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1812: Napoleon's Russian Campaignby Richard K. RiehnISBN 0471543020 (0-471-54302-0)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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The Air War in the Pacificby Trevor Nevitt DupuyISBN 0531012433 (0-531-01243-3)
Hardcover, Scholastic Library Pub
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Aircraft of World War IIby Bill GunstonISBN 0517316803 (0-517-31680-3)
Hardcover, Xs Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aircraft of World War II'Book summary:The most influential fighters and bombers of WWII - from the well-known Spitfires, Mustangs, Flying Fortresses and Zeros, to the lesser-known Soviet, French and Italian warplanes. Complete with spec tables detailing manufacturer, type, engine, span, wing area, length, height, weight, max speed, ceiling, range, crew, and armament. Detailed text delivers the design and development history of each aircraft.[via]More editions of Aircraft of World War II:
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American Heritage Picture History of the Civil Warby Bruce CattonISBN 0517385562 (0-517-38556-2)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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The Arms of Krupp, 1587-1968by William ManchesterISBN 055325992X (0-553-25992-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Art of War in World History: From Antiquity to the Nuclear Ageby Gerard ChaliandISBN 0520079647 (0-520-07964-7)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Asiatic Land Battlesby Trevor Nevitt DupuyISBN 0531012417 (0-531-01241-7)
Hardcover, Scholastic Library Pub
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Atlas of World War IIby R. NatkielISBN 0517469049 (0-517-46904-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Baa Baa Black Sheepby Gregory BoyingtonISBN 0553263501 (0-553-26350-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Barracks Thief and Other Selected Storiesby Tobias WolffISBN 055334675X (0-553-34675-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Bat-21by William C. AndersonISBN 0553274899 (0-553-27489-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Battle For Europe: How The Duke Of Marlborough Masterminded The Defeat Of The French At Blenheimby Charles SpencerISBN 047171996X (0-471-71996-X)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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"Had it not been for Blenheim, all Europe might at this day suffer under the effect of French conquests resembling those of Alexander in extent and those of the Romans in durability."
Sir Edward Creasy, The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the WorldIn 1704, the armies of the French king Louis XIV, undefeated for two generations, were poised to extend the French frontiers to the Rhine and install a French prince on the Spanish throne. But as French forces marched toward Vienna, allied armies under the command of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, and Prince Eugène of Savoy set out to oppose them. The two forces met at Blenheim, in Bavaria, and the French were utterly defeated, ending France's dream of European domination. Based on original sources, this page-turning narrative brings the battle to life, effortlessly moving from the deliberations of kings to the travails of the common foot soldier.
"Thoughtful, interesting, and well-written. . . . Spencer recovers an approach and authorial voice associated with Winston Churchill, whom indeed he quotes effectively and appropriately. . . . From the excellent scene-setting of the Prologue to the effective battle descriptions, which ably draw on the memoirs of the participants, Charles Spencer successfully combines narrative with analysis."
The Sunday Telegraph"A remarkable debut . . . not to be missed."
Evening Standard"Charles Spencer explores the decisive battle of Blenheim, the campaign that broke Louis XIV's domination of Europe and established the enduring reputation of the British redcoat . . . in this compelling, page-turning narrative . . . of a battle that changed the destiny of Europe."
