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  • Accidental Allies

    The US–Syrian Democratic Forces Partnership Against the Islamic State

    by Dr Michael Knights, Wladimir van Wilgenburg ...
    Series series The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
    The U.S.-led effort to fight the Islamic State in northeastern Syria since 2014 has been as controversial and poorly understood as it has been significant. Advocates of fighting “by, with and through” the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) view the campaign as a near-ideal case study of a cost-effective U.S. military intervention that should be duplicated in the future. Critics of the ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

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  • The Daughters of Kobani

    A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice

    by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon ...
    **A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and won“The Daughters of Kobani is an unforgettable and nearly mythic tale of women's power and courage. The young women profiled in this book fought a fearsome war against brutal men in impossible circumstances—and proved in the process what girls and women can accomplish when given the chance to lead. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • 7 Deadly Scenarios

    A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century

    by Andrew Krepinevich ...
    A global pandemic finds millions swarming across the U.S. border. Major American cities are leveled by black-market nukes. China’s growing civil unrest ignites a global showdown. Pakistan’s collapse leads to a hunt for its nuclear weapons. What if the worst that could happen actually happens? How will we respond? Are we prepared?These are the questions that Andrew F. Krepinevich asks—and answers ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Accidental Guerrilla : Fighting Small Wars In The Midst Of A Big One

    by David Kilcullen ...
    David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare. A Senior Counterinsurgency Advisor to General David Petraeus in Iraq, his vision of war dramatically influenced America's decision to rethink its military strategy in Iraq and implement "the surge." Now, in The Accidental Guerrilla, Kilcullen provides a remarkably fresh perspective on the War ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Counterinsurgency

    by David Kilcullen ...
    David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare, a ground-breaking theorist whose ideas "are revolutionizing military thinking throughout the west" (Washington Post). Indeed, his vision of modern warfare powerfully influenced the United States' decision to rethink its military strategy in Iraq and implement "the Surge," now recognized as a ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Accidental Guerrilla

    Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One

    by David Kilcullen ...
    David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare, a ground-breaking theorist whose ideas "are revolutionizing military thinking throughout the west" (Washington Post). Indeed, his vision of modern warfare powerfully influenced America's decision to rethink its military strategy in Iraq and implement "the Surge," now recognized as a dramatic ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • No Easy Task

    Fighting in Afghanistan

    Edited by Colonel Bernd Horn, Dr. Emily Spencer ...
    Afghanistan has long been considered the graveyard of empires. Throughout their history, Afghans have endured the ravages of foreign invaders, from marauding hordes and imperial armies to global superpowers, while demonstrating a fierce independence and strong resistance to outside occupiers. Those who have ventured into Afghanistan with notions of controlling its people have soon discovered that ... Read more

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  • Blood Year

    The Unraveling of Western Counterterrorism

    by David Kilcullen ...
    2014 has the potential to go down as a crucial year in modern world history. A resurgent and bellicose Russia took over Crimea and fueled a civil war in Eastern Ukraine. Post-Saddam Iraq, in many respects a creature of the United States because of the war that began in 2003, lost a third of its territory to an army of hyper-violent millennialists. The peace process in Israel seemed to completely ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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  • Canada in Afghanistan

    The War So Far

    by Peter Pigott ...
    It has been said that Canada is a country with too much geography and too little history. Afghanistan has too much of both. As the war escalates in Afghanistan, more Canadians are asking what we are doing there. For a country that has specialized in peacekeeping, this war is a shock one that we have not yet comprehended. As the casualties mount, Canadians will want to know why we are there.Canada ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Routledge Handbook of U.S. Counterterrorism and Irregular Warfare Operations

    Edited by Michael A. Sheehan, Erich Marquardt, Liam Collins ...
    This handbook comprises essays by leading scholars and practitioners on the topic of U.S. counterterrorism and irregular warfare campaigns and operations around the globe.Terrorist groups have evolved substantially since 9/11, with the Islamic State often described as a pseudo-state, a terrorist group, and insurgency all at the same time. While researchers', analysts', and policymakers’ ... Read more

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  • Surge

    My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War

    by Peter R. Mansoor ...
    Series series The Yale Library of Military History
    "The definitive account . . . A fascinating combination of grand strategy and personal vignettes" (Max Boot, The Wall Street Journal).Finalist for the 2013 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military HistorySurge is an insider's view of the most decisive phase of the Iraq War. After exploring the dynamics of the war during its first three years, the book takes the reader on a journey to Fort Leavenworth, ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Blood, Metal and Dust

    How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq

    by Brigadier (retired) Ben Barry ...
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORY 2021, THE BRITISH ARMY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021, AS A FINALIST FOR THE 2020 ARMY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION DISTINGUISHED WRITING AWARDS. FIRST RUNNER UP IN THE TEMPLER MEDAL BOOK PRIZE 2021.'With a soldier's eye for telling operational details, Ben Barry offers an authoritative, compelling and inevitably bleak account of the American and ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD