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  • Victory at Peleliu

    The 81st Infantry Division's Pacific Campaign

    by Bobby C. Blair, John Peter DeCioccio ...
    Series series Campaigns and Commanders Series
    When the 1st Marine Division began its invasion of Peleliu in September 1944, the operation in the South Pacific was to take but four days. In fact, capturing this small coral island in the Palaus with its strategic airstrip took two months and involved some of the bloodiest fighting of the Second World War in the Pacific. Rather than the easy conquest they were led to expect, the Marines who ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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  • The Finish

    The Killing of Osama bin Laden

    by Mark Bowden ...
    New York Times bestseller: The true behind-the-scenes story of the manhunt for the 9/11 mastermind is "a page-turner" ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune).From the author of Black Hawk Down and Hue 1968, this is a gripping account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. With access to key sources, Mark Bowden takes us inside the rooms where decisions were made and on the ground where the action unfolded.After ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Alexander Hamilton's Revolution

    His Vital Role as Washington's Chief of Staff

    by Phillip Thomas Tucker ...
    Despite his less-than-promising beginnings as the only key Founding Father not born and raised on American soil, Hamilton was one of the best and brightest of his generation. His notoriety has rested almost entirely on his role as Secretary of the Treasury in Washington's administration, yet few realize that Washington and Hamilton's bond was forged during the Revolutionary War. Alexander Hamilton ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Gettysburg

    Two Eyewitness Accounts

    by Frank Haskell, William C. Oates ...
    Series series Eyewitness to the Civil War
    In this unique series the Civil War comes vividly to life. Here an eyewitness accounts--many available for the first time in decades--by generals, journalist, and ordinary foot soldiers, both blue and gray, who relive the conflict in all its terrible glory. Each volume brings you a human perspective on the war--its most decisive battles, its most remarkable personalities. Gettysburg: Two ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Verdun

    The Lost History of the Most Important Battle of World War I

    by John Mosier ...
    Alongside Waterloo and Gettysburg, the Battle of Verdun during the First World War stands as one of history’s greatest clashes. Perfect for military history buffs, this compelling account of one of World War I’s most important battles explains why it is also the most complex and misunderstood.Although British historians have always seen Verdun as a one-year battle designed by the German chief of ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • German Order of Battle

    1st–290th Infantry Divisions in WWII

    by Samuel W Mitcham ...
    Series series Stackpole Military History Series
    The first volume in this definitive reference on the German Army in WWII, covering the organization, combat histories, and commanders of each division.Military historian Samuel Mitcham is a noted expert in Germany's ground forces during the Second World War. In his three-volume German Order of Battle, he presents the most detailed and authoritative reference work on the subject to date. Mitcham's ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Samurai Sword: Spirit * Strategy * Techniques

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    by Kohshyu Yoshida ...
    The Samurai Sword is the essential illustrated guide to the Japanese way of the sword.Japan's famous samurai warriors were more than just soldiers — they were adherents to a strict code of honor who respected the deeper, spiritual meaning of the way of the sword. To the samurai, battle was sacred.This indispensable guide to theory and practice respects both the physical and spiritual aspects of ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • 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

    $21.59 CAD

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  • Coral Comes High

    by George P. Hunt ...
    Published in early 1946, George P. Hunt was a feature writer for Life Magazine before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. After the war's outbreak, he went into the Marines and got himself a commission. He had served with the 1st Marine Regiment (part of the illustrious 1st Marine Division) and went to the Pacific. He served on Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester and Peleliu. By the time he went to Peleliu ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Edge of the Sword: Israel’s War of Independence 1947-1949

    by Netanel Lorch ...
    Netanel Lorch, who fought as an officer in Jerusalem during Israel’s War of Independence and later founded the Israel Defense Forces’ Historical Section, offers a detailed military history of the years 1947-49. The book begins with the tensions of the British Mandate period in Palestine, including the international debates over proposed boundaries for the new Jewish state, and examines the chaos ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • Maritime Strategy and Sea Control

    Theory and Practice

    by Milan Vego ...
    Series series Cass Series: Naval Policy and History
    This book focuses on the key naval strategic objectives of obtaining and maintaining sea control.During times of war, sea control, or the ability of combatants to enjoy naval dominance, plays a crucial role in that side’s ability to attain overall victory. This book explains and analyzes in much greater detail sea control in all its complexities, and describes the main methods of obtaining and ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • Anti-Access Warfare

    Countering A2/AD Strategies

    by Sam J Tangredi USN (Ret.) ...
    This is the first book to examine the concept of anti-access and area denial warfare, providing a definitive introduction to both conceptual theories and historical examples of this strategy. Also referred to by the acronym "A2/AD," anti-access warfare has been identified in American strategic planning as the most likely strategy to be employed by the People's Republic of China or by the Islamic ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD