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  • Finding My Pole Star

    Memoir of an American hero’s life of faithful military service and as an active business and community leader

    by Major General James Dozier ...
    December 17, 2021, marks the 40th anniversary of the kidnapping of then Brigadier General James Lee Dozier in Verona, Italy by Red Brigade terrorists. Dozier was held captive for 42 days before being rescued by a special operations team—a news story that made front-page headlines around the world. At the moment news of his rescue broke, everyone was asking: How did he manage to survive this?The ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Celer et Audax — A Sketch of the Services of the 5th Battalion, 60th Regiment (Rifles)

    by Major-General Gibbes Rigaud ...
    During the Peninsular War, the services of the 95th Rifles led to fame and frequent mentions in despatches as their united battalions in the Light Division fought with distinction. No less of a band of skirmishers were the 5th Batt. 60th Rifles, the eyes and ears of the other divisions; why they did not receive the same plaudits as their brother riflemen of the 95th is one of the injustices of the ... Read more

    $1.38 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Last Four Months; How the War Was Won [Illustrated Edition]

    by Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice ...
    Includes the First World War Illustrations Pack – 73 battle plans and diagrams and 198 photosThe epic story of the last campaign of the Allied armies that shattered the German Army on the Western Front in 1918 bringing the First World War to a close. Renowned military writer Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice brings together the stories of the victorious armies who advanced from the Belgian ... Read more

    $4.18 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson Bart., G.C.B., D.S.O. — His Life And Diaries Vol. I

    by Major-General Sir Charles E. Calwell ...
    Series series Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson Bart., G.C.B., D.S.O. — His Life And Diaries
    the First World War, who was a passionate "Westerner" and advocate of the Anglo-French alliance. Major-General C. E. Callwell recounts the story of the outspoken, opinionated and well connected Field Marshal using extensive quotes from his diary, often dripping with acerbic wit, in the greatest of detail."Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, an Irishman who in June 1922 was assassinated on his doorstep ... Read more

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  • Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson Bart., G.C.B., D.S.O. — His Life And Diaries Vol. II

    by Major-General Sir Charles E. Calwell ...
    Series series Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson Bart., G.C.B., D.S.O. — His Life And Diaries
    These two volumes form the official biography of Sir Henry Wilson, a key figure in the British Army during the First World War, who was a passionate "Westerner" and advocate of the Anglo-French alliance. Major-General C. E. Callwell recounts the story of the outspoken, opinionated and well connected Field Marshal using extensive quotes from his diary, often dripping with acerbic wit, in the ... Read more

    $6.98 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Life and Correspondence of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, Interspersed with Notices of the Celebrated Indian Chief, Tecumseh (1845)

    by Major-General Sir Isaac Brock ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB (6 October 1769 13 October 1812) was a British Army officer and administrator. Brock was assigned to Canada in 1802. Despite facing desertions and near-mutinies, he commanded his regiment in Upper Canada (present-day Ontario) successfully for many years. He was promoted to major general, and became responsible for defending Upper Canada ... Read more

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  • War is a Racket (The Profit That Fuels Warfare)

    The Anti-war Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

    by Major General Smedley D. Butler ...
    War Is a Racket is written by the most decorated American soldier in U.S. history, Major General Smedley D. Butler. Butler frankly discusses from his experience as a career military officer how business interests commercially start and benefit from warfare. After his retirement from the Marine Corps, Gen. Butler made a nationwide tour giving his speech "War is a Racket". The speech was so well ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Operation Medusa

    The Furious Battle That Saved Afghanistan from the Taliban

    by Major General David Fraser, Brian Hanington ...
    From the Canadian in charge of the joint military command in Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, this is the real on-the-ground story of one of NATO's bloodiest, most decisive and misunderstood operations: The battle of Panjwayi, the defining moment of "Operation Medusa."In the summer of 2006, David Fraser was the Canadian general in charge of NATO's Regional Command South, a territory spanning six ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Desert Warfare: German Experiences In World War II [Illustrated Edition]

    by Major General Alfred Toppe ...
    Includes 112 photos/illustrations and 21 maps.The German Afrika Korps blazed a trail across the deserts of North Africa under their dashing leader Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox, although finally defeated by far superior Allied Forces they set the gold standard for desert operations. This book is of great historical value and even in the present day it is still considered of great value by the ... Read more

    $2.78 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Infantry Brigadier

    by Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger KBE CB DSO & Bar ...
    Contains numerous Illustrations and MapsMajor-General Howard "Kip" Kippenberger still stands as one of the most famous soldiers ever produced by New Zealand. He saw the brutal slaughter of the First World War as an officer of the NZEF before being seriously wounded in 1916. Following the outbreak of the Second World War, "Kip" was appointed commander of the 20th Battalion of the newly re ... Read more

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  • Vietnam Studies - U.S. Army Special Forces 1961-1971

    by Colonel Francis John Kelly ...
    Includes 6 Maps, 25 photo illustrations, 10 Charts and 8 Tables."As long ago as 1957, U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers were in the Republic of Vietnam, going about their business of training, advising, and assisting members of the Vietnamese Army. Despite the old Army witticism about never volunteering for anything, the Special Forces soldier is, in fact, a double volunteer, having first ... Read more

    $2.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Detailed Account Of The Battle Of Austerlitz

    by Major-General Karl von Stutterheim ...
    Translated by Major John Pine-Coffin ...
    A first-hand account by one of the participants in the epoch shaping battle of Austerlitz, in December 1805. Accounted by many to be Napoleon's finest victory, this account is alleged to contain his own commentaries in the text by Major-General von Stutterheim. Von Stutterheim's text is balanced and free from bias despite being written by a serving member of the Austrian military. Added to the ... Read more

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