Category: Military

From a renowned historian and son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower comes the first-ever biography of General Winfield Scott, the towering commander, a hero of the War of 1812, who was instrumental in shaping America's border and who created the modern U.S. military. 16-page photo insert.
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American Generalship

By: Puryear, Edgar; Puryear, Edgar F.

Price: $3.92 USD

Publisher: Presidio Press : 2000-01-15

Seller ID: 0891416587-4-18263432

ISBN-13: 9780891416586

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Acceptable

America's top military leaders are scrutinized as Puryear ponders what prepared our generals for the terrible responsibilities they bore during World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War and on to today.
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American Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles

By: Keneally, Thomas

Price: $3.53 USD

Publisher: Anchor : 2003-05-13

Seller ID: 0385722257-3-24000526

ISBN-13: 9780385722254

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

Hero, adulterer, bon vivant, murderer and rogue, Dan Sickles led the kind of existence that was indeed stranger than fiction. Throughout his life he exhibited the kind of exuberant charm and lack of scruple that wins friends, seduces women, and gets people killed. In American Scoundrel Thomas Keneally, the acclaimed author of Schindler's List, creates a biography that is as lively and engrossing as its subject. Dan Sickles was a member of Congress, led a controversial charge at Gettysburg, and had an affair with the deposed Queen of Spain--among many other women. But the most startling of his ...
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American Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles

By: Keneally, Thomas

Price: $3.46 USD

Publisher: Doubleday : 2002-04-09

Seller ID: 0385501390-3-21687867

ISBN-13: 9780385501392

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

American Soldier: Stories of Special Forces from Iraq to Afghanistan (Adrenaline)

By: Hardcastle, Nate [Editor]; Willis, Clint [Editor];

Price: $3.55 USD

Publisher: Da Capo Press : 2002-10-28

Seller ID: 1560254386-3-27315000

ISBN-13: 9781560254386

Binding: paperback

Condition: Used: Good

During the past two decades, the aims and the nature of war have changed completely. Today, American soldiers on the ground typically operate in small, self-contained units with well-defined goals that require a high degree of training and risk. This book offers a look at the realities of that warfare, and the lives and deaths of the soldiers who fight it. American Soldier draws upon the extensive literature that has emerged in recent years describing episodes of warfare in places ranging from Somalia, Haiti, and Colombia to Afghanistan and Iraq. Mark Bowden in Black Hawk Down gives a gripping...
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Background to Glory

By: Bakeless, John; Ronda, James P. [Introduction]

Price: $3.53 USD

Publisher: Bison Books : 1992-09-01

Seller ID: 0803261055-3-26390610

ISBN-13: 9780803261051

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

George Rogers Clark came out of Virginia to lead a frontier militia during the Revolutionary War. Fighting against the British and the Indians in the Illinois country, he scored impressive victories at Kaskaskia and Vincennes. His eventful life is brought to the fore in "Background to Glory" by John Bakeless, the author of "Daniel Boone: Master of the Wilderness," also a Bison Book.
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Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Heroes in Their Own Words

By: Smith, Larry; Adams, Eddie [Photographer]; Schwarzkopf, H. Norman [Introduction];

Price: $3.50 USD

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company : 2004-05-17

Seller ID: 0393325628-3-19767708

ISBN-13: 9780393325621

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

This "New York Times" best-selling account of battlefield courage celebrates the larger-than-life sacrifices of those awarded the nation's highest honor for valor in combat. Exclusive interviews with these twenty-four men firsthand accounts of battlefield sacrifice from the greatest generation to Vietnam, along with before-and-after stories form the core of this classic work. The recipients, as portrayed here, represent a cross-section as diverse as America itself officers and enlisted men; African Americans, Hispanics, and Caucasians; men who went on to become famous (Daniel Inouye, James Sto...
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Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Heroes in Their Own Words

