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Get Selected! for Special Forces: How to Successfully Train for and Complete Special Forces Assessment & ...
Major Joseph J. Martin
Warrior Mentor
, 2006
Soldiers Helping Soldiers
GET SELECTED is the only reference book designed specifically by Special Forces Soldiers to help aspiring, future Special Forces Soldiers attain their goal of earning the Special Forces Tab and the coverted Green Beret. GET SELECTED has already helped countless Service ...
Panzer Commander: The Memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck
Hans Von Luck
Dell
, 1991
How a Prussian gentleman officer waged war and endured its consequences
This book is thoughtful and honest. The prewar build-up of the Wehrmacht, the Polish campaign, the blitzkrieg of the 7th Panzer Division in France in 1940, the fighting near Moscow during winter 1941-1942, the battles in North Africa in 1942-1943, the collapse in ...
About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior
Colonel David H. Hackworth,
Julie Sherman
Touchstone
, 1990
Excellent Read......... Highly Recommended ... 5 stars
Excellent Read......... Highly Recommended ... 5 stars About Face chronicles the experiences of the youngest colonel serving during the Vietnam circumstances. The book itself begins in February 1951 with Hackworth facing the enemy in Korea and is divided into ...
The Perry Bible Fellowship: The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories
Nicholas Gurewitch
Dark Horse Comics
, 2007
All togrther, Hilarious
This book it completely funny, from the first strip to the last, and the extras to boot. I received this book as a gift, and read through it entirely within a couple hours. I have been reading the strips on the site, and being printed in book form is amazing, because ...
The Colonels: Brotherhood of War 04
W. E. B. Griffin
Jove
, 1986
Outstanding book!
I had found this book used, and I read through it. I've known from previous books of his that I have read that he takes military life down to the smallest detail. I'm an active duty US Marine and its refreshing to see him break down the most mundane things in ...
Arabian Knight: Colonel Bill Eddy USMC and the Rise of American Power in the Middle East
Thomas W. Lippman
Selwa Press
, 2008
Much better than Lawrence
At the beginning of "Arabian Knight" a State Department official is quoted as saying that "Bill Eddy was probably the nearest thing the United States had to a Lawrence of Arabia." I have never had a high opinion of T.E. Lawrence, based on his numerous self-promotional ...
Blue-Eyed Child of Fortune: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Robert Gould Shaw
University of Georgia Press
, 1999
The "real" Robert Gould Shaw is in these pages
If, like me, you have seen the film "Glory", where Matthew Broderick plays Col. Robert Gould Shaw, white commander of the black 54th Massachusetts Regiment during the Civil War, you will see only a brief a glimpse of who Shaw was in his short life. Broderick does a ...
The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century
USMC, Colonel Thomas X. Hammes
Zenith Press
, 2006
Thoughtful, neutral and critical of business as usual
This book joins a number of others (Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife, The Utility of Force,Tactics of the Crescent Moon) that advocate a more carefully thought out, less technology-driven and hopefully more productive approach to fighting terrorism. And, make no ...
If Not Now, When?: Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of Need
Colonel Jack Jacobs (retired),
Douglas Century
Berkley Hardcover
, 2008
if not now when col jack jacobs
excellent should be required reading for old people like me but like dickens melville etc should be required reading in high school wait grade school have you read it? if not now when? lou from oklahoma
American Patriot: The Life and Wars of Colonel Bud Day
Robert Coram
Back Bay Books
, 2008
Terrific book, outstanding man, great life!
I wish I could meet Col. Bud Day and thank him personally for what he has done. The book reads a narrative of his life from childhood in Sioux City to this day in Florida. I am very impressed. Col. Day's life is an example every man and woman should and could follow. A ...
James Bond: Colonel Sun
Kingsley Amis
Titan Books
, 2006
An absolute "must-have" for all dedicated James Bond fans
Latest in a series of James Bond daily strip collections, James Bond 007: Colonel Sun by the team of Kingsley Amis, Jim Lawrence, and Yaroslav Horak is a graphic novel compilation of black-and-white daily newspaper strips that adapted Ian Fleming's classic James Bond ...
Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register (Shades of Blue and Gray)
Bruce S. Allardice
University of Missouri Press
, 2008
The Colonel's Choice
This book is a must for anyone interested in the subject of Confederate colonels. It is similar to the books "Generals in Gray" and "More Generals in Gray", and makes a nice companion to these two volumes. The biographies, arranged in alphabetical order, include ...
Where Death and Glory Meet: Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Infantry
Russell Duncan
University of Georgia Press
, 1999
A superb contribution to Civil War & Black History studies.
Where Death And Glory Meet: Colonel Robert Gould Shaw And The 54th Massachusetts Infantry is the fascinating military biography of Civil War Colonel Robert Shaw who commanded an infantry unit composed of Negro soldiers, the North's first Black combat regiment. Russell ...
The Small Arms Trade: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)
Matthew Schroeder
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Rachel Stohl
, ...
Oneworld Publications
, 2007
Small Arms Trade review
As an investigative journalist specializing in organized crime and black markets, I found this book particularly enlightening. As a beginner's guide, it elucidates clearly how the small arms trade is a global concern. With clear prose, the book's authors make a clear ...
On the Hunt: How to Wake Up Washington and Win the War on Terror
Colonel David Hunt
Three Rivers Press
, 2008
Read this and know how the War on Terror Needs to be Fought
Colonel Hunt provides a common sense solution to the war on terror. The book provides critiques for the the Generals and Secretary of defense who have been running Iraq and the war on terror. He is not impressed and he explains why, reviewing military operations and ...
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