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Battle of Hurtgen Forestby Charles WhitingISBN 0517566753 (0-517-56675-3)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Be Your Own Napoleonby William SeymourISBN 0517665565 (0-517-66556-5)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Beat to Quartersby C. S. ForesterISBN 0523413904 (0-523-41390-4)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beat to Quarters'Book summary:June 1808, somewhere west of Nicaragua-a site suitable for spectacular sea battles. The Admiralty has ordered Captain Horatio Hornblower, now in command of the thirty-six-gun HMS Lydia, to form an alliance against the Spanish colonial government with an insane Spanish landowner; to find a water route across the Central American isthmus; and "to take, sink, burn or destroy" the fifty-gun Spanish ship of the line Natividad or face court-martial. A daunting enough set of orders-even if the happily married captain were not woefully distracted by the passenger he is obliged to take on in Panama: Lady Barbara Wellesley. [via]
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Berserker Warsby Fred Saberhagen, Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)ISBN 0523485204 (0-523-48520-4)
Softcover, Pinnacle Books
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The Bonehunters: A Tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallenby Steven EriksonISBN 0553813153 (0-553-81315-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books of Canada Ltd
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was slain and a tide of Malazan blood spilled. A place of foreboding, its smell is of death&
But elsewhere, agents of a far greater conflict have made their opening moves. The Crippled God has been granted a place in the pantheon, a schism threatens and sides must be chosen. Whatever each god decides, the ground rules have changed, irrevocably, terrifyingly, and the first blood spilled will be in the mortal world. A world which contains a
host of characters, familiar and new, including Heboric Ghost Hands, the god-possessed Apsalar, Cutter, once a thief now a killer, the extraordinary warrior called Karsa Orlong and the two wanderers Icarium and Mappo each searching for such a fate as they might fashion with their own hands, guided by their own will. If only the gods would leave them alone.
But now that knives have been unsheathed, the gods are disinclined to be kind. There shall be war, war in the heavens. And the prize? Nothing less than existence itself & Here is the stunning new chapter in Steven Eriksons magnificent Malazan Book of the Fallen hailed as an epic of the imagination and acknowledged as a fantasy classic in the making. [via]More editions of The Bonehunters: A Tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen:
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By Any Means Necessary : America's Flying Secret Missionsby William E. BurrowsISBN 0452283590 (0-452-28359-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Using presidential archives and other government records, in addition to interviews with the men who flew these "black missions" and the widows and children of those who never returned, Burrows tells the full story. From the Cold War era to the recent Sino-U.S. standoff, Burrows provides an incisive, comprehensive, and deeply human account of this secret air war over international skies. [via]More editions of By Any Means Necessary : America's Flying Secret Missions:
Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Romeby Stephen Dando-CollinsISBN 0471686131 (0-471-68613-1)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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T. R. Fehrenbach, author of This Kind of War, Lone Star, and ComanchesStephen Dando-Collins paints a vivid and definitive portrait of daily life in the Tenth Legion as he follows Caesar and his men along the blood-soaked fringes of the Empire. This unprecedented regimental history reveals countless previously unknown details about Roman military practices, Caesar's conduct as a commander and his relationships with officers and legionaries, and the daily routine and discipline of the Legion. From penetrating insights into the mind of history's greatest general to a grunt's-eye view of the gruesome realities of war in the Classical Age, this unique and riveting true account sets a new standard of exellence and detail to which all authors of ancient military history will now aspire. [via]
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare: The Triumph of the Westby Geoffrey ParkerISBN 0521794315 (0-521-79431-5)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare: The Triumph of the West'Book summary:The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare provides a unique account of Western warfare from antiquity to the present. The book treats all aspects of the subject from the Greeks to the nuclear age: the development of warfare on land, sea and air; weapons and technology; strategy and defense; discipline and intelligence. Throughout, there is an emphasis on the socio-economic aspects of war: who pays for it, how can its returns be measured, and to what extent does it explain the rise of the West to global dominance over two millennia? Geoffrey Parker is one of the world's leading authorities on military history and is the editor of The Times Atlas of World History (1993) and the author of The Military Revolution (Cambridge,1988). [via]
