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Armed Conflict
The Lessons of Modern Warfare
Written by Brian Steed

Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2009
Price: $19.00

What challenges will America face in armed conflicts of the future and how will we prepare for them? National security depends upon the ability of the military to “predict” the future nature of war. Despite the difficulty in making such predictions, one must remember: nation states and other countries will continue... Read more >

Firepower in Limited War
Revised Edition
Written by Robert Scales

Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2009
Price: $19.00

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Moltke on the Art of War
Selected Writings
Edited by Daniel Hughes

Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $19.00

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On Strategy
A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War
Written by Harry G. Summers

Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $15.95

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Spec Ops
Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice
Written by William H. Mcraven

Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $19.95

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The Art of Maneuver
Maneuver Warfare Theory and Airland Battle
Written by Robert Leonhard

Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2009
Price: $19.00

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The Principles of War for the Information Age

Written by Robert Leonhard

Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2009
Price: $19.00

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How the South Could Have Won the Civil War
The Fatal Errors That Led to Confederate Defeat
Written by Bevin Alexander

Format: eBook
On Sale: November 25, 2008
Price: $14.95

Could the South have won the Civil War?

To many, the very question seems absurd. After all, the Confederacy had only a third of the population and one-eleventh of the industry of the North. Wasn’t the South’s defeat inevitable?

Not at all, as acclaimed military historian Bevin Alexander reveals in this provocative and... Read more >

How the South Could Have Won the Civil War
The Fatal Errors That Led to Confederate Defeat
Written by Bevin Alexander

Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: November 25, 2008
Price: $14.95

Destroying conventional historical wisdom, acclaimed military historian Bevin Alexander reveals how the South most definitely could have defeated the North-and how close a Confederate victory came to happening. Alexander shows:

•How the Confederacy had its greatest chance to win the war just three months into the fighting-but blew it
• How the... Read more >

Arsenals of Folly
The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
Written by Richard Rhodes

Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $15.95

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes delivers a riveting account of the nuclear arms race and the Cold War.

In the Reagan-Gorbachev era, the United States and the Soviet Union came within minutes of nuclear war, until Gorbachev boldly launched a campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons, setting the stage for the 1986... Read more >

Fortifications From the Tudors to the Cold War

Written by Bernard Lowry

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $21.95

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The Last Ridge
The Epic Story of America's First Mountain Soldiers and the Assault on Hitler's Europe
Written by Mckay Jenkins

Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95

When World War II broke out in Europe, the American army had no specialized division of mountain soldiers. But in the winter of 1939–40, after a tiny band of Finnish mountain troops brought the invading Soviet army to its knees, an amateur skier named Charles Minot “Minnie” Dole convinced the United... Read more >

Mercenaries
Soldiers of Fortune, from Ancient Greece to Today#s Private Military Companies
Written by Col. Michael Lee Lanning

Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $7.99

SOLDIERS OF $$

Privateers, contract killers, corporate warriors. Contract soldiers go by many names, but they all have one thing in common: They fight for money and plunder rather than liberty, God, or country. Now acclaimed author and war vet Michael Lee Lanning traces the compelling history of these fighting machines–from the... Read more >

Arsenals of Folly
The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
Written by Richard Rhodes

Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $28.95

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb: the story of the entire postwar superpower arms race, climaxing during the Reagan-Gorbachev decade when the United States and the Soviet Union came within scant hours of nuclear war—and then nearly agreed to abolish nuclear weapons.

In a narrative that... Read more >

Arsenals of Folly

Written by Richard Rhodes

Format: eBook
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $15.95

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes delivers a riveting account of the nuclear arms race and the Cold War.

