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The Angels History of the 11th Airborne Division	Defense of Hill 781: An Allegory of Modern Mechanized Combat In the tradition of the humorous classic Defense of Duffer's Drift, our hero's escape...	Custer in the Civil War: His Unifnisbhed Memoirs	Dumb but Lucky!: Confessions of a P-51 Fighter Pilot in World War II Best Price: $4.37 All honor to those of The Greatest Generation who served in the most violent conflict the planet...	Loon: A Marine Story Best Price: $7.05 Jack McLean grew up a child of privilege. He attended the prestigious Philips preparatory school...



Pershing: a History of the Medium Tank, T-Twenty Series This is the best book on the tank, bar none. As is usual with Mr. Hunnicut, the book offers an...	Glittering misery: Dependents of the Indian Fighting Army	Civil War Sketch Book Best Price: $34.00	Follow Me: The Human Element in Leadership Best Price: $35.37	When the Poor Boys Dance: The Odyssey of a Young Marine Best Price: $24.22 Based on a true story, Borden's novel is a moving portrayal of an individual confronting the...



Green Berets at War: U.S. Army Special Forces in Asia, 1956-75 Best Price: $149.46 "Green Berets At War", originally published in 1985, is a superbly researched account...	Devil Boats: The PT War Against Japan Best Price: $39.94 What could an 80-foot plywood boat accomplish, with only 4 .50 caliber machine guns and 4...	Lady GI: A Woman's War in the South Pacific: The Memoir of Irene Brion Best Price: $8.82 Irene Brion's experiences as a WAC in WW II begin with her enlistment in 1943, as a young...	No Bended Knee: The Battle for Guadalcanal: The Memoir of Gen. Merrill B. Twining, USMC Best Price: $22.85 I would say more like 3.8 stars than four but it is a great book worth the read. Filled with...	Neptunus Rex: Naval Stories of the Normandy Invasion, June 6, 1944, Voices of the Navy Memoria l Best Price: $14.75 This slim volume is based on material drawn from oral transcripts and from numerous unpublished...

Firepower in Limited War: Revised Edition Best Price: $8.59 MGen. Scales provides the world with a fascinating study of man's recent relationship to...	Into the Crucible: Making Marines for the 21st Century Best Price: $30.25 There are many books that look at the Marine Corps as a phenomenon, as a culture, as a training...	The Four Deuces: A Korean War Story Best Price: $11.14 Crawford draws on his own personal experience in Korea to turn out a really good novel of...	Dustoff: The Memoir of an Army Aviator Best Price: $43.00 "Flying" has been described as "a period of continual euphoria...	Bloody Ridge: The Battle that Saved Guadalcanal Best Price: $111.98 THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST RESEARCHED AND WRITTEN HISTORIES OF THE BATTLE THAT SAVED...

What They Didn't Teach You About the 60s Best Price: $6.73 Summary: Like a bag of junk food - high in fat, low in nutrition, but you just can't put it...	With the Old Corps in Nicaragua Best Price: $33.94 I really have to take my hat off for George Clark and his book, WITH THE OLD CORPS IN NICARAGUA....	Descent into Darkness Pearl Harbor, 1941 (The True Story of a Navy Diver) Best Price: $90.00 The standard narrative of World War II in the Pacific long engraved on the American psyche moves...	An American Soldier: The Wars of General Maxwell Taylor Best Price: $14.99 The author is Taylor's son, but what he may lack in objectivity does not affect the...	Battle for Manila Best Price: $44.51 A detailed account of the liberation/destruction of Manila, which left 6,500 American, 20,000...

A Few Good Men: A History of the Fighting Fifth Marines Best Price: $0.02 The Fighting Fifth Marines is the USMC?s most decorated regiment. Its list of honors is long and...	Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat Best Price: $3.98 "Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat," by James R. McDonough, chronicles the...	Black Sheep One: The Life of Gregory "Pappy" Boyington Best Price: $4.80 I got through about 2/3rds of this book, wondering why the author seemed to be looking for every...	All the Way to Berlin: A Paratrooper at War in Europe Best Price: $4.37 Up front I have to say that this book was extraordinary in one incredible respect, Megellas...	Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine (American Civil War) The history of the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley is as astonishing as its disappearance....

