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The 12-Year Reich: A Social History of Nazi Germany 1933-1945by Richard GrunbergerISBN 0306806606 (0-306-80660-6)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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Afghanistanby Stephen TannerISBN 0306812339 (0-306-81233-9)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the Fall of the Talibanby Stephen TannerISBN 0306811642 (0-306-81164-2)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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The Anatomy of Errorby Barry S. Strauss, Josiah OberISBN 0312076282 (0-312-07628-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Armament and History: The Influence of Armament on History from the Dawn of Classical Warfare to the End of the Second World Warby J.F.C. FullerISBN 0306808595 (0-306-80859-5)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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Tools, or weapons, if only the right ones can be discovered, form 99 percent of victory.... Strategy, command, leadership, courage, discipline, supply, organization, and all the moral and physical paraphernalia of war are nothing to a high superiority of weapons--at most they go to form the one per cent which makes the whole possible.
If that sounds outlandish--how much, one might ask, of an effect did technology have at Chancellorsville?--consider this more plausible formulation: In modern wars, "no army of 50 years before any date selected would stand 'a dog's chance' against the army existing at that date." Sounds about right.Armament and History is a broad survey spanning the ancient world to the atomic age, showing how military innovation has changed the course of history time and again. Fuller never gets mired in dense detail, and has a knack for finding apt (and sometimes humorous) anecdotes. Mounted war elephants, for example, traditionally have had a dramatic impact on troops who had never seen them before. When one general employed them against the Gauls, he confessed, "I am ashamed to think that we owe our safety to these sixteen animals." Yet as Fuller shows, successful weapons always meet even more successful ones (an army once attacked war elephants by covering pigs with pitch, lighting them on fire, and driving them toward the burly beasts). This is a fine introduction to the development of weaponry over the last 3,000 years. --John J. Miller [via]
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The Banner of Battle: The Story of the Crimean Warby Alan Warwick PalmerISBN 0312005393 (0-312-00539-3)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000by L. Ron HubbardISBN 0312069782 (0-312-06978-2)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Battles of the Revolutionary War: 1775-1781by W. J. Wood, John S.D. EisenhowerISBN 0306813297 (0-306-81329-7)
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The Bitter Woods: The Dramatic Story, Told at All Echelons- From Supreme Command to Squad Leader- Of the Crisis That Shook the Western Coalition Hby John S.D. EisenhowerISBN 0306806525 (0-306-80652-5)
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Blind into Baghdad: America's War in Iraqby James FallowsISBN 0307277968 (0-307-27796-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Blue Maxby Jack D. HunterISBN 0304366803 (0-304-36680-3)
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Boot: The Inside Story of How a Few Good Men Became Today's Marinesby Daniel Da CruzISBN 0312000251 (0-312-00025-1)
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Brigades of Gettysburg: The Union and Confederate Brigades at the Battle of Gettysburgby Bradley M. GottfriedISBN 0306811758 (0-306-81175-8)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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By Sea and by River: The Naval History of the Civil Warby Bern AndersonISBN 0306803674 (0-306-80367-4)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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Caen: Anvil of Victoryby Alexander McKeeISBN 0312113331 (0-312-11333-1)
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Campaigning With Grantby Horace PorterISBN 0306802775 (0-306-80277-5)
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Churchill's Generalsby John KeeganISBN 0304367125 (0-304-36712-5)
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Civil War Day by Day : An Almanac, 1861-1865by E. B. LongISBN 0306802554 (0-306-80255-4)
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The Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan: Selected Correspondence, 1860-1865by Stephen W. SearsISBN 0306804719 (0-306-80471-9)
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The Collapse of the Third Republic : An Inquiry into the Fall of France in 1940by William L. ShirerISBN 0306805626 (0-306-80562-6)
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The Confederate Navy: A Pictorial Historyby Philip Van Doren SternISBN 0306804883 (0-306-80488-3)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Conflict: The History of the Korean War, 1950-53by Robert LeckieISBN 0306807165 (0-306-80716-5)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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Da Nang Diary: A Forward Air Controller's Year of Combat over Vietnamby Tom YarboroughISBN 0312050674 (0-312-05067-4)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Decisive Battles of the U.S.Aby J.F.C. FullerISBN 0306805324 (0-306-80532-4)
