Showing posts with label Military. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Military. Show all posts

Thursday, 22 December 2016

God Strong By Sara Horn


God Strong
Title : God Strong
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ISBN : 0310294029
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 238




Currently, than one million military wives care for their families and their homes, often while their husbands are deployed out of state or overseas for months at a time These women can experience a roller coaster of emotions including disappointment, loneliness, and fear.Sara Horn, the wife of a navy reservist, understands the challenges these women face She knows Currently, than one million military wives care for their families and their homes, often while their husbands are deployed out of...

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Wednesday, 14 December 2016

We Were One By Patrick K. O'Donnell


We Were One
Title : We Were One
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ISBN : 0306814692
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 280




The platoon included four pairs of best friends Each of the four would lose a best friend forever.Five months after being deployed to Iraq, Lima Company s 1st Platoon found itself in Fallujah, embroiled in some of the most intense house to house, hand to hand combat since World War II Civilians were used as human shields or as bait to lure soldiers into buildings rigged The platoon included four pairs of best friends Each of the four would lose a best friend forever.Five months after being ...

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Sunday, 27 November 2016

The Amazon Legion By Tom Kratman


The Amazon Legion
Title : The Amazon Legion
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ISBN : 1451638132
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 624




4 in former U.S Army Lieutenant Colonel Tom Kratman s popular and relentlessly hard hitting Carrera s Legion military science fiction series With male soldiers lured away, the planet Terra Nova raises a tough and gritty home guard of women warriors to repel an invasion.The ruthless freedom fighter and liberator of Terra Nova, Patrick Carrera, believed he could rest with 4 in former U.S Army Lieutenant Colonel Tom Kratman s popular and relentlessly hard hitting Carrera s Legion military science fiction ser...

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Tuesday, 1 November 2016

The Face of Battle By John Keegan


The Face of Battle
Title : The Face of Battle
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ISBN : 0140048979
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 365




Military historian John Keegan s groundbreaking analysis of combat and warfareThe Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield a look at the direct experience of individuals at the point of maximum danger Without the myth making elements of rhetoric and xenophobia, and breaking away from the stylized format of battle descriptions, John Keegan has written wha Military historian John Keegan s groundbreaking analysis of combat and warfareThe Face of Battle is military history from the ba...

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Wednesday, 10 August 2016

The United States Marines By Edwin Howard Simmons


The United States Marines
Title : The United States Marines
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ISBN : 1557508682
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 404




Since its somewhat confused beginnings in November 1775 when the Second Continental Congress almost absentmindedly authorized two battalions of American marines, the U.S Marine Corps has participated in all the nation s wars from the American Revolution through Desert Storm This compact yet complete study focuses on the big wars but never slights events in between the l Since its somewhat confused beginnings in November 1775 when the Second Continental Congress almost absentmindedly authorized t...

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Monday, 1 August 2016

A Message to Garcia By Elbert Hubbard


A Message to Garcia
Title : A Message to Garcia
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ISBN : 159986942X
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 48




Before becoming the basis for two motion pictures, A Message to Garcia was written as an inspirational essay by Elbert Hubbard This popular work is about a soldier who takes the initiative to accomplish a daunting and difficult task without questions or objections and graciously accomplishes the task Often used in business and life as a motivational example to readers of Before becoming the basis for two motion pictures, A Message to Garcia was written as an inspirational essay by Elbert Hubbard This popu...

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Saturday, 7 May 2016

Decent Interval By Frank Snepp


Decent Interval
Title : Decent Interval
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ISBN : 0700612130
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 616




Widely regarded as a classic on the Vietnam War, Decent Interval provides a scathing critique of the CIA s role in and final departure from that conflict Still the most detailed and respected account of America s final days in Vietnam, the book was written at great risk and ultimately at great sacrifice by an author who believed in the CIA s cause but was disillusioned by Widely regarded as a classic on the Vietnam War, Decent Interval provides a scathing critique of the CIA s role in and final ...

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Wednesday, 6 April 2016

McCoy's Marines By John Koopman


McCoy's Marines
Title : McCoy's Marines
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ISBN : 0760320888
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 288




They were the soldiers who pulled down the statue of Saddam Hussein the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, led by Lt Col Bryan P McCoy radio call sign Darkside And this is the story of their war, seen from the inside by the reporter they called Paperboy From the build up in Kuwait to the first push into Basra, from the briefings to the heat of battles planned or They were the soldiers who pulled down the statue of Saddam Hussein the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, led by Lt Col Bryan P McCo...

