred,Katz, Samuel M.

Price: $7.95

Publisher: St. Martin's Press: September 2013

Seller ID: 312451

ISBN: 1250041104

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

The New York Times bestselling inside account of the attack against the U.S. diplomatic and intelligence outposts in Benghazi, Libya

On the night of September 11, 2012, the American diplomatic mission at Benghazi, Libya, came under ferocious attack by a heavily armed group of Islamic terrorists. The prolonged firefight, and the attack hours later on a nearby CIA outpost, resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including the American ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, the Information Officer, Sean Smith, and two former Navy SEALs, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, working ...
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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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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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War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars

By: Carroll, Andrew

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Scribner: May 2001

Seller ID: 326507

ISBN: 0743202945

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

In 1998, Andrew Carroll founded the Legacy Project with the goal of remembering Americans who have served this nation and preserving their letters for posterity. Since then, more than 50,000 war letters discovered in basements, attics, scrapbooks, and old trunks have poured in from around the country. The best of these letters are assembled in this extraordinary collection, offering unprecedented insight into the Civil War, World Wars I and II, Vietnam, Korea, the Cold War, the Persian Gulf, and even the fighting in Somalia and the Balkans.

Featured here are dramatic accounts of combat writt...
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