Military category: 34701 books
by United States Government US Air Force
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
This publication implements Air Force Policy Directive 36-30, Military Entitlements, DoD Instruction 1327.6, Leave and Liberty Procedures, June 16, 2009, and DoD Directive 5101.6, DoD Executive Agent for the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) Rest & Recuperation Leave Program, August 11,...
by CR Delport
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Eighteen year old Chris Dempsey completed high school and has his life ahead of him, but before he can begin that life, he has to complete his two year mandatory military training.
After an emotional goodbye to his parents and his girlfriend, he boards the military train to Bloemfontein where...
by Major Phillip A. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Throughout this first century of air power, military theorists have proposed numerous schemes as the best use of air power. Airmen of many nations tried and tested these theories in wars large and small and they have learned, ignored, or forgotten many lessons. Of the four major coercive mechanisms...
The Red Circle
My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen
Now including an excerpt from The Killing School: Inside the World's Deadliest Sniper Program
BEFORE HE COULD FORGE A BAND OF ELITE WARRIORS... HE HAD TO BECOME ONE HIMSELF.
Brandon...
Blackhorse Riders
A Desperate Last Stand, an Extraordinary Rescue Mission, and the Vietnam Battle America Forgot
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Winner of the 2013 Silver Medal in History from the Military Writer's Society of America
Finalist, 2013 Colby Award
Winner of the 2012 USA Best Book Award for Military History
Philip Keith's Blackhorse Riders is the incredible true story of a brave military unit in Vietnam that...
Eyes on Target
Inside Stories from the Brotherhood of the U.S. Navy SEALs
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Told through the eyes of current and former Navy SEALs, EYES ON TARGET is an inside account of some of the most harrowing missions in American history-including the mission to kill Osama bin Laden and the mission that wasn't, the deadly attack on the US diplomatic outpost in Benghazi where a retired...
American Guerrilla
The Forgotten Heroics of Russell W. Volckmann—the Man Who Escaped from Bataan, Raised a Filipino Army against the Japanese, and Became the True “Father” of Army Special Forces
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
A main selection of the Military Book Club and a selection of the History Book Club
With his parting words, “I shall return,” General Douglas MacArthur sealed the fate of the last American forces on Bataan. Yet one young Army Captain named Russell Volckmann refused to surrender. He disappeared...
by Albert Kesselring
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
From one of Nazi Germany’s most skillful commanders comes one of the great military autobiographies of World War II.
Field-Marshal Albert Kesselring was one of Germany’s most capable military strategists. Originally a Bavarian army officer, he transferred to the Luftwaffe in 1935 and became...
George Washington's First War
His Early Military Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
Renowned historian David A. Clary studies George Washington’s early military career as a young colonel during the French and Indian War, and how those campaigns influenced his leadership and strategy as a general during the Revolutionary War and as the first president of the newly formed United...
by Alan Axelrod
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
George S. Patton embodied contradiction: a cavalryman steeped in romantic military tradition, he nevertheless pulled a reluctant American military into the most advanced realms of highly mobile armored warfare. An autocratic snob, Patton created unparalleled rapport and loyalty with the lowliest private...
by Stephen E. Ambrose
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
In this classic portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower the soldier, bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose examines the Allied commander’s leadership during World War II.
Ambrose brings Eisenhower’s experience of the Second World War to life, showing in vivid detail how the general’s skill...
by John Mosier
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
A modest and unassuming man, Grant never lost a battle, leading the Union to victory over the Confederacy during the Civil War, ultimately becoming President of the reunited states. Grant revolutionized military warfare by creating new leadership tactics by integrating new technologies in classical...
by Steven Pressfield
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
Master storyteller and bestselling author Steven Pressfield returns with a stunning, chillinglyplausible near-future thriller about the rise of a privately financed and global military industrial complex.
The year is 2032. The third Iran-Iraq war is over; the 11/11 dirty bomb attack on the...
Fly Girls
The Daring American Women Pilots Who Helped Win WWII
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
“A truly inspiring read.” —Booklist (starred review)
“A solid account of women’s contributions as aviators during World War II.” —Kirkus Reviews
In the tradition of Hidden Figures, debut author Patricia Pearson offers a beautifully written account of the remarkable but...