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Great Generals eBook Series

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  • LeMay: A Biography

    Series series Great Generals
    A close look at the controversial command and strategies of the Air Force Chief of Staff, Curtis LeMay--a terrifying, complex, and brilliant general.In World War II, LeMay ordered the firebombing of Tokyo and was in charge when Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was responsible for tens of thousands of civilian deaths--a fact he liked to celebrate by smoking Cuban cigars. But ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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  • The Fleet at Flood Tide

    America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The extraordinary true story of the World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its strength and marked the rise of the United States as a global superpower, from the acclaimed author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors—with original maps and more than 120 dramatic photographs“A masterful, fresh account of the latter days of ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Carrier

    by Tom Clancy ...
    Series Book 6 - Tom Clancy's Military Referenc
    They are floating cities with crews of thousands. They are the linchpins of any military strategy, for they provide what has become the key to every battle fought since World War I: air superiority. The mere presence of a U.S. naval carrier in a region is an automatic display of strength that sends a message no potential enemy can ignore. Now, Tom Clancy welcomes you aboard for a detailed look at ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Generals

    American Military Command from World War II to Today

    **A New York Times bestseller!An epic history of the decline of American military leadership—from the bestselling author of Fiasco and Churchill and Orwell.**While history has been kind to the American generals of World War II—Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley—it has been less kind to the generals of the wars that followed, such as Koster, Franks, Sanchez, and Petraeus. In The Generals, ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Whirlwind

    The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945

    WHIRLWIND is the first book to tell the complete, awe-inspiring story of the Allied air war against Japan—the most important strategic bombing campaign inhistory. From the audacious Doolittle raid in 1942 to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, award-winning historian Barrett Tillman recounts the saga from the perspectives of American and British aircrews who flew unprecedented ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • 15 Minutes

    General Curtis LeMay and the Countdown to Nuclear Annihilation

    Packed with startling revelations, this inside look at the secret side of the Cold War exposes just how close America came to total annihilation."With access to newly declassified documents, Keeney delivers a jolting year-by-year history of SAC's transformation into a massive worldwide force primed to launch bombers within 15 minutes of the order." — Publishers WeeklyOne of the most detailed ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Marine

    A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit

    by Tom Clancy ...
    Series Book 4 - Tom Clancy's Military Referenc
    An in-depth look at the United States Marine Corps-in the New York Times bestselling tradition of Submarine, Armored Cav, and Fighter WingOnly the best of the best can be Marines. And only Tom Clancy can tell their story--thefascinating real-life facts more compelling than any fiction. Clancy presents a uniqueinsider's look at the most hallowed branch of the Armed Forces, and the men and women... ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Blood Warriors

    American Military Elites

    Rangers, Green Berets, SEALs, Delta Force, LRRPs, Force Recon—and the struggle of the best and the bravest to keep America freeThey’re some of the toughest and most highly trained fighting men in the world—going where no ordinary soldier would go and doing what no ordinary soldier would dare. Outnumbered and outgunned, operating in small teams of five or six-deep in enemy territory far from help, ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Above the Reich

    Deadly Dogfights, Blistering Bombing Raids, and Other War Stories from the Greatest American Air Heroes of World War II, in Their Own Words

    Sensational eyewitness accounts from the most heroic and legendary American aviators of World War II, never before published as a bookThey are voices lost to time. Beginning in the late 1970s, five veteran airmen sat for private interviews. Decades after the guns fell silent, they recounted in vivid detail the most dangerous missions that made the difference in the war. Ed Haydon dueled with the ... Read more

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  • Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carriers

    by Brad Elward ...
    Series Book 174 - New Vanguard
    The stats and numbers that surround the Nimitz class are simply staggering.They cost billions of dollars, are over 300 meters long, 40 meters wide, displace over 100,000 tons, can carry up to 85 aircraft, can operate for 20 years without refueling and carry over 5,000 people.A history of the world's largest aircraft carriers, with runways over 300 meters long, this book looks at the development ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD

  • Brute

    The Life of Victor Krulak, U.S. Marine

    by Robert Coram ...
    The author of American Patriot details the life of an innovative U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.From the earliest days of his thirty-four-year military career, Victor "Brute" Krulak displayed a remarkable facility for applying creative ways of fighting to the Marine Corps. He went on daring spy missions, was badly wounded, pioneered the use of ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Hornet

    The Inside Story of the F/A-18

    by Orr Kelly ...
    The fascinating true story of the controversial development and deployment of the supersonic fighter jet that changed aerial warfare foreverThe McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet was born in 1978, a state-of-the-art supersonic fighter and attack aircraft with a top speed of Mach 1.8, more than one thousand miles per hour. It was versatile, fast, and reliable, and no war machine in the air could match ... Read more

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