By: Smith, Larry; Schwarzkopf, H. Norman; Adams, Eddie

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc : 2003-07-01

Seller ID: 039305134X-3-18556216

ISBN-13: 9780393051346

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

This first oral history of livign Medal of Honor winners evokes Flage of Our Fathers with stirring accounts of patriotic valor. This EPIC account of legendary battlefield courage celebrates the larger-than-life sacriices of those awarded the nation's highest honor for valor in combat. Exclusive interviews with these twenty-four men--firsthand accounts of battlefield sacrifice from the greatest generation to Vietnam, along with before-and-after stories--form the core of this book. The recipients, as portrayed here, represent a cross section as diverse as America itslef--officers and enlisted me...
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Born to Fly: The Heroic Story of Downed U.S. Navy Pilot Lt. Shane Osborn

By: Osborn, Shane; McConnell, Malcolm; French, Michael [Adapter]

Price: $4.89 USD

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers : 2001-11-13

Seller ID: 0385729995-11-24903803

ISBN-13: 9780385729994

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

From the age of three, Shane Osborn dreamed of being a pilot. He began learning the skills he would need to fly as a member of the Civil Air Patrol, a branch of the U.S. Air Force, when he was just twelve years old. But it wasn't until he graduated from the naval ROTC program at the University of Nebraska and joined the navy that his dream became a reality. For five years, Osborn practiced rigorous training exercises, working tirelessly day in and day out until he advanced from navy pilot to mission commander." "All Lt. Osborn's flying skills were put to the test when a Chinese F-8 II fighter ...
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Brassey's Encyclopedia of Military History and Biography

By: Margiotta, Franklin D. [Editor]; Keegan, John [Foreword];

Price: $3.63 USD

Publisher: Potomac Books : 2000-07-01

Seller ID: 1574882511-3-28746654

ISBN-13: 9781574882513

Binding: paperback

Condition: Used: Good

A practical, readable reference for anyone interested in military history.
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Campaigning with King: Charles King, Chronicler of the Old Army

By: Russell, Don; Hedren, Paul L. [Editor]

Price: $8.79 USD

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press : 1991-03-01

Seller ID: 0803238770-11-27958606

ISBN-13: 9780803238770

Binding: hardcover

Condition: New

Cavalier in Buckskin: George Armstrong Custer and the Western Military Frontier (Oklahoma Western Biographies)

By: Utley, Robert M.

Price: $3.46 USD

Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr : 1988-01-01

Seller ID: 0806121505-4-28449105

ISBN-13: 9780806121505

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Used: Acceptable

Chicken Soup for the Veteran's Soul: Stories to Stir the Pride and Honor the Courage of Our Veterans

By: Jack Canfield; Mark Victor Hansen; Sidney R. Slagter

Price: $3.48 USD

Publisher: HCI : 2001-05-15

Seller ID: 1558749373-7-5930063

ISBN-13: 9781558749375

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Collectible: Good

Signed by Author
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Image for Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945 (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)

Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945 (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)

By: Ambrose, Stephen E.

Price: $3.77 USD

Publisher: G K Hall & Co : 1998-07-01

Seller ID: 0783801742-3-25387587

ISBN-13: 9780783801742

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

Citizen Soldiers begins on June 7, 1944 and ends on May 7, 1945. In between are graphic re-enactments of the battles that finally defeated Germany. Ambrose draws on hundreds of interviews and oral histories from men on both sides who were there, and re-creates the experiences for the reader: fighting in the cold and wet, gruesome wounds, combat exhaustion, looting, and random destruction - the suffering of warfare. He describes how citizen soldiers overcame their fear and inexperience to win the war in a definitive book on the most important time frame in World War II.
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Code Name: Copperhead

By: Garner, Joe R.

Price: $3.93 USD

Publisher: Simon & Schuster : 1994-06-08

Seller ID: 0671864351-4-21747166

ISBN-13: 9780671864354

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Acceptable

Colin Powell: A Biography (Scholastic Biography)

By: Haskins, James

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: Scholastic : 1992-02-01

Seller ID: 0590452436-3-27292069

ISBN-13: 9780590452434

Binding: paperback

Condition: Used: Good

Combat Swimmer: Memoir of a Navy Seal

By: Gormly, Robert A.

