| Search | About | Preferences | Interact | Help | |
| 150 million books. 1 search engine. | ||
books tagged “Military”
books tagged “Military”
›› Find signed collectible books by ''
The 10,000 Day War: Vietnamby Michael MacLearISBN 0312790945 (0-312-79094-5)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The 10,000 Day War: Vietnam'More editions of The 10,000 Day War: Vietnam:
-
The 9/11 Reportby Thomas H. Kean, Lee Hamilton, Nat'L Commission on Terrorist Attacks, New York Times StaffISBN 0312935544 (0-312-93554-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The 9/11 Report'Book summary:With Reporting and Analysis by the New York Times
What happened on 9/11 and how? Have we learned any lessons? Are we safer now?The questions every American wants answered.
Since September 11, 2001, Americans have wondered how the tragic events of that day could have occurred. This is the complete report of the circumstances surrounding the attacts, including:
*Al Qaeda and the organization of the 9/11 attack
*Intelligence collection, analysis, and management
*International counterterrorism policy*The inner workings of terrorist financing
*The security of American borders
*Law enforcement inside the U.S.
*Commercial aviation and transportation safety* Personal interviews with Presidents Clinton and Bush on their roles[via]
Supplemented with analysis and reporting by The New York Times, this edition of The 9/11 Report also makes recommendations as to how to prevent terrorist attacks in the future.More editions of The 9/11 Report:
The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningradby Harrison E. SalisburyISBN 0306812983 (0-306-81298-3)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad'More editions of The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad:
-
The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningradby Harrison Evans SalisburyISBN 0306802538 (0-306-80253-8)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad'Book summary:The Nazi siege of Leningrad from 1941 to 1943, during which time the city was cut off from the rest of the world, was one of the most gruesome episodes of World War II. In scale, the tragedy of Leningrad dwarfs even the Warsaw ghetto or Hiroshima. Nearly three million people endured it; just under half of them died, starving or freezing to death, most in the six months from October 1941 to April 1942 when the temperature often stayed at 30 degrees below zero. For twenty-five years the distinguished journalist and historian Harrison Salisbury has assembled material for this story. He has interviewed survivors, sifted through the Russian archives, and drawn on his vast experience as a correspondent in the Soviet Union. What he has discovered and imparted in The 900 Days is an epic narrative of villainy and survival, in which the city had as much to fear from Stalin as from Hitler. He concludes his story with the culminating disaster of the Leningrad Affair, a plot hatched by Stalin three years after the war had ended. Almost every official who had been instrumental in the citys survival was implicated, convicted, and executed. Harrison Salisbury has told this overwhelming story boldly, unforgettably, and definitively.[via]More editions of The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad:
Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made Englandby Juliet BarkerISBN 0316015040 (0-316-01504-0)
Softcover, Back Bay Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England'Book summary:From a master historian comes an astonishing chronicle of life in medieval Europe and the battle that altered the course of an empire.Although almost six centuries old, the Battle of Agincourt still captivates the imaginations of men and women on both sides of the Atlantic. It has been immortalized in high culture (Shakespeare's Henry V) and low (the New York Post prints Henry's battle cry on its editorial page each Memorial Day).It is the classic underdog story in the history of warfare, and generations have wondered how the English-outnumbered by the French six to one-could have succeeded so bravely and brilliantly. Drawing upon a wide range of sources, eminent scholar Juliet Barker casts aside the legend and shows us that the truth behind Agincourt is just as exciting, just as fascinating, and far more significant. She paints a gripping narrative of the October 1415 clash between outnumbered English archers and heavily armored French knights.But she also takes us beyond the battlefield into palaces and common cottages to bring into vivid focus an entire medieval world in flux. Populated with chivalrous heroes, dastardly spies, and a ferocious and bold king, AGINCOURT is as earthshaking as its subject-and will confirm Juliet Barker's status as both a historian and a storyteller of the first rank. [via]
More editions of Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England:
Agincourt: The King, the Campaign, the Battleby Juliet R.V. BarkerISBN 0316726486 (0-316-72648-6)
Hardcover, Little, Brown
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Agincourt: The King, the Campaign, the Battle'More editions of Agincourt: The King, the Campaign, the Battle:
-
The Arms of Krupp, 1587-1968by William Raymond ManchesterISBN 0316544906 (0-316-54490-6)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arms of Krupp, 1587-1968'Book summary:Tells the extraordinary 400 year saga of the family that provided arms to the Kaiser and to Hitler, and in so doing wielded enormous power and influenced the course of world events. [via]
More editions of The Arms of Krupp, 1587-1968:
-
The Arms of Krupp, 1587-1968: The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Dynasty That Armed Germany at Warby William ManchesterISBN 0316529400 (0-316-52940-0)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arms of Krupp, 1587-1968: The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Dynasty That Armed Germany at War'Book summary:The Krupp family were the premier German arms manufacturers from the middle of the 19th century until the end of World War II, producing artillery pieces and submarines that set the standard for effectiveness. This book relates the history of this influential company. [via]
