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  • Managing U.S. Nuclear Operations in the 21st Century

    Edited by Charles Glaser, Austin Long, Brian Radzinsky ...
    Exploring how the United States manages its still-powerful nuclear arsenalArms control agreements and the end of the Cold War have made the prospect of nuclear war a distant fear for the general public. But the United States and its principal rivals—China and Russia—still maintain sizable arsenals of nuclear weapons, along with the systems for managing them and using them if that terrible day ever ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • The Soul of Armies

    Counterinsurgency Doctrine and Military Culture in the US and UK

    by Austin Long ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
    For both the United States and United Kingdom counterinsurgency was a serious component of security policy during the Cold War and, along with counterterrorism, has been the greatest security challenge after September 11, 2001. In The Soul of Armies, Austin Long compares and contrasts counterinsurgency operations during the Cold War and in recent years by three organizations: the US Army, the US ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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  • The Miracle of Dunkirk

    The True Story of Operation Dynamo

    by Walter Lord ...
    Stranded on the beach with the Nazis closing in, the British army managed one of the most unlikely maneuvers in modern military historyIn May of 1940, the remnants of the French and British armies, broken by Hitler’s blitzkrieg, retreated to Dunkirk. Hemmed in by overwhelming Nazi strength, the 338,000 men who gathered on that beach were all that stood between Hitler and Western Europe. Crush them ... Read more

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  • What It Is Like to Go to War

    by Karl Marlantes ...
    "A precisely crafted and bracingly honest" memoir of war and its aftershocks from the New York Times–bestselling author of Matterhorn ( The Atlantic).In 1968, at the age of twenty-three, Karl Marlantes was dropped into the highland jungle of Vietnam, an inexperienced lieutenant in command of forty Marines who would live or die by his decisions. In his thirteen-month tour he saw intense combat, ... Read more

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  • Pegasus Bridge

    by Stephen E. Ambrose ...
    From the bestselling author of Band of Brothers, a detailed and captivating account of the critical fight for Pegasus Bridge that shaped the outcome of the Normandy landings.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, ... Read more

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  • Small Unit Leadership

    A Commonsense Approach

    by Dandridge M. Malone ...
    What does it take to get the job done? How do you get the men in your unit to do what you say? To follow you into battle and shoot to kill? How you build the confidence that spurs men on to do their job, to stand by their leader and each other?Praise for Small Unit Leadership“Identifies in very specific terms what company grade officers and non-commissioned officers (NCOs) must do to ensure ... Read more

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  • Operation Thunderhead

    The True Story of Vietnam's Final POW Rescue Mission--and the last NAVY Seal Killed in Country

    by Kevin Dockery ...
    The incredible true story of a top secret mission to resuce POWs in Vietnam.In the last year of the Vietnam conflict, even as American troops were leaving for home, there were still those fighting for their lives: prisoners of war being held in the Communist north. There were two operations launched to rescue the POWs. One—the legendary Son Tay Raid—was revealed to the public. The other was ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Ninja Defense

    A Modern Master's Approach to Universal Dangers (Downloadable Media Included)

    by Stephen K. Hayes ...
    Master the Japanese martial art of ninjutsu with this illustrated, informative guide.In The Ninja Defense, the classic art of the ninja is updated for maximum effectiveness in modern day situations. Stephen K. Hayes is a Black Belt Hall of Fame member, founder of To-Shin Do, and acknowledged "Father of American Ninjutsu." He has distilled and refined the knowledge he has built studying and ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Battle of Anzio

    by T. R. Fehrenbach ...
    A major turning point of WWII: The incredible true story of Allied forces who held a strip of Italian beach against Nazi bombardment.The Battle of Anzio was among the most bloody of the World War II conflicts. T. R. Fehrenbach's accurate account stunningly depicts the reality of the Allied forces' fight for survival on an Italian beach as they stormed what Winston Churchill called the soft ... Read more

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  • Shogun

    The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu

    by A. L. Sadler ...
    Series series Tuttle Classics
    Uncover the true history behind the critically acclaimed FX/Hulu series "SHOGUN" in this epic biography of the man who unified Medieval Japan.For 700 years, Japan was ruled by military commanders who waged war against one another incessantly. Shogun tells the fascinating story of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the man who finally unified and brought lasting peace to the nation. He established a new central ... Read more

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  • Saipan & Tinian 1944

    Piercing the Japanese Empire

    by Gordon L. Rottman ...
    Series Book 137 - Campaign
    An in-depth examination of the United States' invasion of two Pacific islands, featuring a variety of illustrations throughout.The 1944 invasion of Saipan was the first two-division amphibious assault conducted by US forces in World War II. Saipan and Tinian had been under Japanese control since 1914 and, heavily colonized, they were considered virtually part of the Empire.The struggle for Saipan ... Read more

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  • The Allure of Battle

    A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost

    by Cathal Nolan ...
    History has tended to measure war's winners and losers in terms of its major engagements, battles in which the result was so clear-cut that they could be considered "decisive." Cannae, Konigsberg, Austerlitz, Midway, Agincourt-all resonate in the literature of war and in our imaginations as tide-turning. But these legendary battles may or may not have determined the final outcome of the wars in ... Read more

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