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Soldiers and Ghosts

A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity

by J. E. Lendon ...

"A wholly original cultural history of Greek and Roman warfare . . . often brilliant in interpretation, elegantly constructed and wonderfully written." —Hans van Wees, author of Greek Warfare: Myths and RealitiesWhat set the successful armies of Sparta, Macedon, and Rome apart from those they defeated? In this major new history of battle from the age of Homer through the decline of the Roman ... Read more

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"A wholly original cultural history of Greek and Roman warfare . . . often brilliant in interpretation, elegantly constructed and wonderfully written." —Hans van Wees, author of Greek Warfare: Myths and RealitiesWhat set the successful armies of Sparta, Macedon, and Rome apart from those they defeated? In this major new history of battle from the age of Homer through the decline of the Roman
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Soul of the Samurai

Modern Translations of Three Classic Works of Zen & Bushido

by Thomas Cleary ...

Soul of the Samurai contains modern translations of three classic works of Zen & Bushido.In Soul of the Samurai, bestselling author and respected translator Thomas Cleary reveals the true essence of the Bushido code or Zen warrior teachings according to 17th-century Japanese samurai master Yagyu Munenori and his Zen teacher Takuan Soho.The three works of Zen & Bushido translated in Soul of the ... Read more

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Soul of the Samurai contains modern translations of three classic works of Zen & Bushido.In Soul of the Samurai, bestselling author and respected translator Thomas Cleary reveals the true essence of the Bushido code or Zen warrior teachings according to 17th-century Japanese samurai master Yagyu Munenori and his Zen teacher Takuan Soho.The three works of Zen & Bushido translated in Soul of the
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The Pentagon's Brain

An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency

by Annie Jacobsen ...

This Pulitzer Prize finalist provides the definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Area 51**.**No one has ever written the history of the Defense Department's most secret, most powerful, and most controversial military science R&D agency. In the first-ever history about the organization, New York Times best... ... Read more

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This Pulitzer Prize finalist provides the definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Area 51**.**No one has ever written the history of the Defense Department's most secret, most powerful, and most controversial military science R&D agency. In the first-ever history about the organization, New York Times best...
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The Second World Wars

How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won

by Victor Davis Hanson ...

A comprehensive account of World War II by America’s preeminent military historian and author of The Dying Citizen**.****“Breathtakingly magisterial.” —**Wall Street JournalWorld War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. Never before had a war been fought on so many diverse landscapes and in so many different ways, from rocket attacks in London to jungle fighting in Burma to armor ... Read more

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A comprehensive account of World War II by America’s preeminent military historian and author of The Dying Citizen**.****“Breathtakingly magisterial.” —**Wall Street JournalWorld War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. Never before had a war been fought on so many diverse landscapes and in so many different ways, from rocket attacks in London to jungle fighting in Burma to armor
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The Reluctant Spy

My Secret Life in the CIA's War on Terror

by John Kiriakou ...

“A gripping page-turner that reads better than fiction, The Reluctant Spy is the true-life story of a U.S. spy on the frontlines of the war on terror.”—Peter Bergen, New York Times bestselling author of Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden“A vivid picture of the tradeoffs facing America in the post-9/11 world.”—Jane Mayer, New York Times bestselling author of Dark MoneyLong before the water. ... Read more

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“A gripping page-turner that reads better than fiction, The Reluctant Spy is the true-life story of a U.S. spy on the frontlines of the war on terror.”—Peter Bergen, New York Times bestselling author of Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden“A vivid picture of the tradeoffs facing America in the post-9/11 world.”—Jane Mayer, New York Times bestselling author of Dark MoneyLong before the water.
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裝甲先鋒：美國戰車兵從突出部、科隆到魯爾的作戰經歷

Spearhead：An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II

by 亞當‧馬科斯 ...

Translated by 李思平 ...

Series series 戰爭歷史
佔據紐約時報、華爾街日報、洛杉磯時報、今日美國暢銷書榜這是一個關於軍人與平民、豹式與潘興，以及五場重大戰役的故事戰鬥場面媲美《泥濘中的老虎》，感情豐富不輸《擲彈兵》是戰車迷不可錯過的好書　　紐約時報暢銷書榜作家亞當‧馬科斯的最新力作，揭開掩埋近80年的歷史謎團。故事的源頭是一段由美軍戰地攝影師所拍攝的戰地新聞報導開始的。這段後來被人們稱為「科隆戰車大決鬥」的新聞影片，記錄了美軍新興的潘興戰車，在科隆大教堂前廣場，成功將德國的強大鋼鐵洪流——豹式戰車被美軍打爆的過程。其效果不亞於陸戰隊在硫磺島立起國旗的畫面，成為美國家喻戶曉的戰場紀錄片段。　　馬科斯帶你重回歐洲戰場，讓你體會弱勢戰車兵面對強勢德國優勢裝甲的際遇。本書主角克拉倫斯．史墨爾以及他的同車組組員，在二戰期間歐戰尾聲的科隆大教堂前廣場與林蔭大道之間，與德軍戰車交火時，發生了史稱「戰車對決」的史詩對決 ... Read more

