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1	Mein Kampf more books like this by Adolf Hitler add to wishlist Hitler outlines a program of blood and terror in this self-revealing classic. see all copies from £7.84! new only from £8.72! \| first editions
2	Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan more books like this by Doug Stanton add to wishlist From the bestselling author of "In Harm's Way" comes a spectacular, harrowing, true-life soldiers' tale of struggle and triumph in the wake of the September 11 attacks. b&w photographs. see all copies from £11.00! new only from £13.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II more books like this by Judith M Heimann add to wishlist In November 1944: Army airmen set out in a B-24 bomber on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast. Instead they found themselves unexpectedly facing a Japanese fleet - and were shot down. When they cut themselves loose from their parachutes, they were scattered across the island's mountainous interior. Then a group of loincloth ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
4	Guadalcanal Diary more books like this by Richard Tregaskis add to wishlist history U.S.A. $14.95 Canada $22.50 This celebrated classic gives a soldier's-eye-view of the Guadalcanal battles--crucial to World War II, the war that continues to fascinate us all, and to military history in general. Unlike some of those on Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, Richard Tregaskis volunteered to be there. An on-location news ... see all copies from £4.15! new only from £66.05! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II more books like this by Robert Kurson add to wishlist The perilous, obsessive world of the deep-sea diver is revealed in this true account of a six-year quest begun in 1991 to recover items from and discover the identity of a World War II U-boat sunk off the coast of New Jersey, a place where the history books said no such ship should be. As a team of divers explores the twisted wreck underwater and ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang-The Battle That Changed the War in V more books like this by H Moore add to wishlist This compelling account of two major engagements in Vietnam's la Drang Valley in November 1965 is written by the man who commanded the battalion that was involved and by a war correspondent who was there. Both spent years interviewing soldiers who made it through and families of those lost in battle. see all copies from £1.48! new only from £7.38! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa more books like this by Eugene B Sledge add to wishlist This World War II memoir by a former U. S. Marine is highly regarded by historians and former soldiers alike for its veracity and style. Sledge recounts his experiences in the Pacific campaigns, especially the (very bloody) landings on Peleliu and Okinawa. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24!
8	Rumor of War more books like this by Philip Caputo add to wishlist This powerful memoir chronicles Caputo's hitch in Vietnam as a Marine lieutenant, describing his transformation from an idealistic young soldier into a ruthless killer, and then to a cynical critic of war's sickening waste and madness. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £9.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters more books like this by Dick Winters, Cole C Kingseed add to wishlist Winters' memoir, based on his wartime diary, includes the untold stories of his comrades--the Band of Brothers who suffered unimaginable casualties while liberating Europe. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £7.24! \| first editions
10	The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 more books like this by Rick Atkinson (Read by) add to wishlist In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy. see all copies from £4.88! new only from £4.88! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit more books like this by Eric L Haney add to wishlist This insider's story of America's most elite counter-terrorist team reveals the special training that members go through, and reveals what it is like to go on its covert missions. The author was a founding member of Delta Force, the existence of which is never even acknowledged by the government. see all copies from £2.17! new only from £6.66! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander more books like this by Pete Blaber add to wishlist Pete Blaber knows what it takes to survivea]and thrive. As a commander in Delta Forceathe most elite counter-terrorist organization in the worldaPete Blaber has taken part in some of the most dangerous, controversial, and significant military and political events of our time. And heas learned and experienced more about the "real" world and how ... see all copies from £11.21! new only from £11.59! \| first editions
13 view cover	See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism more books like this by Robert Baer, Seymour M Hersh (Foreword by) add to wishlist An ex-CIA agent recounts several key cases of his career--including the infiltration of a Palestinian terror group and efforts in Iraq to undermine Saddam Hussein--and reflects on how the agency has gone into decline after his departure. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.63! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Greatest Generation more books like this by Tom Brokaw add to wishlist Accompanying an NBC television special, this title features the American men and women who were born in the 1920s, experienced the unique circumstances of a World War, and went on to become the parents of the "baby boomers." Award-winning anchorman Brokaw has reported on many of the world's major news events since he began his career with NBC News ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	The Good Soldiers more books like this by David Finkel add to wishlist Combining the action of Mark Bowden's "Black Hawk Down" with the literary tone of Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried, The Good Soldiers" takes an unforgettable look at the heroes and the ruined soldiers fighting in the Iraq War. see all copies from £15.25! new only from £15.25!
