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War by Numbers
War by Numbers assesses the nature of conventional warfare through the analysis of historical combat. Christopher A. Lawrence establishes what we know about conventional combat and …
Shattered Sword
Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history. Now, for the first time since …
Innovating in a Secret World
Our national security increasingly depends on access to the most sophisticated and advanced technology. Yet the next time we set out to capture a terrorist leader, we may fail. …
This Kind of War
“A comprehensive and impressively written history of the Korean War.”—Washington Post Selected for the 2019 Commandant's Professional Reading List Updated with maps, photographs, …
Imperial Hubris
Access a Comprehensive Bibliography Though U.S. leaders try to convince the world of their success in fighting al Qaeda, one member of the U.S. intelligence community would like to …
War of the Flea
“The guerrilla fights the war of the flea, and his military enemy suffers the dog’s disadvantages: too much to defend; too small, ubiquitous, and agile an enemy to come to grips …
Fall of the Double Eagle
"[A] must-read for students of history and historians alike."—Washington Book ReviewAlthough southern Poland and western Ukraine are not often thought of in terms of decisive …
The Sea Rover's Practice
To read of sea roving's various incarnations - piracy, privateering, buccaneering, la flibuste, la course - is to bring forth romantic, and often violent, imagery. Indeed, much of …
Philip II of Macedonia
Philip II of Macedonia (382–336 BCE), unifier of Greece, author of Greece’s first federal constitution, founder of the first territorial state with a centralized administrative …
Military Strategy
John M. Collins has distilled the wisdom of history’s great military minds to tutor readers on the necessary intellectual skills to win not only battles but also wars. He …
Kremlin Rising
With the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia launched itself on a fitful transition to Western-style democracy and a market economy. But a decade later, Boris Yeltsin’s …