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Destruction of Convoy Pq17by David IrvingISBN 0304926620 (0-304-92662-0)
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The Dictionary of the First World Warby Keith Robbins, Stephen Pope, Elizabeth-Anne Wheal, Brendan EddisonISBN 0312129319 (0-312-12931-9)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Digital Soldiersby James F. DunniganISBN 0312182392 (0-312-18239-2)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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Digital Soldiers: The Evolution of High-Tech Weaponry and Tomorrow's Brave New Battlefieldby James F. DunniganISBN 0312145888 (0-312-14588-8)
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Dwight d Eisenhowerby Jack HarrisISBN 0307126080 (0-307-12608-0)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Emperor's Coloured Coatby John BigginsISBN 0312134851 (0-312-13485-1)
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The English Civil Warby Maurice AshleyISBN 0312165838 (0-312-16583-8)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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The Evolution of Weapons and Warfareby Trevor N. DupuyISBN 0306803844 (0-306-80384-4)
Softcover, Da Capo Press, Incorporated
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The Far Pavilionsby M. M. KayeISBN 031215125X (0-312-15125-X)
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The Fewby Alex KershawISBN 0306813033 (0-306-81303-3)
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Fire When Ready, Gridley!: Great Naval Stories from Manila Bay to Vietnamby William H. HonanISBN 0312087780 (0-312-08778-0)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Fortress Third Reich: German Fortifications and Defense Systems in World War IIby H. W. Kaufmann, Robert M. JurgaISBN 0306812398 (0-306-81239-8)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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From Yalta to Berlin: The Cold War Stuggle over Germanyby W.R. SmyserISBN 0312066058 (0-312-06605-8)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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The Generals of Gettysburg: The Leaders of America's Greatest Battleby Larry TaggISBN 0306812428 (0-306-81242-8)
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The Generalship of Alexander the Greatby J.F.C. FullerISBN 0306813300 (0-306-81330-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Generalship of Alexander the Great'Book summary:A brief and meteoric life (356323 B.C.) Alexander was the greatest of all conquerors in the course of world history. He had a small armyseldom exceeding 40,000 menbut a constellation of bold, revolutionary ideas about the conduct of war and the nature of government. J. F. C. Fuller, one of the foremost military historians of the twentieth-century, was the first to analyze Alexander in terms of his leadership as a general. He has divided his study into two parts. The first, entitled The Record, describes the background of the era, Alexanders character and training, the structure of the Macedonian army, and the geography of the world that determined the strategy of conquest. The second part, The Analysis, takes apart the great battles, from Granicus to Hydaspes, and concludes with two chapters on Alexanders statesmanship. In a style both clear and witty, Fuller imparts the many sides to Alexanders genius and the full extent of his empire, which stretched from India to Egypt.[via]More editions of The Generalship of Alexander the Great:
Generalship of Ulysses S. Grantby J.F.C. FullerISBN 0306804506 (0-306-80450-6)
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George Washington's Generals and Opponents: Their Exploits and Leadershipby George Athan BilliasISBN 030680560X (0-306-80560-X)
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The Great War and the Search for a Modern Order: A History of the American People and Their Institutions 1917-1933by Ellis W. HawleyISBN 0312036353 (0-312-03635-3)
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The Handmaid's Taleby Margaret Atwood, Valerie MartinISBN 0307264602 (0-307-26460-2)
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A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution, Margaret Atwoods The Handmaid's Tale has become one of the most powerful and most widely read novels of our time.
Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, serving in the household of the enigmatic Commander and his bitter wife. She may go out once a day to markets whose signs are now pictures because women are not allowed to read. She must pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, for in a time of declining birthrates her value lies in her fertility, and failure means exile to the dangerously polluted Colonies. Offred can remember a time when she lived with her husband and daughter and had a job, before she lost even her own name. Now she navigates the intimate secrets of those who control her every move, risking her life in breaking the rules.
Like Aldous Huxleys Brave New World and George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Handmaid's Tale has endured not only as a literary landmark but as a warning of a possible future that is still chillingly relevant. [via]More editions of The Handmaid's Tale:
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Hannibal: Enemy of Romeby Leonard CottrellISBN 0306804980 (0-306-80498-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hannibal: Enemy of Rome'Book summary:In the year 216 B.C., Hannibal of Carthage, faced with an opposing Roman army twice the size of his own, outwitted the enemy at Cannae by means of a strategy which has become a classic of its kind. As a result of his famous double pincer maneuver, 70,000 Roman soldiers died within the space of a few hours on a field the size of New Yorks Central Park. Yet, as devastating and startling as Cannae was, it was only one of a long list of incredible achievements. Hannibals fantastic 1,000-mile march across the Alps from Spain to Italy was one of the wonders of ancient times. He began his hazardous journey with 90,000 infantry, 12,000 cavalry, and 37 elephants. By the time he reached the Valley of the Po, more than 30,000 troops and many of his elephants had perished, but he still managed to stay in Italy for sixteen years.Blending biography and military adventure, Hannibal is a portrait of a military genius who was also a highly civilized man. The son of Hamilcar Barca, a famous general in his own right, Hannibal was a student of the Greek classics. But his fathers lifelong grudge against Rome fostered in the son a deep hatred for that Republic and a fierce determination to subdue it forever. This resulted in the bloody battles of Lake Trasimene, Campania, Nole, Capua, and Zama, all of which Leonard Cottrell describes with vigor and authority. In gathering material for Hannibal, Cottrell traveled the entire route that Hannibal took across the Alps, thus bringing to his account a valuable firsthand knowledge of his subject. With the drama and authenticity for which he is famous, Leonard Cottrell describes Hannibals amazing campaigna saga of victory after victory which fell just short of its ultimate goal: the annihilation of Rome.[via]More editions of Hannibal: Enemy of Rome:
A History of the American Revolutionby John R. AldenISBN 0306803666 (0-306-80366-6)
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Hitler's Army: The Evolution and Structure of German Forcesby Editors of Command MagazineISBN 0306812606 (0-306-81260-6)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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Hitler's Spies: German Military Intelligence in World War IIby David KahnISBN 0306809494 (0-306-80949-4)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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How Far from Austerlitz?: Napoleon 1805-1815by Alistair HorneISBN 0312155484 (0-312-15548-4)
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Incursion: From America's Chokehold on the Nva Lifelines to the Sacking of the Cambodian Sanctuariesby J.D. ColemanISBN 0312058772 (0-312-05877-2)
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Invasion: The Roman Invasion of Britain in the Year Ad 43 and the Events Leading to Their Occupation of the West Countryby John PeddieISBN 0312012128 (0-312-01212-8)
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The Iraq Study Group Report: Authorized Editionby Lee H. Hamilton, Lawrence S. Eagleburger, James A. Baker, Iraq Study GroupISBN 0307386562 (0-307-38656-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict, 1863 to 1952by Edwin Palmer HoytISBN 0306803488 (0-306-80348-8)
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Julius Caesar: Man, Soldier, and Tyrantby J.F.C. FullerISBN 0306804220 (0-306-80422-0)
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Kursk: The German View Eyewitness Reports of Operation Citadel by the German Commandersby Steven NewtonISBN 0306811502 (0-306-81150-2)
Hardcover, Da Capo Pr
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Last Postby Max ArthurISBN 030436732X (0-304-36732-X)
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Lincoln: A Foreigner's Questby Jan MorrisISBN 0306810328 (0-306-81032-8)
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Liquidate Parisby Sven HasselISBN 0304366897 (0-304-36689-7)
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Lord Geoffrey's Fancyby Alfred DugganISBN 0304366471 (0-304-36647-1)
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A Military History of the Western World: From the American Civil War to the End of World War IIby J.F.C. FullerISBN 0306803062 (0-306-80306-2)
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Montroseby C. V. WedgwoodISBN 0312125844 (0-312-12584-4)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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National Securityby Donald M. SnowISBN 0312148283 (0-312-14828-3)
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The Night of Long Knivesby Max Gallo, Lily EmmetISBN 0306807602 (0-306-80760-2)
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Occupation: The Ordeal of France 1940-1944by Ian OusbyISBN 0312181485 (0-312-18148-5)
