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The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and the Pursuit of America's Enemies to the Ends of the Earth

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No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and the Pursuit of America's Enemies to the Ends of the Earth
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France
Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden--from 9/11 to Abbottabad
Fearless: The Heroic Story of One Navy SEAL's Sacrifice in the Hunt for Osama Bin Laden and the Unwavering Devotion of the Woman Who Loved Him
The Forever War
A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent
The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II (World War II: 1939-1945 #2)
The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
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    End Game Burma 1945: Slim's Masterstroke at Meikila
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    Popular Military History Books

    Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
    Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
    We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
    The Face of Battle
    Citizen Soldiers: The U S Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
    D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches
    Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943
    An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
    With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
    The Guns of August
    The First World War
    The Art of War
    A Bridge Too Far
    Flags of Our Fathers
    Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
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    Lists

    Who Dares Wins by Tony GeraghtyEye of the Storm by Peter RatcliffeThe Phantom Major by Virginia CowlesKnots and Crosses by Ian RankinBlood Hunt by Ian Rankin
    SAS - Special Air Service
    40 books — 4 voters
    The Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Price of Glory by Alistair HorneDreadnought by Robert K. MassieGallipoli by Alan MooreheadThe First World War by John Keegan
    Military History of the First World War
    54 books — 15 voters

    We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreA Rumor Of War by Philip CaputoA Bright Shining Lie by Neil SheehanChickenhawk by Robert MasonHell In A Very Small Place by Bernard B. Fall
    Vietnam War Books
    54 books — 22 voters
    The Battle for the Falklands by Max HastingsSink the Belgrano by Mike RossiterOne Hundred Days by Sandy WoodwardOperation Corporate by Martin MiddlebrookThe Falklands War 1982 by Martin Middlebrook
    Falklands War
    83 books — 13 voters

    The Coldest Winter by David HalberstamThis Kind of War by T.R. FehrenbachRaiders of the China Coast by Frank HoloberThe Korean War by Max HastingsChosin by Eric Hammel
    Korean War
    90 books — 13 voters
    Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Face of Battle by John KeeganThe Landmark Thucydides by ThucydidesThe Constitution of the United States of America by James MadisonWashington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer
    U.S. Army Center Of Military History Reading List 2012
    58 books — 15 voters


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    Quotes Tagged "Military History"

    “Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible; and when you strike and overcome him, never let up in the pursuit so long as your men have strength to follow; for an army routed, if hotly pursued, becomes panic-stricken, and can then be destroyed by half their number. The other rule is, never fight against heavy odds, if by any possible maneuvering you can hurl your own force on only a part, and that the weakest part, of your enemy and crush it. Such tactics will win every time, an...more ”
    ― Stonewall Jackson
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    “Combat is fast, unfair, cruel, and dirty. It is meant to be that way so that the terrible experience is branded into the memory of those who are fortunate enough to survive. It is up to those survivors to ensure that the experience is recorded and passed along to those who just might want to try it.”
    ― Bruce H. Norton, Force Recon Diary, 1969: The Riveting, True-to-Life Account of Survival and Death in One of the Most Highly Skilled Units in Vietnam
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    Groups Tagged "Military History"

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    Writing Tagged "Military History"

    History Repeats Itself
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    Mission Over Indochine
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