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The 33 Strategies of Warby Robert GreeneISBN 0670034576 (0-670-03457-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 33 Strategies of War'Book summary:Brilliant distillations of the strategies of warand the subtle social game of everyday lifeby the bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power and MasteryRobert Greenes groundbreaking guides, The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, and his latest book, Mastery, espouse profound, timeless lessons from the events of history to help readers vanquish an enemy, ensnare an unsuspecting victim, or become the greatest in your field. In The 33 Strategies of War, Greene has crafted an important addition to this ruthless and unique series.Spanning world civilizations, synthesizing dozens of political, philosophical, and religious texts and thousands of years of violent conflict, The 33 Strategies of War is a comprehensive guide to the subtle social game of everyday life informed by the most ingenious and effective military principles in war. Structured in Greenes trademark style, The 33 Strategies of War is the I-Ching of conflict, the contemporary companion to Sun Tzus The Art of War.Abundantly illustrated with examples from history, including the folly and genius of everyone from Napoleon to Margaret Thatcher, Shaka the Zulu to Lord Nelson, Hannibal to Ulysses S. Grant, as well as movie moguls, Samurai swordsmen, and diplomats, each of the thirty-three chapters outlines a strategy that will help you win lifes wars. Learn the offensive strategies that require you to maintain the initiative and negotiate from a position of strength, or the defensive strategies designed to help you respond to dangerous situations and avoid unwinnable wars. The great warriors of battlefields and drawing rooms alike demonstrate prudence, agility, balance, and calm, and a keen understanding that the rational, resourceful, and intuitive always defeat the panicked, the uncreative, and the stupid. An indispensable book, The 33 Strategies of War provides all the psychological ammunition you need to overcome patterns of failure and forever gain the upper hand.[via]More editions of The 33 Strategies of War:
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The Age of Napoleonby J. Christopher HeroldISBN 0618154612 (0-618-15461-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Napoleon'Book summary:THE AGE OF NAPOLEON is the biography of an enigmatic and legendary personality as well as the portrait of an entire age. J. Christopher Herold tells the fascinating story of the Napoleonic world in all its aspects - political, cultural, military, commercial, and social. Napoleon's rise from common origins to enormous political and military power, as well as his ultimate defeat, influenced our modern age in thousands of ways, from the map of Europe to the metric system, from styles of dress and dictators to new conventions of personal behavior. [via]
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American Military History and the Evolution of Western Warfareby Williamson Murray, George C. Herring, Donald D. Horward, John A. Lynn, Robert Doughty, Ira Gruber, Roy K. Flint, Mark BrimsleyISBN 0669416835 (0-669-41683-5)
Hardcover, D C Heath & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Military History and the Evolution of Western Warfare'Book summary:This highly readable and authoritative history of American military operations examines the campaigns and the changing practices that have helped to define Western warfare. Beginning with Anglo-American skirmishes in the early seventeenth century, the narrative moves on through the War for American Independence and the development of a professional officer corps in the early nineteenth century to the Civil War and the two great total wars of the twentieth century. The volume concludes with five chapters on the more limited wars of the nuclear age. The text is supported by a wealth of photographs and maps throughout. Robert A. Doughty, U.S. Military Academy, and Ira Gruber, Rice University, led a team of eminent military historians in the development of this text. Each of the authors, drawing on his own field of expertise and focusing on specific campaigns, examines not only military operations but the technological, social, and political developments that affected those operations. The result is a uniquely valuable account of warfare in the Western World. [via]
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Armadaby Garrett MattinglyISBN 0618565914 (0-618-56591-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Armoured Fighting Vehiclesby John Milsom, John H. BatchelorISBN 0600301044 (0-600-30104-4)
Hardcover, Hamlyn
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Arms and Armourby Frederick John WilkinsonISBN 0600001261 (0-600-00126-1)
Hardcover, Hamlyn
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The Arms Bazaar: From Lebanon to Lockheedby Anthony SampsonISBN 0670132632 (0-670-13263-2)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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Arsenal, Understanding Weapons in the Nuclear Ageby Kosta TsipisISBN 067144073X (0-671-44073-X)
