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1) The hope
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Through the lives of three military families, Wouk shows the wars and conflicts that have defined Israel's existence. Chronicles their lives from the 1948 War of Independence to the Six-Day War of 1967.
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Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he's done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Finding himself surprisingly at home in Southern Italy, he discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.
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In 1998, West Point made an unprecedented offer to Rolling Stone writer David Lipsky: Stay at the Academy as long as you like, go wherever you wish, talk to whomever you want, to discover why some of America's most promising young people sacrifice so much to become cadets. Lipsky followed one cadet class into mess halls, barracks, classrooms, bars, and training exercises, from arrival through graduation. By telling their stories, he also examines...
4) Don't tread on me: a 400-year history of America at war, from Indian fighting to terrorist hunting
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Analyzes the wars, military campaigns, and foreign and military policy of the United States from its inception to the present day, and argues that the problems confronting the U.S. in the war on terror are the result of political failures rather than military ones.
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WAR. It will happen again. We must be ready.
Sober words from Dr. Sebastian Gorka, a man who has made the unvarnished truth his specialty. And there's one eternal truth that Americans are in danger of forgetting: the most important weapon in any geopolitical conflict is the will to win.
And we must win.
In this powerful manifesto, Dr. Gorka explains the basic principles that have guided strategists since Sun Tzu penned The Art of War in the sixth...
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Pike Logan thrillers volume 18
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To finally end the war between their nations, a rogue Ukrainian band of partisans known as the Wolves teams up with members of Russia's military intelligence to assassinate Vladimir Putin. But Putin is aware of the traitors in his midst and assigns the loyal commander of the Russian national guard to root them out. It's a mission Victor Petrov is expected to undertake after he prevents Sweden from joining NATO, by assassinating a deputy minister of...
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"A new industrial revolution has begun. Like mechanization or electricity before it, artificial intelligence will touch every aspect of our lives--and cause profound disruptions in the balance of global power, especially among the AI superpowers: China, the United States, and Europe. Autonomous weapons expert Paul Scharre takes readers inside the fierce competition to develop and implement this game-changing technology and dominate the future"--
8) Firefox
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The New York Times–bestselling Cold War thriller: It's the most advanced stealth fighter ever developed, and his job is to steal it from the Soviets . . .
The Soviets have created a new plane equipped with a weapons system that can be activated via sensors in the pilot's helmet-an advance that could shift the global balance of power. But British intelligence has a plan. There are two prototypes within the heavily secured Soviet base, and with...
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As riveting as the man it portrays, Warlord is a masterful, unsparing portrait of Winston Churchill, one of history's most fascinating and influential leaders.
"Epic. . . . A brilliantly exciting narrative. . . . D'Este has given us, finally, the lion not only in winter, but at war: impetuous, brazen, misguided, but indefatigable, indomitable, and magnanimous: the greatest and most energetic generalissimo of the 20th century." -Boston Globe
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They have ninety days before the state of Texas will grant these strangers a divorce from their impetuous Vegas wedding. Captain Helen Pallas is certain she's not cut out for marriage. And Captain Tom Cross doesn't believe in love. Yet working in the same unit--and assigned to married quarters--Helen and Tom know the attraction is real. It's a long shot, but we're betting on happily-ever-after.
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A undercover mission means deadly danger for an aspiring Aegis Security agent in this searing romance from the author of Navy SEAL to the Rescue.
After his career as a SEAL is cut short by injury, Spence Lloyd is thrilled when he gets a top-secret assignment. But it's hardly the death-defying action he's used to. Instead, Spence must protect a high-ranking admiral's beautiful daughter. As stubborn as she is alluring, Mia Cade presents...
After his career as a SEAL is cut short by injury, Spence Lloyd is thrilled when he gets a top-secret assignment. But it's hardly the death-defying action he's used to. Instead, Spence must protect a high-ranking admiral's beautiful daughter. As stubborn as she is alluring, Mia Cade presents...
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A fascinating look at how microbes have affected war outcomes from colonial times to the present.
Various powerful enemies from the British to the Nazis, and legendary individuals including Tecumseh and Robert E. Lee, have all fallen before the arms of the American soldier. Yet the deadliest enemy faced by the nation, one that has killed more warriors than all its foes combined, is disease.
But illness has been more than just a historical cause...
13) Napoleon
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Biography of the military genius, who in 1804 crowned himself Emperor of the French and established a vast European empire.
15) Dress gray
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A classic New York Times bestseller: Ry Slaight was walking punishment tours on Central Area when he heard the news. "They found a body floating up in Lake Popolopen this morning," a voice said. "Drowned," the cadet spoke from the corner of his mouth, eyes straight to the front. "Been dead a couple of days. Grim scene, they say." This is a novel about the soft underbelly of the Long Gray Line - West Point's men and boys - and what happens in the delicate...
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Swapping houses for Christmas vacation brought a gift she never imagined in this engaging military romance from the USA Today–bestselling author.
While Fort Hood, Texas, isn't exactly the City of Lights, Major India Woods discovers its hottest attraction-Major Aidan Nord-lives right next door! And they happily enjoy a little no-strings mischief under the mistletoe. Until India discovers Aidan is seeing other women-his adorable twin girls, that...
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The Knights Templar was the foremost Military Order of the Crusades. In about 1118 these warrior-monks were appointed custodians of Temple Mount, and defenders of Christian pilgrims in the Holy Land. Endorsed by the Catholic Church in 1129, the Order became a favoured cause across Europe. Templar knights, distinguished by their white mantles with red crosses, constituted some of the most disciplined and efficient fighting units in successive crusades....
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A military studies professor and former combatant "rationally dissects the strategies and mindsets on both sides" of this thirty-year conflict (New York Journal of Books).
Since the fall of Saigon in 1975, there have been much discussion of why (and whether) America lost the war in Vietnam. The common belief is that the war was lost not on the battlefield but in Washington, DC. The stark facts, though, are that the Vietnam War was lost before...
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Just a few years ago, people spoke of the US as a hyperpower-a titan stalking the world stage with more relative power than any empire in history. Yet as early as 1993, CIA director James Woolsey pointed out that although Western powers had "slain a large dragon" by defeating the Soviet Union in the Cold War, they now faced a "variety of poisonous snakes."
In The Dragons and the Snakes, the eminent soldier-scholar David Kilcullen asks how, and what,...
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