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Carrying the Flag: The Story of Private Charles Whilden, the Confederacy's Most Unlikely Heroby Gordon C. RheaISBN 0465069576 (0-465-06957-6)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Carrying The Flag: The Story of Private Charles Whilden, the Confederacy's Most Unlikely Hero'Book summary:For forty years, Charles Whilden lived a life noteworthy for failure. Then, in a remarkable chain of events, this aging, epileptic desk clerk from Charleston found himself plunged into the brutal battlefields of the Wilderness (May 57, 1864) and Spotsylvania Court House (May 820, 1864). In an astonishing act of bravery, he wrapped the flag around his body and led a charge that won critical ground for the Confederates, changing the course of one of the war's most significant battles.Gordon C. Rhea combines his deep knowledge of Civil War history with original sources, such as a treasure trove of letters written by Charles Whilden, to tell the story of this unusual life. Growing up in a prominent family that had fallen on hard times, Charles received a good education, and his letters reveal flashes of intelligence. But he failed at the practice of law in his home state and in his endeavors elsewhere, including copper speculation, real estate ventures, and farming. After the attack on Fort Sumter, Charles returned to Charleston to enlist in Confederate service, only to be turned down until the rebellion was on its last legs. Even then he saw only a few weeks of combat. But in that time, he discovered a bravery within himself that nothing in his former existence suggested he had.[via]More editions of Carrying the Flag: The Story of Private Charles Whilden, the Confederacy's Most Unlikely Hero:
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Chain of Commandby William A. BrownISBN 0533091403 (0-533-09140-3)
Hardcover, Vantage Pr
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Conquerors' Prideby Timothy ZahnISBN 0553568922 (0-553-56892-2)
Softcover, Spectra
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Dark Force Risingby Timothy ZahnISBN 0553560719 (0-553-56071-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dark Force Rising'Book summary:With Luke trapped by the Dark Jedi, Han pursuing a missing battle fleet, and Princess Leia occupied with influencing an alien race heretofore loyal to Thrawn, the fate of the Republic is threatened. 250,000 first printing. [via]
December 7, 1941: The Day the Japanese Attacked Pearl Harborby Gordon W. PrangeISBN 0517066580 (0-517-06658-0)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Deceptions Of World War IIby William B. BreuerISBN 0471095907 (0-471-09590-7)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Deceptions Of World War II'Book summary:Critical acclaim for William B. Breuer
"A first-class historian."
-The Wall Street Journal
Top Secret Tales of World War II
"A book for rainy days and long solitary nights by the fire. If there were a genre for cozy nonfiction, this would be the template."
-Publishers Weekly
"Perfect for the curious and adventure readers and those who love exotic tales and especially history buffs who will be surprised at what they didn't know. Recommended for nearly everyone."
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Daring Missions of World War II
" The author brings to light many previously unknown stories of behind-the-scenes bravery and covert activities that helped the Allies win critical victories."
-Albuquerque Journal
Secret Weapons of World War II
"Rip-roaring tales . . . a delightful addition to the niche that Breuer has so successfully carved out."
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Defeat into Victoryby William SlimISBN 0552087572 (0-552-08757-2)
Hardcover, Corgi
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Die Tryingby Lee ChildISBN 0515142247 (0-515-14224-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Die Trying'Book summary:Television writer Lee Child's otherwise riveting first thriller, Killing Floor, was criticized by some reviewers because of an unconvincing coincidence at its center. Child addresses that problem in his second book--and thumbs his nose at those reviewers--by having his hero, ex-military policeman Jack Reacher, just happen to be walking by a Chicago dry cleaner when an attractive young FBI agent named Holly Johnson comes out carrying nine expensive outfits and a crutch to support her soccer-injured knee. As Holly stumbles, Reacher grabs her and her garments--which gets him kidnapped along with her by a trio of very determined badguys. "He had no problem with how he had gotten grabbed up in the first place," Child writes. "Just a freak of chance had put him alongside Holly Johnson at the exact time the snatch was going down. He was comfortable with that. He understood freak chances. Life was built out of freak chances, however much people would like to pretend otherwise." Lucky for Holly--whose father just happens to be an Army general and current head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, thus making her a tempting target for a bunch of Montana-based extremists--Reacher still has all the skills and strengths associated with his former occupation. And Child still knows how to write scenes of violent action better than virtually anyone else around. --Dick Adler [via]
The Dirty Dozenby E.M. NathansonISBN 0553146440 (0-553-14644-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Eye in the Doorby Pat BarkerISBN 0525938087 (0-525-93808-7)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Eye in the Door'Book summary:The Eye in the Door is the second installation of Pat Barker's acclaimed and haunting historical fiction trilogy about British soldiers traumatized by World War I trench warfare and the methods used by psychiatrist William Rivers to treat them. As with the other two, the book was recognized with awards, winning the 1993 Guardian Fiction Prize. Here, Lieutenant Billy Prior is tormented by figuring out which side of several coins does he live -- coward or hero, crazy or sane, homosexual or heterosexual, upper class or lower. He represents the upheaval in Britain during the war and the severe trauma felt by its soldiers. The writing is sparse yet multilayered; Barker uses the lives of a few to capture an entire society during a tumultuous period. [via]
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Fields of Fireby James H. WebbISBN 0553583859 (0-553-58385-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fields of Fire'Book summary:They each had their reasons for being a soldier.
