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“richard e killblane”

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  • Convoy Ambush Case Studies

    by Richard E. Killblane ...
    When the enemy adopts a policy to attack convoys, truck drivers become front line troops. Convoy commanders must then become tacticians. How to study war? The student of tactics studies previous fights and mentally places himself in the position of the participants. Knowing what they knew, how would he have reacted? In hind sight, what was the best course of action, remembering that there is no ... Read more

    $3.48 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Delivering Victory

    The History of U.S. Military Transportation

    by Richard E. Killblane ...
    While there are many books on logistics which understand the concept of service and supply, none understand the important role of transportation in synchronizing logistics. Delivering Victory: The History of U.S. Military Transportation covers the evolution of military transportation in the U.S. Armed Forces from the Spanish American War until the recent humanitarian missions to Haiti and West ... Read more

    $158.99 CAD

  • They Were the Rough Riders

    Inside Theodore Roosevelt's Famed Cavalry Regiment

    by Richard E. Killblane ...
    After just four weeks of training, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders--a regiment of cowboys recruited into the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry--fought in Cuba during the Spanish-American War with the skill of seasoned regulars. The unit reflected the future president's character as a wealthy Ivy Leaguer who went west to experience frontier life. Most of the Rough Riders were seasoned cowhands ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

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    Grierson's Raid, The Bold Cavaliers, and The Galvanized Yankees

    by Dee Brown ...
    Three true tales of Civil War combat, as recounted by the #1 New York Times –bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee .The acclaimed historian of the American West turns his attention to the country's bloody civil conflict, chronicling the exploits of extraordinary soldiers who served in unexpected ways at a pivotal moment in the nation's history.Grierson'... ... Read more

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  • War of 1812 Land Battles

    by Ronald T. Campbell ...
    Two hundred years later, the War of 1812 has been mostly forgotten. When the United States declared war on England, both sides were unprepared for battle. American troops outnumbered British forces by two-to-one; however, they were led by inexperienced politicians and aging Revolutionary War heroes. Two years later, young and bold U.S. commanders faced hardened veterans of the Napoleonic Wars in ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bugles, Boots, and Saddles

    Exploits of the U.S. Cavalry

    Edited by Stephen Brennan ...
    A history of America’s military on horseback.For three thousand years, the horse soldier has played a key role in both war fighting and in peace keeping all over the world, not only as a highly mobile strike force in battle but also as an instrument of reconnaissance and occupation, exploration, and irregular warfare.The American tradition of the mounted warrior is a proud one. But in the first ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Those Damned Black Hats!

    The Iron Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign

    by Lance J. Herdegen ...
    WINNER FOR OPERATIONAL / BATTLE HISTORY, 2008, ARMY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION DISTINGUISHED BOOK AWARDThe Iron Brigade--an all-Western outfit famously branded as The Iron Brigade of the West--served out their enlistments entirely in the Eastern Theater. Hardy men were these soldiers from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan, who waged war beneath their unique black Hardee Hats on many fields, from Brawner ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rough Riders

    Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge Up San Juan Hill

    by Mark Lee Gardner ...
    THE AWARD-WINNING, NEW DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND THE ROUGH RIDERS"Thrilling. ... A CLASSIC." —True WestWINNER: Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award; New Mexico-Arizona Book Award; and Colorado Book AwardThe now-legendary Rough Riders were a volunteer regiment recruited in 1898 to help drive the Spaniards out of Cuba. Drawn from America’s southwestern territories ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Remains of Company D

    A Story of the Great War

    by James Carl Nelson ...
    A combat narrative of suffering and heroism and a rare eye-level account of World War I—"One of the best. Nelson is an excellent stylist . . .he knows how to tell a story with a capital 'S.'" — Star Tribune"[Never before] has an American nonfiction writer reached into history and produced a testament of young men in terrible battle with the stateliness, the mastery of cadence, the truthfulness, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

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  • Indian War Veterans

    Memories of Army Life and Campaigns in the West, 1864–1898

    by Jerome A. Greene ...
    The decades-long military campaign for the American West is an endlessly fascinating topic, and award-winning author Jerome A. Greene adds substantially to this genre with Indian War Veterans: Memories of Army Life and Campaigns in the West, 1864-1898. Greene's study presents the first comprehensive collection of veteran (primarily former enlisted soldiers') reminiscences. The vast majority of ... Read more

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  • The Last Full Measure

    The Life and Death of the First Minnesota Volunteers

    by Richard Moe ...
    Since its publication, Richard Moe's The Last Full Measure has garnered a reputation as the definitive history of the First Minnesota Regiment and one of a handful of classic regimental histories of the Civil War.The First Minnesota Volunteers, the first regiment offered to President Lincoln after the fall of Fort Sumter, served in virtually every major battle fought in the eastern theater during ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Iron Brigade in Civil War and Memory

    The Black Hats from Bull Run to Appomattox and Thereafter

    by Lance J. Herdegen ...
    Why another book on the Iron Brigade? Because this is really the first book on this storied outfit—and it could not have been written without the lifetime of study undertaken by award-winning author Lance J. Herdegen. More than a standard military account, Herdegen’s latest puts flesh and faces on the men who sat around the campfires, marched through mud and snow and dust, fought to put down the ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus