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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

    $16.19 CAD

  • 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

    $16.19 CAD

  • 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

    $16.19 CAD

  • 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

    $16.19 CAD

  • 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

    $16.19 CAD

  • 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

    $16.19 CAD

  • 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

    $16.19 CAD

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  • No Bended Knee

    The Battle for Guadalcanal

    by Merrill B. Twining ...
    “A VIVID NARRATIVE . . . A splendid first-person account of the costly campaign that enabled Allied forces to wrest Guadalcanal from the Japanese in World War II’s Pacific theater.”—Kirkus Reviews“By reading and studying No Bended Knee, the military professional can gain an appreciation for war at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels. Twining writes as he served his corps—boldly and ... Read more

    Was $9.99 CAD Now $8.99 CAD

  • 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

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  • Hell in the Pacific

    The Battle for Iwo Jima

    by Derrick Wright, Gordon L. Rottman ...
    A definitive account of the famous battle of Iwo Jima, and the men who fought there.The battle of Iwo Jima saw one hundred thousand men fighting over a tiny volcanic island of just 8 square miles. The island was of major strategic importance to the US Air Force. However, it was also of supreme importance to the 20,000 Japanese troops who were deeply entrenched in the island when the Marines ... Read more

    $19.97 CAD

  • 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

    $6.99 CAD

  • A Rainbow of Blood: The Union in Peril—An Alternate History

    by Peter G. Tsouras ...
    “Do you know what military glory is? It is ‘that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood—that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy.'” —Abraham LincolnThe Union in dire peril! The war that began in Peter G. Tsouras's previous alternate history, Britannia's Fist, accelerates during a few desperate weeks in October 1863. From the bayous of Louisiana to the green hills of the Hudson Valley ... Read more

    $18.76 CAD