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Praeger Security International How Wars are Won and Lost: Vulnerability and Military Power (Hardcover)

This provocative book seeks to answer a most crucial--and embarrassing--question concerning the U.S. military: why the United States is so often stymied in military confrontations with seemingly weaker opponents despite its superpower status. This... more

Engines of War: How Wars Were Won & Lost on the Railways (Paperback)

The birth of the railway in the early 1830 s revolutionized the way the world waged war. From armored engines with swiveling guns to the practice of track sabotage to the construction of tracks that crossed frozen Siberian lakes the iron road... more

How wars were won : a short study of Napoleon s times / by George Townsend Warner. (1915) [Leatherbound]

Leatherbound edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1915 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations Index if any are... more

Our first great west in revolutionary war diplomacy and politics (how it was won in war and politics under Virginia s lead and under John Jay s in diplomacy) by Temple Bodley. 1938 [LEATHER BO

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Pre-Owned The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost Paperback

Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in good condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help. ISBN-10: 0190931515 ISBN-13:... more

Assured Victory: How Stalin the Great Won the War But Lost the Peace (Hardcover)

This book documents dictator Joseph Stalin s brilliant tactics as well as missteps in taking preemptive actions that guaranteed ultimate victory over the German invaders. It also covers the policies implemented after the war that made the Soviet Union... more

How Britain Won the War of 1812: The Royal Navy s Blockades of the United States 1812-1815 (Hardcover)

Overturns established thinking about the Anglo-American War of 1812-15. Named one of the 20 Notable Naval Books of 2011 in the US Naval Institute Proceedings Magazine May 2012 The War of 1812 between Britain and the United States was fought on many... more

The Good Fight : How World War II Was Won (Hardcover)

Stephen E. Ambrose one of the finest historians of our time has written an extraordinary chronicle of World War II for young readers. From Japanese warplanes soaring over Pearl Harbor dropping devastation from the sky to the against-all-odds Allied... more

Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West 1941-1945 (Paperback)

Masterly. . . . Roberts s portrait of the relationship between the four men who made Allied strategy through the war years is a triumph of vivid description telling anecdotes and informed analysis. --Max Hastings The New York Review of Books An epic... more

Masters and Commanders : How Four Titans Won the War in the West 1941-1945 9780061228575 Used / Pre-owned

Masterly. . . . A triumph of vivid description telling anecdotes and informed analysis. -The New York Review of Books Britain s finest contemporary military historian. - The Economist An epic joint biography of four titanic figures-a President a Prime... more

Just Americans: How Japanese Americans Won a War at Home and Abroad Paperback - USED - VERY GOOD Condition

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Pre-Owned: How America Won World War I (Hardcover 9781493031924 1493031929)

How America Won World War I ISBN-10 1493031929 ISBN-13 9781493031924 Axelrod author of How America Won World War I Alan Illustrated edition 344 pages Publisher: Lyons Press Binding: Hardcover Immediately after the armistice was signed in November 1918... more

Masters and Commanders : How Four Titans Won the War in the West 1941-1945

Masters and Commanders explores the degree to which the course of World War II turned based on the relationships and temperaments of four of the strongest personalities of the 20th century. Two 16-page b&w photo inserts. more

Pre-Owned How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy Democracy and the Continuing Fight for the (Hardcover 9780190900908) by Heather Cox Richardson

9780190900908. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 272. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 272 p. Contains: Illustrations. In this provocative new work Heather Cox Richardson argues that while the North won the Civil War... more

Pre-Owned Starving the South: How the North Won the Civil War (Hardcover 9780312601812) by Professor Andrew F Smith

9780312601812. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 295. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 295 p. A historian s new look at how Union blockades brought about the defeat of a hungry Confederacy In April 1861... more

Deeds of Valor : How America s Civil War Heroes Won the Congressional Medal of Honor 9780681415676 Used / Pre-owned

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Pre-Owned After Lincoln : How the North Won the Civil War and Lost the Peace 9781451617320

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Pre-Owned Endgame 1944: How the Soviet Army Won World War Two Hardcover

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Masters and Commanders: How Churchill Roosevelt Alan Brooke and Marshall Won the War (Hardcover) by Andrew Roberts

9780713999693. New condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 450. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 450 p. Contains: Illustrations. Masters and Commanders describes how four titanic figures shaped the grand strategy of the West during the Second... more

Pre-Owned The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won Paperback

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How the Irish Won the American Revolution: A New Look at the Forgotten Heroes of America s War of Independence (Hardcover - Used)

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include From the library of labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD codes toys may not be included. When the Continental Congress decided to... more

How the North Won : A Military History of the Civil War 9780252009181 Used / Pre-owned

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Deeds of valor; how American heroes won the Medal of Honor; history of our country s recent wars in personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were rewarde

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Pre-Owned Steven and Janice Brose Lectures in the Civil War Era: Causes Won Lost Forgotten : How Hollywood Popular Art Shape What We Know about (Paperback)

Causes Won Lost and Forgotten: How Hollywood and Popular Art Shape What We Know about the Civil War More than 60 000 books have been published on the Civil War. Most Americans though get their ideas about the war--why it was fought what was won what... more

Pre-Owned How the South Could Have Won the Civil War: The Fatal Errors That Led to Confederate Defeat Paperback

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Pre-Owned The Eleventh Hour : How Great Britain the Soviet Union and the U. S. Brokered the Unlikely Deal That Won the War 9781118269862

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Turning the Tide : How a Small Band of Allied Sailors Defeated the U-Boats and Won the Battle of the Atlantic

A rousing military history of the Battle of the Atlantic when a high-seas showdown between the Allies and wolf packs of U-boats determined the outcome of the war against Nazi Germany. more

Pre-Owned The Allies: Roosevelt Churchill Stalin and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II Hardcover Winston Groom

Winston Groom tells the complex story of how Franklin Roosevelt Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin aligned to win World War II. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may... more

Pre-Owned The Allies: Roosevelt Churchill Stalin and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II (Hardcover) 1426219660 9781426219665

9781426219665. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 464. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 464 p. Contains: Illustrations. Best-selling author Winston Groom tells the complex story of how Franklin Roosevelt Winston Churchill... more

Pre-Owned The South vs. the South : How Anti-Confederate Southerners Shaped the Course of the Civil War 9780195156294

A provocative new history of the Civil War showing how divisions within the South itself plus the genius of Abraham Lincoln won the war for the North. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the... more

Pre-Owned No Substitute for Victory: Successful American Military Strategies from the Revolutionary War to the Present Day (Hardcover) 1631440055 9781631440052

An important look at how America has won its wars in the past and how it can continue winning in the future. Is there a recipe for military success? In No Substitute for Victory author David Rigby grapples with this issue and determines that in the... more

Pre-Owned Voices of the Code Breakers : Personal Accounts of the Secret Heroes of World War II 9780715327197

Offers a look at the undercover war revealing just how much of WWII was won away from the battlefields and how each side desperately tried to get into the mind set of their enemies code makers. This book includes a glimpse of the early history of the... more

War Technology and History Understanding Victory: Naval Operations from Trafalgar to the Falklands (Hardcover)

Using four warship-centered examples this book shows how naval battles are won or lost--and how technological advantage is rarely as decisive in defeat or victory as is often claimed. Providing a unique assessment of naval strategy and historic... more

Pre-Owned George Washington s Secret Spy War (Paperback) 1250144922 9781250144928

George Washington was America s first spymaster and his skill as such won the war for independence. George Washington s Secret Spy War is the untold story of how George Washington took a disorderly ill-equipped rabble and defeated the best trained and... more

Pre-Owned George Washington s Secret Spy War (Paperback) 1250144922 9781250144928

George Washington was America s first spymaster and his skill as such won the war for independence. George Washington s Secret Spy War is the untold story of how George Washington took a disorderly ill-equipped rabble and defeated the best trained and... more

Pre-Owned Iwo Jima: Portrait of a Battle: United States Marines at War in the Pacific (Paperback) 0760337330 9780760337332

Iwo Jima is perhaps the hardest won and most famous battle in the Pacific theater during World War II. The award-winning iconic photo of Marines raising the American flag during the battle is remembered by millions as the symbol of how hard fought the... more

The First Vietnam War (Paperback)

Shawn McHale explores why the communist-led resistance in Vietnam won the anticolonial war against France (1945-54) except in the south. He shows how broad swaths of Vietnamese people were uneasily united in 1945 under the Viet Minh Resistance banner... more

A Privilege to Die : Inside Hezbollah s Legions and Their Endless War Against Israel (Paperback)

HOW HAS HEZBOLLAH WHICH HAS NOW WON TWO WARS WITH ISRAEL managed to become the most dynamic movement in the Islamic world why do millions share its beliefs and what do they want? The Islamic revolutionary movement has become the most powerful source of... more