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  • Competitive Arms Control

    Nixon, Kissinger, and SALT, 1969-1972

    by John D. Maurer ...
    The essential history of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) during the Nixon AdministrationHow did Richard Nixon, a president so determined to compete for strategic nuclear advantage over the Soviet Union, become one of the most successful arms controllers of the Cold War? Drawing on newly opened Cold War archives, John D. Maurer argues that a central purpose of arms control talks for ... Read more

    $56.99 CAD

  • The Black Cyclone

    A Hero The World Forgot

    by John Kennedy Howard, Rene Maurer ...
    About the BookThe life story of Marshall Major Taylor, the world's first acclaimed African American athlete. Major Taylor endured countless examples of social injustice during his reign at the top of cycling's pyramid of success. It was an era when bike racing was bigger than baseball and the fledgling sports of football and basketball combined. Cyclists were the highest-paid athletes in any sport ... Read more

    $31.32 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Waiting on a Woman

    by John Maurer ...
    Dr. Shawn Morgan finally meets the woman of his dreamsliterally, only to find out that Sarah Dooley is already engaged to someone else with a planned wedding in six months. Even though he wins a place in her heart, he steps aside so Sarah may move on with her life. Heartbroken, Shawn moves to Brazil to heal as well as to put lots of distance between them. Fate and developing fame become major ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • SEA STORIES - TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN SUBMARINES

    by John H. Maurer Jr Captain USN (Ret.) ...
    These anecdotes represent events that occurred during a Naval career that spanned more than a quarter-century and five nuclear submarines. Some of the stories are hilarious; some are poignant. Some are technical; most are not. All are true, if allowance is made for a sometimes shaky memory. Many will be familiar to mariners anywhere; others are unique to the author. All are enjoyable. There is no ... Read more

    $7.04 CAD

  • The Road to Pearl Harbor

    Great Power War in Asia and the Pacific

    Edited by Erik Goldstein, John H Maurer PhD. ...
    The Road to Pearl Harbor offers a timely examination of the conflict in the Pacific prior to the attacks on Pearl Harbor and offers lessons applicable to understanding contemporary Great Power flash points between Asia and the West. This volume brings together renowned historians and analysts of grand strategy to map out the fateful decisions that culminated in war. The contributors take a ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • The Washington Conference, 1921-22

    Naval Rivalry, East Asian Stability and the Road to Pearl Harbor

    Edited by Erik Goldstein, John Maurer ...
    The Washington Conference regulated the inter-war naval race between the world powers. In the era when it was still believed that battleships were the epitome of naval power and a sign of a country's strength, this conference led to limitations on the building of such weapons by the naval powers of Britain, the USA and Japan. This collection of essays deals with many aspects of the conference; the ... Read more

    $117.99 CAD

  • At the Crossroads Between Peace and War

    The London Naval Conference of 1930

    Edited by John H Maurer PhD. ...
    This volume provides fresh perspectives on the international strategic environment between the two world wars. At London in 1930, the United States, Great Britain, and Japan concluded an important arms control agreement to manage the international competition in naval armaments. In particular, the major naval powers reached agreement about how many heavy cruisers they could possess. Hailed at the ... Read more

    $69.99 CAD

  • Churchill and the Strategic Dilemmas before the World Wars

    Essays in Honor of Michael I. Handel

    Edited by John H. Maurer ...
    Before Michael I. Handel died his colleagues and students compiled this collection of essays that were written for a conference on strategy held during 2001. The papers address Churchill's views and ideas on war, strategy and realpolitik. ... Read more

    $73.99 CAD

  • Churchill and the Strategic Dilemmas before the World Wars

    Essays in Honor of Michael I. Handel

    Edited by John Maurer ...
    Before Michael I. Handel died his colleagues and students compiled this collection of essays that were written for a conference on strategy held during 2001. The papers address Churchill's views and ideas on war, strategy and realpolitik. ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • The New Makers of Modern Strategy

    From the Ancient World to the Digital Age

    by John Bew, Lawrence Freedman, Walter Russell Mead, Toshi Yoshihara, Matthew Kroenig, Hew Strachan, John H. Maurer, Michael Cotey Morgan, James Lacey, Eric Helleiner, Jonathan Kirshner, Iskander Rehman, Matt J. Schumann, Michael V. Leggiere, Charles Edel, Kori Schake, Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh, Sarah C. M. Paine, Priya Satia, Margaret MacMillan, Williamson Murray, Robert Kagan, Tami Biddle, Brendan Simms, Francis Gavin, Daniel Marston, Guy Laron, Tanvi Madan, Sergey Radchenko, Thomas G. Mahnken, Christopher J. Griffin, Dmitry Adamsky, Carter Malkasian, Ahmed S. Hashim, Elizabeth Economy, Seth G. Jones, Sue Mi Terry, Jason K. Stearns, Joshua Rovner, Thomas Rid, John Lewis Gaddis, Eric Edelman, Andrew Ehrhardt, Mark Moyar, Antulio Echevarria ...
    The essential resource on military and political strategy and the making of the modern worldThe New Makers of Modern Strategy is the next generation of the definitive work on strategy and the key figures who have shaped the theory and practice of war and statecraft throughout the centuries. Featuring entirely new entries by a who’s who of world-class scholars, this new edition provides global, ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Damn Lucky

    One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History

    by Kevin Maurer ...
    Narrated by Holter Graham, John Luckadoo ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 20 min

    From Kevin Maurer—the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning coauthor of No Easy Day—comes the true story of a World War II bomber pilot who survived twenty-five missions in Damn Lucky, “an epic, thrillingly written, utterly immersive account of a very lucky, incredible survivor of the war in the skies to defeat Hitler” (New York Times bestselling author Alex Kershaw).“We were young citizen ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet in the Choral Rehearsal

    by Susan Bender, Rene Clausen, Dan Dressen, Christine Ericsdotter, Agnes Farkas, Sue Goodenow, Anna Helwing, Heather M. Garbes, Thomas Goleeke, Joshua Habermann, Martha Herr, Gotzon Ibarretxe, Harald Jers, Soojeong Lee, Min Li, Jaakko Mantyjarvi, Wladimi Mattos, Kathleen Maurer, John Nix, Clayton Parr, Andrew Schmidt, Sten Ternstrom, David M. Thomas, George Olivier Toni, Areti Topouzides, Kathleen Wilson, Minoru Yamada, Mei Zhong ...
    “The fusion of text with music is one of the most powerful methods by which a composer can express emotion to an audience, yet, all too often, the diction of choral groups is lacking to such a degree as to make the text unintelligible.” So argues Duane R. Karna, who in The Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet in the Choral Rehearsal brings together 30 essays by experts from around the world ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD