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How to Stage a Military Coup

From Planning to Execution

by Ken Connor
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017

Fed up with taxes? Angered and disappointed by corrupt leaders? How to Stage a Military Coup lays down practical strategies that have proven themselves around the globe. David Hebditch and Ken Connor examine, with a critical eye, successful as well as failed coup attempts throughout the twentieth...

Every Night & Every Morn

Portraits of Asian, Hispanic, Jewish, African American, and Native American Recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor from the Civil War to the War on Terror

by John L. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2012

EVERY NIGHT & EVERY MORN: Portraits of Asian, Hispanic, Jewish, African American, and Native American Recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor from the Civil War to the War on Terror (2nd Edition is the first and only book that identifies and profiles all known persons of color as well as religious...

Relentless Strike

The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command

by Sean Naylor
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015

The New York Times Bestseller and Winner of the 2015 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for Unit History Since the attacks of September 11, one organization has been at the forefront of America's military response. Its efforts turned the tide against al-Qaida in Iraq, killed...

Strategy Six Pack 2

by Jacob Abbott, Duke of Wellington, Theodore Roosevelt
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2015

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” - Napoleon Bonaparte. Strategy Six Pack 2 brings together six master works for military theorists: Cleopatra by Jacob Abbott The Military Institutions of the Romans by Flavius Vegetus Renatus Alexander The Great by Jacob...

Dogface Soldier

The Life of General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr.

by Wilson A. Heefner
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2010

On July 11, 1943, General Lucian Truscott received the Army's second-highest decoration, the Distinguished Service Cross, for valor in action in Sicily. During his career he also received the Army Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of...

Through Mobility We Conquer

The Mechanization of U.S. Cavalry

by George F. Hofmann
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2006

The U.S. Cavalry, which began in the nineteenth century as little more than a mounted reconnaissance and harrying force, underwent intense growing pains with the rapid technological developments of the twentieth century. From its tentative beginnings during World War I, the eventual conversion of...

The Future of War

A History

by Lawrence Freedman
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017

An award-winning military historian, professor, and political adviser delivers the definitive story of warfare in all its guises and applications, showing what has driven and continues to drive this uniquely human form of political violence. Questions about the future of war are a regular feature...

The Mutiny Of The Bengal Army: An Historical Narrative [Two volumes in One] [Illustrated Edition]

by Colonel George Bruce Malleson
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014

[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny] The brilliant two-volume account of the Indian Mutiny written by the eminent military historian Colonel George Malleson, richly illustrated with maps, plans and portraits. “MALLESON,...

George Marshall

A Biography

by Debi Unger, Irwin Unger, Stanley Hirshson
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014

A major historical biography of George C. Marshall—the general who ran the U.S. campaign during the Second World War, the Secretary of State who oversaw the successful rebuilding of post-war Europe, and the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize—and the first to offer a complete picture of his life. While...

The Great Crusade

by H.P. Willmott
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008

The best balanced one-volume history of the Second World War in its coverage of all the major themes and all the fronts. Willmotts fresh insights into the war on the Eastern Front are an outstanding feature. Russell F. Weigley, author of Eisenhowers Lieutenants: The Campaign of France and Germany, 194445The...

Military Memoirs Of A Confederate: A Critical Narrative [Illustrated Edition]

by General Edward Porter Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014

Includes Civil War Map and Illustrations Pack - 224 battle plans, campaign maps and detailed analyses of actions spanning the entire period of hostilities. “First published in 1907, Military Memoirs of a Confederate is regarded by many historians as one of the most important and dispassionate first-hand...

The Peninsula Campaign of 1862

A Military Analysis

by Kevin Dougherty, J. Michael Moore
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2010

The largest offensive of the Civil War, involving army, navy, and marine forces, the Peninsula Campaign has inspired many history books. No previous work, however, analyzes Union general George B. McClellan's massive assault toward Richmond in the context of current and enduring military doctrine....

Always Faithful, Always Forward

The Forging of a Special Operations Marine

by Dick Couch
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014

Established in 1986, the U.S. Special Operations Command was set up to bring the special operational disciplines of all branches of the military under a single, unified command to act on missions involving unconventional warfare, special reconnaissance, foreign internal defense, and direct action… The...

The Ghosts of Cannae

Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic

by Robert L. O'Connell
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2010

NATIONAL BESTSELLER For millennia, Carthage’s triumph over Rome at Cannae in 216 B.C. has inspired reverence and awe. No general since has matched Hannibal’s most unexpected, innovative, and brutal military victory. Now Robert L. O’Connell, one of the most admired names in military history,...

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