In the Reagan-Gorbachev era, the United States and the Soviet Union came within minutes of nuclear war, until Gorbachev boldly launched a campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons, setting the stage for the 1986... Read more >

Mercenaries
Soldiers of Fortune, from Ancient Greece to Today#s Private Military Companies
Written by Col. Michael Lee Lanning

Format: Paperback, 296 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2005
Price: $7.99

SOLDIERS OF $$

Privateers, contract killers, corporate warriors. Contract soldiers go by many names, but they all have one thing in common: They fight for money and plunder rather than liberty, God, or country. Now acclaimed author and war vet Michael Lee Lanning traces the compelling history of these fighting machines–from the... Read more >

A Pretext for War
9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies
Written by James Bamford

Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $15.95

In A Pretext for War, acclaimed author James Bamford–whose classic book The Puzzle Palace first revealed the existence of the National Security Agency–draws on his unparalleled access to top intelligence sources to produce a devastating expos? of the intelligence community and the Bush administration.

A Pretext for War reveals the systematic... Read more >

The Last Ridge
The Epic Story of America's First Mountain Soldiers and the Assault on Hitler's Europe
Written by Mckay Jenkins

Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $14.95

When World War II broke out in Europe, the American army had no specialized division of mountain soldiers. But in the winter of 1939–40, after a tiny band of Finnish mountain troops brought the invading Soviet army to its knees, an amateur skier named Charles Minot “Minnie” Dole convinced the United... Read more >

Intelligence in War
The value--and limitations--of what the military can learn about the enemy
Written by John Keegan

Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2004
Price: $15.95

John Keegan, whose many books, including classic histories of the two world wars, have confirmed him as the premier miltary historian of our time, here presents a masterly look at the value and limitations of intelligence in the conduct of war.

Intelligence gathering is an immensely complicated and vulnerable endeavor. And it... Read more >

A Pretext for War
9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies
Written by James Bamford
Read by Ray Childs

Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $12.95

The bestselling author of Body of Secrets and The Puzzle Palace presents his most hard-hitting book to date—a sweeping, authoritative, and fearless account of the failures of America’s intelligence agencies and the Bush administration’s calculated efforts to sell a war to the American people.

In The Puzzle Palace, James Bamford revealed the... Read more >

Intelligence in War
Knowledge of the Enemy from Napoleon to Al-Qaeda
Written by John Keegan

Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2003
Price: $15.95

In fiction, the spy is a glamorous figure whose secrets make or break peace, but, historically, has intelligence really been a vital step to military victories? In this breakthrough study, the preeminent war historian John Keegan goes to the heart of a series of important conflicts to develop a powerful argument... Read more >

Intelligence in War
Knowledge of the Enemy From Napoleon to Al-Qaeda
Written by John Keegan
Read by Richard Matthews

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 7, 2003
Price: $24.95

In fiction, the spy is a glamorous figure whose secrets make or break peace, but, historically, has intelligence really been a vital step to military victories? In this breakthrough study, the preeminent war historian John Keegan goes to the heart of a series of important conflicts to develop a powerful argument... Read more >

The Lessons of Terror
A History of Warfare Against Civilians
Written by Caleb Carr

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2003
Price: $16.00

Military historian Caleb Carr’s groundbreaking work anticipated America’s current debates on preemptive military action against terrorist sponsor states, reorganization of the American intelligence system, and the treatment of terrorists as soldiers in supranational armies rather than as criminals. Carr’s authoritative exploration demonstrates that the practice of terrorism, employed by national armies... Read more >

Armed Conflict
The Lessons of Modern Warfare
Written by Brian Steed

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2003
Price: $19.00

What challenges will America face in armed conflicts of the future and how will we prepare for them? National security depends upon the ability of the military to “predict” the future nature of war. Despite the difficulty in making such predictions, one must remember: nation states and other countries will continue... Read more >

The Lessons of Terror
A History of Warfare Against Civilians: Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Again
Written by Caleb Carr

Format: eBook
On Sale: January 15, 2002
Price: $16.00

In The Lessons of Terror, novelist and military historian Caleb Carr examines terrorism throughout history and the roots of our present crisis and reaches a provocative set of conclusions: the practice of targeting enemy civilians is as old as warfare itself; it has always failed as a military and political tactic... Read more >