They each had their illusions. Goodrich came from Harvard. Snake got the tattoo Death Before Dishonor before he got the uniform. And Hodges was haunted by the ghosts of family heroes.
They were three young men from different worlds plunged into a white-hot, murderous realm of jungle warfare as it was fought by one Marine platoon in the An Hoa Basin, 1969. They had no way of knowing what awaited them. Nothing could have prepared them for the madness to come. And in the heat and horror of battle they took on new identities, took on each other, and were each reborn in fields of fire....
Fields of Fire is James Webbs classic, searing novel of the Vietnam War, a novel of poetic power, razor-sharp observation, and agonizing human truths seen through the prism of nonstop combat. Weaving together a cast of vivid characters, Fields of Fire captures the journey of unformed men through a man-made hell until each man finds his fate. [via] 
The Fighting Agentsby W. E. B. Griffin, Alex BaldwinISBN 0515130524 (0-515-13052-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Franco-Prussian War: The German Conquest Of France In 1870v1871by Geoffrey WawroISBN 052161743X (0-521-61743-X)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Franco-Prussian War: The German Conquest Of France In 1870v1871'Book summary:The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 violently changed the course of European History. Alarmed by Bismarck's territorial ambitions and the Prussian army's crushing defeats of Denmark in 1864 and Austria in 1866, French Emperor Napoleon III vowed to bring Prussia to heel. Digging into many European and American archives for the first time, Geoffrey Wawro's Franco-Prussian War describes the war that followed in thrilling detail. While the armies mobilized in July 1870, the conflict appeared "too close to call." Prussia and its German allies had twice as many troops as the French. But Marshal Achille Bazaine's grognards ("old grumblers") were the stuff of legend, the most resourceful, battle-hardened, sharp-shooting troops in Europe, and they carried the best rifle in the world. From the political intrigues that began and ended the war to the bloody battles at Gravelotte and Sedan and the last murderous fights on the Loire and in Paris, this is the definitive history of the Franco-Prussian War. Dr. Geoffrey Wawro is Professor of Strategic Studies at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Wawro has published two books: The Austro-Prussian War (Cambridge, 1996) and Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792-1914 (Routledge, 2000). He has published articles in The Journal of Military History, War in History, The International History Review, The Naval War College Review, American Scholar, and the European History Quarterly, and op-eds in the Los Angeles Times, New York Post, Miami Herald, Hartford Courant, and Providence Journal. Wawro has won several academic prizes including the Austrian Cultural Institute Prize and the Society for Military History Moncado Prize for Excellence in the Writing of Military History. He has lectured widely on military innovation and international security in Europe, the U.S., and Canada and is host of the History Channel program Hardcover History--a weekly book show with leading historians, pundits, critics, statesmen and journalists. [via]
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Gathering Stormby Winston Leonard Spencer ChurchillISBN 0553132717 (0-553-13271-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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German Army 1933-1945by Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517436108 (0-517-43610-8)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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The Ghost Roadby Pat BarkerISBN 0525941916 (0-525-94191-6)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Glidepathby Arthur C. ClarkeISBN 0553290525 (0-553-29052-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Guns of Navarone: Force 10 from Navaroneby Alistair MacLeanISBN 0517206404 (0-517-20640-4)
Hardcover, Gramercy Books
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Hinge of Fate: The Second World Warby Winston S. ChurchillISBN 0553132741 (0-553-13274-1)