Hardcover, Simon and Schuster
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The Art of Warfare on Landby David G. ChandlerISBN 0600301370 (0-600-30137-0)
Hardcover, Hamlyn
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of Warfare on Land'Book summary:As The Face magazine's star writer of the 1990's, Gavin Hills was known and loved by a generation of club-kids, skaters, style fiends and starry-eyed, socially disaffected youth everywhere. His tragic death in 1997 denied British journalism one of its most original voices. Along with Sheryl Garratt, editor of the The Face, he was responsible for reinventing the magazine and shaking off its dated 80s poseur image. His writing spanned a breathtakingly eclectic range of topics, from El Salvador to ecstasy, football hooliganism to Sarajevo, but the uniting factor in everything he wrote was his compelling passion and involvement. In each of these pieces, Gavin's voice and personality loom large. You can feel the elation, irritation or excitement bursting through the words. His dreams and obsessions capture the zeitgeist of an age which already seems distant and nostalgic: those rose-tinted summers of the early 90s when it seemed as if the entire nation was waving their hands in the air and stomping their muddy trainers to acid house in a field somewhere outside the M25. But what sets Hills aside from the other euphoria merchants are his political and social convictions and the way he managed to get those same hands-in-the-air kids reading, and caring, about the war in Angola or famine in Ethiopia. Bliss to be Alive is a quirky, heartfelt record of an era. Read it wistfully and then parcel it for your kids.--Rebecca Johnson [via]
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At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harborby Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon, Gordon William PrangeISBN 0670840742 (0-670-84074-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Australian Submarines: A Historyby Michael W.D. WhiteISBN 064424397X (0-644-24397-X)
Softcover, Australian Govt Pub Service
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The Battle of New Orleans : Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victoryby Robert V. ReminiISBN 0670885517 (0-670-88551-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Book of War : Great Military Writingsby John KeeganISBN 0670888044 (0-670-88804-4)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Caine Mutinyby Herman WoukISBN 0671604252 (0-671-60425-2)
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The Civil WarISBN 0618167129 (0-618-16712-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Civil Warby James M. McPherson, Bruce CattonISBN 0618001875 (0-618-00187-5)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Civil War'Book summary:Infinitely readable and absorbing, Bruce Cattons The Civil War is one of the most widely read general histories of the war available in a single volume.
Introduced by the critically acclaimed Civil War historian James M. McPherson, The Civil War vividly traces one of the most moving chapters in American history, from the early division between the North and the South to the final surrender of Confederate troops. Catton's account of battles is a must-read for anyone interested in the war that divided America, carefully weaving details about the political activities of the Union and Confederate armies and diplomatic efforts overseas. [via]
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Clausewitz Philosopher of Warby Raymond AronISBN 0671628267 (0-671-62826-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Code of Honorby Harold CoyleISBN 0671510290 (0-671-51029-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Collapse: How Societies Choose To Fail Or Succeedby Jared DiamondISBN 0670033375 (0-670-03337-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collapse: How Societies Choose To Fail Or Succeed'Book summary:Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed is the glass-half-empty follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel. While Guns, Germs, and Steel explained the geographic and environmental reasons why some human populations have flourished, Collapse uses the same factors to examine why ancient societies, including the Anasazi of the American Southwest and the Viking colonies of Greenland, as well as modern ones such as Rwanda, have fallen apart. Not every collapse has an environmental origin, but an eco-meltdown is often the main catalyst, he argues, particularly when combined with society's response to (or disregard for) the coming disaster. Still, right from the outset of Collapse, the author makes clear that this is not a mere environmentalist's diatribe. He begins by setting the book's main question in the small communities of present-day Montana as they face a decline in living standards and a depletion of natural resources. Once-vital mines now leak toxins into the soil, while prion diseases infect some deer and elk and older hydroelectric dams have become decrepit. On all these issues, and particularly with the hot-button topic of logging and wildfires, Diamond writes with equanimity.
