Modern War Studies

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When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler
When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler 4.18 avg rating — 1,382 ratings
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The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943
The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943 4.30 avg rating — 236 ratings
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Stalingrad
Stalingrad 3.89 avg rating — 114 ratings
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The Wehrmacht's Last Stand: The German Campaigns of 1944-1945
The Wehrmacht's Last Stand: The German Campaigns of 1944-1945 4.51 avg rating — 176 ratings
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The German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich
The German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich 4.28 avg rating — 260 ratings
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Grant Invades Tennessee: The 1862 Battles for Forts Henry and Donelson
Grant Invades Tennessee: The 1862 Battles for Forts Henry and Donelson 4.42 avg rating — 59 ratings
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From Defeat to Victory: The Eastern Front, Summer 1944
From Defeat to Victory: The Eastern Front, Summer 1944 4.25 avg rating — 20 ratings
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From Victory to Stalemate: The Western Front, Summer 1944
From Victory to Stalemate: The Western Front, Summer 1944 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings
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MacArthur's Jungle War: The 1944 New Guinea Campaign
MacArthur's Jungle War: The 1944 New Guinea Campaign 3.88 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Germany and the Axis Powers: From Coalition to Collapse
Germany and the Axis Powers: From Coalition to Collapse 3.91 avg rating — 22 ratings
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The 1929 Sino-Soviet War: The War Nobody Knew
The 1929 Sino-Soviet War: The War Nobody Knew 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Stopping the Panzers: The Untold Story of D-Day
Stopping the Panzers: The Untold Story of D-Day 4.48 avg rating — 62 ratings
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The Twilight of the U.S. Cavalry: Life in the Old Army, 1917-1942
The Twilight of the U.S. Cavalry: Life in the Old Army, 1917-1942 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Quest for Decisive Victory: From Stalemate to Blitzkrieg in Europe, 1899-1940
Quest for Decisive Victory: From Stalemate to Blitzkrieg in Europe, 1899-1940 4.19 avg rating — 88 ratings
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The OSS in Burma: Jungle War against the Japanese
The OSS in Burma: Jungle War against the Japanese 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Jefferson Davis and His Generals: The Failure of Confederate Command in the West
Jefferson Davis and His Generals: The Failure of Confederate Command in the West 4.18 avg rating — 121 ratings
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Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942
Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942 4.37 avg rating — 345 ratings
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The North African Air Campaign: U.S. Army Forces from El Alamein to Salerno
The North African Air Campaign: U.S. Army Forces from El Alamein to Salerno really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Battle for Leningrad, 1941-1944
The Battle for Leningrad, 1941-1944 3.99 avg rating — 72 ratings
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MacArthur's Coalition: US and Australian Military Operations in the Southwest Pacific Area, 1942-1945
MacArthur's Coalition: US and Australian Military Operations in the Southwest Pacific Area, 1942-1945 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings
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MacArthur's ULTRA: Codebreaking and the War against Japan, 1942-1945
MacArthur's ULTRA: Codebreaking and the War against Japan, 1942-1945 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Battle of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk 4.08 avg rating — 867 ratings
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Inside Hitler's High Command
Inside Hitler's High Command 4.13 avg rating — 68 ratings
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The Roots Of Blitzkrieg: Hans von Seeckt And German Military Reform
The Roots Of Blitzkrieg: Hans von Seeckt And German Military Reform 4.01 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864
Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 4.34 avg rating — 123 ratings
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Civilian in Peace, Soldier in War: The Army National Guard, 1636-2000
Civilian in Peace, Soldier in War: The Army National Guard, 1636-2000 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Hitler's Volkssturm: The Nazi Militia and the Fall of Germany, 1944-1945
Hitler's Volkssturm: The Nazi Militia and the Fall of Germany, 1944-1945 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Shadow on the White House: Presidents and the Vietnam War, 1945-1975
Shadow on the White House: Presidents and the Vietnam War, 1945-1975 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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In Deadly Combat: A German Soldier's Memoir of the Eastern Front
In Deadly Combat: A German Soldier's Memoir of the Eastern Front 4.14 avg rating — 1,106 ratings
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The Cambodian Wars: Clashing Armies and CIA Covert Operations
The Cambodian Wars: Clashing Armies and CIA Covert Operations 3.31 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Harlem's Rattlers and the Great War: The Undaunted 369th Regiment and the African American Quest for Equality
Harlem's Rattlers and the Great War: The Undaunted 369th Regiment and the African American Quest for Equality 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Through the Maelstrom: A Red Army Soldier's War on the Eastern Front, 1942-1945
Through the Maelstrom: A Red Army Soldier's War on the Eastern Front, 1942-1945 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Diem's Final Failure: Prelude to America's War in Vietnam
Diem's Final Failure: Prelude to America's War in Vietnam really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Hitler Strikes Poland: Blitzkrieg, Ideology, and Atrocity
Hitler Strikes Poland: Blitzkrieg, Ideology, and Atrocity 3.55 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Abandoning Vietnam: How America Left and South Vietnam Lost Its War
Abandoning Vietnam: How America Left and South Vietnam Lost Its War 4.13 avg rating — 31 ratings
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The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville
The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville 4.31 avg rating — 552 ratings
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Doughboys on the Great War: How American Soldiers Viewed Their Military Experience
Doughboys on the Great War: How American Soldiers Viewed Their Military Experience 3.23 avg rating — 26 ratings
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General Lesley J. McNair: Unsung Architect of the U. S. Army
General Lesley J. McNair: Unsung Architect of the U. S. Army 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
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To the Gates of Stalingrad: Soviet-German Combat Operations, April-August 1942
To the Gates of Stalingrad: Soviet-German Combat Operations, April-August 1942 4.25 avg rating — 220 ratings
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The Mediterranean Air War: Airpower and Allied Victory in World War II
The Mediterranean Air War: Airpower and Allied Victory in World War II 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Napoleon's Last Victory and the Emergence of Modern War
Napoleon's Last Victory and the Emergence of Modern War 3.72 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Hitler's Police Battalions: Enforcing Racial War in the East
Hitler's Police Battalions: Enforcing Racial War in the East 3.59 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Closing with the Enemy: How GIs Fought the War in Europe, 1944-1945
Closing with the Enemy: How GIs Fought the War in Europe, 1944-1945 4.01 avg rating — 140 ratings
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Davis and Lee at War
Davis and Lee at War 4.10 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Vietnam's High Ground: Armed Struggle for the Central Highlands, 1954-1965
Vietnam's High Ground: Armed Struggle for the Central Highlands, 1954-1965 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Red Army and the Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Soviet Military
The Red Army and the Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Soviet Military 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings
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ARVN: Life and Death in the South Vietnamese Army
ARVN: Life and Death in the South Vietnamese Army 3.60 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Marshall and His Generals: U.S. Army Commanders in World War II
Marshall and His Generals: U.S. Army Commanders in World War II 3.95 avg rating — 101 ratings
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Barbarossa 1941: Reframing Hitler’s Invasion of Stalin’s Soviet Empire
Barbarossa 1941: Reframing Hitler’s Invasion of Stalin’s Soviet Empire 3.08 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Stalin's Reluctant Soldiers: A Social History of the Red Army, 1925-1941
Stalin's Reluctant Soldiers: A Social History of the Red Army, 1925-1941 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Scarlet Fields: The Combat Memoir of a World War I Medal of Honor Hero
Scarlet Fields: The Combat Memoir of a World War I Medal of Honor Hero 4.20 avg rating — 94 ratings
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A People's Contest: The Union and Civil War, 1861-1865
A People's Contest: The Union and Civil War, 1861-1865 4.08 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Losing Binh Dinh: The Failure of Pacification and Vietnamization, 1969-1971
Losing Binh Dinh: The Failure of Pacification and Vietnamization, 1969-1971 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Cambodian Campaign: The 1970 Offensive and America's Vietnam War
The Cambodian Campaign: The 1970 Offensive and America's Vietnam War 3.80 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Corinth 1862: Siege, Battle, Occupation
Corinth 1862: Siege, Battle, Occupation 4.15 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Japan's Imperial Army: Its Rise and Fall, 1853-1945 (Modern War Studies Series)
Japan's Imperial Army: Its Rise and Fall, 1853-1945 (Modern War Studies Series) 4.07 avg rating — 115 ratings
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Civil War Kansas: Reaping the Whirlwind: the Authorized Edition with a New Preface
Civil War Kansas: Reaping the Whirlwind: the Authorized Edition with a New Preface 3.72 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Shiloh: Conquer or Perish
Shiloh: Conquer or Perish 4.41 avg rating — 83 ratings
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Spies and Commandos: How America Lost the Secret War in North Vietnam
Spies and Commandos: How America Lost the Secret War in North Vietnam 3.79 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Battle for the Ruhr: The German Army's Final Defeat in the West
Battle for the Ruhr: The German Army's Final Defeat in the West 3.87 avg rating — 71 ratings
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A Rebel War Clerk's Diary: At the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1: April 1861-July 1863
A Rebel War Clerk's Diary: At the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1: April 1861-July 1863 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Stalin's Guerrillas: Soviet Partisans in World War II
Stalin's Guerrillas: Soviet Partisans in World War II liked it 3.00 avg rating — 15 ratings
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General Walter Krueger: Unsung Hero of the Pacific War
General Walter Krueger: Unsung Hero of the Pacific War 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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800 Days on the Eastern Front: A Russian Soldier Remembers World War II
800 Days on the Eastern Front: A Russian Soldier Remembers World War II 3.70 avg rating — 80 ratings
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America's Deadliest Battle: Meuse-Argonne, 1918
America's Deadliest Battle: Meuse-Argonne, 1918 3.70 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Churchill and His Generals
Churchill and His Generals 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Planning War, Pursuing Peace: The Political Economy of American Empire, 1920-1939
Planning War, Pursuing Peace: The Political Economy of American Empire, 1920-1939 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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MacArthur's Airman: General George C. Kenney and the War in the Southwest Pacific