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History of the Us Air Forceby David A. AndertonISBN 0517344025 (0-517-34402-5)
Hardcover, Crescent Books
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Horror in the Eastby Laurence ReesISBN 0563534265 (0-563-53426-5)
Hardcover, BBC
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The Illiad: Homerby HomerISBN 0486408833 (0-486-40883-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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An Intimate History of Killing: Face-To-Face Killing in Twentieth-Century Warfareby Joanna BourkeISBN 0465007384 (0-465-00738-4)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Iron Coffinsby Herbert A. WernerISBN 0553233475 (0-553-23347-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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King's Testby Margaret WeisISBN 0553763431 (0-553-76343-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King's Test'Book summary:By calling a temporary truce, Derek Sagan and the rebels thwarted the alien Corasian invasion. Enemies once again, the rebels have resumed their defiance and Sagan has retumed to his campaign to topple the corrupt galactic government. He plans to set up Dion as king of the Starfire dynasty--and to place himself as the ruling power behind the throne. On a remote planetary sinkhole of sin and corruption, a small weapon-barely ten centimeters on a side--is hidden. If activated, this seemingly harmless crystal cube could tear a hole in the universe. . .and destroy the fabric of creation. Sagan wants it. Lady Maigrey wants it. And so does Abdiel, a cruel genius who commands a drugged army of mindless slaves. And now Dion is caught in this momentous struggle as he faces his greatest trial yet in his battle to gain the interstellar throne. [via]
Low Intensity Operations:Subversion, Insurgency, Peace-Keeping: Subversion, Insurgency, Peace-Keepingby Frank KitsonISBN 0571098010 (0-571-09801-0)
Hardcover, Faber
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The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: The Story of George Scovellby Mark UrbanISBN 0571205135 (0-571-20513-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: The Story of George Scovell'Book summary:Mark Urban's The Man who Broke Napoleon's Codes is, strictly speaking, something of a misnomer as the book is actually as much a detailed and engaging history of Wellington's campaign in the Peninsular War between 1809 and 1813, as the story of George Scovell, the junior officer who was entrusted with handling all communications. The book is firmly rooted in the modern historical genre of the "small, previously un-regarded, footnote that made a difference", but where other authors have fleshed out the lives of their characters by imputing thoughts and imagining events, Urban has restricted himself to relying purely on documented evidence. This has the benefit of historical rigour, but it does sometimes mean that Scovell is a slightly shadowy character at times, someone whom the reader has to work hard to get to know. The portrait that emerges here is of an army riven by class warfare, in which the rich and the aristocratic bought commissions and dictated orders, while the lowborn and the un-moneyed made up the also-rans. Scovell fell firmly into the latter category. Beginning the Peninsular campaign as a lowly deputy assistant quarter-master general, through hard work and an intelligence superior to many of his seniors, he soon drew himself to Wellington's attention and was appointed head of communications. As the campaign progressed, Napoleon became aware that many of his messages were being intercepted, giving the British vital intelligence, so over time he devised a series of ever more complicated ciphers to escape detection. Urban is at his best during this particular narrative: unlike the story of the breaking of Enigma during World War Two which is still really only intelligible to post-graduate mathematicians despite the best efforts of popular historians to render it accessible, the Napoleonic ciphers do lend themselves to explanation, and it is to the author's credit that he makes the process so compelling. What's more, his conclusion that it was the information obtained from the broken ciphers, rather than astute command, that was critical to the campaign's success, and that Wellington's suppression of the truth was based in class, professional jealousy and self-aggrandisement is powerfully convincing. Plus ca change, as Napoleon might have said. --John Crace [via]