Because he's addressing such significant issues within a vast span of time, Diamond can occasionally speak too briefly and assume too much, and at times his shorthand remarks may cause careful readers to raise an eyebrow. But in general, Diamond provides fine and well-reasoned historical examples, making the case that many times, economic and environmental concerns are one and the same. With Collapse, Diamond hopes to jog our collective memory to keep us from falling for false analogies or forgetting prior experiences, and thereby save us from potential devastations to come. While it might seem a stretch to use medieval Greenland and the Maya to convince a skeptic about the seriousness of global warming, it's exactly this type of cross-referencing that makes Collapse so compelling. --Jennifer Buckendorff [via]
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Coming Furyby Bruce CattonISBN 0671543083 (0-671-54308-3)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Coming Fury'Book summary:Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award! A thrilling, page-turning piece of writing that describes the forces conspiring to tear apart the United States--with the disintegrating political processes and rising tempers finally erupting at Bull Run. "...a major work by a major writer, a superb re-creation of the twelve crucial months that opened the Civil War."--The New York Times.[via]More editions of Coming Fury:
Command in Warby Martin Van CreveldISBN 0674144414 (0-674-14441-4)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Critical Mass: The Dangerous Race for Superweapons in a Fragmenting Worldby William E. Burrows, Robert WindremISBN 0671748955 (0-671-74895-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Dear America: Letters From Vietnamby Bernard EdelmanISBN 0671661124 (0-671-66112-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dear America: Letters From Vietnam'Book summary:Collects letters, poems, and petitions from the front, written mostly by infantrymen to their families and friends. [via]
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Dear America : Letters Home from Vietnamby Bernard Edelman, Paul McCarthyISBN 0671691783 (0-671-69178-3)
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Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Manby Hugh Sebag-MontefioreISBN 0674024397 (0-674-02439-7)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Emperor Mage: Library Editionby Tamora PierceISBN 0606345574 (0-606-34557-4)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emperor Mage: Library Edition'Book summary:Emperor Ozorne's Immortal minions have savaged peaceful Tortall. Daine has lost many friends to Hurrock claw and Stormwing talon. Now Ozorne talks of treaties, and for Tortall's sake, Daine must attend the peace conference - somehow keeping her wild magic in check. But other forces demand she unleash that power. The Gods are furious with Emperor Ozorne, and have chosen Daine to deliver their dreadful retribution. Compelled by the Graveyard Hag, Daine confronts Ozorne. But should she use divine power to bring the mighty Empire to its knees.? [via]
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The Encyclopedia of Air Warfareby Christopher ChantISBN 0600331121 (0-600-33112-1)
Hardcover, Spring Books
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Ender's Shadowby Orson Scott CardISBN 0613337549 (0-613-33754-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ender's Shadow'Book summary:Ender's Shadow is being dubbed as a parallel novel to Orson Scott Card's Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Ender's Game. By "parallel," Card means that Shadow begins and ends at roughly the same time as Game, and it chronicles many of the same events. In fact, the two books tell an almost identical story of brilliant children being trained in the orbiting Battle School to lead humanity's fleets in the final war against alien invaders known as the Buggers. The most brilliant of these young recruits is Ender Wiggin, an unparalleled commander and tactician who can surely defeat the Buggers if only he can overcome his own inner turmoil.
Second among the children is Bean, who becomes Ender's lieutenant despite the fact that he is the smallest and youngest of the Battle School students. Bean is the central character of Shadow, and we pick up his story when he is just a 2-year-old starving on the streets of a future Rotterdam that has become a hell on earth. Bean is unnaturally intelligent for his age, which is the only thing that allows him to escape--though not unscathed--the streets and eventually end up in Battle School. Despite his brilliance, however, Bean is doomed to live his life as an also-ran to the more famous and in many ways more brilliant Ender. Nonetheless, Bean learns things that Ender cannot or will not understand, and it falls to this once pathetic street urchin to carry the weight of a terrible burden that Ender must not be allowed to know.
