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The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme
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War Through the Ages
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A History of Warfare
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The Art of War in the Western World
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The Great War and Modern Memory
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War In The Shadows: The Guerrilla in History
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On War
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The Guns of August
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The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare from Trafalgar to Midway
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The Conduct Of War, 1789-1961: A Study of the Impact of the French, Industrial, and Russian Revolutions on War and its Conduct
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The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West 1500-1800
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Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age
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European Armies and the Conduct of War
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Supplying War: Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton
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Command in War
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Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power
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On War
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The Art of War: The beautifully reproduced 1910 edition, with introduction by Andy McNab, Critical Notes by Lionel Giles, M.A. and illustrations
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War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated General
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
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From Crossbow to H.Bomb
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Military Misfortunes: The Anatomy of Failure in War
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Eliot A. Cohen (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 268 ratings
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The Soul of Battle: From Ancient Times to the Present Day
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4.27 avg rating — 413 ratings
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The Second World War
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The Second World War (6 volumes)
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Makers Of Modern Strategy: Military Thought From Machiavelli To Hitler
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Edward Mead Earle (Editor)
4.03 avg rating — 1,913 ratings
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Memoirs of Hadrian
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On Infantry
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The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000
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Feeding Mars: Logistics In Western Warfare From The Middle Ages To The Present
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John A. Lynn (Editor)
3.82 avg rating — 33 ratings
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A Military History of the Western World: From the Earliest Times to the Battle of Lepanto (Da Capo Paperback) Vol. 1
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4.18 avg rating — 165 ratings
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A Military History of the Western World
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Military History of Western World, Vol. 3: From the American Civil War to the End of World War II
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Leverage of Sea Power: The Strategic Advantage of Navies in War
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3.97 avg rating — 29 ratings
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The Military Staff, Its History and Development
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Of Arms and Men: A History of War, Weapons, and Aggression
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Strategy
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History of the German General Staff 1657-1945
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German General Staff (Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century: Weapons Book No. 32)
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A Study of War, 2nd Edition
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War in the Modern World
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Command of the Sea: The History and Strategy of Maritime Empires, Volume 2
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The German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich
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The Age of Battles: The Quest for Decisive Warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo
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4.09 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Technology and War: From 2000 B.C. to the Present
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The Roots Of Blitzkrieg: Hans von Seeckt And German Military Reform
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The American Way of War: A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy
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The Patterns of War through the Eighteenth Century
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All I Could Be
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Miyoko Hikiji (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Beneath the Bamboo: A Vietnam War Story
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Custoza: Memories of an Ex-Grenadier
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Major General George H. Sharpe and the Creation of American Military Intelligence in the Civil War
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Conceal Reveal: The Space between Entrepreneurs and the Defense Industry
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The Patterns of War Since the Eighteenth Century
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The Crusades: The Whole Story of the Crusades (Originally Published in Two Volumes as Iron Men & Saints and The Flame of Islam)
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The Art of War
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War and Politics
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The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction
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The Art of War: The beautifully reproduced fully illustrated 1910 edition, with bonus material
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Some Desperate Glory: The Diary of a Young Officer, 1917
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The Book of War: 25 Centuries of Great War Writing
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John Keegan (Editor)
3.80 avg rating — 233 ratings
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The Evolution of Weapons and Warfare
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Understanding War: History And Theory Of Combat
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How Wars Are Won: The 13 Rules of War from Ancient Greece to the War on Terror
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Understanding Defeat: How to Recover from Loss in Battle to Gain Victory in War
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The Yellow Wind
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The Superstrategists: Great Captains, Theorists, and Fighting Men Who Have Shaped the History of Warfare
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European Warfare 1815-2000 (Problems in Focus, 10)
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Jeremy Black (Editor)
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Moving Mountains: Lessons in Leadership and Logistics from the Gulf War
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Tools of War: Instruments, Ideas, and Institutions of Warfare, 1445-1871
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War in European History
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For Want of a Nail: The Impact of War on Logistics and Communications
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A Concise History of Warfare
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The Age of Total War, 1860–1945 (Studies in Military History and International Affairs
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The Changing Nature of Warfare: 1792–1945
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War and Human Progress: An Essay on the Rise of Industrial Civilization
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The Art of War
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European Warfare, 1660-1815
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Clausewitz's 'On War': A Biography
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Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792-1914
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Diplomacy, War, and Technology since 1830
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Chief of Staff, Vol. 1: The Principal Officers Behind History's Great Commanders, Napoleonic Wars to World War I
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Men in Arms: A History of Warfare and Its Interrelationships With Western Society
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Chief of Staff, Vol. 2: The Principal Officers Behind History's Great Commanders, World War II to Korea and Vietnam (Association of the United States Army) (Volume 2)
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War in the Nineteenth Century: 1800-1914
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The Wars of German Unification
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War, strategy, and maritime power
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Resort to Arms: International and Civil Wars, 1816-1980
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Warfare in the Western World, 1882-1975:
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The French Wars 1667-1714
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History of Militarism: Civilian and Military
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The Age of Religious Wars, 1559-1715 (The Norton History of Modern Europe)
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Warfare in the Eighteenth Century
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Military Innovation in the Interwar Period
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Williamson Murray (Editor)
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Military Effectiveness (Military Effectiveness 3 Volume Set) (Volume 2)
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Allan Reed Millett (Editor)
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Guibert: Father of Napoleon's Grande Armée (Volume 57) (Campaigns and Commanders Series)
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The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783
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