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The Guns of August: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic About the Outbreak of World War I
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeThe Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise Barbara W. Tuchman’s classic histories of the First World War eraIn this landmark, Pulitzer Prize–winning account, renowned historian Barbara W. Tuchman re-creates the first month of World War I: thirty days in the summer of 1914 that determined the course of the conflict, the century, and ultimately our present world. Beginning with the funeral of Edward VII, Tuchman traces each step that led to the inevitab... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0345476093
- ASIN: 0345476093
- ISBN: 0345476093
- Brand: Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim/ Massie, Robert K. (FRW)
- Manufacturer: Presidio Press
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Alas, Babylon
"Alas, Babylon." Those fateful words heralded the end. When a nuclear holocaust ravages the United States, a thousand years of civilization are stripped away overnight, and tens of millions of people are killed instantly. But for one small town in Florida, miraculously spared, the struggle is just beginning, as men and women of all backgrounds join together to confront the darkness.
- ASIN: 0060741872
- ASIN: 0060741872
- ISBN: 9780060741877
- Brand: Harper Perennial
- Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A splendid book... The emphasis throughout is on the human drama of men at war."―The Washington Post Book WorldThe liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is an epic story of courage and calamity, of miscalculation and enduring triumph. In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson shows why no modern reader can understand the ultimate victory of the Allied powers without a grasp of the great drama that unfolded in North Africa in 1942 and 1943.Opening with the daring amphibious invasion in Novembe... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0805087249
- ASIN: 0805087249
- ISBN: 0805087249
- Brand: Holt Paperbacks
- Manufacturer: Holt Paperbacks
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The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (The Liberation Trilogy)
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph in Europe during World War IIIt is the twentieth century's unrivaled epic: at a staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated Europe and vanquished Hitler. In the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted how the American-led coalition fought through North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now, in The Guns at Last Light, he tells the most dramatic story of all―the titanic battle for Western Europe.D-D... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0805062904
- ASIN: 0805062904
- ISBN: 0805062904
- Brand: Brand: Henry Holt and Co.
- Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.
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We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless for reading by all Marines. The Commandant's choice for 1993 was We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young. In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Hal Moore, were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. They were immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. Three days later, only two and a half miles away, a sister battalion was chopped to pieces. Together, these actions at the landing z... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0345472640
- ASIN: 0345472640
- ISBN: 0345472640
- Brand: Presidio Press
- Manufacturer: Presidio Press
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A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
Drawing on exhaustive research, this remarkable, intimate account tells the story of how World War I reduced Europe’s mightiest empires to rubble, killed twenty million people, and cracked the foundations of the world we live in today.On a summer day in 1914, a nineteen-year-old Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. While the world slumbered, monumental forces were shaken. In less than a month, a combination of ambition, deceit, fear, jealousy, missed opportunities, and miscalculation sent Austro-Hungarian troops marching into Serbia, German troops streaming t... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0553382403
- ASIN: 0553382403
- ISBN: 0553382403
- Brand: Delacorte Press
- Manufacturer: Bantam
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Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766
In this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years' War–long seen as a mere backdrop to the American Revolution–takes on a whole new significance. Relating the history of the war as it developed, Anderson shows how the complex array of forces brought into conflict helped both to create Britain’s empire and to sow the seeds of its eventual dissolution. Beginning with a skirmish in the Pennsylvania backcountry involving an inexperienced George Washington, the Iroquois chief Tanaghrisson, and the ill-fated French emissary Jumonville, Anderson reveals a chain of events that would lead t... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0375706364
- ASIN: 0375706364
- ISBN: 0375706364
- Manufacturer: Vintage
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Long Range Shooting Handbook: Complete Beginner's Guide to Long Range Shooting
25% of this book's proceeds will be donated to two military charities: the Special Operation Warrior Foundation and the Sua Sponte Foundation.This book is the complete beginner's guide to long range shooting written in simple every-day language so that it's easy to follow. Included are personal tips and best advice from my years of special operations sniper schooling and experience, and as a sniper instructor.If you are an experienced shooter, this guide will be a resource covering the principles and theory of long range shooting. This is the preliminary book to help you understand fundamental... [Read More]
- ASIN: B01BE3LEQK
- ASIN: B01BE3LEQK
- Brand: Unknown
- Manufacturer: Unknown
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The Gun
In a tour de force, prize-winning New York Times reporter C.J. Chivers traces the invention of the assault rifle, following the miniaturization of rapid-fire arms from the American Civil War, through WWI, Vietnam, to present day Afghanistan when Kalashnikovs and their knock-offs number as many as 100 million, one for every seventy persons on earth.At a secret arms-design contest in Stalin’s Soviet Union, army technicians submitted a stubby rifle with a curved magazine. Dubbed the AK-47, it was selected as the Eastern Bloc’s standard arm. Scoffed at in the Pentagon as crude and unimpressive... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0743271734
- ASIN: 0743271734
- ISBN: 0743271734
- Brand: Simon Schuster
- Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Run to the Sound of the Guns: The True Story of an American Ranger at War in Afghanistan and Iraq
