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Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
Winner of the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War.
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The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today
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Arctic Storm Rising (Nick Flynn #1)
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Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
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A New York Times –bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the modern era chose to utterly destroy their foes, and warns that similar wars of obliteration are possible…
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The Revenge Of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
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Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo and Lucchese. For decades these Five Families ruled New York and built the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra) into an underworld empire. Today, the Mafia is an endange…Buy this book on Amazon -
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Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
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We Few: U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam
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Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and inept businessman, fond of drinking to excess; or as the triumphant but brutal Union ge…
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