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Marine! the Life Chesty Pullerby Burke DavisISBN 0553271822 (0-553-27182-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Marine! the Life Chesty Puller'Book summary:From commanding the Horse Marines in Peking to leading the Inchon landing, Puller became a legend in his own time. Now, Davis offers a no-holds-barred biography of this courageous hero--the only marine in history ever to win five Navy Crosses. **MASS MARKET PAPER** [via]
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Mind Gameby Christine FeehanISBN 0515138096 (0-515-13809-6)
Softcover, Jove Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mind Game'Book summary:[via]Hailed as "sultry [and] spine-tingling" (Publishers Weekly) and "intense, sensual, and mesmerizing" (Library Journal), Shadow Game plunged readers into a world of terrifying power and forbidden passion. Now, New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan returns to that exciting world to give us her most breathtaking novel yet.
Dahlia LeBlanc's gifts are also a curse, making it impossible for her to be around others without hurting them. But can she trust her secrets to Nicolas Trevane, a Shadow warrior sent to find her?
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Missile Envy: The Arms Race and Nuclear Warby Helen CaldicottISBN 0553193848 (0-553-19384-8)
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Modern Air Combatby Bill Gunston, M. SpickISBN 0517412659 (0-517-41265-9)
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Modern Naval Combatby C. Miller, D. M. O. MillerISBN 0517613506 (0-517-61350-6)
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Night Gameby Christine FeehanISBN 0515139769 (0-515-13976-9)
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The Passing of the Armies: An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac, Based upon Personal Reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corpsby Joshua Lawrence ChamberlainISBN 0553299921 (0-553-29992-1)
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Rangers at War: Combat Recon in Vietnamby Shelby L. StantonISBN 0517585901 (0-517-58590-1)
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Rise to Victoryby R. CAMERON COOKEISBN 051514097X (0-515-14097-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Road to Appomattoxby Robert HendricksonISBN 0471350605 (0-471-35060-5)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Road to Appomattox'Book summary:The story of how the North finally defeated the South in the Civil War has been told many times, and though Robert Hendrickson doesn't add anything new to the tale, he does tell it well. Relying heavily on the words of actual participants in the battles of Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Sayler's Creek--as well as the momentous surrender at Appomattox Court House--Hendrickson builds an engaging narrative of how the Civil War ended. The Road to Appomattox includes a variety of helpful photos and illustrations, supplementing the verbal character sketches of Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and other leading players. A solid effort. --John J. Miller [via]
The Roman Soldierby George Ronald WatsonISBN 0500400083 (0-500-40008-3)
Hardcover, Thames & Hudson
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Running Blindby Lee ChildISBN 0515130974 (0-515-13097-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Scream of Eagles: The Creation of Top Gun and the U.s Air Victory in Vietnamby Robert WilcoxISBN 047152641X (0-471-52641-X)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Secret Armies: Inside the American, Societ and European Special Forcesby James AdamsISBN 0553281623 (0-553-28162-3)
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Seven Days in Mayby Fletcher KnebelISBN 0553269569 (0-553-26956-9)
