Best Secretary Of Defense - April 2024

Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR | SHORT-LISTED FOR THE 2018 LIONEL GELBER PRIZE | NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: FINANCIAL TIMES * THE TIMES (LONDON) * AMAZON  “Allison is one of the keenest observers of international affairs around.”— JOE BIDEN, former vice president of the United States   China and the United States are heading toward a war neither wants. The reason is Thucydides’s Trap: when a rising power threatens to displace a ruling one, violence is the likeliest result. Over the past five hundred years, these conditions have occurred sixteen times; war broke out... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01IAS9FZY
• ASIN: B01IAS9FZY
• Brand: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
• Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

With shocking revelations that made headlines in papers across the country, Pulitzer-Prize-winner Tim Weiner gets at the truth behind the CIA and uncovers here why nearly every CIA Director has left the agency in worse shape than when he found it; and how these profound failures jeopardize our national security.

• ASIN: 0307389006
• ASIN: 0307389006
• ISBN: 0307389006
• Brand: Anchor Books
• Manufacturer: Anchor

Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America

• ASIN: B003F3FJS2
• ASIN: B003F3FJS2
• Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau

No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy: The Life of General James Mattis

The first in-depth look at the marine hero who has become one of the most beloved and admired men in America today: Secretary of Defense James Mattis.A devout student of history and erudite reader revered by rank and file soldiers, officers, academics, politicians, and ordinary citizens, General James Mattis is one of the most admired leaders serving America today. A man who has long used his position as a model for the soldiers he leads, Mattis in 2003 shared a "Message to All Hands" with the men and women under his command, outlining their responsibilities as soldiers of the corps. Emphasizi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062803913
• ASIN: 0062803913
• ISBN: 0062803913
• Manufacturer: Broadside Books

The Gods of Guilt (A Lincoln Lawyer Novel)

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is forced to bend the law until it breaks when he is hired to defend a man accused of killing a prostitute in this novel of courtroom suspense, the "best one yet" (The Washington Post).Mickey Haller gets the text, "Call me ASAP - 187," and the California penal code for murder immediately gets his attention. Murder cases have the highest stakes and the biggest paydays, and they always mean Haller has to be at the top of his game.When Mickey learns that the victim was his own former client, a prostitute he thought he had rescued and put on the straight and narrow p... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1455575992
• ASIN: 1455575992
• ISBN: 9781455575992
• Brand: Michael Connelly
• Manufacturer: Hieronymus, Inc.

Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War

From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vividly written account of his experience serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Before Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House in 2006, he thought he’d left Washington politics behind: after working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, he was happy in his role as president of Texas A&M University. But when he was asked to help a nation mired in two wars and to aid the troops doing the fighting, he answered what he felt was the call of ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307959473
• ASIN: 0307959473
• ISBN: 9780307959478
• Brand: Knopf Publishing Group
• Manufacturer: Knopf

The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

• ASIN: 1608196704
• ASIN: 1608196704
• ISBN: 1608196704
• Brand: BLOOMSBURY
• Manufacturer: Bloomsbury USA

This Kind of War: The Classic Military History of the Korean War

• ASIN: B00J3EU6IK
• ASIN: B00J3EU6IK
• Manufacturer: Open Road Media

Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff

• ASIN: B004HW7834
• ASIN: B004HW7834
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins e-books

The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth

A Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter’s riveting account of the transformation of the CIA and America’s special operations forces into man-hunting and killing machines in the world’s dark spaces: the new American way of war The most momentous change in American warfare over the past decade has taken place away from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq, in the corners of the world where large armies can’t go. The Way of the Knife is the untold story of that shadow war: a campaign that has blurred the lines between soldiers and spies and lowered the bar for waging war across the globe.... [Read More]

• ASIN: 014312501X
• UPC: 884250146288
• ASIN: 014312501X
• ISBN: 014312501X
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Trackers 4: The Damned (A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Series)

The deadly hunt ends in the fourth and final installment of the bestselling Trackers saga...   The mountain town of Estes Park, Colorado is scrambling to recover from the betrayal of two of their police officers, and prepare for threats outside their borders. But with Chief of Police Marcus Colton imprisoned by rival Sheriff Mike Thompson, the job to protect the isolated town is left to Sam 'Raven' Spears and newly promoted Captain Lindsey Plymouth. They will do everything they can to bring Colton home, and save their citizens, but one thing is certain: a war is coming to Estes Park, and no ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0756HDMJQ
• ASIN: B0756HDMJQ
• Manufacturer: Great Wave Ink, Inc.