Price: $14.10 USD

Publisher: Dutton Adult : 1998-06-01

Seller ID: 0525943269-11-24633985

ISBN-13: 9780525943266

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

The real-life story of the most daring Navy SEALs ever to be deployed -- a modern American heroThey have been called "The Silent Option" and the "elite of the elite". They are the Navy SEALs and their real-life exploits have become the stuff of military legend. Robert Gormly, the highest-ranking SEAL ever to tell his story, takes the reader into the night, into the water, into the battle."Combat Swimmer", "Shooter", "Operator" -- all of these describe Gormly and his fellow SEALs as they went on some of the most hair-raising missions ever assigned. Gormly did two tours of duty in Vietnam. He co...
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Currahee!

By: Burgett, Donald; Burgett, Donald, R.

Price: $18.90 USD

Publisher: Presidio Press : 1999-09-01

Seller ID: 0891416811-11-26424843

ISBN-13: 9780891416814

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Custer and Crazy Horse: A Story of Two Warriors (Scholastic Biography)

By: Razzi, Jim

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: Scholastic : 1989-03-01

Seller ID: 059041836X-3-19534567

ISBN-13: 9780590418362

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

Custer's Chief of Scouts: The Reminiscences of Charles A. Varnum Including His Testimony at the Reno Court of Inquiry

By: Varnum, Charles A.; Carroll, John M. [Editor]

Price: $4.03 USD

Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr : 1987-01-01

Seller ID: 0803263287-3-28671924

ISBN-13: 9780803263284

Binding: paperback

Condition: Used: Good

Historic moments in the Battle of the Little Big Horn are recounted by Custer's chief of scouts, Lieutenant Charles A. Varnum, who commanded a detachment of Arikara scouts. He describes his meeting with Custer on a high bluff on the morning of June 25,1876, and the general's fateful decision to attack, in spite of a warning that the valley was filling up with mounted Indians. Varnum, who rode with Major Marcus Reno's troop, relives all that can be seen and heard in the smoke and swirl of the battle.One of the few to emerge from the Little Big Horn debacle untainted by controversy, Varnum serve...
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CUSTER: The Controversial Life of George Armstrong Custer

By: Wert, Jeffry D.

Price: $3.46 USD

Publisher: Simon & Schuster : 1996-06-12

Seller ID: 0684810433-3-19757481

ISBN-13: 9780684810430

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

Draws on previously overlooked documents to probe the puzzles that have continued to mark the legendary general's life and career.
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Custer: The Life of General George Armstrong Custer (Bison Book S)

By: Monaghan, Jay

Price: $3.55 USD

Publisher: Bison Books : 1971-09-01

Seller ID: 0803257325-3-28491436

ISBN-13: 9780803257320

Binding: paperback

Condition: Used: Good

"The best book yet written about Custer and the full significance of his career. . . . Deserves a medal of honor for extraordinary service in the great cause of making history live."--Chicago Tribune. "There have been numerous books about this picturesque contradiction of a man, but the new biography, by Jay Monaghan, is undoubtedly the best."--New York Times Book Review. "The Custer literature is voluminous and most of it is highly controversial. Through the tangle of charges and countercharges Jay Monaghan cuts a clear path in his fresh account of Custer's whole career. Where possible, Monag...
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Dear Sarah: Letters Home from a Soldier of the Iron Brigade

By: Lassen, Coralou Peel [Editor]

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: Indiana University Press : 1999-11-22

Seller ID: 0253335604-3-25740805

ISBN-13: 9780253335609

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

Over 80 letters from Corporal John Pardington to his wife paint a vivid portrait of the life and everyday concerns of a Union soldier and his transformation from simple Michigan country boy to seasoned fighter. His touching love letters are made even more poignant because the reader is aware of the young soldier's impending death at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Death in the Jungle, Diary of a Navy Seal

By: Smith, Gary R.; Maki, Alan

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: Ballantine Books : 1995-11-29

Seller ID: 0804113416-4-20165081

ISBN-13: 9780804113410

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Used: Acceptable

SNAKES, VIPERS, CROCS, SHARKS, AND THE VCWith 257 combat missions in Vietnam under his belt, Gary Smith is a living witness to the realities of Naval Special Warfare. He worked with some of the toughest and most highly motivated men in the world, executing missions in the murderous terrain of Rung Sat Special Zone and Dung Island. The key to their success: go where no ordinary soldier would go and no VC would expect them.Though death reigned as king in the jungles of Vietnam, Gary Smith considered it a privilege and an honor to serve under the officers and with the men of Underwater Demolition...
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