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The Great Expedition - Sir Francis Drake on the Spanish Main 1585-86
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2011
Price: $18.95
In 1585, war between Spain and Elizabethan England was all but inevitable. Consequently, Queen Elizabeth's spymaster proposed a pre-emptive strike designed to paralyse Spain's economy by striking at the Spanish Main - the heart of her overseas empire. The Elizabethan "Sea Dog" Sir Francis Drake was selected to lead this all-important... Read more >
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2011
Price: $18.95
In 1585, war between Spain and Elizabethan England was all but inevitable. Consequently, Queen Elizabeth's spymaster proposed a pre-emptive strike designed to paralyse Spain's economy by striking at the Spanish Main - the heart of her overseas empire. The Elizabethan "Sea Dog" Sir Francis Drake was selected to lead this all-important... Read more >
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Teutoburg Forest AD 9
The destruction of Varus and his legions
Written by Michael McNally
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: January 18, 2011
Price: $19.95
Osprey's study of one of the most important battles of the long-elasting Germanic Wars (113 BC - 439 AD). Arminius, a young member of the Cheruscan tribe under the Roman Empire felt that Rome could be beaten in battle and that such a victory would guarantee the freedom of the Germans... Read more >
The destruction of Varus and his legions
Written by Michael McNally
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: January 18, 2011
Price: $19.95
Osprey's study of one of the most important battles of the long-elasting Germanic Wars (113 BC - 439 AD). Arminius, a young member of the Cheruscan tribe under the Roman Empire felt that Rome could be beaten in battle and that such a victory would guarantee the freedom of the Germans... Read more >
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Defense of Hill 781
An Allegory of Modern Mechanized Combat
Written by James R. McDonough
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: March 3, 2010
Price: $9.99
In the tradition of the humorous classic Defense of Duffer's Drift, our hero's escape lies in completing a successful mission. Read more >
An Allegory of Modern Mechanized Combat
Written by James R. McDonough
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: March 3, 2010
Price: $9.99
In the tradition of the humorous classic Defense of Duffer's Drift, our hero's escape lies in completing a successful mission. Read more >
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The Mongol Invasions of Japan 1274 and 1281
Written by Stephen Turnbull
Illustrated by Richard Hook
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: January 26, 2010
Price: $19.95
The two attempts by Khubilai Khan, the Mongol Emperor of China, to invade Japan in 1274 and 1281 represent unique events in the history of both countries. It pitted the samurai of Japan against the fierce warriors of the steppes who had conquered half the known world.
The Mongol conquest of Korea... Read more >
Written by Stephen Turnbull
Illustrated by Richard Hook
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: January 26, 2010
Price: $19.95
The two attempts by Khubilai Khan, the Mongol Emperor of China, to invade Japan in 1274 and 1281 represent unique events in the history of both countries. It pitted the samurai of Japan against the fierce warriors of the steppes who had conquered half the known world.
The Mongol conquest of Korea... Read more >
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The Art of War
Written by Sun Tzu
Translated by Thomas Cleary
Format: Package, 224 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $18.00
Compiled more than two thousand years ago, the Art of War is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world today. A study of the anatomy of forces in conflict, it has been discovered by modern business people, who understand the principles it contains are as... Read more >
Written by Sun Tzu
Translated by Thomas Cleary
Format: Package, 224 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $18.00
Compiled more than two thousand years ago, the Art of War is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world today. A study of the anatomy of forces in conflict, it has been discovered by modern business people, who understand the principles it contains are as... Read more >
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Operation Dragoon 1944
France's other D-Day
Written by Steven Zaloga
Illustrated by John White
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: June 23, 2009
Price: $19.95
Osprey's study of Operation Dragoon, the Allied landings in southern France on August 15, 1944, which was one of the most controversial operations of World War II (1939-1945), leading to deep divides between United States and British planners. The US objective was to threaten the rear of the German armies occupying France... Read more >
France's other D-Day
Written by Steven Zaloga
Illustrated by John White
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: June 23, 2009
Price: $19.95
Osprey's study of Operation Dragoon, the Allied landings in southern France on August 15, 1944, which was one of the most controversial operations of World War II (1939-1945), leading to deep divides between United States and British planners. The US objective was to threaten the rear of the German armies occupying France... Read more >
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eBook.
