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	D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II Published to mark the 50th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, Stephen E. Ambrose's D-Day: June 6, 1944 relies on over 1,400 interviews with veterans, as well as prodigious research in military archives on both sides of the Atlantic. He provides a comprehensive history of the invasion which...
	Steel My Soldiers' Hearts: The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of the U.S. Army, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, Vietnam Steel My Soldiers' Hearts is retired Colonel David Hackworth's account of his tour of duty in Vietnam commanding the 4/39th, an infantry battalion operating south of Saigon in the Mekong River delta. Poorly led (the previous commander had based the battalion in the middle of a mine field), with...
	If I Die in a Combat Zone : Box Me Up and Ship Me Home Over time, Tim O'Brien has used both art and artifice to shape his fictional accounts of Vietnam. Award-winning novels such as Going After Cacciato and The Things They Carried offer up a surreal view of the war: a soldier who decides to walk to Paris, leaving only a trail of M&M's in his wake; a...
	Currahee!: a Screaming Eagle at Normandy Seven days in hell In June 1944, the Allies launched a massive amphibious invasion against Nazi-held France. But under the cover of darkness, a new breed of fighting man leapt from airplanes through a bullet-stitched, tracer-lit sky to go behind German lines. These were the Screaming Eagles of the...
	Where We Were in Vietnam: A Comprehensive Guide to the Firebases, Military Installations and Naval Vessels of the Vietnam War, 1945-1975 Joseph L. Galloway - Co-author: We Were Soldiers Once...and Young "If you can't find it in these pages, it can't be found."
	Guardians of the Republic This is the definitive work on one of the least studied aspects of military history-the noncommissioned officer. Since colonial America, NCOs have played pivotal roles in the administration, training, morale, and fighting effectiveness of the Army. The author traces the evolution of NCO duties; their rank and insignia; relationship to officers; their training (or nontraining); and the professional development scheme initiated after the Vietnam experience which produced the finest noncommissioned officer corps in the world.
	The Three Meter Zone: Common Sense Leadership for NCOs The practical performance-oriented ideas on leaderships presented in this book will be of value to anyone who is a front-line supervisor.
	Nco Guide (Nco Guide, 6th Ed) Thoroughly revised and reorganized, this is the sixth edition of the popular NCO Guide, the Non-Commissioned Officer's Bible for more than forty years.
	Encyclopedia of American War Heroes This book is a comprehensive compilation of those who have distinguished themselves on the fields of battle, from Paul Revere to General H. Norman Schwarzkopf. It features nearly 400 entries profiling the brave men who fought and died to preserve our freedom. Many of the people selected for inclusion in this volume received one or more citation for their heroic achievements. The entries include the individual�s name, rank, branch of service, and the circumstances resulting in their citations.
	Death Ground: Today's American Infantry in Battle A rambling, jingoistic account of the various adventures of Americas ground infantry, by a US army colonel and infantry brigade commander with a doctorate in history from the University of Chicago (Savage Peace: Americans at War in the 1990s, 1995). Bolger uses the various military operations of the...
	Common Sense Training: A Working Philosophy for Leaders "The best book on military training from platoon to division level that has been published in any army."--Army Magazine
	Armor Attacks: The Tank Platoon: An Interactive Exercise in Small-Unit Tactics and Leadership During the 1960's, programmed instruction was voguish in commercial and institutional as well as educational circles. Antal, a major in the US Army, makes a martial equivalent of this technique the centerpiece of a gimmicky text that's as much manual as novel. Following detailed briefings on the...
	Infantry Combat: The Rifle Platoon: An Interactive Exercise in Small-Unit Tactics and Leadership You are the neophyte platoon leader in this informative and entertaining, interactive work from the author of Armor Attacks.
	Acts of War: The Behavior of Men in Battle "Acts of War" paints a portrait of the behavior exhibited by men under fire by using a combined historical/anthropological approach to the institution of soldiering. It's unfortunate that more titles are not available on this subject. "Acts of War" makes a fine complementary...
	About Face/the Odyssey of an American Warrior He joined the army at 15 and is today America's most decorated living soldier. In one of the most extraordinary military memoirs of our time, About Face chronicles the wars of David H. Hackworth--from World War II to his opposition to U.S. tactics and goals in Vietnam. Photographs.
	Hazardous Duty: One of America's Most Decorated Soldiers Reports from the Front With the Truth About the U.S. Military Today Nobody can question Hackworth's credentials--he's America's most decorated living soldier, a military reporter forNewsweek, and author of the best-selling About Face. In Hazardous Duty, he travels to danger spots like Bosnia, Haiti, Korea, Somalia and the Persian Gulf to rate U.S. military...
	Warfighting: The United States Marine Corps Warfighting is an authentic American philosophy of action that will thrill the millions of fans of SunTzu's The Art of War and Musashi's T he Book of Five Rings. This modern classic of strategy and philosophy is the quintessential guide to prevailing in competitive situations, be it war, ...