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Seventy-Six Hours: The Invasion of Tarawaby Eric Hammel, John E. LaneISBN 0515094854 (0-515-09485-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seventy-Six Hours: The Invasion of Tarawa'Book summary:76 Hours The Invasion of Tarawa By Eric Hammel and John E. Lane On the morning of Saturday, November 20, 1943, the U.S. 2d Marine Division undertook the first modern amphibious assault against a well-defended beachhead. The objective was tiny Betio Island in Tarawa Atoll. The result was an immortal story of tragedy and near defeat turned around into an epic of victory and indomitable human spirit. Although the admirals commanding the Tarawa invasion fleet had assured the Marines that Betio would be pounded to coral dust by a massive naval and air bombardment-the largest of its kind ever seen to that time-the first waves of Marines found the Japanese defenses intact and manned by determined foes. Within minutes of the start of the head-on assault, the American battle plan was a shambles and scores of Marines had been killed or wounded. The assault virtually stopped at the water's edge, its momentum halted before many Marines ever dismounted from the amphibian tractors that had carried them to the deadly, fire-swept beach. Follow-up waves of Marines suffered grievous casualties when they were forced to wade more than 500 yards through fire-swept, knee-deep water because tidal conditions had been miscalculated by the invasion's planners. Follow the bloody battle for Betio in graphic detail as heroic American fighting men advance every life-threatening step across the tiny island in the face of what many historians agree was the best and most concentrated defenses manned by the bravest and most competent Japanese defenders American troops encountered in the entire Pacific War. [via]
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Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivorsby James HornfischerISBN 0553803905 (0-553-80390-5)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Sixth Battleby Barrett TillmanISBN 0553294628 (0-553-29462-8)
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The Soviet Army: 1918 to the Presentby Albert Seaton, Joan SeatonISBN 0453005519 (0-453-00551-9)
Hardcover, New American Library
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Target Lockby James H. CobbISBN 0515134139 (0-515-13413-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Ten Thousand Day War: Vietnam, 1945-1975by Michael MacLearISBN 0458951706 (0-458-95170-6)
Hardcover, Methuen
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Their Finest Hourby Winston Leonard Spencer ChurchillISBN 0553132725 (0-553-13272-5)
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Third World War: The Untold Storyby John HackettISBN 0553236377 (0-553-23637-7)
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Thousand-Mile Warby Brian Wynne GarfieldISBN 0553275275 (0-553-27527-5)
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Thunder in the Desert: The Strategy and Tactics of the Persian Gulf Warby James BlackwellISBN 0553351249 (0-553-35124-9)
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A Time for Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulgeby Charles B. MacDonaldISBN 0553342266 (0-553-34226-6)
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The Tin Manby Dale BrownISBN 0553580000 (0-553-58000-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tin Man'Book summary:Patrick McLanahan, a sometime secret agent for the military and an associate of a high-tech company that manufactures weapons for the armed forces, is the hero of Dale Brown's fast-paced thriller The Tin Man. When McLanahan's kid brother, a rookie cop in Sacramento, is severely injured by a gang of international terrorists, McLanahan decides to take justice into his own hands and shut down their operation. In order to do so, McLanahan must figure out who these heavily-armed thugs are and track them down. He and the owner of the high-tech company develop a powerful weapon to help him accomplish that task--a bulletproof suit equipped with rocket thrusters that makes McLanahan a formidable fighting machine. McLanahan soon comes to be known as the tin man.
