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The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 51,146 ratings — published 1997
Zero History (Blue Ant, #3)
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avg rating 3.96 — 15,862 ratings — published 2010
The Whole Truth (A. Shaw, #1)
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avg rating 4.08 — 42,938 ratings — published 2008
The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 3,804 ratings — published 2020
Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 2,848 ratings — published 2018
Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.46 — 16,916 ratings — published 1994
The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 5,042 ratings — published 2015
Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,868 ratings — published 2008
Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 7,756 ratings — published 2014
Facing Violence: Preparing for the Unexpected (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 1,034 ratings — published 2011
The Lincoln Lawyer (The Lincoln Lawyer, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #16)
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avg rating 4.22 — 256,135 ratings — published 2005
By Reason of Insanity (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 2,396 ratings — published 2008
Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 1,332 ratings — published 2024
Shoot, Dive, Fly: Stories of Grit and Adventure from The Indian Army (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.45 — 423 ratings — published
Boots Belts Berets (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 525 ratings — published 2008
The Imagineers of War: The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.69 — 563 ratings — published
100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative's Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 3,017 ratings — published 2015
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 7,899 ratings — published 2006
Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.76 — 11,911 ratings — published 2015
On War (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 14,521 ratings — published 1832
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 14,509 ratings — published 2013
On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 4,463 ratings — published 2004
Sycamore Row (Jake Brigance, #2)
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avg rating 4.10 — 140,049 ratings — published 2013
The First World War: A Complete History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 3,721 ratings — published 1994
The Second World War: A Complete History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 1,951 ratings — published 1989
The Revenge Of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 6,179 ratings — published 2012
Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 2,826 ratings — published 2012
Diplomacy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 9,411 ratings — published 1994
The New Makers of Modern Strategy: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.41 — 145 ratings — published
India’s Most Fearless: True Stories of Modern Military Heroes (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.46 — 2,219 ratings — published
Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 15,406 ratings — published 2010
Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 7,287 ratings — published 2017
On China (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 10,187 ratings — published 2011
Spy Stories: Inside the Secret World of ISI and RAW (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.55 — 537 ratings — published
2034: A Novel of the Next World War (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.80 — 17,296 ratings — published 2021
Unrestricted Warfare: China's Master Plan to Destroy America (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.64 — 732 ratings — published 1999
Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 17,804 ratings — published 2020
In the Enemy's House: The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 2,142 ratings — published 2018
The Persian Expedition (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 9,889 ratings — published -400
Kargil: Untold Stories from the War (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.56 — 491 ratings — published
Napoleon: A Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 28,474 ratings — published 2014
The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 2,304 ratings — published 2009
On The Double (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 163 ratings — published 2015
The Brave: Param Vir Chakra Stories (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.50 — 1,032 ratings — published 2014
100 Deadly Skills: Survival Edition: The SEAL Operative's Guide to Surviving in the Wild and Being Prepared for Any Disaster (Audiobook)
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avg rating 4.04 — 890 ratings — published 2016
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 12,137 ratings — published 1995
The Art of War (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 570,254 ratings — published -500
The Taking of K-129: How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 2,225 ratings — published 2017
First In: An Insider's Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 1,866 ratings — published 2005
The Things They Carried (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 344,499 ratings — published 1990
“Standing on the defensive indicates insufficient strength; attacking, a superabundance of strength.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“That defense alone is effectual, sure and durable which depends upon yourself and your own valour.”
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