Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
3.64
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
“Extraordinary.… A feast of history, an expert tour through thousands of years of war and conquest.…
Want to Read $ 9.99"With only rare exceptions, history shows that while strategy and bravery can win a battle, the frontiers of science and technology must be exploited to win a war."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
"America may be losing a competitive edge in many enterprises, from cars to space, riffed National Public Radio host Scott Simon in the summer of 2010, "but as long as we can devise a five-bladed, mineral-oil-saturated razor, we face the future well-shaved."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
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1. About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior
By: Ward Just , David H. Hackworth , Julie Sherman
4.36
Format: 875 pages, Hardcover
Called “everything a twentieth century war memoir could possibly be” by The New York Times, this na… read more
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2. Sniper One: The Blistering True Story Of A British Battle Group Under Siege
By: Dan Mills
4.29
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
Sniper One is the gritty, awe-inspiring true story that takes you right into the heart of the Iraq … read more
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3. Gods of War (Sherlock Holmes)
By: James Lovegrove
3.82
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
1913. The clouds of war are gathering and Europe is in turmoil. A body is discovered on the shore b… read more
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4. Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II
By: Mitchell Zuckoff
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
#1 New York Times bestseller! Frozen in Timeis a gripping true story of survival, bravery, and hono… read more
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5. 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
By: Roger Crowley
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Now in trade paperback, a gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to … read more
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6. The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
By: Dominic Hoffman , Steve Sheinkin
4.35
Format: None pages, Audio CD
An astonishing civil rights story from Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Steve … read more
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7. American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964
By: William Manchester
4.11
Format: None pages, Hardcover
MacArthur, the public figure, the private man, the soldier-hero whose mystery and appeal created a … read more
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8. Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit
By: Eric L. Haney
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
Now the inspiration for the CBS Television drama, "The Unit." Delta Force. They are the U.S. Army's… read more
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9. The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL
By: Eric Greitens
2.92
Format: None pages, Hardcover
THE HEART AND THE FIST shares one man's story of extraordinary leadership and service as both a hum… read more
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10. A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
By: Robert Olen Butler
3.68
Format: None pages,
Robert Olen Butler's lyrical and poignant collection of stories about the aftermath of the Vietnam … read more
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11. Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam
By: Cynthia Kadohata
4.08
Format: 176 pages,
CRACKER IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S MOST VALUABLE WEAPONS: a German shepherd trained to snif… read more
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12. Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.21
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Area 51 is the most famous military installation in the world--& it doesn't exist. Located 75 miles… read more
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13. In the Company of Heroes: The Personal Story Behind Black Hawk Down
By: Michael J. Durant , Steven Hartov
3.53
Format: 349 pages,
Piloting a U.S. Army Special Operations Blackhawk over Somalia, Michael Durant was shot down with a… read more
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14. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.29
Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
This book covers the things I was forced to leave out of "A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume O… read more
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15. Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway
By: Dale A. Jenkins
4.30
Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition
WAS THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR INEVITABLE? It’s November 1941. Japan and the US are te… read more
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"During the Fireside Chats, half the country tuned in on their radios, and it was said that on hot summer nights when people had their windows open, one could walk through the residential downtown of …"-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway
"Roosevelt was a genius at mass communications, and his speechwriters deferred to his reviews of their drafts, not so much because he was the president, but because when a text required the perfect wo…"-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway
"In 1941, as the United States faced the threat of another horrific war, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was leading the nation from a wheelchair. Struck down by polio at age thirty-nine, he rehabilit…"-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway
"Back in Washington, alone in the late afternoon of December 7, a chastened Franklin Roosevelt considered the situation. He may have wondered how things had gone so terribly wrong. But what might ha…"-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway
16. Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
By: K.G.E. Konkel
4.32
Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition
The Second World War was fought not only on the front lines but also in secrets, some of which have… read more
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"The terrified men did not move. Then Nadia Fedin did something instinctive; she drew her Nagant revolver and fired three short bursts into the head of the nearest soldier. Stepan Ivanovich’s skull bu…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
"Outside, beyond the vast red bricked labyrinth of Kremlin walls, a humid night ensnarled the Soviet capital in its spell. Yet here in the womb-like private cinema Josef Stalin sat, eyes transfixed on…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
"Fedin laughed outright, a grim, calculating gesture as hard and unfeeling as cold steel. “Twenty million Russians have been slaughtered by the Fascists in the last six years..... Always remember this…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
"They came for him near midnight, seven hard-faced men arriving simultaneously in a matching set of Zis 101s, the black-lacquered saloon car so shamelessly modeled on the American Buick Roadmaster, an…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
17. American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump
By: Tim Alberta
4.17
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
Politico Magazine’s chief political correspondent provides a rollicking insider’s look at the makin… read more
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18. Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
3.64
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
“Extraordinary.… A feast of history, an expert tour through thousands of years of war and conquest.… read more
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- war
- nonfiction
- astronomy
- space
- physics
- audiobook
"With only rare exceptions, history shows that while strategy and bravery can win a battle, the frontiers of science and technology must be exploited to win a war."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
"America may be losing a competitive edge in many enterprises, from cars to space, riffed National Public Radio host Scott Simon in the summer of 2010, "but as long as we can devise a five-bladed, min…"-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
19. The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare
By: Christian Brose
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For generations of Americans, our country has been the world's dominant military power. How the US … read more
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"Defense companies spent less money on research and development and more on armies of lawyers, lobbyists, accountants, and consultants to help them comply with the Pentagon's growing acquisition burea…"-Christian Brose, The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare
"These were the very same systems that Marshall wrote in 1992 would be "progressively less central to military operations" because they would become large, vulnerable targets as US adversaries develop…"-Christian Brose, The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare
20. When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach
By: Ashlee Vance
4.26
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
An Instant New York Times Bestseller A momentous look at the private companies building a revolu… read more
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21. Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
By: Alan Stern
4.36
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Alan Stern and David Grinspoon take us behind the scenes of the science, politics, egos, and public… read more
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"When word of the astronomers’ vote in Prague reached the New Horizons team, reactions ranged from indifferent (“Who cares what astronomers think? They’re not the experts in this."-Alan Stern, Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
"The people who created this amazing mission of exploration chased their new horizons hard; they never let go of their dream; they put everything they had into it; and eventually they chased it down a…"-Alan Stern, Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
"No doubt, there was something that drew people to this particular launch—a sense of something epochal, a passing of the torch from Voyager to a new generation of explorers who had been inspired by Vo…"-Alan Stern, Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
"They had done it! Against all the struggles, doubts, and naysayers of the past 17 years, a spaceship had left Earth that day on its way to explore the Pluto system. With it rode the hopes of its team…"-Alan Stern, Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