Although it may seem like Shadow is merely an attempt by Card to cash in on the success of his justly famous Ender's Game, that suspicion will dissipate once you turn the first few pages of this engrossing novel. It's clear that Bean has a story worth telling, and that Card (who started the project with a cowriter but later decided he wanted it all to himself) is driven to tell it. And though much of Ender's Game hinges on a surprise ending that Card fans are likely well acquainted with, Shadow manages to capitalize on that same surprise and even turn the table on readers. In the end, it seems a shame that Shadow, like Bean himself, will forever be eclipsed by the myth of Ender, because this is a novel that can easily stand on its own. Luckily for readers, Card has left plenty of room for a sequel, so we may well be seeing more of Bean in the near future. --Craig E. Engler [via]
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The Evolution of Weapons and Warfareby Trevor Nevitt DupuyISBN 0672520508 (0-672-52050-8)
Hardcover, Bobbs-Merrill Co
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The Fall of Saigon: Scenes from the Sudden End of a Long Warby David ButlerISBN 0671466755 (0-671-46675-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Fight for the Malvinas: The Argentine Forces in the Falklands Warby Martin MiddlebrookISBN 0670821063 (0-670-82106-3)
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The First World Warby Hew StrachanISBN 0670032956 (0-670-03295-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The First World War'Book summary:Ninety years have passed since the outbreak of World War I, yet as military historian Hew Strachan argues in this brilliant and authoritative new book, the legacy of the "war to end all wars" is with us still. The First World War was a truly global conflict from the start, with many of the most decisive battles fought in or directly affecting the Balkans, Africa, and the Ottoman Empire. Even more than World War II, the First World War continues to shape the politics and international relations of our world, especially in hot spots like the Middle East and the Balkans.
Strachan has done a masterful job of reexamining the causes, the major campaigns, and the consequences of the First World War, compressing a lifetime of knowledge into a single definitive volume tailored for the general reader. Written in crisp, compelling prose and enlivened with extraordinarily vivid photographs and detailed maps, The First World War re-creates this world-altering conflict both on and off the battlefieldthe clash of ideologies between the colonial powers at the center of the war, the social and economic unrest that swept Europe both before and after, the military strategies employed with stunning success and tragic failure in the various theaters of war, the terms of peace and why it didnt last.
Drawing on material culled from many countries, Strachan offers a fresh, clear-sighted perspective on how the war not only redrew the map of the world but also set in motion the most dangerous conflicts of today. Deeply learned and powerfully written, The First World War will stand as a landmark of contemporary history. [via]
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Flights of Passageby Samuel Hynes, Paul McCarthyISBN 0671674102 (0-671-67410-2)
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God's War: A New History of the Crusadesby Christopher TyermanISBN 0674023870 (0-674-02387-0)
Hardcover, Harvard University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'God's War: A New History of the Crusades'Book summary:God's War offers a sweeping new vision of one of history's most astounding events: the Crusades.
From 1096 to 1500, European Christians fought to recreate the Middle East, Muslim Spain, and the pagan Baltic in the image of their God. The Crusades are perhaps both the most familiar and most misunderstood phenomena of the medieval world, and here Christopher Tyerman seeks to recreate, from the ground up, the centuries of violence committed as an act of religious devotion.
The result is a stunning reinterpretation of the Crusades, revealed as both bloody political acts and a manifestation of a growing Christian communal identity. Tyerman uncovers a system of belief bound by aggression, paranoia, and wishful thinking, and a culture founded on war as an expression of worship, social discipline, and Christian charity.
This astonishing historical narrative is imbued with figures that have become legends--Saladin, Richard the Lionheart, Philip Augustus. But Tyerman also delves beyond these leaders to examine the thousands and thousands of Christian men--from Knights Templars to mercenaries to peasants--who, in the name of their Savior, abandoned their homes to conquer distant and alien lands, as well as the countless people who defended their soil and eventually turned these invaders back. With bold analysis, Tyerman explicates the contradictory mix of genuine piety, military ferocity, and plain greed that motivated generations of Crusaders. He also offers unique insight into the maturation of a militant Christianity that defined Europe's identity and that has forever influenced the cyclical antagonisms between the Christian and Muslim worlds.