MacArthur's Airman: General George C. Kenney and the War in the Southwest Pacific 3.83 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Triumph at Imphal-Kohima: How the Indian Army Finally Stopped the Japanese Juggernaut
Triumph at Imphal-Kohima: How the Indian Army Finally Stopped the Japanese Juggernaut 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
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From Stalingrad to Pillau: A Red Army Artillery Officer Remembers the Great Patriotic War
From Stalingrad to Pillau: A Red Army Artillery Officer Remembers the Great Patriotic War 3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Joseph E. Johnston and the Defense of Richmond
Joseph E. Johnston and the Defense of Richmond 3.75 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Trial by Fire: The 1972 Easter Offensive, America's Last Vietnam Battle
Trial by Fire: The 1972 Easter Offensive, America's Last Vietnam Battle 4.06 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Vietnamese Women at War: Fighting for Ho Chi Minh and the Revolution
Vietnamese Women at War: Fighting for Ho Chi Minh and the Revolution 3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The First Peacetime Draft
The First Peacetime Draft 3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Mr. Truman's War: The Final Victories of World War II and the Birth of the Postwar World
Mr. Truman's War: The Final Victories of World War II and the Birth of the Postwar World 3.79 avg rating — 29 ratings
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America’s Space Sentinels: DSP Satellites and National Security
America’s Space Sentinels: DSP Satellites and National Security 3.85 avg rating — 27 ratings
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America's First Battles, 1776-1965
America's First Battles, 1776-1965 3.84 avg rating — 117 ratings
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The GI Offensive In Europe: The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions, 1941-1945
The GI Offensive In Europe: The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions, 1941-1945 4.08 avg rating — 63 ratings
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The CIA's Secret War in Tibet
The CIA's Secret War in Tibet 3.98 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Victory in Vietnam
Victory in Vietnam 3.37 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The Sable Arm: Black Troops in the Union Army, 1861-1865
The Sable Arm: Black Troops in the Union Army, 1861-1865 4.18 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Hitler's Jewish Soldiers: The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military
Hitler's Jewish Soldiers: The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military 4.03 avg rating — 171 ratings
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Clash of Empires in South China: The Allied Nations' Proxy War with Japan, 1935-1941
Clash of Empires in South China: The Allied Nations' Proxy War with Japan, 1935-1941 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Jackson's Sword: The Army Officer Corps on the American Frontier, 1810-1821
Jackson's Sword: The Army Officer Corps on the American Frontier, 1810-1821 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Military Legacy of Civil War: The European Inheritance
The Military Legacy of Civil War: The European Inheritance 3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings
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The Pueblo Incident: A Spy Ship and the Failure of American Foreign Policy
The Pueblo Incident: A Spy Ship and the Failure of American Foreign Policy 3.60 avg rating — 20 ratings
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A Gallant Little Army: The Mexico City Campaign
A Gallant Little Army: The Mexico City Campaign 4.09 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Devil Dogs Chronicle: Voices of the 4th Marine Brigade in World War I
Devil Dogs Chronicle: Voices of the 4th Marine Brigade in World War I 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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America's First Black General: Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., 1880-1970
America's First Black General: Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., 1880-1970 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
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U.S. Army Special Warfare: Its Origins: Revised Edition
U.S. Army Special Warfare: Its Origins: Revised Edition 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Vietnam Rough Riders: A Convoy Commander's Memoir
Vietnam Rough Riders: A Convoy Commander's Memoir really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 57 ratings
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The Turn of the Tide in the Pacific War Strategic Initiative, Intelligence, and Command, 1941-1943
The Turn of the Tide in the Pacific War Strategic Initiative, Intelligence, and Command, 1941-1943 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Of Spies and Lies: A CIA Lie Detector Remembers Vietnam
Of Spies and Lies: A CIA Lie Detector Remembers Vietnam 2.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Mussolini's Death March: Eyewitness Accounts of Italian Soldiers on the Eastern Front
Mussolini's Death March: Eyewitness Accounts of Italian Soldiers on the Eastern Front 4.33 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Recruiting for Uncle Sam: Citizenship and Military Manpower Policy
Recruiting for Uncle Sam: Citizenship and Military Manpower Policy 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Peacekeepers and Conquerors: The Army Officer Corps on the American Frontier, 1821-1846
Peacekeepers and Conquerors: The Army Officer Corps on the American Frontier, 1821-1846 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Soldiers and Scholars: The U.S. Army and the Uses of Military History, 1865-1920
Soldiers and Scholars: The U.S. Army and the Uses of Military History, 1865-1920 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Dear Catharine, Dear Taylor: The Civil War Letters of a Union Soldier and his Wife
Dear Catharine, Dear Taylor: The Civil War Letters of a Union Soldier and his Wife 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Vietnam: The History of an Unwinnable War 1945-1975
Vietnam: The History of an Unwinnable War 1945-1975 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Battalion Commanders at War: U.S. Army Tactical Leadership in the Mediterranean Theater, 1942-1943
Battalion Commanders at War: U.S. Army Tactical Leadership in the Mediterranean Theater, 1942-1943 3.89 avg rating — 45 ratings
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