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佔據紐約時報、華爾街日報、洛杉磯時報、今日美國暢銷書榜這是一個關於軍人與平民、豹式與潘興，以及五場重大戰役的故事戰鬥場面媲美《泥濘中的老虎》，感情豐富不輸《擲彈兵》是戰車迷不可錯過的好書　　紐約時報暢銷書榜作家亞當‧馬科斯的最新力作，揭開掩埋近80年的歷史謎團。故事的源頭是一段由美軍戰地攝影師所拍攝的戰地新聞報導開始的。這段後來被人們稱為「科隆戰車大決鬥」的新聞影片，記錄了美軍新興的潘興戰車，在科隆大教堂前廣場，成功將德國的強大鋼鐵洪流——豹式戰車被美軍打爆的過程。其效果不亞於陸戰隊在硫磺島立起國旗的畫面，成為美國家喻戶曉的戰場紀錄片段。　　馬科斯帶你重回歐洲戰場，讓你體會弱勢戰車兵面對強勢德國優勢裝甲的際遇。本書主角克拉倫斯．史墨爾以及他的同車組組員，在二戰期間歐戰尾聲的科隆大教堂前廣場與林蔭大道之間，與德軍戰車交火時，發生了史稱「戰車對決」的史詩對決
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On Strategy

A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War

by Harry G. Summers ...

Stunning in its insight, On Strategy is required reading not just for everyone who is interested in the Vietnam War, but for anyone who is concerned about the place of the United States on the world stage and how America can, and more importantly cannot, employ its immense military force to help bring peace to an increasingly troubled world.“On Stategy is just about the best thing I have read on ... Read more

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Stunning in its insight, On Strategy is required reading not just for everyone who is interested in the Vietnam War, but for anyone who is concerned about the place of the United States on the world stage and how America can, and more importantly cannot, employ its immense military force to help bring peace to an increasingly troubled world.“On Stategy is just about the best thing I have read on
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Shadow Empires

An Alternative Imperial History

by Thomas J. Barfield ...

An original study of empire creation and its consequences, from ancient through early modern timesThe world’s first great empires established by the ancient Persians, Chinese, and Romans are well known, but not the empires that emerged on their margins in response to them over the course of 2,500 years. These counterempires or shadow empires, which changed the course of history, include the ... Read more

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An original study of empire creation and its consequences, from ancient through early modern timesThe world’s first great empires established by the ancient Persians, Chinese, and Romans are well known, but not the empires that emerged on their margins in response to them over the course of 2,500 years. These counterempires or shadow empires, which changed the course of history, include the
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Spies

The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West

by Calder Walton ...

The “riveting” (The Economist), secret story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China.Spies is the history of the secret war that Russia and the West have been waging for a century. Espionage, sabotage, and subversion were the Kremlin’s means to equalize the imbalance of resources between the East and West before, ... Read more

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The “riveting” (The Economist), secret story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China.Spies is the history of the secret war that Russia and the West have been waging for a century. Espionage, sabotage, and subversion were the Kremlin’s means to equalize the imbalance of resources between the East and West before,
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George Washington's War

The Forging of a Revolutionary Leader and the American Presidency

by Bruce Chadwick Ph.D. ...

How a young general shaped a nation — a fascinating account of George Washington as he faced a war and came out as America's first presidentThe American Revolution was won not on the battlefields, but through the mind of George Washington. One of America's founding fathers, Washington's story is one that influenced how our entire nation was built. A compulsively readable narrative and extensive ... Read more

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How a young general shaped a nation — a fascinating account of George Washington as he faced a war and came out as America's first presidentThe American Revolution was won not on the battlefields, but through the mind of George Washington. One of America's founding fathers, Washington's story is one that influenced how our entire nation was built. A compulsively readable narrative and extensive
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Hallowed Ground

A Walk at Gettysburg

by James M. McPherson ...

Series series Crown Journeys
James M. McPherson, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, and arguably the finest Civil War historian in the world, walks us through the site of the bloodiest and perhaps most consequential battle ever fought by Americans: the Battle of Gettysburg.The events that occurred at Gettysburg are etched into our collective memory, as they served to change the course of the Civil War ... Read more

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James M. McPherson, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, and arguably the finest Civil War historian in the world, walks us through the site of the bloodiest and perhaps most consequential battle ever fought by Americans: the Battle of Gettysburg.The events that occurred at Gettysburg are etched into our collective memory, as they served to change the course of the Civil War
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The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine

by Rita Charon, Sayantani DasGupta, Nellie Hermann, Craig Irvine, Eric R. Marcus, Edgar Rivera Colsn, Danielle Spencer, Maura Spiegel ...

Narrative medicine is a fresh discipline of health care that helps patients and health professionals to tell and listen to the complex and unique stories of illness. The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine expresses the collective experience and discoveries of the originators of the field. Arising at Columbia University in 2000 from roots in the humanities and patient-centered care, ... Read more

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Narrative medicine is a fresh discipline of health care that helps patients and health professionals to tell and listen to the complex and unique stories of illness. The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine expresses the collective experience and discoveries of the originators of the field. Arising at Columbia University in 2000 from roots in the humanities and patient-centered care,
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Five Days from Defeat

How Britain Nearly Lost the First World War

by Walter Reid ...

A historian explores " with forensic precision" the dramatic turning point that changed the course of the Great War ( The Scotsman).On March 21, 1918, Germany initiated one of the most ferocious offensives of the First World War. During the so-called Kaiserschlacht, German troops advanced on Allied positions in a series of attacks that caused massive casualties, separated British and French forces ... Read more

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A historian explores " with forensic precision" the dramatic turning point that changed the course of the Great War ( The Scotsman).On March 21, 1918, Germany initiated one of the most ferocious offensives of the First World War. During the so-called Kaiserschlacht, German troops advanced on Allied positions in a series of attacks that caused massive casualties, separated British and French forces
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Bubishi

The Classic Manual of Combat

Treasured for centuries by karate's top masters, the Bubishi is a classic Chinese work on philosophy, strategy, medicine, and technique as they relate to the martial arts.Referred to as the "bible of karate" by famous master Chojun Miyagi, for hundreds of years the Bubishiwas a secret text passed from master to student in China and later in Okinawa. All of karate's legendary masters have studied ... Read more

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Treasured for centuries by karate's top masters, the Bubishi is a classic Chinese work on philosophy, strategy, medicine, and technique as they relate to the martial arts.Referred to as the "bible of karate" by famous master Chojun Miyagi, for hundreds of years the Bubishiwas a secret text passed from master to student in China and later in Okinawa. All of karate's legendary masters have studied
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Greece 1941

The Death Throes of Blitzkrieg

by Jeffrey Plowman ...

This WWII history presents an in-depth study of the Battle of Greece and a provocative new analysis of Nazi military tactics.Every student of the Second World War is familiar with the infamous Nazi military tactics known as blitzkrieg—or "lightning war." In the early days of the war, these rapid attacks brough about the demise first of Poland and then the Low Countries and France. But were these ... Read more

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This WWII history presents an in-depth study of the Battle of Greece and a provocative new analysis of Nazi military tactics.Every student of the Second World War is familiar with the infamous Nazi military tactics known as blitzkrieg—or "lightning war." In the early days of the war, these rapid attacks brough about the demise first of Poland and then the Low Countries and France. But were these
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Fields of Battle

The Wars for North America

by John Keegan ...

At once a grand tour of the battlefields of North America and an unabashedly personal tribute to the military prowess of an essentially unwarlike people. • "[A] magisterial narrative history, enriched by an authorial voice."--The Washington PostFields of Battle spans more than two centuries and the expanse of a continent to show how the immense spaces of North America shaped the wars that were ... Read more

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At once a grand tour of the battlefields of North America and an unabashedly personal tribute to the military prowess of an essentially unwarlike people. • "[A] magisterial narrative history, enriched by an authorial voice."--The Washington PostFields of Battle spans more than two centuries and the expanse of a continent to show how the immense spaces of North America shaped the wars that were
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Churchill's Shadow Raiders

The Race to Develop Radar, World War II's Invisible Secret Weapon

by Damien Lewis ...

From bestselling and award-winning war reporter Damien Lewis and for fans of Erik Larsen’s The Splendid and Vile and Alex Kershaw’s The Forgotten 500 comes a thrilling account of one of the most daring raids of WWII…the true story of the race to stop Hitler from developing a top-secret weapon that would change the course of history."One of the most readable World War 2 his... ... Read more

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From bestselling and award-winning war reporter Damien Lewis and for fans of Erik Larsen’s The Splendid and Vile and Alex Kershaw’s The Forgotten 500 comes a thrilling account of one of the most daring raids of WWII…the true story of the race to stop Hitler from developing a top-secret weapon that would change the course of history."One of the most readable World War 2 his...
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Operation Biting

The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler's Radar

by Max Hastings ...