More editions of The Arms of Krupp, 1587-1968: The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Dynasty That Armed Germany at War:
-
The Art of Warby Niccolo MachiavelliISBN 030681076X (0-306-81076-X)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of War'Book summary:In medieval warfare, organization, staff services, hierarchy of command, and codes of military law were nonexistent. Machiavelli changed all that. For him, discipline was of supreme importance. War is war, he believed, a no-holds-barred contest, and victory the supreme aim to which all other considerations must be subordinated. To this end, Machiavelli instituted the systematic conception of troop formation, which until then had been almost unheard-of.The Art of War was widely read and highly esteemed throughout the sixteenth century. It was one of the favorite books of Frederick the Great; Napoleon, Saint-Cyr, and Clausewitz all held it in very high regard. Like The Prince and The Discourses, it is vividly and concisely written. But most importantly, The Art of War outlines most of the fundamental questions that theorists of war continue to examine today, making it essential reading for any student of military history, strategy, or theory.[via] -
Beat to Quartersby C. S. ForesterISBN 0316289329 (0-316-28932-9)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
Find This Book
› 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]
More editions of Beat to Quarters:
Beyond the Wild Blue: A History of the United States Airforceby Walter J. BoyneISBN 031218705X (0-312-18705-X)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond the Wild Blue: A History of the United States Airforce'More editions of Beyond the Wild Blue: A History of the United States Airforce:
-
The Big Show : The Greatest Pilot's Story of World War IIby Pierre ClostermannISBN 0304366242 (0-304-36624-2)
Softcover, Cassell P L C
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Big Show : The Greatest Pilot's Story of World War II'Book summary:This is absolutely the best fighter pilot memoir of World War II. Pierre Closterman was a Free French fighter ace and his account of the air war over Britain and France has justly become famous. It contains everything one could wish for: wonderfully observed descriptions of wartime Britain, frighteningly evocative stories of in-the-cockpit action, an amazing cast of characters, and all the drama and bravery of a man fighting a desperate war thousands of feet above the ground. An undeniable classic and a true page-turner.[via]More editions of The Big Show : The Greatest Pilot's Story of World War II:
Blenheim: Battle for Europeby Earl Charles SpencerISBN 0304367044 (0-304-36704-4)
Softcover, Phoenix
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Blenheim: Battle for Europe'More editions of Blenheim: Battle for Europe:
-
Blitzfreezeby Sven HasselISBN 0304366870 (0-304-36687-0)
Softcover, Cassell
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Blitzfreeze'Book summary:The Fuhrer's commands were simple - forward to Moscow! And so the mighty Panzer regiments thundered into action - killing, raping, burning their way across the great wastes of Russia...But this was to be the bloodiest of all Hitler's wars - a war where Russian infantrymen threw themselves before the oncoming tanks, where women fought as savagely as men, where German guns killed Germans and Russians alike, mangling them indiscriminately into tattered hunks of meat. And finally Porta, Tiny, Barcelona, all of them - caring nothing for who should win the war - thinking only of their own survival - began the long retreat - back through the corpse-littered plains where blood and bodies were already frozen beneath the winter ice. [via]
More editions of Blitzfreeze:
Boldness Be My Friendby Richard PapeISBN 0312905157 (0-312-90515-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Boldness Be My Friend'More editions of Boldness Be My Friend:
-
The Campaign of 1812 in Russiaby Carl Von ClausewitzISBN 0306806509 (0-306-80650-9)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Campaign of 1812 in Russia'Book summary:On June 23, 1812, Napoleon's Grande Armée, over 500,000 men strong, poured over the Russian border. An equally massive Russian army faced them. The ensuing campaign was a catastrophe for Napoleon. Although the battle of Borodino, which resulted in heavy losses on both sides, allowed Napoleon to enter Moscow, his stay in that empty and decimated city was disastrous. By the time Napoleon had retreated to the Berezina river in late November, his Grande Armée was only a fifth of its original strength. His retreat had become a rout, and his allies began to desert him. In this book, Clausewitz analyzes all the significant players with sharp and enlightening characterizations, and provides perhaps the best eyewitness accounts of the battle of Borodino and the Convention of Tauroggen. The Campaign of 1812 in Russia is a brilliantly observed study of one of the major turning points of history.[via]More editions of The Campaign of 1812 in Russia:
Chariots of the Damnedby Mike Ryan, Mike McKinneyISBN 0312989806 (0-312-98980-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Chariots of the Damned'More editions of Chariots of the Damned:
The Colditz Storyby Patrick R. ReidISBN 0313202451 (0-313-20245-1)
Hardcover, Greenwood Pub Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Colditz Story'More editions of The Colditz Story:
-
Combatby Stephen Coonts, Dale Brown, R. J. Pineiro, Bruno OliverISBN 0312871902 (0-312-87190-2)
Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Combat'Book summary:Will the next war be fought in cyberspace? Stephen Coonts, author of the watershed military novel, Flight of the Intruder, offers this collection of 11 21st-century novellas for fans of contemporary and near-future military fiction. Technology is the binding element of Combat, and fans of Tom Clancy's high-tech military espionage thrillers will find much to love, from ultra-smart weapons to the technical infrastructure of the armed forces of the future. Don't expect hard core science fiction; the villains are of the more realistic variety: terrorists, rogue governments, and outlaw technology. Some of these stories are encumbered with a level of detail only the serious enthusiast will enjoy. (Dale Brown's "Leadership Material" has whole passages describing regs and paperwork that will bore all but the most ardent fans of the genre.) Highlights include Harold W. Coyle's fast-paced "Cyberknights," the most likely candidate from this collection to become a big-budget feature film. --Brendan LaSalle [via]
More editions of Combat:
-
Convoy: The Greatest U-Boat Battle of the Warby Martin MiddlebrookISBN 0304365785 (0-304-36578-5)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Convoy: The Greatest U-Boat Battle of the War'Book summary:An assured supply of armaments, petrol and foodstuffs from the US was vital to the British war effort, especially in the early days of the Second World War. The route across the north Atlantic, treacherous enough in itself, was made infinitely more so by German U-boats prowling in their wolf packs, ready for the quick kill. Merchant ships, slow and defenceless, were gathered in great convoys and shepherded across the pond by their escort destroyers, frigates and corvettes, offering at least some protection against the unseen enemy. Martin Middlebrook's account of two such convoys encompasses all the danger, drama and sheer awfulness of life - and death - at sea in the Battle of the Atlantic. [via]
More editions of Convoy: The Greatest U-Boat Battle of the War:
Don't Look Downby Bob Mayer, Jennifer CrusieISBN 0312938519 (0-312-93851-9)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Don't Look Down'More editions of Don't Look Down:
-
Don't Look Downby Jennifer Crusie, Bob MayerISBN 0312348126 (0-312-34812-6)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Don't Look Down'Book summary:[via]New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Crusie teams up with USA Today bestselling author Bob Mayer to write a sizzling, high-octane romantic adventure about a straight-talking woman and a straight-shooting man&Lucy Armstrong is a director of television commercials who's just been recruited to finish a four-day action movie shoot. But she arrives on the set to discover that the directing staff has quit, the make-up artist is suicidal, the stars are egomaniacs, the stunt director is her ex-husband, and the lead actor has just acquired as an advisor a Green Beret who has the aggravating habit of always being right.
Green Beret Captain JT Wilder had thought that hiring on as a military consultant for a movie star was a good deal: easy money and easier starlets. Instead he has to babysit a bumbling comedian, dodge low-flying helicopters, and resist his attraction to a director who bears a distracting resemblance to Wonder Woman. Then the CIA calls and he realizes that somebody is taking "shooting a movie" much too literally.
Full of suspense and humor, non-stop action and fast-paced dialogue, Don't Look Down is the perfect blend of male and female, adventure and romance, Mayer and Crusie.More editions of Don't Look Down:
The E-bomb: How America's New Directed Energy Weapons Will Change the Way Future Wars Will Be Foughtby Doug BeasonISBN 0306814021 (0-306-81402-1)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The E-bomb: How America's New Directed Energy Weapons Will Change the Way Future Wars Will Be Fought'More editions of The E-bomb: How America's New Directed Energy Weapons Will Change the Way Future Wars Will Be Fought:
The Eagle's Preyby Simon ScarrowISBN 0312324510 (0-312-32451-0)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Eagle's Prey'More editions of The Eagle's Prey:
The End of the Old Order: Napoleon And Europe, 1801-1805by Frederick W. KaganISBN 0306811375 (0-306-81137-5)
Hardcover, Da Capo Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The End of the Old Order: Napoleon And Europe, 1801-1805'More editions of The End of the Old Order: Napoleon And Europe, 1801-1805:
Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World: AD 500 - AD 1500 Equipment, Combat Skills, And Tacticsby Jim Bradbury, Kelly Devries, Iain Dickie, Phyllis JesticeISBN 0312348207 (0-312-34820-7)
Hardcover, Thomas Dunne Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World: AD 500 - AD 1500 Equipment, Combat Skills, And Tactics'More editions of Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World: AD 500 - AD 1500 Equipment, Combat Skills, And Tactics:
First Call: The Making of the Modern U.S. Military, 1945-1953by Thomas D. BoettcherISBN 0316100927 (0-316-10092-7)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'First Call: The Making of the Modern U.S. Military, 1945-1953'More editions of First Call: The Making of the Modern U.S. Military, 1945-1953:
Fortress Europe: European Fortifications of World War IIby J. E. Kaufmann, Robert M. Jurga, H. W. KaufmannISBN 030681174X (0-306-81174-X)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Fortress Europe: European Fortifications of World War II'More editions of Fortress Europe: European Fortifications of World War II:
-
Heisenberg's War: The Secret History of the German Bombby Thomas PowersISBN 0306810115 (0-306-81011-5)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Heisenberg's War: The Secret History of the German Bomb'Book summary:One of the most important and controversial aspects of the history of World War II is the failure of the Germans to build an atomic bomb. Germany was the birthplace of modern physics; it possessed the raw materials and the industrial base; and it commanded key intellectual resources. What happened? This study tells of the interplay between science and espionage, morality and military necessity, and paranoia and cool logic that marked the German bomb programme and the Allied response to it. On the basis of interviews and intensive research, the author concludes that Werner Heisenberg, who was in charge of the German atomic effort, consciously obstructed the development of the bomb and, in a famous 1941 meeting in Copenhagen with his former mentor Neils Bohr, in effect sought to dissuade the Allies from their pursuit of the bomb. [via]
More editions of Heisenberg's War: The Secret History of the German Bomb:
History of the First World Warby Basil Henry Liddell HartISBN 0304936537 (0-304-93653-7)
Hardcover, Cassell
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'History of the First World War'More editions of History of the First World War:
-
Ice Stationby Matthew J. ReillyISBN 0312971230 (0-312-97123-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Ice Station'Book summary:At a remote US ice station in Antarctica, a team of scientists has made an amazing discovery. They have found something unbelievable buried below the surface - trapped inside a layer of ice 400 million years old. Something made of metal...something which shouldn't be there...it's the discovery of a lifetime, a discovery of immeasurable value. And a discovery men would kill for. Led by the enigmatic Lieutenant Shane Schofield, a crack team of US Marines is rushed to the ice station to secure this bizarre discovery for their own nation. Meanwhile other countries have developed the same idea, and are ready to pursue it swiftly and ruthlessly. Fortunately, Schofield's men are a tough unit, all set to follow their leader into hell. They soon discover they just did... [via]
The Imperial War Museum Book of War Behind Enemy Lines: Special Forces in Action, 1940-1945by Julian ThompsonISBN 0330367617 (0-330-36761-7)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Imperial War Museum Book of War Behind Enemy Lines: Special Forces in Action, 1940-1945'More editions of The Imperial War Museum Book of War Behind Enemy Lines: Special Forces in Action, 1940-1945:
Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days Of The Third Reichby Joachim Fest, Margot Bettauer DemboISBN 0312423926 (0-312-42392-6)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days Of The Third Reich'More editions of Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days Of The Third Reich:
The Interrogators: Inside the Secret War Against Al Qaedaby Greg Miller, Chris MackeyISBN 0316871125 (0-316-87112-5)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Interrogators: Inside the Secret War Against Al Qaeda'More editions of The Interrogators: Inside the Secret War Against Al Qaeda:
Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the German U-Boat Battles of World War IIby Herbert A. WernerISBN 030681160X (0-306-81160-X)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the German U-Boat Battles of World War II'More editions of Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the German U-Boat Battles of World War II:
Ivan's War: Life And Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945by Catherine MerridaleISBN 0312426526 (0-312-42652-6)
Softcover, Picador USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Ivan's War: Life And Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945'More editions of Ivan's War: Life And Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945:
-
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone 1932-1940by William Raymond ManchesterISBN 0316545120 (0-316-54512-0)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone 1932-1940'Book summary:Alone is the second volume of William Manchester's brilliant three-volume biography of Winston Churchill. In this volume, we witness the war within, before the colossal war to come. During this period, Churchill was tested as few men are: relentlessly pursued by creditors, disowned by his own party, vociferously dismissed by the press as a warmonger, and twice nearly lost his seat in Parliament. Yet despite his personal and political troubles, Churchill managed to assemble a vast, underground intelligence network-both within the British government and on the continent-which provided him with more complete and accurate information on Germany than the British government. Recognizing the horrifying truth, Churchill stood almost alone against Nazi aggression and the sordid British and French policy of appeasement.
Manchester's luminous portrait never loses sight of Churchill the man-a man with limitations, especially his callousness toward others (including his supporters) and his recklessness, which could border on the foolhardy; but also a man whose vision was global and whose courage was boundless. Here is Churchill as a light in the approaching darkness, readying himself for the terrible stand to come. [via]More editions of The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone 1932-1940:
-
The Last Lion, Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932by William ManchesterISBN 0316545031 (0-316-54503-1)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Lion, Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932'Book summary:William Manchester met Winston Churchill on January 24, 1953. Their encounter on the Queen Mary sparked an intense curiosity in Manchester that would eventually result in his classic three-volume magnum opus The Last Lion.
In this, the first volume, we follow Churchill from his birth to 1932, when he began to warn against the remilitarization of Germany. Born of a lovely, wanton American mother and a gifted but unstable son of a duke, his childhood was one of wretched neglect. He sought glory on the battlefields of Cuba, Sudan, India, South Africa and the trenches of France. In Parliament he was the prime force behind the creation of Iraq and Jordan, laid the groundwork for the birth of Israel, and negotiated the independence of the Irish Free State. Yet, as Chancellor of the Exchequer he plunged England into economic crisis, and his fruitless attempt to suppress Gandhi's quest for Indian independence brought political chaos to Britain.
