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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand Publisher Comments On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II by Louis Zamperini Publisher Comments Chapter One That Tough Kid Down the Street I've always been called Lucky Louie. It's no mystery why. As a kid I made more than my share of trouble for my parents and the neighborhood, and mostly got away with it. At fifteen I turned my life around and... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff Publisher Comments On May 13, 1945, twenty-four American servicemen and WACs boarded a transport plane for a sightseeing trip over "Shangri-La," a beautiful and mysterious valley deep within the jungle-covered mountains of Dutch New Guinea. Unlike the peaceful Tibetan... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $13.50 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails: A Memoir by Anthony Swofford Publisher Comments The publication of Jarhead launched a new career for Anthony Swofford, earning him accolades for its gritty and unexpected portraits of the soldiers who fought in the Gulf War. It spawned a Hollywood movie. It made Swofford famous and wealthy. It also... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Arrogant Armies: Great Military Disasters and the Generals Behind Them by James M Perry Publisher Comments "Nothing goes wrong quite so dramatically as a disastrous military expedition."—from the Introduction ARROGANT ARMIES Spanning more than two hundred years of martial adventurism, aggression, and outright blundering, Arrogant Armies chronicles the... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Dave Grossman Publisher Comments The twentieth century, with its bloody world wars, revolutions, and genocides accounting for hundreds of millions dead, would seem to prove that human beings are incredibly vicious predators and that killing is as natural as eating. But Lieutenant... (read more) List Price $16.20 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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The Hunt for Zero Point: Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology by Nick Cook Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-281) and index.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath by Michael Norman Publisher Comments For the first four months of 1942, American, Filipino, and Japanese soldiers fought America's first major land battle of World War II: the battle for the tiny Philippine peninsula of Bataan. It ended with the single largest defeat in American military... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Lemay : Life and Wars of General Curtis Lemay (09 Edition) by Warren Kozak Synopsis Kozak chronicles the life and far-reaching influence of one of the military's greatest and most controversial commanders--General Curtis LeMay. The author weaves an intriguing story of personal conflict, heroism, and self-destruction. b&w; photos.... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman Publisher Comments When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad by Peter L Bergen Publisher Comments The gripping account of the decade-long hunt for the world's most wanted man. It was only a week before 9/11 that Peter Bergen turned in the manuscript of Holy War, Inc., the story of Osama bin Laden--whom Bergen had once interviewed in a mud hut in... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War by Tony Horwitz Publisher Comments When prize-winning war correspondent Tony Horwitz leaves the battlefields of Bosnia and the Middle East for a peaceful corner of the Blue Ridge Mountains, he thinks he's put war zones behind him. But awakened one morning by the crackle of musket fire... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Library of America #221: The Civil War: The Second Year Told by Those Who Lived It by Stephen Sears Publisher Comments The Library of America's ambitious four-volume series continues with this volume that traces events from January 1862 to January 1863, an unforgettable portrait of the crucial year that turned a secessionist rebellion into a war of emancipation... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $32.00 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll Publisher Comments The explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan With the publication of Ghost Wars, Steve Coll became not only a Pulitzer Prize winner, but also the expert on the rise of the Taliban, the emergence of Bin Laden, and the secret... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Personal Memoirs of U S Grant by Ulysses S Grant Publisher Comments Among the autobiographies of generals and statesmen, the Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant ranks with the greatest. Mark Twain called it ”the best of any generals since Caesar.” And few historians would disagree. Unquestionably, it is the finest... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Hunting in the Shadows: The Pursuit of Al Qa'ida Since 9/11 by Seth G Jones Publisher Comments This comprehensive, landmark history chronicles our ongoing battle against al-Qa'ida, the greatest threat the West has faced in the modern era. An internationally recognized authority on terrorism and counterinsurgency, Seth G. Jones presents a dramatic... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Liberation Trilogy #01: An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 by Rick Atkinson Publisher Comments In the first volume of his monumental trilogy about the liberation of Europe in WW II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the riveting story of the war in North Africa The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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My American Journey by Colin Powell Publisher Comments In his enlightening and very human memoir, General Colin Powell, one of the most prominent figures in American public life, celebrates not only the rise of a great man from obscurity, but, in the General's own words, "the greatness of America and the... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market add to wish list |
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1861: The Civil War Awakening (Vintage Civil War Library) by Adam Goodheart Publisher Comments An epic of courage and heroism beyond the battlefields, 1861 is Adam Goodheart's account of how the Civil War began and a second American revolution unfolded, setting Abraham Lincoln on the path to greatness and millions of slaves on the road to freedom.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team Six Operator Adam Brown by Eric Blehm Publisher Comments Fearless takes you deep into SEAL Team SIX, straight to the heart of one of its most legendary operators. When Navy SEAL Adam Brown woke up on March 17, 2010, he didn’t know he would die that night in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $15.50 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |