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  • Mercenaries

    Soldiers of Fortune, from Ancient Greece to Today#s Private Military Companies

    by Col. Michael Lee Lanning ...
    SOLDIERS OF $$Privateers, contract killers,corporate warriors. Contract soldiers go by many names, but they all have one thing in common: They fight for money and plunder rather than liberty, God, or country. Now acclaimed author and war vet Michael Lee Lanning traces the compelling history of these fighting machines–from the “Sea Peoples” who fought for the pharaohs’ greater glory to today’s ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Battle 100

    The Stories Behind History's Most Influential Battles

    by Michael Lee Lanning ...
    A single day in the heat of armed conflict can shape the future of the world. Throughout history, individual battles have inspired the birth of nations, the devastation of cultures and the triumph of revolutions. Yet while some battles rise up as the cornerstones of history, others fade in our cultural memory, forgotten as minor skirmishes. Why is this so? What makes a battle "important" ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Inside the LRRPs

    Rangers in Vietnam

    by Col. Michael Lee Lanning ...
    Vietnam was a different kind of war, calling for a different kind of soldier. The LRRPs--Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols--were that new breed of fighting man. They operated in six-man teams deep within enemy territory, and were the eyes and ears of the units they served. This is their story--of perseverence under extreme hardship and uncommon bravery--and how they carried out the war's most ... Read more

    Was $7.99 USD Now $6.99 USD

  • Becoming Eisenhower

    How Ike Rose from Obscurity to Supreme Allied Commander

    by Michael Lee Lanning ...
    When Dwight Eisenhower graduated from West Point in 1915, few would have predicted he was destined for greatness. A middling student, he was denied his first choice of posting, missed overseas service in World War I, spent a dozen years as a major, and never commanded a unit larger than a battalion. Yet the young officer made the most of the opportunities he was given, made a lasting impression on ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Blister Club

    The Extraordinary Story of the Downed American Airmen Who Escaped to Safety in World War II

    by Michael Lee Lanning ...
    During World War II, some 10,000 American bombers and fighters were shot down over Europe. Of the crews aboard, 26,000 men were killed, while 30,000 survived being shot down only to be captured and made prisoners of war. Against the longest of odds, nearly 3,000 airmen made it to the ground alive, evaded capture, and escaped to safety. These men proudly called themselves the Blister Club.Drawing ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Blood Warriors

    American Military Elites

    by Col. Michael Lee Lanning ...
    Rangers, Green Berets, SEALs, Delta Force, LRRPs, Force Recon—and the struggle of the best and the bravest to keep America freeThey’re some of the toughest and most highly trained fighting men in the world—going where no ordinary soldier would go and doing what no ordinary soldier would dare. Outnumbered and outgunned, operating in small teams of five or six-deep in enemy territory far from help, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Civil War 100

    The Stories Behind the Most Influential Battles, People and Events in the War Between the States

    by Michael Lee Lanning ...
    The Civil War was the defining event in American history.The Civil War 100 uses a truly novel approach to analyze the respective importance of the events, leaders and battles of America's most important war."Across this easily accessible reference, readers meet notonly such icons as Lincoln and Lee, but also chronic fumblerswhose tarnished reputations have most often sunk beneaththe notice of the ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • American Revolution 100

    by Michael Lee Lanning ...
    The American Revolution 100 brings you to the charred battlefields and inside the maneuverings of the greatest leaders of the war that gave birth to America. In comprehensive fashion, it explains, analyzes, and ranks the war's most significant events, leaders, and battles according to their importance. Celebrated veteran and military expert Michael Lee Lanning introduces the war's various causes ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Patton in Mexico

    Lieutenant George S. Patton, the Hunt for Pancho Villa, and the Making of a General

    by Michael Lee Lanning ...
    Had Lieutenant George S. Patton not served on the southern border during the Mexican Expedition of 1916, there might never have been a General George S. Patton who took the world by storm as a bold and daring commander during World War II.Relying on Patton’s detailed personal journals of his eight months in Mexico, Michael Lee Lanning describes the young officer’s exploits during the hunt for ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Hispanic Medal of Honor Recipients

    American Heroes

    by Michael Lee Lanning ...
    Series series Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series
    La Valentia, el valor, la bravura. Since the creation of the Medal of Honor by the United States Congress in 1861, sixty Americans of Hispanic heritage have been awarded the nation’s highest decoration for bravery and self-sacrifice in combat. In this important new work, Michael Lee Lanning documents what one reader describes as “some of the most extraordinary battlefield exploits ever performed ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • African Americans In The Revolutionary War

    by Lt. Col. (Ret.) Michael Lee Lanning ...
    “A thorough, long-overdue study of Black Americans’ contributions during the War of Independence. . . . An important piece of American and African American history.”—Kirkus ReviewsIn this enlightening and informative work, military historian Lt. Col. Michael Lee Lanning (ret.) reveals the little-known, critical, and heroic role African Americans played in the American Revolution, serving in ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Inside the Crosshairs

    Snipers in Vietnam

    by Col. Michael Lee Lanning ...
    "The American sniper could be regarded as the greatest all-around rifleman the world has ever known. . . ."At the start of the war in Vietnam, the United States had no snipers; by the end of the war, Marine and army precision marksmen had killed more than 10,000 NVA and VC soldiers--the equivalent of an entire division--at the cost of under 20,000 bullets, proving that long-range shooters still ... Read more

    $4.99 USD