Throughout, Churchill learned the lessons that would prepare him for the storm to come, and as the 1930's began, he readied himself for the coming battle against Nazism--an evil the world had never before seen. [via]More editions of The Last Lion, Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932:
-
The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge And the Epic Story of World War Ii's Most Decorated Plattonby Alex KershawISBN 0306814404 (0-306-81440-4)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge And the Epic Story of World War Ii's Most Decorated Platton'Book summary:On the morning of December 16, 1944, eighteen men of the Intelligence and Reconnaissance platoon attached to the 99th Infantry Division found themselves directly in the path of the main thrust of Hitler's massive Ardennes offensive. Despite being vastly outnumbered, they were told to hold their position "at all costs." Throughout the day, the platoon repulsed three large German assaults in a fierce day-long battle, killing hundreds of German soldiers. Only when they had run out of ammunition did they surrender to the enemy. But their long winter was just beginning. As POWs, the platoon experienced an ordeal far worse than combat-surviving in wretched German POW camps. Yet miraculously the men of the platoon survived-all of them-and returned home after the war. More than thirty years later, when President Carter recognized the platoon's "extraordinary heroism" and the U.S. Army approved combat medals for all eighteen men, they became America's most decorated platoon of World War II. With the same vivid and dramatic prose that made The Bedford Boys a national bestseller, Alex Kershaw brings to life the story of these little-known heroes-an epic tale of courage, duty, and survival in World War II and one of the most inspiring episodes in American history. The Longest Winter is an intensely human story about young men who find themselves in frightening wartime situations, who fight back instinctively, survive stoically, and live heroically.[via]More editions of The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge And the Epic Story of World War Ii's Most Decorated Platton:
-
The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoonby Alex KershawISBN 0306813041 (0-306-81304-1)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon'Book summary:On a cold morning in December, 1944, deep in the Ardennes forest, a platoon of eighteen men under the command of twenty-year-old lieutenant Lyle Bouck were huddled in their foxholes trying desperately to keep warm. Suddenly, the early morning silence was broken by the roar of a huge artillery bombardment and the dreadful sound of approaching tanks. Hitler had launched his bold and risky offensive against the Allies-his "last gamble"-and the small American platoon was facing the main thrust of the entire German assault. Vastly outnumbered, they repulsed three German assaults in a fierce day-long battle, killing over five hundred German soldiers and defending a strategically vital hill. Only when Bouck's men had run out of ammunition did they surrender to the enemy. As POWs, Bouck's platoon began an ordeal far worse than combat-survive in captivity under trigger-happy German guards, Allied bombing raids, and a daily ration of only thin soup. In German POW camps, hundreds of captured Americans were either killed or died of disease, and most lost all hope. But the men of Bouck's platoon survived-miraculously, all of them. Once again in vivid, dramatic prose, Alex Kershaw brings to life the story of some of America's little-known heroes-the story of America's most decorated small unit, an epic story of courage and survival in World War II, and one of the most inspiring stories in American history.[via]More editions of The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon:
The Luftwaffe War Diaries: The German Air Force in World War IIby Cajus Bekker, Frank ZieglerISBN 0306806045 (0-306-80604-5)
Softcover, Perseus Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Luftwaffe War Diaries: The German Air Force in World War II'More editions of The Luftwaffe War Diaries: The German Air Force in World War II:
-
Machine Gunnersby Robert Westall, Sophy WilliamsISBN 033033428X (0-330-33428-X)
Softcover, Macmillan Pub Ltd
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Machine Gunners'Book summary:Chas McGill had the second-best collection of war souvenirs in Garmouth - second only to Boddser Brown. But then again, Boddser Brown is pretty unscrupulous and will steal flying-helmets from the heads of dead German pilots. [via]
More editions of Machine Gunners:
-
Montcalm and Wolfe: The French and Indian Warby Francis Parkman, C. Vann WoodwardISBN 0306810778 (0-306-81077-8)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Montcalm and Wolfe: The French and Indian War'Book summary:Montcalme and Wolfe frames the war years through the lives of its two brilliant opposing generals. Weaving together the campaigns on both sides of the Atlantic. Parkman travels from opulent royal courts to muddy colonial fields, from Fort Necessity to the Plains of Abraham. He couples impeccable history with rich insightful narration, revealing the war as a deeply personal conflict between Louis de Montcalm and James Wolfe, the two ambitious leaders who ultimately died heroes deaths on the frontlines. Accompanied by over forty detailed maps and illustrationssome selected specially for this editionParkmans timeless work shows how the enormous transfer of land from France to England at the wars end sowed the first seeds of colonialismseeds that, in the due course, led America to its revolution, and eventually, its independence.[via]More editions of Montcalm and Wolfe: The French and Indian War:
Mud, Blood and Poppycock: Britain and the First World Warby Gordon CorriganISBN 0304366595 (0-304-36659-5)
Softcover, Cassell
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Mud, Blood and Poppycock: Britain and the First World War'More editions of Mud, Blood and Poppycock: Britain and the First World War:
Nations in Arms: The Theory and Practice of Territorial Defenseby Adam RobertsISBN 031256046X (0-312-56046-X)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Nations in Arms: The Theory and Practice of Territorial Defense'More editions of Nations in Arms: The Theory and Practice of Territorial Defense:
