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Six Minutes to Freedom: How a Band of Heros Defied a Dictator and Helped Free a Nation 40 reviews
Kurt Muse, John Gilstrap
Citadel, 2006
True heroes are hard to find
+ A truly captivating and well written real-life suspense story.
+ Ron, Redding CA
+ Riviting
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Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam49 reviews
John A. Nagl
University Of Chicago Press, 2005
Shows the pain of organizational culture
+ Theory From One Who Gets It
+ Amazing
+ Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam
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Six Silent Men (101st Lrp/Rangers)24 reviews
Reynel Martinez
Ballantine Books, 1996
Brave Men
+ -
+ EXCELLENT
+ Excellent book, very informative
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Band of Brothers : E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest423 reviews
Stephen E. Ambrose
Simon & Schuster, 2001
It's been said already, but I'll say it again
+ Bravery and Determination was Unsurpassed
+ WWII classic from Ambrose
+ Good book for Veterans!
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Starship Troopers 10 reviews
Robert A. Heinlein
Ace Trade, 2006
Paying for the Right to Vote
+ Reprint of an excellent story
+ One Of The Best Early Sci-Fi Books
+ A masterpiece
+ New to Heinlein
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The Defence of Duffer's Drift14 reviews
E. D. Swinton
Avery, 1986
What combat experience costs!
+ A Tactical Decision Game at it's Finest
+ Enjoyable Small-Unit Leader Primer
+ Wonderful Snall Book on Tactics: Puts you in the Scenario
+ Field Primer for Combat Leaders
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98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive39 reviews
Cody Lundin
Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2003
Top Notch Buy
+ Great, to-the-point survival manual
+ Entertainingly Accurate AND Real...
+ I stumbled upon this book by accident - I am very glad I did
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On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and Peace91 reviews
Dave Grossman, Loren W. Christensen
PPCT Research Publications, 2004
On Combat
+ Dead ( no pun intended) On
+ Critical Primer for the Citizen Soldier
+ A Goldmine of Information
+ Great Gift for a Returning Soldier
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Knight's Cross : A Life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel 28 reviews
David Fraser
Harper Perennial, 1995
A unique leader on a unique battlefield
+ Spectacular and Engaging
+ Aggressive Leadership and balanced biography
+ Highly readable military history
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LEADERSHIP AND TRAINING FOR THE FIGHT: A FEW THOUGHTS ON LEADERSHIP AND TRAINING FROM A FORMER SPECIAL ...25 reviews
PAUL, R. HOWE
AuthorHouse, 2005
Outstanding book by a true professional.
+ Leadership & training not only for the fight
+ Excellent Read
+ Outstanding treatise...
+ Great book!
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Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior34 reviews
Dick Couch
Crown, 2007
As close as you can get to being there
+ Superb
+ Great book for future SF
+ A Professionals Eye
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The Night Stalkers8 reviews
Michael J. Durant, Steven Hartov
Putnam Adult, 2006
Execellent
+ Dynamite Book!
+ Review
+ An Great Book About Great Heroes
+ Eye Opener!!
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In The Company Of Heroes88 reviews
Michael J. Durant, Steven Hartov
Signet, 2006
Awesome
+ In the Company of Heroes:Book Review
+ A great read
+ Great Read
+ A Hero in the Company of Heroes
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Roberts Ridge: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan27 reviews
Malcolm MacPherson
Dell, 2006
That their deeds not be forgotten.
+ Honour of the commandos' spirit
+ Pretty good book on combat ops in Afghanistan
+ Good read
+ A good read, solo or in concert with other accounts
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Gates of Fire3 reviews
Steven Pressfield
Bantam Books, 2000
GREAT STORY - BEAUTIFULLY TOLD!
+ GREAT!!
+ Absolutely Incredible
Everybody dies. So did these 300 Greeks. But the world will never forget their choice of death.
It is incorrect that the battle at Thermopylae changed the course of history. That was the battle at Marathon, some years before, when the Greek cities were unprepared and only the city of Athens was ...
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The Politically Incorrect Guide(tm) to Islam (and the Crusades) (Politically Incorrect Guides)495 reviews
Robert Spencer
Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2005
Buy this and educate yourself and family
+ Required reading for every American
+ very recommendable
After spending four tours in Iraq and just getting home from the last one, I can say that what is said in this book is correct.
There is no more the rising threat, but the threat that has already risen and is here in the US.
I suggest you, the reader, understand that Islam is more a ...
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Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War670 reviews
Mark Bowden
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000
Bowden Demonstrates Masterful Writing
+ Horrifically good book
+ Amazing, Simply Amazing
+ Not Too Late to Read This Important Work
+ Well done
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The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century38 reviews
USMC, Colonel Thomas X. Hammes
Zenith Press, 2006
Thoughtful, neutral and critical of business as usual
+ 'We Sleep Safe in Our Beds...'
+ New Warfare
+ The Sling and The Stone: On War in The 21st Century
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Six Silent Men, Book Two (101st Lrp/Rangers)17 reviews
Kenn Miller
Ivy Books, 1997
Kenn Miller leads the pack in writing about NAM experiences.
+ The Real Steel Deal
+ BUY THIS BOOK_BUY THIS BOOK
+ EXCELLENT
+ Excellent book, very well written and informative
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Six Silent Men...Book Three (101st Lrp/Rangers)13 reviews
Gary Linderer
Ivy Books, 1997
Small Unit Paradise
+ Another thrilling read from Gary Linderer
+ Brilliant piece of writing
+ These men truly lived this war
+ ýYou couldnýt live 30 minutes out there with only six men!ý
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