Meanwhile, the criminal mastermind Gregory Townsend and his cohorts in the Aryan Brigade wreak havoc in California. They stage a violent armed robbery and try to wrest control of the booming trade in illegal drugs from neo-Nazi biker gangs. Townsend tells a new recruit that he and his men plan to become "the Microsoft of the methamphetamine trade"--but it seems likely that his goal is even larger and more sinister than that. This book should appeal to fans of Ian Fleming's James Bond thrillers. Like Bond, McLanahan gets to use a lot of cleverly-designed high-tech gadgets to extract himself from sticky situations. The Tin Man is packed with skillfully crafted action scenes. It's a pretty good yarn. --Jill Marquis [via]
To Kokoda and Beyond: The Story of the 39th Battalionby Victor AustinISBN 0522843794 (0-522-84379-4)
Softcover, Melbourne Univ Pr
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Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game And the Race for Empire in Central Asiaby Karl Meyer, Sharleen Blair BrysacISBN 0465045766 (0-465-04576-6)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game And the Race for Empire in Central Asia'Book summary:Throughout the 19th century and well into the 20th, the Russian and British Empires played out a chess game of diplomacy, espionage, and military thrusts into Central Asia to protect their expanding interests. When play began, the frontiers of their empires lay 2,000 miles apart, across vast deserts and almost impassable mountain ranges; by the end, they were separated by only 20 miles. Karl E. Meyer of The New York Times and Shareen Blair Brysac, documentary filmmaker for CBS, update and significantly expand earlier studies of the imperial rivalry, notably Peter Hopkirk's pioneering The Great Game. Tournament of Shadows reads like a racy adventure story, yet there is no need for the authors to embellish their well-researched facts. The region attracted a host of bizarre characters, each with his own idiosyncratic goals. The authors begin with the journey to Bokhara of an ambitious horse doctor, hired by the East India Company in 1806 to improve its breeding stock, and end with the CIA's assistance to anti-Chinese guerrillas in Tibet during the cold war. American participants in the opening of Central Asia have not previously received much attention, but Tournament of Shadows introduces adventurers such as William Rockhill, commissioned by the Smithsonian Institution in the 1880s to explore Tibet, and William McGovern, who, to the chagrin of the British, reached Lhasa in 1923. The wealth and instability of Central Asia continue to keep the region in the headlines, motivating the Soviet Union's disastrous 10-year intervention in Afghanistan and fueling an international race for resources--especially oil--today. --John Stevenson [via]
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Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Teamby George JonasISBN 0553250582 (0-553-25058-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team'Book summary:Vengeance is a true story that reads like a novel. It is the account of five ordinary Israelis, selected to vanish into "the cold" of espionage secrecy -- their mission to hunt down and kill the PLO terrorists responsible for the massacre of eleven Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972.
This is the account of that secret mission, as related by the leader of the group -- the first Mossad agent to come out of "deep cover" and tell the story of a heroic endeavor that was shrouded in silence and speculation for years. He reveals the long and dangerous operation whose success was bought at a terrible cost to the idealistic volunteer agents themselves.
"Avner" was the leader of that team, handpicked by Golda Meir to avenge the monstrous crime of Munich. He and his young companions, cut off from any direct contact with Israel, set out systematically to find and kill the central figures of the PLO's Munich operation, tracking them down wherever they lived.
The mechanics, the horror, the day-by-day suspense of what they did surpass by far anything John le Carré or Robert Ludlum could imagine, as they themselves were tracked in turn (and some killed) by PLO assassins, changing identities constantly, moving from country to country, devoting their young lives to the brutal task of vengeance.
Vengeance is a profoundly human document, a real-life espionage classic that plunges the reader into the shadow world of terrorism and political murder. But it goes far beyond that, to explore firsthand the feelings of disgust and doubt that gradually came to torment each member of the Israeli team, and that in the end inexorably changed their view of the mission -- and themselves.
Vengeance opens a window onto a secret world, a book that at the same time inspires and horrifies. For its subject is an act of revenge that goes to the very heart of the ancient biblical questions of good and evil. [via]
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War As I Knew Itby George S. Patton, Paul D. HarkinsISBN 0553259911 (0-553-25991-1)
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War: Ends and Meansby Angelo Codevilla, Paul SeaburyISBN 0465090680 (0-465-09068-0)
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Weapons of World War IIIby Outlet Book Company StaffISBN 0517330040 (0-517-33004-0)
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Without Failby Lee ChildISBN 0515135283 (0-515-13528-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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World War II Almanac, 1931-1945: A Political and Military Recordby Robert GoralskiISBN 051744903X (0-517-44903-X)
Hardcover, Bonanza Books
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The World's Military Aircraftby Bill GunstonISBN 051740477X (0-517-40477-X)
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