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Transforming War eBook Series

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  • Cassandra in Oz

    Counterinsurgency and Future War

    by Conrad Charles Crane ...
    Series series Transforming War
    When Conrad Crane retired from active duty to become a research professor, he never expected to become a modern Cassandra, fated to tell truth to power without being heeded. After the world transformed on 9/11, he warned the Army that it was not prepared to execute stability operations, counterinsurgency, and the eventual reconstruction of Iraq.Crane’s work attracted the attention of Generals ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

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  • Code of the Samurai

    A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke

    by Thomas Cleary ...
    Immerse yourself in the world of the Samurai with this classic text, translated and interpreted for the modern reader.Code of the Samurai is the four-hundred-year-old summary of the rules and expectations embodied in Bushido—the ancient Japanese "Way of the Warrior." Bushido has played a major role in shaping the behavior of modern Japanese government, corporations, society, and individuals, as ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Raid!

    The Untold Story of Patton's Secret Mission

    by Richard Baron ...
    The orders came from Patton himself: Take a strike force behind enemy lines--with no air or ground support--and liberate a POW camp at Hammelburg, where Patton's son-in-law was held. Captain Abe Baum and an armored task force answered the call, crashing through an enemy-held town, plunging into German territory, and fighting their way to Hammelburg. With the German army closing in around them, the ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Saladin

    by Dr David Nicolle ...
    Series Book 12 - Command
    A close look at the early life, military experiences and key battlefield exploits of Al-Malik al-Nasir Yusuf Ibn Najm al-Din Ayyub Ibn Shahdi Abu'l-Muzaffar Salah al-Din, broadly regarded as the greatest hero of the Crusades, even in Europe.Most chroniclers present him as a man of outstanding virtue, courage and political skill. More recently, however, efforts have been made to portray Saladin as ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Western Way of War

    Infantry Battle in Classical Greece

    by Victor Davis Hanson ...
    The Greeks of the classical age invented not only the central idea of Western politics--that the power of state should be guided by a majority of its citizens--but also the central act of Western warfare, the decisive infantry battle. Instead of ambush, skirmish, maneuver, or combat between individual heroes, the Greeks of the fifth century b.c. devised a ferocious, brief, and destructive head-on ... Read more

    Was $21.99 CAD Now $15.99 CAD

  • Secrets of the Japanese Art of Warfare

    From the School of Certain Victory

    by Thomas Cleary ...
    This samurai strategy books is the first widely available English translation of Yamamoto Kansuke's classic treatise on strategy and tactics.Secrets of the Japanese Art of Warfare is Thomas Cleary's translation of the seminal writings attributed to Yamamoto Kansuke on Japanese martial arts and military service. A mysterious man of humble origins, Yamamoto distinguished himself in the service of ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Alesia 52 BC

    The final struggle for Gaul

    by Nic Fields ...
    Series Book 269 - Campaign
    52 BC is the key year of the Gallic Revolt, with the near-disastrous Roman defeat at Gergovia followed by the climactic victory over the Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix at Alesia.In 52, BC Caesar's continued strategy of annihilation had engendered a spirit of desperation, which detonated into a revolt of Gallic tribes under the leadership of the charismatic young Arvernian noble Vercingetorix. ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Book of Six Rings

    Secrets of the Spiritual Warrior (Life Lessons and Intuitive Development Inspired by the Masters of Budo)

    by Jock Brocas ...
    Learn the secrets of the spiritual warrior with this martial arts book.Survival in life, whether it's combat or everyday living, demands that you press every advantage—and what could be better than knowing what an aggressor will do before he or she does it, or learning how to make wiser life choices in order to live harmoniously?In The Book of Six Rings, internationally-renowned psychic medium and ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Sources of Military Doctrine

    France, Britain, and Germany Between the World Wars

    by Barry R. Posen ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
    Barry R. Posen explores how military doctrine takes shape and the role it plays in grand strategy-that collection of military, economic, and political means and ends with which a state attempts to achieve security. Posen isolates three crucial elements of a given strategic doctrine: its offensive, defensive, or deterrent characteristics, its integration of military resources with political aims, ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Raising Churchill's Army

    The British Army and the War against Germany 1919-1945

    by David French ...
    This is the first serious analysis of the combat capability of the British army in the Second World War. It sweeps away the myth that the army suffered from poor morale, and that it only won its battles thorugh the use of 'brute force' and by reverting to the techniques of the First World War. David French analyses the place of the army in British strategy in the interwar period and during the ... Read more

    $80.99 CAD

  • Fuentes de Oñoro 1811

    Wellington’s liberation of Portugal

    by René Chartrand ...
    Series Book 99 - Campaign
    Packed with illustrations and maps, this slim volume examines Wellington's comeback in Portugal, which ultimately led to the end of its French occupation.In October 1810 the Allied position in Portugal appeared precarious. Despite defeating Marshal Masséna's French army at Bussaco, Wellington had been forced to retreat to within a few miles of Lisbon. Here the French encountered a massive line of ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Second Battle of Winchester

    The Confederate Victory that Opened the Door to Gettysburg

    by Eric J. Wittenberg, Scott L. Mingus ...
    A comprehensive, deeply researched history of the pivotal 1863 American Civil War battle fought in northern Virginia.June 1863. The Gettysburg Campaign is underway. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia pushes west into the Shenandoah Valley and then north toward the Potomac River. Only one significant force stands in its way: Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy's Union division of the Eighth Army ... Read more

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