Michael I. Handel

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Tennessee

Classical Strategic Thought: Sun Tzu, Clausewitz, Jomini and Machiavelli

Masters of War is the first comprehensive study based on a detailed textual analysis of the classical works on war by Clausewitz and Sun Tzu, and to a lesser extent, by Jomini and Machiavelli. Brushing stereotypes aside, the author takes a fresh look at what these strategic thinkers actually said - not what they are widely believed to have said. He finds that despite their apparent differences in terms of time, place, cultural background, and level of material/technological development, all had much more in common than previously supposed. In fact, the central conclusion of this book is that the logic of waging war and of strategic thinking is as universal and timeless as human nature itself.

Masters of War

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Connecticut

The great fires have gone out. The heavens are stalked by storm and darkness. The holdings of men are scattered, broken, disparate. The wilderness has reclaimed the land. This is the world in 198 Anno Cataclysmos, since the monks of Haven began their count. Now, in this dark and dying age, the survivors of the Burners and thrax turn upon each other. For the monks of Haven, the chiefest good is knowledge, and the written word. For the folk of Groton there can be nothing that gainsays their holy writ-including the sacred library that informs the Province of all things past.

Tiber the Novice must go with the snide Brother Berengar to seek aid from the strange cousins of Haven, the lords of Sikorsky. Westward, they must travel, along the broken high roads of the ancient ones, over the icy waters of the Low Tonic, and into the foreboding halls of Sikorsky Castle. There can be no victory without the aid of the Duke, and even with it they will match sword and shield against ancient weapons.

Meanwhile, the Dragon, long prophesied, stirs. Vera the machine-speaker travels with her scavenging tribesfolk toward Haven. The Province is poised on the brink of a new devastation.

Haven

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Ron Suskind

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Louisiana

Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies since 9/11

The author of The Price of Loyalty documents failed terrorist attacks against Americans while revealing the Bush administration's efforts to outmaneuver increasingly adaptable and growing terrorist forces throughout the world. 200,000 first printing.

The One Percent Doctrine

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#war #military #government #history #hardcover 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Georgia

The Odyssey of an American Warrior

About Face

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New York

EUROPEAN JOURNEY

John Keegan

Michigan

A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme

John Keegan's groundbreaking portrayal of the common soldier in the heat of battle -- a masterpiece that explores the physical and mental aspects of warfare The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of individuals at the "point of maximum danger." Without the myth-making elements of rhetoric and xenophobia, and breaking away from the stylized format of battle descriptions, John Keegan has written what is probably the definitive model for military historians. And in his scrupulous reassessment of three battles representative of three different time periods, he manages to convey what the experience of combat meant for the participants, whether they were facing the arrow cloud at the battle of Agincourt, the musket balls at Waterloo, or the steel rain of the Somme. The Face of Battle is a companion volume to John Keegan's classic study of the individual soldier, The Mask of Command: together they form a masterpiece of military and human history.

The Face of Battle

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Signed by author himself, and left with a interesting personal note to his friend ￼ #weather #hardcover #history #war 

Colorado

Weather and Terrain in the Conduct of War

Engrossing and informative, this book is a cogent analysis of dozens of battles to illustrate the complex, diverse, and often capricious effect of physical geography on war without oversimplifying this relationship or implying that environmental factors predetermine the outcome of a battle. 70 line illustrations. 60 halftones.

Battling the Elements

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Nika Knight

Ulli Lust

Marcel Beyer

John Brownjohn

Old library book. Tape on binding. But excellent inside. 

Illinois

Germany, in the final years of the Third Reich. Hermann Karnau is a sound engineer obsessed with recording the human voice in all its variations—the rantings of leaders, the roar of crowds, the rasp of throats constricted in fear—and indifferent to everything else. Employed by the Nazis, his assignments take him to Party rallies, to the Eastern Front, and into the household of Joseph Goebbels. There he meets Helga, the eldest daughter: bright, good-natured, and just beginning to suspect the horror that surrounds her... Based on an acclaimed novel by Marcel Beyer, Voices in the Dark is the first fictional graphic novel by Ulli Lust, whose award-winning graphic memoir Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life appeared in English in 2013. It is the story of an unlikely friendship and of a childhood betrayed, a grim parable of naïveté and evil, and a vivid, unsettling masterpiece. This NYRC edition is a trade paperback and features full color throughout and new English hand-lettering.

Voices in the Dark

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Virginia

Bush at War

Nico Walker

"Jesus' Son meets Reservoir Dogs in a breakneck-paced debut novel about love, war, bank robberies, and heroin. Cleveland, 2003. A young man is just a college freshman when he meets Emily. They share a passion for Edward Albee and ecstasy and fall hard and fast in love. But soon Emily has to move home to Elba, New York, and he flunks out of school and joins the army. Desperate to keep their relationship alive, they marry before he ships out to Iraq. But as an army medic, he is unprepared for the grisly reality that awaits him. His fellow soldiers smoke; they huff computer duster; they take painkillers; they watch porn. And many of them die. He and Emily try to make their long-distance marriage work, but when he returns from Iraq, his PTSD is profound, and the drugs on the street have changed. The opioid crisis is beginning to swallow up the Midwest. Soon he is hooked on heroin, and so is Emily. They attempt a normal life, but with their money drying up, he turns to the one thing he thinks he could be really good at--robbing banks. Hammered out on a typewriter, Cherry marks the arrival of a raw, bleakly hilarious, and surprisingly poignant voice straight from the dark heart of America"--

Cherry

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Fusanosuke Inariya

This book is in Like New condition, with no damage, markings, or wear and tear.

Arizona

 * Two soldiers from warring countries are bound by a pledge as master andservant. Taki Reizen is a Commander of sublime beauty, shouldering the fate ofhis nation. Called "Mad Dog" because of his rough temperament, Klaushas sworn his loyalty to him as a knight. Despite this, those around them arecold and disapproving, full of various misgivings. For all their genuinefeelings, what will come of love made cruel by the violence of war?

Maiden Rose Volume 1 (Yaoi)

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The book was originally written in 1886, I believe that this copy is an early edition, which is why I am asking the price that I am. I found it at a yard sale. It appears to have been printed using the printing press and not modern technology. 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Florida

The 15 Decisive Battles of the World from Marathon to Waterloo 

Decisive Battles 

Forrest green sprayed edges - Bloom books international special edition

West Virginia

Bloom books international special edition

Queen of Myth and Monsters (Bloom books international special edition)

Anthony Powell’s popular series. This is the mass market paperback edition from 1976 from Popular Library. Each book has typical paperback wear, particularly on the spine. The paper is browning. Spine is creased to certain degrees on each volume. Some color fade wear. The books are clear of annotations. Binding is still tight on all. A collector’s set, for sure.

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

New Mexico

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter 

A Dance to the Music of Time (1976 Mass Market Paperback, complete 4-volume set)

Micheal Wilkinson

The 1914-18 conflict was dubbed 'the war to end all wars', such was the scale and cost, both in economic and human terms. History shows that this cataclysmic event, which claimed eight million lives, was a mere prelude to an even greater conflagration a generation later. So much for the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, when nations including Germany, America, Japan, France and the United Kingdom agreed upon 'the renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy'

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

Packed with more than 700 photographs, many seen in print for the first time, this title tells the story of conflicts around the globe from, and including, World War One.

Chronical of War (1914 to Present Day)

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Audie Murphy

Tom Brokaw

Minnesota

The Classic Memoir of World War II by America's Most Decorated Soldier

The classic bestselling war memoir by the most decorated American soldier in World War II, back in print in a trade paperback. 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.

Many decades later, this classic wartime memoir is just as gripping as it was then.

Desperate to see action but rejected by both the marines and paratroopers because he was too short, Murphy eventually found a home with the infantry. He fought through campaigns in Sicily, Italy, France, and Germany. Although still under twenty-one years old on V-E Day, he was credited with having killed, captured, or wounded 240 Germans. He emerged from the war as America's most decorated soldier, having received twenty-one medals, including our highest military decoration, the Congressional Medal of Honor. To Hell and Back is a powerfully real portrayal of American GI's at war.

To Hell and Back

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The Navy’s War by Fletcher Pratt. First edition 1944. Hardcover book in excellent pre-owned condition.

First Edition

The Navy’s War

The U. S. Coast Guard in World War II by Malcolm F. Willoughby (1989, Hardcover). Preowned - shows some wear - cover is damaged/ripped - see pictures. Inside cover and back inside cover flawed, library stamps and some writing - see pictures. Pages in good condition.

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Pennsylvania

The U. S. Coast Guard in World War II

Tears on paper cover. No markings or creases on pages. 

The Army of the Potomac Mr. Lincoln's Army, Vol. 1

Gary D. Schmidt

The paper covering the book has tape on the backside. Slightly dirty on the barcode. Pages and content are completely clean and fresh. 

While Doug struggles to be more than the thug that his teachers and the police think him to be, he finds an unlikely ally in Lil Spicer, as they explore Audubon's art.

Okay for Now

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#paperback #historicalweapons #swords #guns #war #battle #reference #armor

Texas

For 4,000 years weapons, and the warriors who used them,have acted as the cutting edge of history, using ax, spear, bow, sword, gun, and cannon to determine the rise of kingdoms and the fall of empires. From the stone axes of the earliest warfare to the heavy artillery of today''s modern armies,this awe-inspiring book portrays for the first time the entire spectrum of weaponry. Illustrations explain key features and working mechanisms of important weapons Beautifully photographed and richly cataloged-often in actual size Details weapons that changed the face of warfare, from the sword to the Gatling gun.

Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor

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This listing is for a set of 2 hardcover books titled "The Wars of America" by Robert Leckie. Published by Harper & Row in 1968, this book club edition is a great addition to any military or war enthusiast's collection. The books are written in English and are original prints, not facsimiles.


The author, Robert Leckie, is known for his extensive knowledge and captivating storytelling when it comes to military history. These books cover a range of wars in America and are a must-read for anyone interested in the topic. With special attributes including their hardcover binding and being a book club edition, these books are truly unique.

New Jersey

The Wars of America 2 Volume 

The renowned television journalist focuses on a remarkable generation of Americans, born in the 1920s, who came of age during the Depression, fought in World War II, and came home to build a new America during the postwar era. TV tie-in. 200,000 first printing. Tour.

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Decisive Battles

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Queen of Myth and Monsters (Bloom books international special edition)

Anthony Powell

A Dance to the Music of Time (1976 Mass Market Paperback, complete 4-volume set)

Micheal Wilkinson

Chronical of War (1914 to Present Day)

Audie Murphy; Tom Brokaw

To Hell and Back

Fletcher Pratt

The Navy’s War

Malcolm F. Willoughby

The U. S. Coast Guard in World War II

Bruce Catton

The Army of the Potomac Mr. Lincoln's Army, Vol. 1

Gary D. Schmidt

Okay for Now

Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff; Roger Ford (Contribution by); A. Gilbert (Contribution by); R. G. Grant (Contribution by); R. Holmes (Contribution by); Philip Parker (Contribution by)

Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor

Robert Leckie

The Wars of America 2 Volume

Tom Brokaw

The Greatest Generation

Flynn Berry

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