-
On Thermonuclear Warby Herman KahnISBN 0313200602 (0-313-20060-2)
Hardcover, Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'On Thermonuclear War'Book summary:This book examines the military side of what may be the major problem that faces civilization, comparing some of the alternatives that seem available and some of the implications of these choices. [via]
More editions of On Thermonuclear War:
-
Panzer Operations: The Eastern Front Memoir of General Raus, 1941-1945by Steven H. Newton, Erhard RausISBN 0306814099 (0-306-81409-9)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Panzer Operations: The Eastern Front Memoir of General Raus, 1941-1945'Book summary:German general Erhard Raus was one of the most talented commanders to fight on the Eastern Front in Russia, where he was eventually appointed to army group command in early 1945. By the time the war ended, Raus had established a reputation as one of the German army's foremost tacticians of armored warfare, which made him a prized capture by U.S. Army intelligence. In American captivity, Raus wrote a detailed memoir of his service in Russia. His battlefield experience and keen tactical eye makes his memoir especially valuable.The Raus memoir-now translated, compiled, and edited by prominent World War II historian Steven H. Newton-covers the Russian campaign from the first day of the war to his being relieved of his command at Hitler's order in the spring of 1945. It includes a detailed examination of Raus's 6th Panzer Division's drive to Leningrad, his experiences in the Soviet winter counteroffensive around Moscow, the unsuccessful attempt to relieve Stalingrad and the final desperate battles inside Germany at the end of the war.[via]More editions of Panzer Operations: The Eastern Front Memoir of General Raus, 1941-1945:
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the Westby Tom HollandISBN 0307279480 (0-307-27948-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West'More editions of Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West:
Plague Wars: The Terrifying Reality of Biological Warfareby Tom Mangold, Jeff GoldbergISBN 0312263791 (0-312-26379-1)
Softcover, Griffin
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Plague Wars: The Terrifying Reality of Biological Warfare'More editions of Plague Wars: The Terrifying Reality of Biological Warfare:
Red Army Resurgentby John ShawISBN 0316850128 (0-316-85012-8)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Red Army Resurgent'More editions of Red Army Resurgent:
-
The Rescue of Miss Yaskellby Russell BakerISBN 0312927304 (0-312-92730-4)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rescue of Miss Yaskell'Book summary:Hardcover. [via]
More editions of The Rescue of Miss Yaskell:
The Road to Berlinby John EricksonISBN 0304365408 (0-304-36540-8)
Softcover, Cassell P L C
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Road to Berlin'More editions of The Road to Berlin:
Rockets And Missiles: The Life Story Of A Technologyby A. Bowdoin Van RiperISBN 0313327955 (0-313-32795-5)
Hardcover, Greenwood Pub Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Rockets And Missiles: The Life Story Of A Technology'More editions of Rockets And Missiles: The Life Story Of A Technology:
-
Rough Ridersby Theodore RooseveltISBN 0306804050 (0-306-80405-0)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Rough Riders'Book summary:The advent of war with Spain was a glorious opportunity for forceful leadership not to be missed by the hotheaded young Theodore Roosevelt. He resigned his post as assistant-secretary of the Navy in April, 1898, and, despite the strong disapproval of family and friends, he joined the Army as Lt. Colonel of a regiment to be raised in the territories of Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. He ordered a uniform from Brooks Brothers, a dozen pairs of steel spectacles, a couple of good, stout, quiet horses, and he was off to train his volunteers at San Antonio. The Rough Riders were a most unusual regiment. Informal, independent, made up of ex-cowboys, Western bad men, and Ivy League graduates, Roosevelts troops made a poor impression on Army regulars but provided excellent copy for the nations newspapers. On July 22, 1898, this motley cavalry regiment waded ashore in Cuba, and before the summer was over the Rough Riders and their impatient, dynamic leader were familiar to virtually every household in the nation. Roosevelt was being considered for nomination to the governorship of New York, and his march to the Presidency had begun. From the time he left Washington to join his regiment for training in Texas to their triumphant return from Cuba, Roosevelt kept daily records of his thoughts and experiences. These jottings formed the basis of this book, by far the best firsthand story of the Spanish-American War. Published in 1899 to instant acclaim, The Rough Riders is written with Roosevelts typical gusto. His writing is remarkable for his sure sense of personality and the spontaneity and directness of his prose. Reading the book, it is impossible not to sense the exhilaration of battle, or the moral purpose behind it all. The Rough Riders remains one of the great war stories of our time, and offers an invaluable look at one of the most colorful presidents of the United States.[via]More editions of Rough Riders:
Run Silent Run Deepby Beach, Edward L., Jr.ISBN 0304364657 (0-304-36465-7)
Softcover, Cassell P L C
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Run Silent Run Deep'More editions of Run Silent Run Deep:
Scipio Africanus: Greater Than Napoleonby B.H. Liddell Hart, Michael GrantISBN 0306813637 (0-306-81363-7)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Scipio Africanus: Greater Than Napoleon'More editions of Scipio Africanus: Greater Than Napoleon:
-
Shadow of the Hegemonby Orson Scott CardISBN 0312876513 (0-312-87651-3)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Shadow of the Hegemon'Book summary:Orson Scott Card finally explores what happened on earth after the war with the Buggers in the sixth book of his Ender series, Shadow of the Hegemon. This novel is the continuation of the story of Bean, which began with Ender's Shadow, a parallel novel to Card's Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Ender's Game.
