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Warrior eBook Series

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  • US Marine Corps Tank Crewman 1965–70

    Vietnam

    by Ed Gilbert ...
    Series Book 90 - Warrior
    By 1960, following Korea, tanks and their crews had proved themselves to be a fundamental part of the Marine Corps' combined arms team. When the Marines were ordered to Vietnam in 1965, they took their tanks with them. This book explores this decision, which created a political storm. The presence of the tanks became a lightning rod for accusations of an 'escalation' of the war. Nevertheless, the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Native American Code Talker in World War II

    by Ed Gilbert ...
    Series Book 127 - Warrior
    'Were it not for the Navajo Code Talkers the Marines would never have taken Iwo Jima and other places' (Anonymous, Marine Corps signal officer). Ed Gilbert uses personal interviews with veterans to tell their fascinating story. Beginning with the first operational use of Native American languages in World War I, he explores how in World War II the US again came to employ this subtle, but powerful ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Patriot Militiaman in the American Revolution 1775–82

    by Ed Gilbert, Catherine Gilbert ...
    Series Book 176 - Warrior
    The American Revolution was a decisive conflict, which saw the birth of a new nation. Continental Army regulars fought in massive and famous battles from New England to Virginia, but in the South a different kind of warfare was afoot. Local militia, sometimes stiffened by a small core of the Continental Line, played a pivotal role. This lesser-known war ultimately decided the fate of the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • US Marine Corps Raider 1942–43

    by Ed Gilbert ...
    Series Book 109 - Warrior
    The US Marine Raider was an "elite within an elite." Modeled on British Commandoes, they were the earliest forerunners of the various special operations units of the modern US military. These units would conduct operations with only the equipment they could carry on their backs; their heaviest weapons were light mortars and light machine-guns. Highly trained in close-in fighting, the Raiders were ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Frontier Militiaman in the War of 1812

    Southwestern Frontier

    by Ed Gilbert ...
    Series Book 129 - Warrior
    The great military effectiveness of semitrained local militia is one of the enduring myths of American military history. In this book Ed Gilbert reveals the truth behind this myth, shedding light on who these frontier men actually were and their role in the war of 1812. He chronicles how untrained and ineffective militia forces were transformed into a formidable fighting force through hard ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Patriot Militiaman in the American Revolution 1775–82

    by Ed Gilbert, Catherine Gilbert ...
    Series Book 176 - Warrior
    Continental Army regulars fought in massive and famous battles from New England to Virginia, but in the South a different kind of warfare was afoot.Local militia, sometimes stiffened by a small core of the Continental Line, played a pivotal role. This lesser-known war ultimately decided the fate of the Revolution by thwarting the British "Southern strategy". In this book, the authors provide a ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • US Marine in World War I

    by Ed Gilbert, Catherine Gilbert ...
    Series Book 178 - Warrior
    The words 'Retreat? Hell, we just got here' have become a central part of the legend of the US Marine Corps, indicative of its reputation for dogged determination and bravery.Uttered at the height of the fierce battle for Belleau Wood, the phrase came to define the Corps, establishing their 'first to fight' ethos in the public eye. This history follows the experiences of the Marines during the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Crisis in the Pacific

    The Battles for the Philippine Islands by the Men Who Fought Them

    by Gerald Astor ...
    From the depths of defeat...On December 8, 1941, one day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Air Force struck the Philippines in the first blow of a devastating invasion.With an undersupplied patchwork army at his command, General Douglas MacArthur led a valiant defense of the Philippines. When defeat came, MacArthur swore he would return, while thousands of POWs fell into Japanese ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Across the Dark Islands

    The War in the Pacific

    by Floyd W. Radike ...
    ACROSS THE DARK ISLANDSThe War in the PacificFloyd W. RadikeBrigadier General, U.S. Army (Ret.)“I remember sitting in a foxhole on Guadalcanal in the rain. The sergeant I shared the hole with shook his head and asked me: ‘What in the hell are we doing on this godforsaken island? Why don’t we let the Japs keep this stinking rock?’ I didn’t have an answer.”The war in the Pacific has never been ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Conquering Tide

    War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944

    by Ian W. Toll ...
    Series Book 2 - The Pacific War Trilogy
    **A New York Times Bestseller"A beautiful blend of history and prose and proves again Mr. Toll’s mastery of the naval-war narrative." —Wall Street Journal**This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War—the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944—when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a "conquering tide," ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Ultimate Battle

    Okinawa 1945--The Last Epic Struggle of World War II

    by Bill Sloan ...
    The Ultimate Battle is the full story of the last great clash of World War II as it has never before been told.With the same “grunt's-eye-view” narrative style that distinguished his Brotherhood of Heroes, Bill Sloan presents a gripping and uniquely personal saga of heroism and sacrifice in which at least 115,000 soldiers, sailors, and airmen from both sides were killed, as were nearly 150,000 ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Cabanatuan Prison Raid

    The Philippines 1945

    by Gordon L. Rottman ...
    Series Book 3 - Raid
    On 27 January 1945 the 6th Ranger Battalion and the 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit (the Alamo Scouts) began the most dangerous and important mission of their careers to rescue 500 American, British and Dutch prisoners-of-war held at a camp near Cabanatuan. This daring plan was fraught with difficulties – the rangers had to struggle with harsh jungle terrain, 30 miles behind enemy lines ... Read more

    $15.99 USD