16 view cover	The Third Reich at War more books like this by Richard J Evans add to wishlist The final volume in Evans's masterly trilogy on the history of Nazi Germany traces the rise and fall of German military might, the mobilization of a people's community to serve a war of conquest, and Hitler's campaign of racial subjugation and genocide. see all copies from £9.89! new only from £10.28! \| first editions
17 view cover	Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda more books like this by Sean Naylor add to wishlist In this "New York Times" bestseller, an award-winning combat reporter reveals how close American forces came to disaster in Afghanistan against Al Qaida after easily defeating the ragtag Taliban that had sheltered the terrorist organization behind the 9/11 attacks. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World more books like this by Margaret MacMillan, Richard Holbrooke (Foreword by) add to wishlist This history of the Paris peace talks after World War I was a New York Times "Editor's Choice" for 2002. see all copies from £7.27! new only from £11.08! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour more books like this by James Hornfischer add to wishlist Desperately fought on the morning of October 25, 1944, the Battle of Samar was an upset victory won by American warships fighting a battle they were never supposed to fight. Filled with riveting details, this is war at sea as it has seldom been presented before. see all copies from £5.92! new only from £9.01! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	To Hell and Back more books like this by Audie Murphy add to wishlist Originally published in 1949, TO HELL AND BACK was a smash bestseller for fourteen weeks and later became a major motion picture starring Audie Murphy as himself. More than fifty years later, this classic wartime memoir is just as gripping as it was then. Desperate to see action but rejected by both marines and paratroopers because he was too ... see all copies from £5.83! new only from £5.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	The Fall of Berlin 1945 more books like this by Antony Beevor add to wishlist This history of the final days of World War II tells of the carnage as Allied troops advanced on Berlin, and Hitler issued orders from his bunker. Beevor depicts the plight of the people in the street and the soldiers, as well as the competition between Russia and the other Allies to reach Berlin first. see all copies from £7.39! new only from £10.30! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Flags of Our Fathers more books like this by J Bradley add to wishlist The story of the Battle of Iwo Jima is told through the lives of six young men pictured in the famous news photo of the raising of the American flag on Mt. Suribachi. Hailing from different parts of the United States, these young men can be seen as representative of the generation that grew up in the '30s and went off to fight in the '40s. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath more books like this by Michael Norman, Elizabeth M Norman add to wishlist For the first four months of 1942, U.S., Filipino, and Japanese soldiers fought what was America's first major land battle of World War II, the battle for the tiny Philippine peninsula of Bataan. It ended with the surrender of 76,000 Filipinos and Americans, the single largest defeat in American military history. The defeat, though, was only the ... see all copies from £12.86! new only from £15.59! \| first editions
24 view cover	Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army more books like this by Jeremy Scahill add to wishlist On September 16, 2007, machine gun fire erupted in Baghdad's Nisour Square leaving seventeen Iraqi civilians dead, among them women and children. The shooting spree, labeled "Baghdad's Bloody Sunday," was neither the work of Iraqi insurgents nor U. S. soldiers. The shooters were private forces working for the secretive mercenary company, ... see all copies from £1.48! new only from £6.02! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008 more books like this by Thomas E Ricks add to wishlist "Fiasco," Ricks's #1 "New York Times" bestseller, transformed the political dialogue on the war in Iraq. "The Gamble," the story of Gen. David Petraeus and the American military, reveals that many high-level officials were opposed to the 2003 invasion. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.78! \| signed copies \| first editions

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