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Claude Choules
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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Before his death at the age of 110 in May 2011, Claude Choules was the last man alive who had served in both world wars. Claude learned life's lessons during a rural childhood in England and later in the Royal Navy as a boy sailor, before graduating to become an... more
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Adolf Hitler
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2011]
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Mein Kampf is perhaps the only notable work written in two volumes by Adolf Hitler, in 1924. Hitler was arrested when he took out a mass demonstration in favour of national unity for the formation of a socialist German state. He was tried by the Peoples Court in Munich and... more
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Laura Hillenbrand
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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A gripping true story of human endurance and the resilience of one remarkable individual during WWII from Laura Hillenbrand (author of 'Seabiscuit'). On a May afternoon in 1943, a US bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean. After an agonising delay, a young lieutenant finally bobbed to the surface and struggled... more
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Niall Ferguson
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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About the Book: More than any other event, the First World War made the twentieth century. In this boldly conceived book, aimed to appeal not only to students but also to the general reader, Niall Ferguson explodes many of the myths surrounding the war. The First World War killed around... more
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Matthew Reilly
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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About the Book : At an abandoned Soviet base in the Arctic, a battle to save all life on Earth is about to begin...The Secret Base. It is a top-secret base known only as Dragon Island. A long-forgotten relic of the Cold War, it houses a weapon of terrible destructive... more
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John Keegan
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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First paperback edition of this title that has sold over 35,000 copies in hardback to date. A definitive history of the Great War, acclaimed war historian, John Keegan covers all aspects of the conflict. Previous titles by the author include }The Second World War, Battle At Sea{ and }The Mask... more
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John Keegan
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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Much more than a mere chronological narrative, the history of World War II is recounted both periodically and thematically. Keegan analyzes five crucial battles, each characteristic of a distinctive kind of warfare ofthe period. Photographs, maps, diagrams. Praised as "the best military historian of our generation" by Tom Clancy, John... more
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Sun Tzu
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2013]
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Trade paperback. The ancient Chinese treatise of military strategy written by Sun Tzu in the fifth century is now a business classic and here brought up to date by bestselling author and military scholar James Clavell. Written in Chinese over 2500 years ago, this amazing book is layed out so... more
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Antony Beevor
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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About the Book : In June 1944, a young soldier surrendered to American paratroopers in the Allied invasion of Normandy. At first his cators thought that he was Japanese, but he was in fact Korean. His name was Kyougjong Yandg. In 1938, at the age of eighteen, Yang had been... more
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Julius Caesar ,
Jane F Gardner
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2004]
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A military leader of legendary genius, Caesar was also a great writer, recording the events of his life with incomparable immediacy and power. The Civil War is a tense and gripping depiction of his struggle with Pompey over the leadership of Republican Rome - a conflict that spanned the entire... more
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Patricia Mc Cormick
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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When soldiers arrive at his hometown in Cambodia, Arn is just a kid, dancing to rock 'n' roll, hustling for spare change, and selling ice cream with his brother. But after the soldiers march the entire population into the countryside, his life is changed forever. Arn is separated from his... more
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Norman Stone
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2013]
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After the Great War, the United States and the nations of Europe longed for a lasting peace. As far as they were concerned, they had just experienced “the war to end all wars.” Over 15 million lay dead, and much of Europe had been reduced to rubble. The possibility of... more
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Niall Edworthy
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2010]
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The British Army's Challenger II Main Battle Tank is one of the most awesome war machines ever built. In March 2003, three Squadrons of Challenger 2s from the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, part of Britain's 7th Armoured Brigade, the fabled Desert Rats, gathered in Southern Iraq to prepare for battle.The... more
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J Milton
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W W Norton Adobe PDF eBook Rights: Copying allowed, 15 selections every 1 days. Printing allowed, unlimited pages every unlimited days. Lending not allowed. Reading aloud not allowed. Never expires. From the book: Of Man’s first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into... more
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Vikas Khatri
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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World Famous Military Operations as the name suggests captures various enthralling and awe-inspiring military operations that have taken place down the ages.... more
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David Finkel
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2010]
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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 those in the surge, the heroes and the ruined, returning from the Iraq War. It was the last-chance moment of the war.... more
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Karl Marlantes
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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Marlantes relates his combat experiences in Vietnam and discusses the daily contradictions warriors face in the grind of war, where each battle requires them to take life or spare life. He also underscores the need for returning veterans to be counseled properly. In 1968, at the age of 22, Karl... more
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Mark Bowden
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Destined to become a classic of war reporting, Black Hawk Down is Mark Bowden's brilliant account of the longest sustained firefight involving American troops since the Vietnam War. On October 3, 1993, about a hundred elite U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopters into the teeming market in the heart of... more
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Thomas E Ricks
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2009]
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Based on unprecedented real-time access to the military's entire chain of command, The Gamble is the definitive account of the insurgency within the US military that led to a radical shift in America's strategy in Iraq -- and the bloody implementation of that strategy on the ground. In his international... more
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Richard Overy
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2009]
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A dramatic account, recreating hour by hour the ten days leading up to the outbreak of WWII. From the author of }Battle Of Britain{, which sold over 50,000 copies, and }The Dictators{, which won the Wolfson Prize For History. 'Indispensable' }The Times{ 24 August 1939: The fate of the world... more