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The Art of War
Translation, Essays, and Commentary by the Denma Translation Group
Written by Sun Tzu
Translated by Denma Translation Group
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $11.95
Conflict is an inevitable part of life, according to this ancient Chinese classic of strategy, but everything necessary to respond to conflict wisely, thoroughly, and victoriously is right before us at all times. The key to skillful action in any situation is in knowing those things that make up the environment... Read more >
Translation, Essays, and Commentary by the Denma Translation Group
Written by Sun Tzu
Translated by Denma Translation Group
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $11.95
Conflict is an inevitable part of life, according to this ancient Chinese classic of strategy, but everything necessary to respond to conflict wisely, thoroughly, and victoriously is right before us at all times. The key to skillful action in any situation is in knowing those things that make up the environment... Read more >
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Small Unit Leadership
A Commonsense Approach
Written by Dandridge M. Malone
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: May 27, 2009
Price: $11.99
Required reading for all present and future leaders, this classic is for those who have to "get the job done"--military or not. Read more >
A Commonsense Approach
Written by Dandridge M. Malone
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: May 27, 2009
Price: $11.99
Required reading for all present and future leaders, this classic is for those who have to "get the job done"--military or not. Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Petersburg 1864-65
The longest siege
Written by Ron Field
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $19.95
In 1864, Petersburg, Virginia became the setting for one of the last great campaigns of the American Civil War (1861-1865) and the longest siege in American History. After his failure to capture Richmond in the Spring, General Ulysses S. Grant decided to strangle the life out of the Confederate Army of Northern... Read more >
The longest siege
Written by Ron Field
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $19.95
In 1864, Petersburg, Virginia became the setting for one of the last great campaigns of the American Civil War (1861-1865) and the longest siege in American History. After his failure to capture Richmond in the Spring, General Ulysses S. Grant decided to strangle the life out of the Confederate Army of Northern... Read more >
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eBook.
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Shadow War
The Untold Story of Jihad in Kashmir
Written by Arif Jamal
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $26.95
A definitive history of the Kashmiri conflict by one of Pakistan's leading reporters
For nearly sixty years, India and Pakistan have battled over the territory of Kashmir. The two nuclear-armed states have fought three bloody wars in the region, but the countries have also fought in the shadows.
Having interviewed a thousand militants... Read more >
The Untold Story of Jihad in Kashmir
Written by Arif Jamal
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $26.95
A definitive history of the Kashmiri conflict by one of Pakistan's leading reporters
For nearly sixty years, India and Pakistan have battled over the territory of Kashmir. The two nuclear-armed states have fought three bloody wars in the region, but the countries have also fought in the shadows.
Having interviewed a thousand militants... Read more >
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The Day We Lost the H-Bomb
Cold War, Hot Nukes, and the Worst Nuclear Weapons Disaster in History
Written by Barbara Moran
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $14.99
In The Day We Lost the H-Bomb, science writer Barbara Moran marshals a wealth of new information and recently declassified material to give the definitive account of the Cold War’s biggest nuclear weapons disaster. On January 17, 1966, a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber exploded over the sleepy Spanish farming village... Read more >
Cold War, Hot Nukes, and the Worst Nuclear Weapons Disaster in History
Written by Barbara Moran
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $14.99
In The Day We Lost the H-Bomb, science writer Barbara Moran marshals a wealth of new information and recently declassified material to give the definitive account of the Cold War’s biggest nuclear weapons disaster. On January 17, 1966, a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber exploded over the sleepy Spanish farming village... Read more >
Leaders and Battles
The Art of Military Leadership
Written by W.J. Wood
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2009
Price: $2.99
In a time when leadership is confused with management, W.J. Wood reminds us that the true determinant of military leadership is on the battlefield. --Harry Summers, author of On Strategy Read more >
The Art of Military Leadership
Written by W.J. Wood
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2009
Price: $2.99
In a time when leadership is confused with management, W.J. Wood reminds us that the true determinant of military leadership is on the battlefield. --Harry Summers, author of On Strategy Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Armed Conflict
The Lessons of Modern Warfare
Written by Brian Steed
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2009
Price: $13.99
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 Modern Warfare
Written by Brian Steed
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2009
Price: $13.99
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 >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Firepower in Limited War
Revised Edition
Written by Robert Scales
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2009
Price: $13.99
Examines how the United States can employ its massive, high-tech firepower in an effective manner when future conflicts are likely to be limited and of low intensity. Read more >
Revised Edition
Written by Robert Scales
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2009
Price: $13.99
Examines how the United States can employ its massive, high-tech firepower in an effective manner when future conflicts are likely to be limited and of low intensity. Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Into the Crucible
Making Marines for the 21st Century
Written by James Woulfe
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $11.99
This book describes the 54 hour exercise in which recruits are put through a series of taxing challenges whilst being denied sufficient food or sleep. Woulfe compares this training exercise with other schemes in other branches of service. Read more >
Making Marines for the 21st Century
Written by James Woulfe
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $11.99
This book describes the 54 hour exercise in which recruits are put through a series of taxing challenges whilst being denied sufficient food or sleep. Woulfe compares this training exercise with other schemes in other branches of service. Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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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: $13.99
Prussian hero Field Marshal Helmuth Graf von Moltke was the architect of the German way of war. Read more >
Selected Writings
Edited by Daniel Hughes
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $13.99
Prussian hero Field Marshal Helmuth Graf von Moltke was the architect of the German way of war. Read more >
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Patton's One-Minute Messages
Tactical Leadership Skills of Business Managers
Written by Charles Prefer
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $9.99
This collection of George S. Patton's pithy one-liners shows how business managers can succeed by applying the combat-tested principles of one of America's most famous battlefield leaders.