Drawing on all of the most recent scholarship, and told with great verve and authority, God's War is the definitive account of a fascinating and horrifying story that continues to haunt our contemporary world.
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The Hagakure: Yamamoto Tsunetomoby D. E. TarverISBN 0595253628 (0-595-25362-8)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hagakure: Yamamoto Tsunetomo'Book summary:Warrior ethics have been studied in famous books and popular movies such as Shogun and The Last Samurai with Tom Cruise. The Hagakure was originally written in the early 1700s over a seven year period. Dictated by Yamamoto Tsunetomo to an assistant, the book was never meant to be published, but after Tsunetomo's death the assistant published it to honor his master. Inside this ancient text are all the deep and mysterious ways of the Samurai. Page after page of topics unfold, ranging from the best way to face death to not looking foolish in a rainstorm. The Hagakure is chock full of Zen-like wisdom and maxims, and presents a revealing look at history's greatest warrior society, Japan in the age of the Samurai. Many use The Hagakure today as a guidebook on ethics, while others are awestruck by this glimpse at the Samurai's way of thinking. [via]
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Home to War : A History of the Vietnam Veterans' Movementby Gerald NicosiaISBN 0609809067 (0-609-80906-7)
Softcover, Crown Publishing Group
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In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost Warby Tobias WolffISBN 0679402179 (0-679-40217-9)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War'Book summary:In This Boy's Life Tobias Wolf created an unforgettable memoir of an American childhood. Now he gives us a precisely and sometimes pitilessly remembered account of his young manhood - a young manhood that become entangled in the tragic adventure that was Vietnam. Mordantly funny, searingly honest, In Pharoah's Army is a war memoir in the tradition of George Orwell and Michael Herr. [via]
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The Last Battleby Cornelius RyanISBN 0671541161 (0-671-54116-1)
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Living With War: A Belfast Yearby Sally BelfrageISBN 0670818119 (0-670-81811-9)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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The Long Gray Lineby Rick Atkinson, Julie RubensteinISBN 0671726749 (0-671-72674-9)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Major Problems in the History of the Vietnam War: Documents and Essaysby Robert J. McMahonISBN 061819312X (0-618-19312-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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Man-Kzin Wars Vby Larry NivenISBN 0671720082 (0-671-72008-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Man-Kzin Wars III'Book summary:The Mind Slavers are back--and only the cat-like Kzinti can save mankind now. This volume includes all-new tales of Larry Niven's Known Space--including one by Niven himself. Another blockbuster in the ongoing chronicle of humanity's greatest war. Original. [via]
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March Upcountryby David Weber, John RingoISBN 067131985X (0-671-31985-X)
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Patriots : The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sidesby Christian G. AppyISBN 067003214X (0-670-03214-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Pegasus Bridgeby Stephen AmbroseISBN 0671671561 (0-671-67156-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pegasus Bridge'Book summary:In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defense forces and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe. Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-Day, the turning point of World War II. This gripping account of it by acclaimed author Stephen Ambrose brings to life a daring mission so crucial that, had it been unsuccessful, the entire Normandy invasion might have failed. Ambrose traces each step of the preparations over many months to the minute-by-minute excitement of the hand-to-hand confrontations on the bridge. This is a story of heroism and cowardice, kindness and brutality -- the stuff of all great adventures. [via]
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Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944by Stephen E. AmbroseISBN 0671523740 (0-671-52374-0)
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Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanonby Robert FiskISBN 0671747703 (0-671-74770-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Rape of Nankingby Iris ChangISBN 0613180771 (0-613-18077-1)
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Sharpe's Companyby Bernard CornwellISBN 0670639427 (0-670-63942-7)
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Sharpe's Eagleby Bernard CornwellISBN 0670639443 (0-670-63944-3)
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Sharpe's Honourby Bernard CornwellISBN 0670803898 (0-670-80389-8)
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Sharpe's Riflesby Bernard CornwellISBN 0670822221 (0-670-82222-1)
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Sharpe's Swordby Bernard CornwellISBN 0670639419 (0-670-63941-9)
