Best Military Commanders In History - April 2024

Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man

• ASIN: 1501135945
• ASIN: 1501135945
• ISBN: 1501135945
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle

"Superb...A masterpiece of thorough research, deft pacing and arresting detail...This war story — the fight to break out of a frozen hell near the Chosin Reservoir — has been told many times before. But Sides tells it exceedingly well, with fresh research, gritty scenes and cinematic sweep."—Washington PostFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and In the Kingdom of Ice, a chronicle of the extraordinary feats of heroism by Marines called on to do the impossible during the greatest battle of the Korean WarOn October 15, 1950, General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Com... [Read More]

• ASIN: B078VWRSXM
• ASIN: B078VWRSXM
• Manufacturer: Doubleday

Grant

The #1 New York Times bestseller.New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant.   Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Chernow shows in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 159420487X
• ASIN: 159420487X
• ISBN: 9781594204876
• Manufacturer: Penguin Press

War and Peace: FDR's Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta, 1943-1945 (3) (FDR at War)

To mark the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, the stirring climax to Nigel Hamilton’s three-part saga of FDR at war—proof that he was WWII’s key strategist, even on his deathbed. “A first-class, lens-changing work.” —James N. Mattis, former United States Secretary of Defense Nigel Hamilton's celebrated trilogy culminates with a story of triumph and tragedy. Just as FDR was proven right by the D-day landings he had championed, so was he found to be mortally ill in the spring of 1944. He was the architect of a victorious peace that he would not live to witness. Using hitherto unpublished d... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0544876806
• ASIN: 0544876806
• ISBN: 0544876806
• Brand: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Churchill: Walking with Destiny

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of The Wall Street Journal’s Ten Best Books of 2018One of The Economist’s Best Books of 2018One of The New York Times’s Notable Books of 2018“Unarguably the best single-volume biography of Churchill . . . A brilliant feat of storytelling, monumental in scope, yet put together with tenderness for a man who had always believed that he would be Britain’s savior.” —Wall Street JournalIn this landmark biography of Winston Churchill based on extensive new material, the true genius of the man, statesman and leader can finally be fully seen and understood--b... [Read More]

• ASIN: B079R3VH13
• ASIN: B079R3VH13
• Manufacturer: Viking

Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors

#1 New York Times bestseller | Amazon "Best Books of the Month"A vibrant collection of oil paintings and stories by President George W. Bush honoring the sacrifice and courage of America’s military veterans.  With Forewords by former First Lady Laura Bush and General Peter Pace, 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.    Growing out of President Bush’s own outreach and the ongoing work of the George W. Bush Institute's Military Service Initiative, Portraits of Courage brings together sixty-six full-color portraits and a four-panel mural painted by President Bush of members of the Un... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0804189765
• ASIN: 0804189765
• ISBN: 0804189765
• Brand: CROWN
• Manufacturer: Crown

Tigers in the Mud: The Combat Career of German Panzer Commander Otto Carius (Stackpole Military History Series)

WWII began with a metallic roar as the German Blitzkrieg raced across Europe, spearheaded by the most dreaded weapon of the 20th century: the Panzer. No German tank better represents that thundering power than the infamous Tiger, and Otto Carius was one of the most successful commanders to ever take a Tiger into battle, destroying well over 150 enemy tanks during his incredible career.

• ASIN: 0811729117
• UPC: 011557029116
• ASIN: 0811729117
• ISBN: 9780811729116
• Brand: Stackpole Books
• Manufacturer: Stackpole Books

Master And Commander

• ASIN: B000I9U99K
• ASIN: B000I9U99K

magFlags Large Flag Used by The Yugoslav Partisans in The Territory of The Military Commander in Serbia and in Areas of The Independent State of Croatia Where Serbs Lived | Landscape Flag | 1.35m&s

Flag: Used by the Yugoslav Partisans in the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia and in areas of the Independent State of Croatia where Serbs lived landscape flag | 1.35m² | 14.5sqft | 80x160cm | 30x60inch Serbian Partisans Used by the Yugoslav Partisans in the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia and in areas of the Independent State of Croatia where Serbs livedSince we know how important your external presentation is, we print our Used by the Yugoslav Partisans in the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia and in areas of the Independent State of Croatia where Serbs... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0173GAEYK
• ASIN: B0173GAEYK
• Brand: magFlags
• Manufacturer: magFlags

The Way of the SEAL: Think Like An Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed

Blending the tactics he learned from America’s elite force with lessons from the Spartans, samurai, Apache scouts, and other great warrior traditions, Mark Divine has distilled the fundamentals of success into eight powerful principles that will transform you into the leader you always knew you could be. Learn to think like a SEAL and lead.Want to be tough? Cool under fire? Able to sense danger before it’s too late? In The Way of the SEAL, retired Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine reveals exercises, meditations, and focusing techniques to train your mind for mental toughness, emotional resil... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1621452115
• ASIN: 1621452115
• ISBN: 1621452115
• Brand: Divine Mark
• Manufacturer: Reader's Digest

Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

• ASIN: B000FC0O7M
• ASIN: B000FC0O7M
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (The Liberation Trilogy Book 3)

#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: B009LRWHQI
• ASIN: B009LRWHQI
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

Echo in Ramadi: The Firsthand Story of US Marines in Iraq's Deadliest City

Ranked in the "Top 10 Military Books of 2018" by Military Times.  "In war, destruction is everywhere. It eats everything around you. Sometimes it eats at you." —Major Scott Huesing, Echo Company Commander From the winter of 2006 through the spring of 2007, two-hundred-fifty Marines from Echo Company, Second Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment fought daily in the dangerous, dense city streets of Ramadi, Iraq during the Multi-National Forces Surge ordered by President George W. Bush. The Marines' mission: to kill or capture anti-Iraqi forces. Their experience: like being in Hell. Now Major... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1621577341
• ASIN: 1621577341
• ISBN: 1621577341
• Manufacturer: Regnery History

Submarine X-1

Academy Award(r) nominee* James Caan commands a covert naval operation in this riveting drama inspired by an amazing true story discovered in declassified British War Office files. With "first-class underwater photography" (Variety) and taut suspense, this tale of heroism paved the way for films like The Hunt for Red October.Commander Bolton (Caan) has lost his submarine, the Gauntlet, in a sea battle with the Nazis in 1943. Although the survivors still blame him,he's cleared of charges and assigned to lead a top-secret training program with three experimental miniature X-1 subs, each manned b... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00079ZACC
• UPC: 027616921727
• ASIN: B00079ZACC
• Brand: CAAN,JAMES
• Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)

AO Eyewear American Optical - Original Pilot Aviator Sunglasses with Bayonet Temple and Gold Frame, Calobar Green Glass Lens

The U.S. Armed Forces' best-kept secret now available in the consumer market. Performance-tested sunglasses with classic aviator styling. The General has been a favorite of U.S. military pilots for more than 50 years. Engineered to rigid military specifications and issued to millions of U.S. Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen since 1958.The rugged and sturdy structure and high quality finishing of the steel alloy frame coupled with distortion free, toughened and polished True Color glass lens have made the AO Flight Gear Collection the standard bearer of all fine military sunglasses. To m... [Read More]

• ASIN: B004MARWSW
• UPC: 090577321929
• ASIN: B004MARWSW
• Brand: AO Eyewear
• Size: 52mm
• Manufacturer: American Optical

Presidents at War : From Truman to Bush, the Gathering of Military Powers to Our Commanders in Chief

The Korean War, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lebanon, El Salvador, Grenada, Iran-Contra, Nicaragua, Panama, the Gulf War, Somalia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, IraqWhat do these events and scores of others have

• UPC: 47876004

The Odyssey of a U-Boat Commander (Hardcover)

Admiral Topp's memoirs reflect the faith, hopes, errors, and transformations in a man's life, indeed those of a whole generation whose understanding of history and ideology were held captive by the myth of power. The

• UPC: 31134090

The Savior Generals : How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq

Stirring portraits of five military commanders (Themistocles of ancient Athens, the Byzantine general Belisarius, William Tecumseh Sherman, Matthew Ridgway, and David Petraeus) warriors whose dynamic leadership changed the course of war and history, filled with

• UPC: 30170121

Tigers in the Mud : The Combat Career of German Panzer Commander Otto Carius

No German tank better represents that thundering power than the infamous Tiger tank, and Otto Carius was one of the most successful commanders to ever take a Tiger into battle, destroying well over 150 enemy

• UPC: 2192965
• Rating: 4.0

The Mission, the Men, and Me : Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

A former commander of Delta Force, the most elite counter-terrorist organization in the world, takes his intimate knowledge of warfare--and the heart, mind, and spirit it takes to win--and moves his focus from the combat

• UPC: 14046592
• Rating: 3.0

One Hundred Days : The Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander

On 2 April 1982 Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. The British response was swift, some said foolhardy. The mission of the Battle Group under the command of Rear Admiral Sandy Woodward presented a challenge that

• UPC: 25651617
• Rating: 5.0

Commander in Chief : FDR's Battle with Churchill, 1943

From Nigel Hamilton's acclaimed World War II saga, the astonishing story of FDR's yearlong, defining battle with Churchill in 1943, as the war raged in Africa and

• UPC: 55313360
• Rating: 4.5

Joachim Peiper : A New Biography of Himmler's SS Commander

In this new historical investigation, German historian Jens Weste-meier portrays the rise and fall of an SS war criminal, and demolishes persistent myths of a Nazi icon. The picture revealed here is at odds with

• UPC: 566866120

Masters of the Battlefield : The World's Greatest Military Commanders and Their Battles, from Alexander the Great to Norman Schwarzkopf

Written by one of Britain’s most successful living commanders, Masters of the Battlefield examines the lives and tactics of 28 great military leaders, from Julius Caesar to Stormin’ Norman Schwarzkopf. Each general receives a spread

• UPC: 180606358
• Rating: 5.0

Panzer Aces II : Battle Stories of German Tank Commanders in World War II

In this sequel to his well-regarded "Panzer Aces," Kurowski relates the combat careers of six more decorated German Panzer officers--men who were German tank commanders during World War

• UPC: 2641612