We Were Caught Unprepared: The 2006 Hezbollah-Israeli War (The Long War Series, Occasional Paper 26)
By: Matt M. Matthews
3.87
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
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1. A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
By: David Fromkin
4.21
Format: 635 pages, Paperback
The critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling account of how the modern Middle East came into… read more
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"Reginald Wingate… wrote that “Moslems in general have hitherto regarded the Hejaz revolt, and our share in it, with suspicion or dislike"-David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
"Clayton and his colleagues believed French colonial administration to be incapable of allowing a country to retain its own character. What the French termed their “civilizing mission"-David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
"[T]he sheer magnitude of Britain’s commitment and loss at Gallipoli made it seem vital years later that she should play a major role in the postwar Middle East to give some sort of meaning to so grea…"-David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
"Fear of Russian expansionism was at the heart of the Porte’s policy. The Turkish ambassador told Deedes that if the Allies won the war, they would cause or allow the Ottoman Empire to be partitioned,…"-David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
2. Gallipoli: Command Under Fire (General Military)
By: Edward J. Erickson
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Unique among World War I campaigns, the fighting at Gallipoli brought together a modern amphibious … read more
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3. The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander
By: Pete Blaber
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
As a commander in Delta Force-the most elite counter-terrorist organization in the world-Pete Blabe… read more
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"The ultimate goal of this book is to share what I consider to be life-saving and life-changing lessons that I was fortunate enough to learn as a key participant in many of recent history’s most impac…"-Pete Blaber, The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander
4. The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
By: Liu Cixin , Joel Martinsen
4.41
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
This is the second novel in "Remembrance of Earth’s Past", the near-future trilogy written by China… read more
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5. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
As good a rifle company as any, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, US Army, kept getting tough … read more
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"We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace..."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"We can't make you do anything, but we can make you wish you had. - Army saying"-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"Chickenshit is so called - instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit - because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
6. A Bell for Adano
By: John Hersey
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
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
By: Fred Anderson , R. Scott Stephenson
3.64
Format: 24 pages,
The globe's first true world war comes vividly to life in this "rich, cautionary tale" (The New Yor… read more
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8. The Source
By: James A. Michener
4.26
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
In the grand storytelling style that is his signature, James Michener sweeps us back through time t… read more
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9. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
By: Ilan Pappé
3.98
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Since the Holocaust, it has been almost impossible to hide large-scale crimes against humanity. In … 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,
In this gripping chronicle of America's struggle for independence, award-winning historian John Fer… read more
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12. The Battle for the Falklands
By: Max Hastings , Simon Jenkins
4.08
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
"Must be read by all our military people and anyone who wants to find out what really happened on t… read more
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13. The Blitzkrieg Legend: The 1940 Campaign in the West
By: Karl-Heinz Frieser
4.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Research in original documentation at the German Federal Military Archives and elsewhere showed Fri… read more
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14. Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin
4.42
Format: 604 pages, Hardcover
With The Three-Body Problem, English-speaking readers got their first chance to experience the mult… read more
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"Time is the cruelest force of all."-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
"We’re going to advance! Advance! We’ll stop at nothing to advance!"-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
"Ignorance and weakness is not an impediment to survival. Arrogance is."-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
"Life reached an evolutionary milestone when it climbed onto land from the ocean, but those first fish that climbed onto land ceased to be fish."-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
15. Ten Myths about Israel
By: Ilan Pappé
4.03
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
What are the myths--and reality--behind the state of Israel? Ilan Pappe is one of the most outspoke… read more
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16. All Quiet on the Western Front
By: Erich Maria Remarque , A.W. Wheen
5.00
Format: 172 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This is the testament of Paul Baumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army of World W… read more
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17. ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror
By: Michael Weiss , Hassan Hassan
4.43
Format: 85 pages, Paperback
A revelatory look inside the world's most dangerous terrorist group. Initially dismissed by US Pres… read more
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18. Defeat Into Victory: Battling Japan in Burma and India, 1942-1945
By: None , None
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
Field Marshal Viscount Slim (1891-1970) led shattered British forces from Burma to India in one of … read more
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19. Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
By: Jim Mattis
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A clear-eyed account of learning how to lead in a chaotic world, by … read more
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20. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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21. An Unknown Future and a Doubtful Present: Writing the Victory Plan of 1941 (American Forces in Action)
By: Charles E. Kirkpatrick
4.00
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT--OVESTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price whil… read more
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22. LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media
By: P.W. Singer
4.27
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Social media has been weaponized, as state hackers and rogue terrorists have seized upon Twitter an… read more
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23. The American War in Afghanistan: A History
By: Carter Malkasian
4.26
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The first authoritative history of American's longest war by one of the world's leading scholar-pra… read more
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24. Drug Cartels Do Not Exist: Narcotrafficking in US and Mexican Culture
By: Oswaldo Zavala
4.08
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
Through political and cultural analysis of representations of the so-called war on drugs, Oswaldo Z… read more
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25. Combined Operations in the Civil War
By: Rowena Reed
3.86
Format: 491 pages, Hardcover
In his introduction John D. Milligan considers Reed's provocative thesis that General George B. McC… read more
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26. Battle Tactics of the Western Front: The British Army`s Art of Attack, 1916-18
By: Paddy Griffith
4.00
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
Historians have portrayed British participation in World War I as a series of tragic debacles, with… read more
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27. The Arab-Israeli Wars: War and Peace in the Middle East
By: Chaim Herzog
4.00
Format: 558 pages, Paperback
The Arab-Israeli Wars is former President of Israel Chaim Herzog’s acclaimed history of Israel’s f… read more
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28. The Melting Point: High Command and War in the 21st Century
By: Kenneth F. McKenzie
4.69
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
As the Commander of U.S. Central Command, General Frank McKenzie oversaw some of the most important… read more
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29. We Were Caught Unprepared: The 2006 Hezbollah-Israeli War (The Long War Series, Occasional Paper 26)
By: Matt M. Matthews
3.87
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
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