While Ender heads off to a faraway planet, Bean and the other brilliant children who helped Ender save the earth from alien invaders have become war heroes and have finally been sent home to live with their parents. While the children try to fit back in with the family and friends they haven't known for nearly a decade, someone's worried about their safety. Peter Wiggins, Ender's brother, has foreseen that the talented children are in danger of being killed or kidnapped. His fears are quickly realized, and only Bean manages to escape. Bean knows he must save the others and protect humanity from a new evil that has arisen, an evil from his past. But just as he played second to Ender during the Bugger war, Bean must again step into the shadow of another, the one who will be Hegemon.
In Shadow of the Hegemon, Card can't help but fall back into old patterns. But while the theme is the same as in previous books--brilliant, tragic children with the fate of the human race resting on their shoulders--Shadow of the Hegemon does a wonderful job of continuing Bean's tale against a backdrop of the politics and intrigue of a fragile earth. While the novel is accessible, new readers to the series would be wise to begin with Ender's Game or Ender's Shadow. --Kathie Huddleston [via]
More editions of Shadow of the Hegemon:
Shield of the Republic: The United States Navy in an Era of Cold War and Violent Peace 1945-1962by Michael T. IsenbergISBN 0312099118 (0-312-09911-8)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Shield of the Republic: The United States Navy in an Era of Cold War and Violent Peace 1945-1962'More editions of Shield of the Republic: The United States Navy in an Era of Cold War and Violent Peace 1945-1962:
-
Six Days: How The 1967 War Shaped The Middle Eastby Jeremy BowenISBN 0312338643 (0-312-33864-3)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Six Days: How The 1967 War Shaped The Middle East'Book summary:Suicide attacks on Israelis, bombings, assassinations, and bloodshed in Jerusalem, Gaza, and the West Bank dominate the news from the Middle East. It is the most troubled region on earth. At its heart is the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis - and the legacy of six days of war in 1967.[via]
After the state of Israel emerged from war in 1948, both sides knew more battles were coming. In June 1967, years of slow-burning tension exploded. In six extraordinary days, Israel destroyed the armed forces of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. But far from bringing peace, as many Israelis hoped, their stunning victory turned into a curse.
From the initial battle order issued to the Israeli air force on Monday June 5, 1967 to the final ceasefire on the evening of Saturday the 10th, the Six-Day War was a riveting human drama. Building on his first-hand experience of the region after his five years as the BBC's Middle East Correspondent, as well as extensive original research, Jeremy Bowen presents a compelling new history of the conflict. Six Days recreates day by day, hour by hour, the bullying and brinckmanship that led four nations to war, interweaving testimonies of combatants from all sides in a seamless narrative.
A rigorous and original piece of modern history is as vivid as fiction, Six Days not only sheds new light on one of the key conflicts of the twentieth century, it explains much about the Middle East and the problems the region still faces today.More editions of Six Days: How The 1967 War Shaped The Middle East:
Speaker for the Deadby Orson Scott CardISBN 0312853254 (0-312-85325-4)
Softcover, Tor Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Speaker for the Dead'Book summary:Ender Wiggin, the hero and scapegoat of mass alien destruction in Ender's Game, receives a chance at redemption in this novel. Ender, who proclaimed as a mistake his success in wiping out an alien race, wins the opportunity to cope better with a second race, discovered by Portuguese colonists on the planet Lusitania. Orson Scott Card infuses this long, ambitious tale with intellect by casting his characters in social, religious and cultural contexts. Like its predecessor, this book won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. [via]
More editions of Speaker for the Dead:
The Story of the Confederacyby Robert Selph HenryISBN 0306803704 (0-306-80370-4)
Softcover, Perseus Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Story of the Confederacy'More editions of The Story of the Confederacy:
Ten Days to D-Day: Citizens and Soldiers on the Eve of the Invasionby David StaffordISBN 0306814226 (0-306-81422-6)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Ten Days to D-Day : Citizens and Soldiers on the Eve of the Invasion'Book summary:Instead of retracing the much-dissected actions of heads of state, Stafford brings to life the preparations for history's most formidable invasion through the eyes of the ground-level participants. [via]
More editions of Ten Days to D-Day: Citizens and Soldiers on the Eve of the Invasion:
Tiger Force: A True Story of Men And Warby Mitch Weiss, Michael SallahISBN 0316159972 (0-316-15997-2)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Tiger Force: A True Story of Men And War'More editions of Tiger Force: A True Story of Men And War:
Timelines of Warby David Brownstone, Irene M. FranckISBN 0316114472 (0-316-11447-2)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Timelines of War'
Tomorrow, When the War Beganby John MarsdenISBN 0330337394 (0-330-33739-4)
Softcover, Macmillan Pub Ltd
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Tomorrow, When the War Began'More editions of Tomorrow, When the War Began:
-
The Two Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World Warby Samuel Eliot MorisonISBN 0316583529 (0-316-58352-9)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Two Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War'Book summary:Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's "The Two-Ocean War" is a classic work, a grand and wholly engaging distillation of Morison's definitive fifteen-volume history of U.S. naval operations in World War II. Morison was a distinguished historian, a former Trumbull Professor of American History at Harvard University. But he also wrote as a participant in many of the events described in this volume: he served on eleven different ships during the war, emerging as a captain with seven battle stars on his service ribbons, having gone to sea specifically to be able to write in contact with the events covered.