From frozen mountaintops to dusty city streets and everything in between, Run to the Sound of the Guns is a compelling and deeply personal account of a husband and father who nearly lost his life 'leading the way' in America's secretive global wars.Nicholas Moore served as part of an elite special operations unit at the fighting edge of the Global War on Terrorism. He served for over a decade with the US Army's 75th Ranger Regiment on the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. In Iraq, Nicholas participated in the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch, hunted Iraq's Most Wanted and experienced brutal... [Read More]
- ASIN: B07HY6RFZP
- ASIN: B07HY6RFZP
- Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
"Fascinating.... Lays a foundation for understanding human history."―Bill Gates In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societies that had had a head start in food production advanced beyond the hunter-gatherer stage, and then developed religion --as well as nasty germs and potent weapons of war --and adventured on sea and land to conquer and decimate preliterate cultures. A major advance in our understanding of human societies, Gun... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0393317552
- ASIN: 0393317552
- ISBN: 0393317552
- Brand: W W Norton Company
- Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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The Bush War In Rhodesia: The Extraordinary Combat Memoir of a Rhodesian Reconnaissance Specialist
The Rhodesian Bush War. It was a ferocious guerrilla warfare campaign between the regular and elite units of the Rhodesian Army doing battle against Communist-backed terrorist groups in the valleys, jungles and bush country of Rhodesia, Mozambique and Zambia. Warrant Officer Dennis Croukamp fought in the conflict from its beginnings in the 1960s to the very end in 1979, and his combat memoir is an extraordinary chronicle of that bitter struggle from inside some of the most highly regarded elite combat units to ever take the field. In The Bush War in Rhodesia, Croukamp chronicles his eventful s... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1581606141
- ASIN: 1581606141
- ISBN: 1581606141
- Brand: Brand: Paladin Press
- Manufacturer: Paladin Press
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The Social History of the Machine Gun
Book by Ellis, John
- ASIN: 0801833582
- ASIN: 0801833582
- ISBN: 0801833582
- Brand: Brand: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins University Press
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The Illustrated History of Firearms: In Association with the National Firearms Museum
This significant tome, with over 1500 photographs, covers the subject of portable firearms from muzzle-loaders to machine guns; from revolvers to machine pistols; from muskets to automatics; from derringers to submachine-guns. Compiled by experts whose hands-on knowledge and skill comes over in text and captions, The Illustrated History of Firearms provides a visual reference book to grace any aficionado’s library.
- ASIN: 0785827382
- UPC: 039864027380
- ASIN: 0785827382
- ISBN: 9780785827382
- Manufacturer: Chartwell Books, Inc.
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Modern Warrior Junior Tactical Vest - Airsoft & Paintball Accessory - Fits Teens 50-125lbs (Black)
Modern Warrior Junior Black Tactical Vest - Fits Children and Teens 50-125lbs - Airsoft & Paintball Accessory.
- ASIN: B00DHTTHNC
- UPC: 700220539266
- ASIN: B00DHTTHNC
- Brand: Modern Warrior
- Manufacturer: Red Cup Pong
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Trilogy [3 Discs], Activision, Xbox 360, 047875878068
This COD Modern Warfare compilation will include 3 of Activision's all-time most popular titles in one collection. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Modern Warfare 2, Modern Warfare 3 PLUS there will be DLC content
- UPC: 50878479
- Model: Modern Warfare Trilogy
- Color: Multicolor
- Rating: 4.8
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Cokem International Preown 360 Call Of Duty: Mod Warfare 3 Activision
Modern Warfare 3 delivers a full assault on gamers' senses, including an intense single-player campaign that picks up immediately following the events of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and escalates into World War 3,
- UPC: 23108423
- Model: 886162490688
- Rating: 4.133
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Mac
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a gripping modern-day action-thriller that deploys players into heart-stopping battles across the world's most treacherous hotspots. Featuring a tense storyline filled with plot twists, the title thrusts players
- UPC: 9856822
- Model: 4: Modern Warfare
- Rating: 5.0
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Xbox 360
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a gripping modern-day action-thriller that deploys players into heart-stopping battles across the world's most treacherous hotspots. Featuring a tense storyline filled with plot twists, the title thrusts players
- UPC: 15523979
- Model: 4: Modern Warfare
- Rating: 4.546
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Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (Nintendo Wii) Pre-owned
Excellent shape in the original
- UPC: 837119838
- Rating: 5.0
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Activision Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 w/ DLC - Limited Edition (Xbox 360)
Modern Warfare 3 delivers a full assault on gamers' senses, including an intense single-player campaign that picks up immediately following the events of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and escalates into World War 3,
- UPC: 22249875
- Model: 047875845596
- Rating: 4.424
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Activision Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 PH (Xbox 360)
Modern Warfare 2 is a premier first person shooter that completely immerses players in one of the most intense war storylines ever crafted for the medium, filled with unexpected plot twists and death-defying battles set
- UPC: 20682215
- Model: 84372
- Rating: 4.778
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Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Activision, Xbox 360 Backwards Compatible, 047875882904
Now BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE and playable on Xbox One! Return to today's war front with the second chapter in the Modern Warfare series. Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing action as players face off
- UPC: 576281459
- Model: 047875882904
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Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Legacy Edition, Activision, PlayStation 4, 047875878570
Activision Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Legacy Edition - First Person Shooter - PlayStation
- UPC: 51747229
- Model: 047875878570
- Color: Multicolor
- Rating: 4.162
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Activision, PlayStation 3, 047875840591
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a gripping modern-day action-thriller that deploys players into heart-stopping battles across the world's most treacherous hotspots. Featuring a tense storyline filled with plot twists, the title thrusts players
- UPC: 15413652
- Model: 4: Modern Warfare
- Rating: 4.533
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