Biography & Autobiography - Military
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Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American RevolutionA New York Times BestsellerWinner of the George Washington Prize A surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold, from the New York Times bestselling author of In The Heart of the...
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Van of Valor: A 27,000-Mile Journey Through American Sacrifice280 days. 27,106 miles. 317 interviews. 443 names. After getting married, Kevin and Lauren Wallace skipped the usual honeymoon, instead exchanging their condo for an old van that they planned to drive around the country. But this wasn't your typical road trip. Kevin, a...
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Vietnam BeyondVietnam BeyondBy: Gerald E. Augustine"Vietnam Beyond" is not only a photographic accounting of a soldier's time while serving in a front-line unit in the infantry; it is a study of human nature. When rank has its' privileges, not only in the military, but in...
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Vietnam-Perkasie: A Combat Marine Memoir, Revised EditionVietnam-Perkasie, W.D. Ehrhart's classic account of his 13 months as a Marine in Vietnam, is the only memoir of the war that is written from the point-of-view of the 18-year-old living the experience rather than the voice of the author recollecting the war later...
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Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America's Bravest WarriorsDiscover true stories of the silent heros that live among us with these moving and powerful recollections of war, told by the men and women who lived them. "The stories America needs to hear" --Admiral William H. McRaven, US Navy (Ret.) Walk in my...
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Walk, Run, Fly AgainAuthor: Lisette Alvarez,John AlvarezPublisher: Walk Run Fly Again LLCPublished: 05/25/2026Pages: 292Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.54lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94dISBN: 9798995406686
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War and Other ProblemsWar and Other Problems tells the story of someone who grew up amid the hardships of the Vietnam War - with a father killed in the line of duty, a mother struggling to raise four children in a poor farming community, and the constant...
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War as I Knew ItA classic of American military history first published in 1947, War as I Knew It is the captivating memoir of George S. Patton, Jr., the legendary general, incendiary warrior, and unparalled tactician of World War II.Drawing from General Patton's vivid memories of battle and...
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Warbody: A Marine Sniper and the Hidden Violence of Modern WarfareAlexander Lemons is a Marine Corps scout sniper who, after serving multiple tours during the Iraq War, returned home seriously and mysteriously ill. Joshua Howe is an environmental historian who met Lemons as a student in one of his classes. Together they have crafted...
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Wartime Writings 1939-1944This volume includes the aviator's letters to friends, autobiographical fragments, and meditations. Translated by Norah Purcell; Introduction by Anne Morrow Lindbergh; Index.Author: Antoine de Saint-ExupéryPublisher: Mariner Books ClassicsPublished: 11/04/2002Pages: 264Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 8.53h x 5.54w x 0.64dISBN: 9780156027533About the Authorde Saint-Exupéry, Antoine: -...
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We Were There: VietnamVietnam was a bloody and divisive war that shaped a generation.In 1968, with the elimination of law school draft deferments, Steve Bailey's door to academia slammed shut. Another door opened to two years of training through Louisiana's swamps, Panama's jungles, and Officer Candidate School....
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What It Is Like to Go to War#3 on Amazon.com's 10 Best Books of 2011The New Yorker Favorite Books from 2011Hudson Booksellers Best Books of 2011Barnes & Noble Best Nonfiction Books of 2011St. Louis Post Dispatch Favorite Books of 2011A Shelf Awareness Reviewer's Top Pick of 2011 One of the most...
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What Now, Lieutenant?: Leadership Forged from Events in Vietnam, Desert Storm and BeyondWars fought on a grand scale with global consequences are made up of countless smaller battles and events. For the men who fought, bled and died in them they are not small-those little pieces of war-and the personal aftermath and their effect is beyond...
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When I Die I'm Going to Heaven 'Cause I've Spent my Time in Hell: A memoir of my year as an Army Nurse in VietnamWhen she was 18, Barbara Hesselman joined the Army to finance her nursing education. A little more than four years later, and with less than six months of nursing experience, she was assigned to the 24th Evacuation Hospital in South Vietnam. On the neurosurgical...
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When the Map Runs Out: Values, Judgment, and Clarity in Uncertain TimesAuthor: Milford H. BeaglePublisher: Alexander Publishing Group, LLCPublished: 10/26/2025Pages: 126Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.27dISBN: 9798349643781
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Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat TillmanNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A "gripping book about this extraordinary man who lived passionately and died unnecessarily" (USA Today) in post-9/11 Afghanistan, from the bestselling author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air.In 2002, Pat Tillman walked away from a multimillion-dollar NFL contract to...
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Whispers in the Tall GrassThe previously unpublished second volume of Nick Brokhausen's vivid and riveting memoir of his experiences in MACV-SOG in Vietnam."This battle-scarred memoir is an excellent tribute to the generation that fought, laughed, and died in Southeast Asia." -New York Journal of BooksWhispers in the Tall...
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Wielding the Trident: Admiral Raymond A. Spruance and America's Victory in the PacificThis first biography of Adm. Raymond A. Spruance in over fifty years offers a compelling portrait of the quiet strategist behind key U.S. victories in the Pacific War. Drawing on rich archival material, it highlights Spruance's sharp intellect, decisive leadership, and lasting influence on...
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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and OkinawaNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Eugene Sledge became more than a legend with his memoir, With The Old Breed. He became a chronicler, a historian, a storyteller who turns the extremes of the war in the Pacific--the terror, the camaraderie, the banal and the...
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World War II Generation Speaks: The Things Our Fathers Saw Series, Vols. 1-3YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT WWII?Did you ever actually listen to somebody who was there?THE 3 BOOK OMNIBUS EDITION, in one 822-page binding, The Things Our Fathers Saw--The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation From Hometown, USA: VOLUMES 1-3 ...TOLD IN THEIR...
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