No Room for Error: The Story Behind the USAF Special Tactics Unit This is a great book about an ELITE group of Air Force Special Operations Forces. The author is...	Phantom Warriors: Book 2 MORE GRIPPING, NO-HOLDS-BARRED LRRP ACCOUNTS FROM THE FRONT LINES During the Vietnam War, few...	Terrible Terry Allen: Combat General of World War II-The Life of an American Soldier	SAC, a Primer of Modern Strategic Airpower	Red Flag: Air Combat for the '80s

Xin Loi, Viet Nam: Thirty-one Months of War: A Soldier's Memoir This was an enjoyable read. The book flowed well and was quite well written. I just finished...	THE ROAD TO ARNHEM - A SCREAMING EAGLE IN HOLLAND	Cv - Carrier Aviation - The Presidio Power Series, Airpower #1001	Lonely Soldier: The Memoir of an American in the Israeli Army Best Price: $12.95 As a veteran of the IDF, I had been looking forward to Adam Harmon's "Lonely...	Civil War, A to Z: The Complete Handbook of America's Bloodiest Conflict Best Price: $2.20 Arranged like an encyclopedia, it lacks the comprehensive coverage that such a book would have....

D-Day with the Screaming Eagles Best Price: $4.07 All three of George Koskimaki's books are first rate historical tributes to the brave men of...	41 Seconds to Freedom: An Insider's Account of the Lima Hostage Crisis On December 18, 1997, more than six hundred VIPs were attending the birthday party of the...	Seven Roads to Hell : A Screaming Eagle at Bastogne Best Price: $116.26 This is a "pick it up, and cant put it down" book. Bold and honest in it's writing...	Drop Zone Sicily: Allied Airborne Stroke July 1943	Lightning Out of Lebanon : Hezbollah Terrorists on American Soil

Dumb But Lucky!: Confessions of A P-51 Fighter Pilot in World War II	Sacred Places of San Francisco	On Strategy: A Critcal Analysis of the Vietnam War.	Pacific Stars and Stripes: The 1st 40 Years, 1945-1985	Strategy for Defeat: Vietnam in Retrospect Best Price: $63.01 Was the U.S. doomed to lose the exasperating struggle in Vietnam--or was it a war that could,...

Into Cambodia, Spring Campaign, Summer Offensive, 1970 Best Price: $26.35 I was there. I provided much of the Keith Nolan's written and photographic material. He has...	Aces Against Japan (The American Aces Speak, Vol. 1) Best Price: $17.61 A collection of personal stories relates the experiences of forty American eagle fighter...	They Had a Dream: The Story of African American Astronauts Best Price: $10.00 In 1962, Air Force Captain Edward Joseph Dwight, Jr., an African American, wasn't allowed to...	Powderkeg: A Novel Best Price: $11.54 This novel could be coined the X-files of the 1850's. There is suspense, intrigue and lots...	Z: A Dave Riley Novel Best Price: $45.53 David Riley seemed to gradually become a side-tracked stand-by player instead of a main...

Lightning Joe: An Autobiography Best Price: $29.99	Lonely Soldier: The Memoir of an American in the Israeli Army Best Price: $12.95 As a veteran of the IDF, I had been looking forward to Adam Harmon's "Lonely...	Civil War, A to Z: The Complete Handbook of America's Bloodiest Conflict Best Price: $2.20 Arranged like an encyclopedia, it lacks the comprehensive coverage that such a book would have....	D-Day with the Screaming Eagles Best Price: $4.07 All three of George Koskimaki's books are first rate historical tributes to the brave men of...	41 Seconds to Freedom: An Insider's Account of the Lima Hostage Crisis On December 18, 1997, more than six hundred VIPs were attending the birthday party of the...