Art Crafter Department of Defense Challenge Coin Military Badge D006J

Challenge Coins are a wonderful tradition to honor those who have served in the US Military. We hope that you will find the Challenge Coin here that best represent you or your loved one's service! Description: ▪ Diameter: 1.6 inch / 40 mm ▪ Thin: 0.12 inch / 3 mm ▪ Weight: 1 ounce / 30g ▪ Material: Zine alloy with Gold plated on the surface ▪ Main Color: As pictures show ▪ Design: Two sided design ▪ Is_Customized: Yes Package Contents: ▪ 1-Pack Challenge Coin with transparent plastic box Note: ▪ Due to the angle of shooting and the cause of the light,the color may be a differ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07BHTVD4G
• UPC: 691298003967
• ASIN: B07BHTVD4G
• Brand: Art Crafter
• Manufacturer: Art Crafter

Blood in the Water: How the US and Israel Conspired to Ambush the USS Liberty

Presents evidence suggesting collusion between US and Israeli intelligence in the attack on a US naval surveillance vessel during the Six-Day War and the more than fifty-year long cover-up.On June 8, 1967, the USS Liberty, an unarmed intelligence ship reporting to the Joint Chiefs of Staff under the auspices of the National Security Agency, was positioned in international waters off the coast of Egypt when it was attacked with deadly violence by unmarked jet planes firing rockets and machine guns and throwing napalm onto its deck. This ambush was followed by a torpedo strike that blew a forty-... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1633884643
• ASIN: 1633884643
• ISBN: 1633884643
• Manufacturer: Prometheus

When the Center Held: Gerald Ford and the Rescue of the American Presidency

A revealing political memoir of the presidency of Gerald Ford as seen through the eyes of Donald Rumsfeld—the New York Times bestselling author, and Ford’s former Secretary of Defense and Chief of Staff, and longtime personal confidant.In the wake of Watergate, it seemed the United States was coming apart. America had experienced a decade of horrifying assassinations; the unprecedented resignation of first a vice president and then a president of the United States; intense cultural and social change; and a new mood of cynicism sweeping the country—a mood that, in some ways, lingers today... [Read More]

• ASIN: 150117293X
• ASIN: 150117293X
• ISBN: 150117293X
• Manufacturer: Free Press

James Monroe: The American Presidents Series: The 5th President, 1817-1825 (American Presidents (Times))

The former senator and presidential candidate offers a provocative new assessment of the first “national security president”James Monroe is remembered today primarily for two things: for being the last of the “Virginia Dynasty”—following George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison—and for issuing the Monroe Doctrine, his statement of principles in 1823 that the western hemisphere was to be considered closed to European intervention. But Gary Hart sees Monroe as a president ahead of his time, whose priorities and accomplishments in establishing America’s “national sec... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0805069607
• ASIN: 0805069607
• ISBN: 0805069607
• Brand: Brand: Times Books
• Manufacturer: Times Books

How Schools Work : An Inside Account of Failure and Success from One of the Nation's Longest-Serving Secretaries of Education

9781501173059

• UPC: 147397384
• Rating: 5.0

Legacies #2: Best Defense - eBook

Just in time for the milestone 50th Anniversary of Star Trek: The Original Series, an epic new trilogy that stretches from the earliest voyages of the Starship Enterprise to Captain Kirk’s historic five-year-mission—and from one

• UPC: 313383250
• Rating: 5.0

Madam Secretary : A Biography of Madeleine Albright

No American envoy has ever burst on the diplomatic scene and grabbed center stage in the theater of foreign relations like Madeleine Albright. Navigating difficult terrain as few can, Thomas Blood provides exclusive interviews with,

• UPC: 25244890

King Peggy : An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village

Originally published: New York: Doubleday,

• UPC: 21048551
• Rating: 4.177

Legacies #2: Best Defense

Just in time for the milestone 50th Anniversary of Star Trek: The Original Series, an epic new trilogy that stretches from the earliest voyages of the Starship Enterprise to Captain Kirk's historic five-year-mission--and from one

• UPC: 49742985
• Rating: 5.0

In Defense of Sainty : The Best Essays of G.K. Chesterton

G.K. Chesterton was a master essayist. But reading his essays is not just an exercise in studying a literary form at its finest, it is an encounter with timeless truths that jump off the page

• UPC: 16931956
• Rating: 5.0

The Definitive Personal Assistant & Secretarial Handbook : A Best Practice Guide for All Secretaries, Pas, Office Managers and Executive Assistants

"The ultimate guide for all management, personal, and executive assistants and secretaries, The Definitive Personal Assistant and Secretarial Handbook places specific emphasis on career development, providing guidance and advice on career advancement. Author Sue France

• UPC: 45143850
• Rating: 4.0

The Best Defense

Szco Supplies Best Defense Knife CN210848 CHINA

• UPC: 41752499
• Model: 19622
• Color: Multicolor

The 1968 Tet Offensive Battles of Quang Tri City and Hue: The Fight for the Triangle and the Citadel, West of Hue, Stalemate in the Citadel, plus Secretary of Defense History Excerpt - eBook

This monograph focuses on the battles of Quang Tri City and Hue that took place during the 1968 Tet offensive . The offensive itself, an all-out effort by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces to

• UPC: 908531864

McNamara as a Transformative Leader: Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, Leadership of Vietnam War, President John F. Kennedy, DoD Transformation, Structure and Organization - eBook

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this study examines the reaction of a group of senior Army Officers to Robert S. McNamara as a transformative Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968. It

• UPC: 195595633

New Donald Rumsfeld Rummy 12" Action Figure Secretary of Defense Best Deal

• UPC: 293148179488
• Category: Other US Politics Collectibles
• Price: 9 USD