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Overlord: D-day And the Battle for Normandyby Max HastingsISBN 030727571X (0-307-27571-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Moving beyond just the storming of Omaha beach and D-Day, he explores the Allies push inward, with many British and American infantry units suffering near 100 percent casualties during the course of that awful summer. Far from a gauzy romanticized remembrance, Hastings details a grueling ten week battle to overpower the superbly trained, geographically entrenched German Wehrmacht. Uncompromising and powerful in its depiction of wartime, this is the definitive book on D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. [via]More editions of Overlord: D-day And the Battle for Normandy:
Paths of Glory: The French Army 1914-18by Anthony ClaytonISBN 0304366528 (0-304-36652-8)
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Red Storm on the Reich: The Soviet March on Germany 1945by Christopher DuffyISBN 0306805057 (0-306-80505-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Red Storm on the Reich: The Soviet March on Germany 1945'Book summary:On the night of January 11, 1945, fog, low clouds, and blizzards reduced visibility at times to literally zero along the Sandomierz bridgehead. So the German troops did not notice tanks, assault guns, and towed artillery pieces moving in position by the thousands along the east bankthe Russian sideof the Vistula River. Within seconds after the order to fire was given by the Soviet commander, General Konev, the air became incandescent with unnatural light. A sky of fire and smoke lowered over the country across the river: Houses flared up like torches, bunkers collapsed, roads were broken up, and men were ripped apart. The ferocity of the first attack shook the Germans so badly that they thought they were dealing with the main assault, and not just a reconnaissance in force. So they were completely unprepared for the principal attack and the horrors it held. Thus began the Red Storm on the Reichthe largest, costliest, and fastestmoving military operation in European history."Essentially, the Second World War was won and lost on the Eastern Front," writes renowned historian Christopher Duffy. Until this book, however, the most dramatic events surrounding this part of the war have been little understood. Utilizing a wealth of recently released Soviet materials from Moscow archives, and cross-referencing these with German accounts, Duffy has uncovered a military campaign of unprecedented scale and intensity during which thirty million lives were lost. Red Storm on the Reich brings to life not only the Russian military assault on Germany, but also the human drama behind the epic sieges of Danzig, Kolberg, and Breslau. Duffy's gripping narrative is essential reading for all those interested in modern European history.[via]More editions of Red Storm on the Reich: The Soviet March on Germany 1945:
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Red Victory: A History of the Russian Civil Warby W. Bruce LincolnISBN 0306809095 (0-306-80909-5)
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Reign of Hellby Sven HasselISBN 0304366900 (0-304-36690-0)
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Reminiscencesby Douglas MacArthurISBN 0306802546 (0-306-80254-6)
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A Sailor of Austriaby John BigginsISBN 0312105347 (0-312-10534-7)
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The Second World War, 1939-45: A Strategical and Tactical Historyby Fuller, J.F.C., MajorISBN 0306805065 (0-306-80506-5)
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Shinano: The Sinking of Japan's Secret Supershipby Joseph F. Enright, James W. RyanISBN 031200186X (0-312-00186-X)
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The Siege Of Leningrad: 1941-1944; 900 Days Of Terrorby David GlantzISBN 0304366722 (0-304-36672-2)
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The Sommeby Gary SheffieldISBN 0304366498 (0-304-36649-8)
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The Story of the Mexican Warby Robert Selph HenryISBN 0306803496 (0-306-80349-6)
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Swordfish: The Story of the Taranto Raidby David WraggISBN 030436682X (0-304-36682-X)
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Templars: The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, the Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusadesby Piers ReadISBN 030681496X (0-306-81496-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Templars: The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, the Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades'Book summary:The Knights Templar remain the most glamorous, but also the most mysterious, of all religious organizations. Romanticized by Walter Scott in his novel Ivanhoe and by Wagner in his opera Parsifal, the Templars have been both celebrated as ascetic martyrs, dying for the greater good of Christianity, and condemned as deviant heretics, thieves, and sodomites who sold the Holy Land out to the Muslim Infidels. In his carefully researched study The Templars, the acclaimed novelist Piers Paul Read investigates the truth behind the myth. Placing his account of the rise of the Templars within a wider historical and political context, Read argues that "The Templars were a multinational force engaged in the defence of the Christian concept of a world order: and their demise marks the point when the pursuit of the common good within Christendom became subordinate to the interests of the nation state."