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Sharpes Goldby Bernard CornwellISBN 0670639435 (0-670-63943-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sharpes Gold'Book summary:A year after the victory at Talavera, Wellington's army, outnumbered and bankrupt, is on the verge of collapse. Its only hope lies in a cache of gold hidden in the Portuguese mountains, and the only man capable of stealing it is Captain Richard Sharpe--even if it means turning against his own side.[via]More editions of Sharpes Gold:
The Siegeby Russell BraddonISBN 0670643866 (0-670-64386-6)
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Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Parisby John KeeganISBN 0670647365 (0-670-64736-5)
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Stalingradby Anthony BeevorISBN 0670870951 (0-670-87095-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stalingrad'Book summary:Hitler made two fundamental and crippling mistakes during the Second World War. The first was his whimsical belief that the United Kingdom would eventually become his ally, which delayed his decision to launch a major invasion of Britain, whose army was unprepared for the force of blitzkrieg warfare. The second was the ill-conceived Operation Barbarossa--an invasion of Russia that was supposed to take the German army to the gates of Moscow. Antony Beevor's thoughtfully researched compendium recalls this epic struggle for Stalingrad. No-one, least of all the Germans, could foretell the deep well of Soviet resolve that would become the foundation of the Red Army; Russia, the Germans believed, would fall as swiftly as France and Poland. The ill-prepared Nazi forces were trapped in a bloody war of attrition against the Russian behemoth, which held them in the pit of Stalingrad for nearly two years. Beevor points out that the Russians were by no means ready for the war either, making their stand even more remarkable; Soviet intelligence spent as much time spying on its own forces--in fear of desertion, treachery and incompetence--as they did on the Nazis. Due attention is also given to the points of view of the soldiers and generals of both forces, from the sickening battles to life in the gulags.
Many believe Stalingrad to be the turning point of the war. The Nazi war machine proved to be fallible as it spread itself too thin for a cause that was born more from arrogance than practicality. The Germans never recovered, and its weakened defences were no match for the Allied invasion of 1944. We know little of what took place in Stalingrad or its overall significance, leading Beevor to humbly admit that "[t]he Battle of Stalingrad remains such an ideologically charged and symbolically important subject that the last word will not be heard for many years". This is true. But this gripping account should become the standard work against which all others should measure themselves. --Jeremy Storey [via]
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Stones from the Riverby Ursula HegiISBN 0671780751 (0-671-78075-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stones from the River'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, February 1997: Ursula Hegi's Stones from the River clamors for comparisons to Gunter Grass's The Tin Drum; her protagonist Trudi Montag--like the unforgettable Oskar Mazerath--is a dwarf living in Germany during the two World Wars. To its credit, Stones does not wilt from the comparison. Hegi's book has a distinctive, appealing flavor of its own. Stone's characters are off-center enough to hold your attention despite the inevitable dominance of the setting: There's Trudi's mother, who slowly goes insane living in an "earth nest" beneath the family house; Trudi's best friend Georg, whose parents dress him as the girl they always wanted; and, of course, Trudi herself, whose condition dooms her to long for an impossible normalcy. Futhermore, the reader's inevitable sympathy for Trudi, the dwarf, heightens the true grotesqueness of Nazi Germany. Stones from the River is a nightmare journey with an unforgettable guide. [via]
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Strategy of Conflictby Thomas C. SchellingISBN 0674840313 (0-674-84031-3)
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Strategy: The Logic of War and Peaceby Edward N. LuttwakISBN 0674007034 (0-674-00703-4)
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Surprise Attack: The Victim's Perspectiveby Ephraim KamISBN 0674013549 (0-674-01354-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Surprise Attack: The Victim's Perspective'Book summary:Ephraim Kam observes surprise attack through the eyes of its victim in order to understand the causes of the victim's failure to anticipate the coming of war. Emphasing the psychological aspect of warfare, Kam traces the behavior of the victim at various functional levels and from several points of view in order to examine the difficulties and mistakes that permit a nation to be taken by surprise. He argues that anticipation and prediction of a coming war are more complicated than any other issue of strategic estimation, involving such interdependent factors as analytical contradictions, judgemental biases, organizational obstacles, and political as well as military constraints.
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Tank: The Progress of Monstrous War Machineby Patrick WrightISBN 0670030708 (0-670-03070-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tank: The Progress of Monstrous War Machine'Book summary:It is the embodiment of modern war. From the boxy monstrosities that clanked over trenches and broke the stalemate of World War I to the dreaded German Panzers that extended Hitler's grasp across Europe, to the burning Iraqi hulks that marked the progress of Operation Desert Storm, the tank dominated military theory and practice throughout the twentieth century. And yet it was always far more than this-a fixation in the public mind, a curious compound of fact and fantasy.
In Tank, Patrick Wright offers an entertaining, insightful, even meditative account of this emblematic vehicle. A brilliant work of military history, this book also explores the tank as a social and cultural object. The author interweaves classic armored campaigns such as the blitzkrieg and Desert Storm with the stunning political impact of tanks in the streets of Prague in 1968 and in Tiananmen Square in 1989. He also explores how the tank became the symbol of technological futurism and unstoppable progress, as well as of totalitarian oppression.
Patrick Wright is effortlessly witty and compelling from start to finish, from an interview with legendary Israeli warrior General Israel Tal to a tour of the high-tech armor training center at Fort Knox, to discussions of songs, movies, and television images that kept the tank at the forefront of popular imagination.
"A hugely enjoyable work . . . an immensely readable, well-researched book, filled with interesting detours, unusual stories and idiosyncratic discussions relating the tank to philosophy, religion, art, politics, and even necromancy." (General Sir Michael Rose, in the Times, London) [via]More editions of Tank: The Progress of Monstrous War Machine:
Terrible Swift Swordby Bruce CattonISBN 0671619330 (0-671-61933-0)
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Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War Books Three and Fourby ThucydidesISBN 0674991214 (0-674-99121-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War Books Three and Four'Book summary:Thucydides of Athens, one of the greatest of historians, was born about 471 BCE. He saw the rise of Athens to greatness under the inspired leadership of Pericles. In 430, the second year of the Peloponnesian War, he caught and survived the horrible plague which he described so graphically. Later, as general in 423 he failed to save Amphipolis from the enemy and was disgraced. He tells about this, not in volumes of self-justification, but in one sentence of his history of the warthat it befell him to be an exile for twenty years. He then lived probably on his property in Thrace, but was able to observe both sides in certain campaigns of the war, and returned to Athens after her defeat in 404. He had been composing his famous history, with its hopes and horrors, triumphs and disasters, in full detail from first-hand knowledge of his own and others.
The war was really three conflicts with one uncertain peace after the first; and Thucydides had not unified them into one account when death came sometime before 396. His history of the first conflict, 431421, was nearly complete; Thucydides was still at work on this when the war spread to Sicily and into a conflict (415413) likewise complete in his awful and brilliant record, though not fitted into the whole. His story of the final conflict of 413404 breaks off (in the middle of a sentence) when dealing with the year 411. So his work was left unfinished and as a whole unrevised. Yet in brilliance of description and depth of insight this history has no superior.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Thucydides is in four volumes.