Seven Roads to Hell : A Screaming Eagle at Bastogne Best Price: $116.26 This is a "pick it up, and cant put it down" book. Bold and honest in it's writing...	Drop Zone Sicily: Allied Airborne Stroke July 1943	Lightning Out of Lebanon : Hezbollah Terrorists on American Soil	Dumb But Lucky!: Confessions of A P-51 Fighter Pilot in World War II	Sacred Places of San Francisco

On Strategy: A Critcal Analysis of the Vietnam War.	A Sense of Duty: Our Journey from Vietnam to America Best Price: $3.48 How refreshing to approach this significant historical event from the perspective of the South...	The Civil War Experience: 1861-1865 Best Price: $64.50 I can't recommend this book highly enough. It is a wonderful introduction to the Civil War...	Cutthroats: The Adventures of a Sherman Tank Driver in the Pacific Best Price: $3.97 Robert fought with the 763rd Tank Battalion on Leyte and Okinawa. Originally in the infantry,...	Dak To: America's Sky Soldiers in South Vietnam's Central Highlands Best Price: $4.41 I served in the 173rd Airborne Brigade at Dak To and at Cemetary Ridge in the'68 Tet...

Leaders & Battles: The Art of Military Leadership	Brennan's War : Vietnam 1965-69	Armor Attacks - The Rifle Platoon - An Intractive Exercise In Small-unit Tactics And Leadership	Sherman : A History of the American Medium Tank	The Vietnam War Almanac Best Price: $5.28 The Vietnam War Almanac is a concise, one-volume reference that synthesizes the available...

Powderkeg	Hitler's Traitor : Martin Bormann and the Defeat of the Reich Best Price: $24.99 The premise of Martin Bormann as a 'Soviet Deep Plant Spy' within the Nazi government...	On Time, On Target: The World War II Memoir of a Paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Best Price: $52.95 "On Time, On Target" by John McKenzie This is another excellent personal memoir,...	Into the Shadows Furious Best Price: $33.50 Mr. Altobello's book does justice to a previously overlooked pacific campaign. Situated...	Death Ground Best Price: $2.98 Before I started this book, I was a great fan of Daniel Bolger's and had read all his...

Formidable Enemies Best Price: $14.97 Don't let the thickness of the binding fool you; the excruiciatingly brief manuscript...	Soul Patrol Best Price: $5.23 Save your money and time. A reading of this book 'SOUL PATROL' is like a high school...	At the Abyss: An Insider's History of the Cold War Best Price: $4.24 At the Abyss is a fascinating autobiography of Reed's political career. It is not a history...	Letters from Vietnam Best Price: $2.34 I started reading this because because I wanted a book that I could put down - as opposed to...	1901 Best Price: $4.27 The premise of 1901, a theoretical Imperial German invasion of the United States, pitting the...

The Big Story Best Price: $40.00 "Big Story" is the recounting of how the "American press and television reported...	The Hard Road to Gettysburg: A Novel Best Price: $10.00 Who would have thunk it - Ted Jones, our former superintendent of schools, has really come to...	A Once Perfect Place Best Price: $4.96 Larry Maness obviously knows all the things a good mystery novel needs...he even provides most...	Platoon Leader Best Price: $101.30 This book is worthwhile reading. It's fairly brief and recounts the interesting experience...	Fenwick Travers and the Panama Canal: An Entertainment Best Price: $15.22 I bought this book on a whim while on vacation this summer. The author does a fine job of...

Follow Me III: Lessons on the Art and Science of High Command (v. 3) This, is the third in a set of three compiling General Newman's long-running series of...	A Hundred Miles of Bad Road: An Armored Cavalryman in Vietnam, 1967-68 Best Price: $22.00 So you want to know all there is to know about the Vietnam War? But did you know there are ...	Pershing I have just finished reading this book. Hunnicutt has again provided armor enthusiasts with an...	MacArthur Strikes Back Best Price: $5.99 Harry Gailey's account of the battles in eastern Papua New Guinea covers the whole period...

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