Fully illustrated with 35 photographs and 54 charts and maps of key engagements, this is a blazing record of the action from Pearl Harbor to the long war of attrition between submarines and convoys in the Atlantic, through Midway and Guadalcanal, to the invasion of continental Europe, to Okinawa, Leyte, and the final grudging surrender of the Japanese. Morison's narrative is rich enough to reveal all levels of each wartime encounter, dramatizing the strategic arguments that went on between Churchill and King, between MacArthur and Nimitz, as well as highlighting the glory of individual feats of arms. "The Two-Ocean War" is a truly outstanding contribution to military history. [via]
More editions of The Two Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War:
Under the Eagleby Simon ScarrowISBN 0312304242 (0-312-30424-2)
Softcover, Thomas Dunne Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Under the Eagle'More editions of Under the Eagle:
Under the Eagle: A Tale of Military Adventure and Reckless Heroism with the Roman Legionsby Simon ScarrowISBN 0312278705 (0-312-27870-5)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Under the Eagle: A Tale of Military Adventure and Reckless Heroism with the Roman Legions'More editions of Under the Eagle: A Tale of Military Adventure and Reckless Heroism with the Roman Legions:
Us Special Warfare: Elite Combat Skills of Americas Modern Armed Forcesby Samuel A. SouthworthISBN 0306813572 (0-306-81357-2)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Us Special Warfare: Elite Combat Skills of Americas Modern Armed Forces'More editions of Us Special Warfare: Elite Combat Skills of Americas Modern Armed Forces:
The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern Worldby Rupert SmithISBN 0307265625 (0-307-26562-5)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World'More editions of The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World:
Visions of Infamy: The Untold Story of How Journalist Hector C. Bywater Devised the Plans That Led to Pearl Harborby William H. HonanISBN 0312083327 (0-312-08332-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Visions of Infamy: The Untold Story of How Journalist Hector C. Bywater Devised the Plans That Led to Pearl Harbor'More editions of Visions of Infamy: The Untold Story of How Journalist Hector C. Bywater Devised the Plans That Led to Pearl Harbor:
- Visions of Infamy: The Untold Story of How Journalist Hector C. Bywater Devised the Plans That Led to Pearl Harbor: ISBN 0312054548 (0-312-05454-8)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr - Visions of Infamy: The Untold Story of How Journalist Hector C. Bywater Devised the Plans That Led to Pearl Harbor: ISBN 0312083327 (0-312-08332-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
- Visions of Infamy: The Untold Story of How Journalist Hector C. Bywater Devised the Plans That Led to Pearl Harbor: ISBN 0312054548 (0-312-05454-8)
War and Remembranceby Herman WoukISBN 0316954993 (0-316-95499-3)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'War and Remembrance'Book summary:Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of World War II, which begins with The Winds of War and continues here in War and Remembrance, stands as the crowning achievement of one of America's most celebrated storytellers. Like no other books about the war, Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of global events - and all the drama, romance, heroism, and tragedy of World War II - as it immerses us in the lives of a single American family drawn into the very center of the war's maelstrom. [via]
Warning of Warby James BradyISBN 0312303327 (0-312-30332-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Warning of War'
Weapons: An International Encyclopedia from 5000 B.C. to 2000 A.D.by Diagram GroupISBN 0312039506 (0-312-03950-6)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Weapons: An International Encyclopedia from 5000 B.C. to 2000 A.D.'More editions of Weapons: An International Encyclopedia from 5000 B.C. to 2000 A.D.:
- Weapons: An International Encyclopedia from 5000 B.C. to 2000 A.D.: ISBN 0312039514 (0-312-03951-4)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr - Weapons, an International Encyclopedia from 5000 BC to 2000 AD: ISBN 0312859465 (0-312-85946-5)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press - Weapons: An International Encyclopedia from 5000 B.C. to 2000 A.D.: ISBN 0312039506 (0-312-03950-6)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
- Weapons: An International Encyclopedia from 5000 B.C. to 2000 A.D.: ISBN 0312039514 (0-312-03951-4)
Winds of Warby Herman WoukISBN 0316952664 (0-316-95266-4)
Softcover, Back Bay Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Winds of War'
Winds of War War and Remembranceby Herman WoukISBN 0316955027 (0-316-95502-7)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Winds of War War and Remembrance'More editions of Winds of War War and Remembrance:
Wreckers Must Breatheby Hammond InnesISBN 0330342339 (0-330-34233-9)
Softcover, Macmillan Pub Ltd
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Wreckers Must Breathe'More editions of Wreckers Must Breathe:
Results page: PREV 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101-111 NEXT
![[powered by Muze Inc.]](http://i.bookfinder.com/images/site/muze/powered_by_muze.gif){kind=small}