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Thursday, 3 March 2016

Bombing to Win By Robert A. Pape


Bombing to Win
Title : Bombing to Win
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ISBN : 0801483115
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 366




From Iraq to Bosnia to North Korea, the first question in American foreign policy debates is increasingly Can air power alone do the job Robert A Pape provides a systematic answer Analyzing the results of over thirty air campaigns, including a detailed reconstruction of the Gulf War, he argues that the key to success is attacking the enemy s military strategy, not its From Iraq to Bosnia to North Korea, the first question in American foreign policy debates is increasingly Can air power alone do the job Ro...

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Thursday, 14 January 2016

Marlborough By Winston S. Churchill


Marlborough
Title : Marlborough
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ISBN : 0226106357
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 1080




It is my hope to recall this great shade from the past, and not only invest him with his panoply, but make him living and intimate to modern eyes from the preface to Volume OneJohn Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough 1644 1722 , was one of the greatest military commanders and statesmen in the history of England Victorious in the Battles of Blenheim 1704 , Ramillies 1 It is my hope to recall this great shade from the past, and not only invest him with his panoply, but make him living and intimate to modern ...

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Thursday, 24 December 2015

Stalingrad to Berlin By Earl F. Ziemke


Stalingrad to Berlin
Title : Stalingrad to Berlin
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ISBN : 1410204146
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 564




This major study of the Soviet German conflict in World War II has enjoyed an outstanding reputation among those interested in military history and in such areas as the development of Soviet command skills and the exigencies of total land war across a huge front.Save for the introduction of nuclear weapons, the Soviet victory over Germany was the most fateful development o This major study of the Soviet German conflict in World War II has enjoyed an outstanding reputation among those interested ...

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Saturday, 5 September 2015

The River War By Winston S. Churchill


The River War
Title : The River War
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ISBN : 1598184253
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages :




Here Sir Winston S Churchill the same man who would go on to lead the free world through its darkest hours during the second world war tells the tale of the Anglo Egyptian reconquest of the Sudan It isn t just an account of the battles and the politics it s the story of the destiny of the people of the region Churchill with his powerful insight tells how the war Here Sir Winston S Churchill the same man who would go on to lead the free world through its darkest hours during the second world war ...

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Thursday, 3 September 2015

Chosen Soldier By Dick Couch


Chosen Soldier
Title : Chosen Soldier
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ISBN : 0307339386
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 416




IN combating terror, America can no longer depend on its conventional military superiority and the use of sophisticated technology We are fighting guerrilla wars, against insurgents hidden in remote regions, often deep among the local population In battles such as these, squadrons of billion dollar bombers and naval fleets mean much less than on the ground intelligence a IN combating terror, America can no longer depend on its conventional military superiority and the use of sophisticated technology We ar...

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Thursday, 14 May 2015

I'm Staying With My Boys... By Jim Proser


I'm Staying With My Boys...
Title : I'm Staying With My Boys...
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ISBN : 0975546104
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 331




I M STAYING WITH MY BOYS is a first hand look inside the life of one of the greatest heroes of the Greatest Generation

Sgt John Basilone was lauded by General Douglas MacArthur as a one man Army , awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on Guadalcanal and celebrated by the nation

It was the turning point of the war and Basilone s foxhole was the site of t

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Wednesday, 18 March 2015

Noble Warrior By James E. Livingston


Noble Warrior
Title : Noble Warrior
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ISBN : 0760338078
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 272




New addition to the Commandant of the Marine Reading List, 2011 Major General James E Livingston received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his role as an infantry company commander at Dai Do, Vietnam, during a three day grinding battle of attrition in which the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, numbering only 800 men, victoriously battled 10,000 or NVA His New addition to the Commandant of the Marine Reading List, 2011 Major General James E Livingston received the Congressional Medal of H...

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Thursday, 12 March 2015

On Guerrilla Warfare By Mao Tse-tung


On Guerrilla Warfare
Title : On Guerrilla Warfare
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ISBN : 0252068920
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 128




One of the most influential documents of our time, Mao Tse tung s pamphlet on guerrilla warfare has become the basic textbook for waging revolution in underdeveloped and emergent areas throughout the world This book analyzes the nature and conduct of guerrilla warfare, and considers its implications for American policy....

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Monday, 23 February 2015

The Battle for History By John Keegan


The Battle for History
Title : The Battle for History
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ISBN : 0712673601
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 128




Although 50 years have passed since the end of World War II, there has as yet been no definitive history of that conflict Existing histories have raised as many questions as they answer Did Roosevelt have foreknowledge of the attack on Pearl Harbour Could the Allies have invaded France before 1944 Might bombing the Auschwitz railway have impeded the course of the Holoc Although 50 years have passed since the end of World War II, there has as yet been no definitive history of that conflict Existing histori...

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