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The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 53,935 ratings — published 1997
Zero History (Blue Ant, #3)
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avg rating 3.96 — 16,196 ratings — published 2010
The Whole Truth (A. Shaw, #1)
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avg rating 4.10 — 45,332 ratings — published 2008
The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 5,557 ratings — published 2015
Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 3,225 ratings — published 2012
The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 4,103 ratings — published 2020
Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 2,951 ratings — published 2018
Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.46 — 18,659 ratings — published 1994
Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 1,902 ratings — published 2008
On War (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 14,917 ratings — published 1832
Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 7,826 ratings — published 2014
On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 4,619 ratings — published 2004
Facing Violence: Preparing for the Unexpected (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 1,055 ratings — published 2011
The Lincoln Lawyer (The Lincoln Lawyer, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #16)
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avg rating 4.23 — 266,465 ratings — published 2005
By Reason of Insanity (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 2,425 ratings — published 2008
Nuclear War: A Scenario (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 57,780 ratings — published 2024
Shoot, Dive, Fly: Stories of Grit and Adventure from The Indian Army (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.44 — 436 ratings — published
Boots Belts Berets (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 535 ratings — published 2008
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 12,630 ratings — published 1995
The Imagineers of War: The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.70 — 635 ratings — published
100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative's Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 3,092 ratings — published 2015
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 8,100 ratings — published 2006
Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.76 — 12,349 ratings — published 2015
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 15,081 ratings — published 2013
Mobilize: How to Reboot the American Industrial Base and Stop World War III (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 224 ratings — published
The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil–Military Relations (Belknap Press S)
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avg rating 3.90 — 535 ratings — published 1957
The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 3,739 ratings — published 2012
On Tactics: A Theory of Victory in Battle (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 183 ratings — published 2017
On Grand Strategy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.75 — 5,657 ratings — published 2018
Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 1,717 ratings — published 2023
Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 8,154 ratings — published 2019
The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 2,098 ratings — published 2017
Once an Eagle (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.41 — 8,558 ratings — published 1968
Sycamore Row (Jake Brigance, #2)
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avg rating 4.11 — 144,268 ratings — published 2013
The Revenge Of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 6,424 ratings — published 2012
Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.82 — 1,637 ratings — published 2024
Diplomacy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 9,617 ratings — published 1994
The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order (Bridging the Gap)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,288 ratings — published 2021
The New Makers of Modern Strategy: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 164 ratings — published
India’s Most Fearless: True Stories of Modern Military Heroes (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.46 — 2,276 ratings — published
Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 15,819 ratings — published 2010
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw: Soldiering with Dignity (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 152 ratings — published 2002
Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 7,715 ratings — published 2017
On China (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 10,564 ratings — published 2011
Spy Stories: Inside the Secret World of ISI and RAW (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.55 — 559 ratings — published
2034: A Novel of the Next World War (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.80 — 18,795 ratings — published 2021
Unrestricted Warfare: China's Master Plan to Destroy America (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.67 — 856 ratings — published 1999
Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 19,212 ratings — published 2020
In the Enemy's House: The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 2,259 ratings — published 2018
“My only defense is the acquisition of vocabulary.”
― Wit
― Wit
“Is there any instinct more deeply implanted in the heart of man than the pride of protection, a protection which is constantly exerted for a fragile and defenceless creature?”
― Père Goriot
― Père Goriot