In this enthralling history, internationally bestselling author Max Hastings recounts the odds-defying Operation Biting, a 1942 parachute commando raid on Northern France to steal vital components of German intelligence—one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and one of the most successful.In February 1942, RAF intelligence was baffled by a newly identified radar network ... Read more

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In this enthralling history, internationally bestselling author Max Hastings recounts the odds-defying Operation Biting, a 1942 parachute commando raid on Northern France to steal vital components of German intelligence—one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and one of the most successful.In February 1942, RAF intelligence was baffled by a newly identified radar network
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The Compleat Victory

Saratoga and the American Revolution

by Kevin J. Weddle ...

Series series Pivotal Moments in American History
Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize, Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award & Winner of The Society of the Cincinnati Prize. In the late summer and fall of 1777, after two years of indecisive fighting on both sides, the outcome of the American War of Independence hung in the balance. Having successfully expelled the Americans from Canada in 1776, the British were ... Read more

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Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize, Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award & Winner of The Society of the Cincinnati Prize. In the late summer and fall of 1777, after two years of indecisive fighting on both sides, the outcome of the American War of Independence hung in the balance. Having successfully expelled the Americans from Canada in 1776, the British were
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The Art of War

by Sun Tzu ...

Translated by Thomas Cleary ...

Series series Shambhala Library
Conflict is an inevitable part of life, according to this ancient Chinese classic of strategy, but everything necessary to deal with conflict wisely, honorably, victoriously, is already present within us. Compiled more than two thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, The Art of War is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world, as eagerly ... Read more

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Conflict is an inevitable part of life, according to this ancient Chinese classic of strategy, but everything necessary to deal with conflict wisely, honorably, victoriously, is already present within us. Compiled more than two thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, The Art of War is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world, as eagerly
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Perryville

This Grand Havoc of Battle

by Kenneth W. Noe ...

Winner of the Seaborg Civil War Prize: "Impressively researched . . . will please many readers, especially those who enjoy exciting battle histories." ― Journal of Military HistoryOn October 8, 1862, Union and Confederate forces clashed near Perryville in what would be the largest battle ever fought on Kentucky soil. The climax of a campaign that began two months before in northern Mississippi, ... Read more

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Winner of the Seaborg Civil War Prize: "Impressively researched . . . will please many readers, especially those who enjoy exciting battle histories." ― Journal of Military HistoryOn October 8, 1862, Union and Confederate forces clashed near Perryville in what would be the largest battle ever fought on Kentucky soil. The climax of a campaign that began two months before in northern Mississippi,
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Rise and Kill First

The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations

by Ronen Bergman ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first definitive history of Israel’s targeted killing programs, which have shaped the Israeli nation, the Middle East, and the larger world—from the man hailed by David Remnick as “arguably [Israel’s] best investigative reporter.”“An exceptional work, a humane book about an incendiary subject . . . full of shocking moments, surprising disturbances in a narrative ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first definitive history of Israel’s targeted killing programs, which have shaped the Israeli nation, the Middle East, and the larger world—from the man hailed by David Remnick as “arguably [Israel’s] best investigative reporter.”“An exceptional work, a humane book about an incendiary subject . . . full of shocking moments, surprising disturbances in a narrative
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Agent of the Iron Cross

The Race to Capture German Saboteur-Assassin Lothar Witzke during World War I

by Bill Mills ...

From Publishers Weekly**: "Devotees of cloak-and-dagger intrigue will revel in this thrilling and complex account."**On January 16th Witzke and several confederates departed Mexico City for the U.S. border. After crossing 1500 miles of rugged territory, encountering bandits and other hazards along the way, Witzke reached Nogales. But unknown to the saboteur-assassin, the German espionage network ... Read more

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From Publishers Weekly**: "Devotees of cloak-and-dagger intrigue will revel in this thrilling and complex account."**On January 16th Witzke and several confederates departed Mexico City for the U.S. border. After crossing 1500 miles of rugged territory, encountering bandits and other hazards along the way, Witzke reached Nogales. But unknown to the saboteur-assassin, the German espionage network
... Read more
The American Civil War

by John Keegan ...

The greatest military historian of our time gives a peerless account of America’s most bloody, wrenching, and eternally fascinating war.In this magesterial history and national bestseller, John Keegan shares his original and perceptive insights into the psychology, ideology, demographics, and economics of the American Civil War. Illuminated by Keegan’s knowledge of military history he provides a ... Read more

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The greatest military historian of our time gives a peerless account of America’s most bloody, wrenching, and eternally fascinating war.In this magesterial history and national bestseller, John Keegan shares his original and perceptive insights into the psychology, ideology, demographics, and economics of the American Civil War. Illuminated by Keegan’s knowledge of military history he provides a
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