Also featured are the works of W. Edwards Deming and Walter A. Shewhart, two pioneers in quality control who have influenced management practice for... Read more >
Tactical Leadership Skills of Business Managers
Written by Charles Prefer
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $9.99
This collection of George S. Patton's pithy one-liners shows how business managers can succeed by applying the combat-tested principles of one of America's most famous battlefield leaders.
Also featured are the works of W. Edwards Deming and Walter A. Shewhart, two pioneers in quality control who have influenced management practice for... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
On Strategy
A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War
Written by Harry G. Summers
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $11.99
Summer's inspired analysis of America's war in Vietnam answers the most pressing questions remaining from that terrible conflict more than a decade before Robert McNamara's painful admissions. Read more >
A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War
Written by Harry G. Summers
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $11.99
Summer's inspired analysis of America's war in Vietnam answers the most pressing questions remaining from that terrible conflict more than a decade before Robert McNamara's painful admissions. Read more >
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trade paperback.
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: $15.99
Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice
Written by William H. Mcraven
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $15.99
Vice Adm. William H. McRaven helped to devise the strategy for how to bring down Osama bin Laden, and commanded the courageous U.S. military unit that carried it out on May 1, 2011, ending one of the greatest manhunts in history. In Spec Ops, a well-organized and deeply researched study, McRaven...
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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: $13.99
The Art of Maneuver is an important theoretical study of an issue that is currently the subject of much discussion in professional military journals and symposia. Read more >
Maneuver Warfare Theory and Airland Battle
Written by Robert Leonhard
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2009
Price: $13.99
The Art of Maneuver is an important theoretical study of an issue that is currently the subject of much discussion in professional military journals and symposia. Read more >
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The Principles of War for the Information Age
Written by Robert Leonhard
Foreword by Robert Scales
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2009
Price: $13.99
One of the most cogent and respected strategic theorists in today's military sounds the alarm: We have no viable doctrine for tomorrow's war.
The advent of the information age renders the hallowed Principles of War useless. Forged in agrarian times and honed by the more modern conflicts of the industrial age, the... Read more >
Written by Robert Leonhard
Foreword by Robert Scales
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2009
Price: $13.99
One of the most cogent and respected strategic theorists in today's military sounds the alarm: We have no viable doctrine for tomorrow's war.
The advent of the information age renders the hallowed Principles of War useless. Forged in agrarian times and honed by the more modern conflicts of the industrial age, the... Read more >
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The Three Meter Zone
Common Sense Leadership for NCOs
Written by J. D. Pendry
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $11.99
A pocket-sized guide to being a good leader, for non-commissioned officers (NCOs). Discusses US Army values in 'user-friendly' terms, from the perspective of a former member of the NCO core. Introduces three different types of leadership styles for 3-meter, 50-meter, and 100-meter soldiers. Read more >
Common Sense Leadership for NCOs
Written by J. D. Pendry
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $11.99
A pocket-sized guide to being a good leader, for non-commissioned officers (NCOs). Discusses US Army values in 'user-friendly' terms, from the perspective of a former member of the NCO core. Introduces three different types of leadership styles for 3-meter, 50-meter, and 100-meter soldiers. Read more >
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The Changing Face of War
Combat from the Marne to Iraq
Written by Martin van Creveld
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $11.99
One of the most influential experts on military history and strategy has now written his magnum opus, an original and provocative account of the past hundred years of global conflict. The Changing Face of War is the book that reveals the path that led to the impasse in Iraq, why powerful... Read more >
Combat from the Marne to Iraq
Written by Martin van Creveld
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $11.99
One of the most influential experts on military history and strategy has now written his magnum opus, an original and provocative account of the past hundred years of global conflict. The Changing Face of War is the book that reveals the path that led to the impasse in Iraq, why powerful... Read more >
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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: $11.99
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 >
The Fatal Errors That Led to Confederate Defeat
Written by Bevin Alexander
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 25, 2008
Price: $11.99
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 >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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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: 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 >
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 >
Also available as an
eBook.
