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The Japanese Art of War: Understanding the Culture of Strategy (Shambhala Classics)

by Thomas Cleary

Published: 2005-05-10

Paperback: 144 pages

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Military rule and the martial tradition of the samurai dominated Japanese culture for more than eight hundred years. According to Thomas Cleary—translator of more than thirty-five classics of Asian philosophy—the Japanese people have been so steeped in the way of the warrior that some of the manners...

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Hazardous Duty

by David H. Hackworth

Published: 1997-09-01

Paperback: 368 pages

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The author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller About Face, Colonel David H. Hackworth is one of America's most decorated soldiers, having served at the end of World War II, and in Korea and Vietnam. Retired from the military since 1971, he has completed second tour of battlefield d...

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War As I Knew It

by George S. Patton

Published: 1995-05-08

Paperback: 425 pages

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The personal and candid account of General Patton's celebrated, relentless crusade across western Europe during World War II  First published in 1947, War as I Knew It is an absorbing narrative that draws from Patton's vivid memories of battle and his detailed diaries, covering the moment...

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Roots of Strategy: Book 1 (Bk. 1)

Published: 1985-03-01

Paperback: 448 pages

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Writings of Sun Tzu, Vegetius, Marshal Maurice de Saxe, Frederick the Great, and Napoleon.

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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win (New Edition)

by Jocko Willink, Leif Babin

Published: 2017-11-21

Hardcover: 352 pages

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An updated edition of the blockbuster bestselling leadership book that took America and the world by storm, two U.S. Navy SEAL officers who led the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War demonstrate how to apply powerful leadership principles from the battlefield to ...

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A Place to Stand

by Jimmy Santiago Baca

Published: 2002-06-10

Paperback: 272 pages

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Jimmy Santiago Baca's harrowing, brilliant memoir of his life before, during, and immediately after the years he spent in a maximum-security prison garnered tremendous critical acclaim and went on to win the prestigious 2001 International Prize. Long considered one of the best poets in Ame...

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How to be Strong, Healthy and Happy: (Original Version, Restored)

by Bob Hoffman

Published: 2011-11-13

Paperback: 456 pages

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"Part of the success of my work, I believe, has been the result of my willingness to make of myself a human guinea pig, in order to prove on my own body the practicability and truth of the training system and methods of living I advocate. On several occasions in the past I have trained intensively for...

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Conversations with Major Dick Winters: Life Lessons from the Commander of the Band of Brothers

by Cole C. Kingseed

Published: 2015-11-03

Paperback: 304 pages

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On the hellish battlefields of World War II Europe, Major Dick Winters led his Easy Company—the now-legendary Band of Brothers—from the confusion and chaos of the D-Day invasion to the final capture of Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest.   Winters was a quiet, reluctant hero whose modesty and ...

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On Guerrilla Warfare

by Mao Tse-Tung, Mao Zedong

Published: 2007-11-01

Paperback: 132 pages

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The book is written in the context of China's guerrilla war against Japanese occupiers; this conflict is mentioned often by Mao. In this book Mao discusses the differences between guerrilla and "orthodox" military forces, as well as how such forces can work together for a common goal. Othe...

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The Armed Forces Officer: Edition of 1950

by U.S. Department of Defense

Published: 2013-08-04

Paperback: 244 pages

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"The Armed Forces Officer" is much more than a how-to guide for military officers. It is a series of candid, timeless essays on the nature of the people who occupy the ranks of the military services. "The Armed Forces Officer" highlights that our military is not just a collection of machines, processes,...