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Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War Books V and VIby ThucydidesISBN 0674991206 (0-674-99120-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War Books One and Two'Book summary:Thucydides of Athens, one of the greatest of historians, was born about 471 BCE. He saw the rise of Athens to greatness under the inspired leadership of Pericles. In 430, the second year of the Peloponnesian War, he caught and survived the horrible plague which he described so graphically. Later, as general in 423 he failed to save Amphipolis from the enemy and was disgraced. He tells about this, not in volumes of self-justification, but in one sentence of his history of the war-that it befell him to be an exile for twenty years. He then lived probably on his property in Thrace, but was able to observe both sides in certain campaigns of the war, and returned to Athens after her defeat in 404. He had been composing his famous history, with its hopes and horrors, triumphs and disasters, in full detail from first-hand knowledge of his own and others. The war was really three conflicts with one uncertain peace after the first; and Thucydides had not unified them into one account when death came sometime before 396. His history of the first conflict, 431-421, was nearly complete; Thucydides was still at work on this when the war spread to Sicily and into a conflict (415-413) likewise complete in his awful and brilliant record, though not fitted into the whole. His story of the final conflict of 413-404 breaks off (in the middle of a sentence) when dealing with the year 411. So his work was left unfinished and as a whole unrevised. Yet in brilliance of description and depth of insight this history has no superior. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Thucydides is in four volumes. [via]
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Total War: The Causes and Courses of the Second World Warby Peter Calvocoressi, R. John Pritchard, Guy WintISBN 0670803111 (0-670-80311-1)
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Vietnam Voices: Perspectives on the War Years, 1941-1982by John Clark PrattISBN 067074607X (0-670-74607-X)
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War and Peace in Jalemo: The Management of Conflict in Highland New Guineaby Klaus KochISBN 0674945905 (0-674-94590-5)
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War and Society in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds: Asia, the Mediterranean, Europe, and Mesoamericaby Kurt A. Raaflaub, Nathan RosensteinISBN 0674006593 (0-674-00659-3)
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War Atlas Armed Conflict Armed Peaceby Dan Smith, Kidron, Michael and Smith, DanISBN 0671472534 (0-671-47253-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'War Atlas Armed Conflict Armed Peace'Book summary:Cartographics illustrate accurate, up-to-date data on the economics, weaponry, and politics of war, the producers of armaments and their clients, and the anti-war movement [via]
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The War Atlas: Armed Conflict-Armed Peaceby Michael Kidron, Dan SmithISBN 0671472496 (0-671-47249-6)
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War in the Shadows: The Guerrilla in Historyby Robert B. AspreyISBN 0595225934 (0-595-22593-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'War in the Shadows: The Guerrilla in History'Book summary:Ranging from Alexander the Great's battles with Asiatic Scythians, through the Russian Revolution, and on up to the turmoil in the Middle East and the battle in Northern Ireland, War in the Shadows is a book of monumental sweep and singular perspective. It also contains a comprehensive and hard-hitting strategic evaluation of the Vietnam War-one of the most significant analyses of "the war that won't go away."War in the Shadows tells the story of the countries currently torn by armed insurgencies and clarifies the causes of each conflict. It provides the broad viewpoint necessary for understanding them in the historical terms of guerilla warfare. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the end of the Cold War, and a highly unstable "new world order," this brand of rebellion has never been more powerful and potentially disruptive. As the author states in his Foreword, "For a number of reasons guerilla warfare has evolved into an ideal instrument for the realization of social-political-economic aspirations of underprivileged peoples. This is so patently true as to allow one to suggest that we may be witnessing a transition to a new era in warfare, an era as radically different as those of which followed the writings of Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, Clausewitz, and Mahan."War in the Shadows is crucial to understanding the complex challenges of our new and dangerous era. [via]
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A War of Nerves: Soldiers and Psychiatrists in the Twentieth Centuryby Ben ShephardISBN 0674011198 (0-674-01119-8)
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The War Path: Hitler's Germany, 1933-1939by David John Cawdell IrvingISBN 0670749710 (0-670-74971-0)
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A War to Be Won: Fighting the Second World Warby Allan R. Millett, Williamson MurrayISBN 0674006801 (0-674-00680-1)
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The Washing of the Spears: The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation Under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879by Donald R. MorrisISBN 0671628224 (0-671-62822-4)
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Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resourceby Marq De VilliersISBN 0618127445 (0-618-12744-5)
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World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations That Changed the Course of Historyby Richard HolmesISBN 0670819670 (0-670-81967-0)
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The World Within War: America's Combat Experience in World War IIby Gerald F. LindermanISBN 0674962028 (0-674-96202-8)
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