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  1. Admiral Jellicoe

    Applin, Arthur
    Duke Classics 2013

    Military history buffs will appreciate this exhaustively researched and richly detailed biography of Admiral John Jellicoe, a leader in the British Navy who rose to prominence for...

  2. Against War

    Erasmus, Desiderius
    Duke Classics 2012

    Dutch thinker and theologian Desiderius Erasmus played a key role in the development of humanism during the Renaissance and early modern periods. In Against War, Erasmus mounts a s...

  3. Alexander the Great: Lessons in Strategy

    Lonsdale, David J.
    Taylor & Francis Group 2007 1. painos

    This book offers a strategic analysis of one of the most outstanding military careers in history, identifying the most pertinent strategic lessons from the campaigns of Alexander t...

  4. American Sniper : The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

    Kyle, Chris; McEwen, Scott; DeFelice, Jim
    HarperCollins 2012

    The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood's blockbuster, Academy-Award nominated movie. "An amazingly detailed accou...

  5. American Wife : A Memoir of Love, War, Faith, and Renewal

    Kyle, Taya; DeFelice, Jim
    HarperCollins 2015

    The widow of "American Sniper" Chris Kyle shares their private story: an unforgettable testament to the power of love and faith in the face of war and unimaginable loss—and a movin...

  6. Andra världskrigets värsta dåraktigheter, katastrofala strategier och felbeslut

    Bokförlaget Semic 2022

    Andra världskriget må ha varit det mest ärorika krig som utkämpats – kampen mot Hitler var nödvändig för demokratin. Men det hindrar inte att kriget var fullt av hårresande misstag...

  7. Arctic Snow to Dust of Normandy : The Extraordinary Wartime Exploits of a Naval Special Agent

    Dalzel-Job, Patrick
    Pen & Sword Books 2003

    A memoir from the real-life James Bond, who "could ski backward, navigate a midget submarine and undertake the riskiest parachute jumps" (Wired). In 1939, as a young man, Patrick D...

  8. Armeijan hukatut miljardit : Suomen sotajohdon salaisuudet

    Sainio, Pentti
    Into Kustannus 2016 1. painos

    Suomen sotajohto on tehnyt miljardien eurojen hankintoja, jotka eivät palvele kotimaan puolustusta vaan enemmänkin Yhdysvaltain ja Naton tarpeita. Onko pieni sisäpiiri harhauttanut...

  9. The Army Mule : And Other War Sketches

    Castle, Henry A.
    Duke Classics 2012

    What was military life like in the early twentieth century? That question is answered from a number of unique angles in the collection The Army Mule and Other War Sketches. While m...

  10. The Balkan Wars : 1912-1913

    Schurman, Jacob Gould
    Duke Classics 2021 3. painos

    For many countries in Europe, the early twentieth century was a maelstrom of conflict, as age-old alliances and feuds shifted and realigned in response to modernity, imperialism, c...

  11. Basic Training For Dummies

    Powers, Rod
    Wiley 2011

    The easy way to prepare for basic trainingEach year, thousands of young Americans attempt to enlist in the U.S. Armed Services. A number of factors during a soldier's training coul...

  12. Biohazard

    Alibek, Ken
    Random House 2008

    'We thought we had lived through the terror of a nuclear war, but something far more ominous was brewing in the Soviet Union - a biological Armageddon from which no one would escap...

  13. Bloodlands : Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

    Snyder, Timothy
    Basic Books 2012

    From the author of the international bestseller On Tyranny, the definitive history of Hitler’s and Stalin’s politics of mass killing, explaining why Ukraine has been at the center...

  14. By-Ways of War : The Story of the Filibusters

    Roche, James Jeffrey
    Duke Classics 2014

    Today, the term "filibuster" refers to a tactic used by loquacious lawmakers who seek to prevent a vote by delivering marathon-length speeches. But in the past, the term had a diff...

  15. Byron's Narrative of the Loss of the Wager

    Byron, John
    Duke Classics 2014

    In 1741, the HMS Wager wrecked in an uninhabited area off the coast of Chile. In the aftermath of the disaster, chaos took hold. One faction of the surviving crew rose up against t...

  16. Call Sign Chaos : Learning to Lead

    Mattis, Jim; West, Bing
    Random House Publishing Group 2019

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A clear-eyed account of learning how to lead in a chaotic world, by General Jim Mattis—the former Secretary of Defense and one of the most formidable...

  17. The Challenge of K2 : A History of the Savage Mountain

    Sale, Richard
    Pen & Sword Books 2011

    K2 is a legend - one of the most demanding mountaineering challenges in the world and one of the most treacherous. Extreme, unpredictable weather and the acutely difficult climbing...

  18. The Complete Art of War : Sun Tzu/sun Pin

    Sun, Tzu; Sun, Pin
    Basic Books 2007

    Sun Tzu's Art of War is the most famous, and the most thought-provoking, work of strategy ever written. The profound insights of this book have endured for over two thousand years,...

  19. Countdown 1945 : The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World

    Wallace, Chris; Weiss, Mitch
    Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster 2020

    The #1 national bestselling "riveting" (The New York Times), "propulsive" (Time) behind-the-scenes account "that reads like a tense thriller" (The Washington Post) of the 116 days...

  20. Crescent and Iron Cross

    Benson, E. F.
    Duke Classics 2012

    Though primarily remembered today as a novelist and playwright, British author E.F. Benson was also an insightful historian and critic who published several volumes of analysis per...