An Unknown Future and a Doubtful Present: Writing the Victory Plan of 1941 (American Forces in Action)
By: Charles E. Kirkpatrick
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Format: 170 pages, Paperback
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2. A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
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4.21
Format: 635 pages, Paperback
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3. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
By: Erik Larson
4.00
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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4. Gallipoli: Command Under Fire (General Military)
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4.06
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5. Thinking, Fast and Slow
By: Daniel Kahneman
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6. A Bell for Adano
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3.93
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An Italian-American major in World War II wins the love and admiration of the local townspeople whe… read more
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7. The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War
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3.64
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8. The Source
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4.26
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9. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
By: Mortimer J. Adler , Charles van Doren
3.98
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How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. I… read more
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10. Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence
By: John Ferling
4.02
Format: 293 pages,
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12. The Battle for the Falklands
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4.08
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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13. The Blitzkrieg Legend: The 1940 Campaign in the West
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14. Defeat Into Victory: Battling Japan in Burma and India, 1942-1945
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4.35
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4.14
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17. An Unknown Future and a Doubtful Present: Writing the Victory Plan of 1941 (American Forces in Action)
By: Charles E. Kirkpatrick
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21. Battle Tactics of the Western Front: The British Army`s Art of Attack, 1916-18
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22. The Arab-Israeli Wars: War and Peace in the Middle East
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23. The Last Warrior: Andrew Marshall and the Shaping of Modern American Defense Strategy
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