Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare: The Evolution of British and American Ideas about Strategic Bombing, 1914-1945 (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics)
By: Tami Davis Biddle
3.82
Format: 406 pages, Paperback
A major revision of our understanding of long-range bombing, this book examines how Anglo-American …
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1. Command of the Air
By: Giulio Douhet
3.36
Format: 394 pages, Hardcover
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2. The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations
By: Edward Hallett Carr
4.09
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
E. H. Carr's classic work on international relations published in 1939 was immediately recognized b… read more
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"Biologically and economically, the doctrine of the harmony of interests was only tenable if you left out of account the interest of the weak who must be driven to the wall, or called in the next worl…"-Edward Hallett Carr, The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations
"The trade unionist tends to regard the intellectual as a utopian theorist lacking experience in the practical problems of the movement. The intellectual condemns the trade union leader as a bureaucra…"-Edward Hallett Carr, The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations
"Expanding prosperity contributed to the popularity of the doctrine of the harmony of interests in three different ways. It attenuated competition for markets among producers, since fresh markets were…"-Edward Hallett Carr, The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations
3. The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China
By: Ralph D. Sawyer
4.20
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
The Seven Military Classics is one of the most profound studies of warfare ever written. It present… read more
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- military history
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4. The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
By: Adam Tooze
4.20
Format: 42 pages, Hardcover
In this groundbreaking new history, Adam Tooze provides the clearest picture to date of the Nazi wa… read more
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- world war ii
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5. Military Strategy: A General Theory of Power Control
By: J.C. Wylie
3.37
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In Military StrategyRear Admiral J.C. Wylie invented the intellectual framework and terminology wit… read more
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- military history
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6. The Battle of Midway
By: Craig L. Symonds
3.50
Format: 218 pages, Hardcover
There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so d… read more
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7. Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis
By: Graham T. Allison , None , Philip Zelikow
2.00
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
"Essence of Decision" is both a vivid account of a crucial international event and a breakthrough i… read more
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- nonfiction
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8. How the War Was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II
By: Phillips Payson O'Brien
3.71
Format: None pages, Hardcover
World War II is usually seen as a titanic land battle, decided by mass armies, most importantly tho… read more
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- history
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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
Format: 426 pages, Paperback
How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. I… read more
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"In short, we can only learn from our "betters"."-Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
"A good rule always describes the ideal performance."-Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
"The mind can atrophy, like the muscles, if it is not used."-Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
"True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline."-Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
10. On War
By: Michael Eliot Howard , Carl von Clausewitz , Peter Paret
3.75
Format: None pages,
Carl von Clausewitz's On Warhas been called, "not simply the greatest, but the only truly great boo… read more
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11. Strategy
By: B.H. Liddell Hart
4.09
Format: 372 pages, Paperback
The classic book on strategy by one of the foremost military thinkers of the twentieth century, Str… read more
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12. MacArthur's Airman: General George C.Kenney and the War in the Southwest Pacific
By: None
4.83
Format: 266 pages, Hardcover
A fighter pilot who flew seventy-five combat missions in World War I, George C. Kenney was a charis… read more
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13. Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations
By: Michael Walzer
4.00
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
From the Athenian attack on Melos to the My Lai Massacre, from the wars in the Balkans through the … read more
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14. To Kill Nations: American Strategy in the Air-Atomic Age and the Rise of Mutually Assured Destruction
By: None
4.23
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Between 1945 and 1950, the United States had a global nuclear monopoly. The A-bomb transformed the … read more
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15. History of the Peloponnesian War
By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner
3.94
Format: 648 pages, Paperback
Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more
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"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
16. The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry
By: Christine de Pizan , None
3.33
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
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17. Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
By: Sebastian Junger
4.02
Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition
Sebastian Junger, the bestselling author of War and The Perfect Storm, takes a critical look at pos… read more
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- history
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"Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary."-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
"Today's veterans often come home to find that, although they're willing to die for their country, they're not sure how to live for it."-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
"An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain," one of the survivors wrote. "The equality of all men"."-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
"Disasters, he proposed, create a "community of sufferers" that allow individuals to experience an immensely reassuring connection to others"-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
18. Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb
By: James M. Scott
4.40
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies o… read more
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19. The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War
By: Nicholas Mulder
3.87
Format: 434 pages, Hardcover
The first international history of the emergence of economic sanctions during the interwar period a… read more
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- world war ii
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"The policy debate about sanctions has been repeated almost every decade since the [League of Nations] was created in the wake of World War I. At its core has been the perennial question: do economic …"-Nicholas Mulder, The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War
20. The Origins of Victory: How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers
By: Andrew F. Krepinevich
4.23
Format: 568 pages, Hardcover
How the character of war is changing and how militaries can successfully adapt to meet the challeng… read more
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- military history
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21. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy
By: Henry Farrell
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A deeply researched investigation that reveals how the United States is like a spider at the heart … read more
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22. Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia
By: Michael W. Hankins
3.88
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Flying Camelot brings us back to the post-Vietnam era, when the US Air Force launched two new, stat… read more
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- history
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23. 1945: Victory in the West
By: Peter Caddick-Adams
4.55
Format: 651 pages, Kindle Edition
'Magisterial . . . [a] fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be read for many years to … read more
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- war
24. Air Power and Armies
By: John Cotesworth Slessor
3.68
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Sir John Cotesworth Slessor (1897–1979) was one of Great Britain's most influential airmen. He play… read more
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25. The Foundations of the Science of War
By: J.F.C. Fuller
3.04
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
A Military Classic Reprint This is a compilation of material presented by Fuller when he was ch… read more
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26. Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare: The Evolution of British and American Ideas about Strategic Bombing, 1914-1945 (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics)
By: Tami Davis Biddle
3.82
Format: 406 pages, Paperback
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27. Analogies at War: Korea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions of 1965
By: Yuen Foong Khong
3.61
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
From World War I to Operation Desert Storm, American policymakers have repeatedly invoked the "less… read more
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28. Empire of the Air: Aviation and the American Ascendancy
By: Jenifer Van Vleck
3.40
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the flights of the Wright brothers through the mass journeys of the jet age, airplanes inspire… read more
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29. The Pathfinders: The Elite RAF Force that Turned the Tide of WWII
By: Will Iredale
4.39
Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!Military History Matters Book of the Year Bronze Award Winner'Compellin… read more
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30. Mahan on Naval Strategy: Selections from the Writings of Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan (Classics of Sea Power)
By: John B. Hattendorf
3.72
Format: 395 pages, Hardcover
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31. Other People's Wars: The US Military and the Challenge of Learning from Foreign Conflicts
By: Brent L. Sterling
4.37
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Case studies explore how to improve military adaptation and preparedness in peacetime by investigat… read more
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