This approach takes Read back into the Dark Ages and the context for the first Christian Crusade, which culminated in the capture of Jerusalem in 1099. In an attempt to hold on to Jerusalem and one of the holiest sites in Christendom, the Temple of Solomon, the Templars were formed as a strict religious-military order, committed to poverty, chastity, and the protection of pilgrims en route to the Holy Land. Read charts their rise to political and financial power and influence throughout Europe and the Holy Land, and their bloody (and ultimately unsuccessful) conflict with the forces of Islam over the subsequent two centuries. Read's account is painstakingly recounted, but often lacks the verve and pace demanded by the colorful cast of characters, including Saladin and Richard the Lionheart. The best sections of the book deal with the shockingly cynical destruction of the Order by Pope Clement V and King Philip the Fair in 1312, preceded by the torture and death of hundreds of Templars who had already fought bravely for the cross in the Holy Land. The Templars are fascinating, but in his attempt to avoid the more colorful and conspiratorial stories associated with the Order, Read's book may strike some as a little turgid, despite its admirable historical detail. --Jerry Brotton, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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The Thirty Years War: The Holy Roman Empire and Europe, 1618-48by Ronald AschISBN 0312165854 (0-312-16585-4)
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The Two-Headed Eagleby John BigginsISBN 0312147511 (0-312-14751-1)
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Voice Crying in the Wildernessby Edward Abbey, Andrew RushISBN 0312064888 (0-312-06488-8)
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The War of 1812by John K. MahonISBN 0306804298 (0-306-80429-8)
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The War of the Austrian Successionby Reed BrowningISBN 0312125615 (0-312-12561-5)
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Warriors of the Steppe: A Military History of Central Asia, 500 B.C. to 1700 A.D.by Erik HildingerISBN 0306810654 (0-306-81065-4)
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Weapons of Mass Destruction : The No-Nonsense Guide to Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons Todayby Robert HutchinsonISBN 0304366536 (0-304-36653-6)
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Why Nations Go To Warby John G. StoessingerISBN 0312080352 (0-312-08035-2)
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie Warby Max BrooksISBN 0307346617 (0-307-34661-7)
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The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time. World War Z is the result. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth of fear and horror, and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance, that gripped human society through the plague years.
Ranging from the now infamous village of New Dachang in the United Federation of China, where the epidemiological trail began with the twelve-year-old Patient Zero, to the unnamed northern forests where untold numbers sought a terrible and temporary refuge in the cold, to the United States of Southern Africa, where the Redeker Plan provided hope for humanity at an unspeakable price, to the west-of-the-Rockies redoubt where the North American tide finally started to turn, this invaluable chronicle reflects the full scope and duration of the Zombie War.
Most of all, the book captures with haunting immediacy the human dimension of this epochal event. Facing the often raw and vivid nature of these personal accounts requires a degree of courage on the part of the reader, but the effort is invaluable because, as Mr. Brooks says in his introduction, By excluding the human factor, arent we risking the kind of personal detachment from history that may, heaven forbid, lead us one day to repeat it? And in the end, isnt the human factor the only true difference between us and the enemy we now refer to as the living dead?
Note: Some of the numerical and factual material contained in this edition was previously published under the auspices of the United Nations Postwar Commission.
Eyewitness reports from the first truly global war
I found Patient Zero behind the locked door of an abandoned apartment across town. . . . His wrists and feet were bound with plastic packing twine. Although hed rubbed off the skin around his bonds, there was no blood. There was also no blood on his other wounds. . . . He was writhing like an animal; a gag muffled his growls. At first the villagers tried to hold me back. They warned me not to touch him, that he was cursed. I shrugged them off and reached for my mask and gloves. The boys skin was . . . cold and gray . . . I could find neither his heartbeat nor his pulse. Dr. Kwang Jingshu, Greater Chongqing, United Federation of China
Shock and Awe? Perfect name. . . . But what if the enemy cant be shocked and awed? Not just wont, but biologically cant! Thats what happened that day outside New York City, thats the failure that almost lost us the whole damn war. The fact that we couldnt shock and awe Zack boomeranged right back in our faces and actually allowed Zack to shock and awe us! Theyre not afraid! No matter what we do, no matter how many we kill, they will never, ever be afraid! Todd Wainio, former U.S. Army infantryman and veteran of the Battle of Yonkers
Two hundred million zombies. Who can even visualize that type of number, let alone combat it? . . . For the first time in history, we faced an enemy that was actively waging total war. They had no limits of endurance. They would never negotiate, never surrender. They would fight until the very end because, unlike us, every single one of them, every second of every day, was devoted to consuming all life on Earth. General Travis DAmbrosia, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe [via]More editions of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War:
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A Writer at War: A Soviet Journalist With the Red Army, 1941-1945by Vasily Grossman, Antony Beevor, Luba VinogradovaISBN 0307275337 (0-307-27533-7)
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Antony Beevor and Luba Vinogradova have taken Grossman's raw notebooks, and fashioned them into a gripping narrative providing one of the most even-handed descriptions --at once unflinching and sensitive -- we have ever had of what Grossman called the ruthless truth of war. [via]More editions of A Writer at War: A Soviet Journalist With the Red Army, 1941-1945:
Yours to Reason Why: Decision in Battleby William SeymourISBN 030680199X (0-306-80199-X)
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