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The Two
Best Classic Works on War Ever
Written
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The writings of the ancient warrior Sun
Tzu have provided tremendous wisdom to
generations through the ages. Now these
philosophies are available with anecdotal
extracts by the author of Shogun
and Noble House.
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On War is the most significant
attempt in Western history to understand
war, both in its internal dynamics and as
an instrument of policy. Since the work's
first appearance in 1832, it has been read
throughout the world, and has stimulated
generations of soldiers, statesmen, and
intellectuals.
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The Day of
Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy,
1943-1944
by Rick Atkinson
In the second volume of his epic
trilogy about the liberation of Europe in
World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick
Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the
campaigns in Sicily and Italy The Italian
campaign's outcome was never certain; in
fact, Roosevelt, Churchill, and their
military advisers engaged in heated debate
about whether an invasion of the so-called
soft underbelly of Europe was even a good
idea. But once under way, the commitment
to liberate Italy from the Nazis never
wavered, despite the agonizingly high
price. The battles at Salerno, Anzio, and
Monte Cassino were particularly difficult
and lethal, yet as the months passed, the
Allied forces continued to drive the
Germans up the Italian peninsula. Led by
Lieutenant General Mark Clark, one of the
war's most complex and controversial
commanders, American officers and soldiers
became increasingly determined and
proficient. And with the liberation of
Rome in June 1944, ultimate victory at
last began to seem inevitable. Drawing on
a wide array of primary source material,
written with great drama and flair, this
is narrative history of the first rank.
With The Day of Battle, Atkinson has once
again given us the definitive account of
one of history's most compelling military
campaigns.
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Triumph
Forsaken: The Vietnam War,
1954-1965
by Mark
Moyar
Drawing on a wealth of new evidence
from all sides, Triumph Forsaken overturns
most of the historical orthodoxy on the
Vietnam War. Through the analysis of
international perceptions and power, it
shows that South Vietnam was a vital
interest of the United States.
The book provides many new insights
into the overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem in
1963 and demonstrates that the coup
negated the South Vietnamese government's
tremendous, and hitherto unappreciated,
military and political gains between 1954
and 1963.
After Diem's assassination, President
Lyndon Johnson had at his disposal several
aggressive policy options that could have
enabled South Vietnam to continue the war
without a massive US troop infusion, but
he ruled out these options because of
faulty assumptions and inadequate
intelligence, making such an infusion the
only means of saving the country.
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In the
Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of
Combat, by Rick
Atkinson
If you are a military history buff, you
will love this book. If not, it might be
the right time to take a plunge into the
subject. This account of military history
is about Operation Iraqi Freedom. While
justifications for the recent war between
the American-British coalition forces and
Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime are still
being debated among politicos and the
general public, the facts are that it did
occur, American and British soldiers died
and were wounded, a brutal dictator was
toppled, and we watched the whole event
play itself out on live television. Now
the Iraqi people have been given the
opportunity to rebuild a country in their
own image and likeness.
Read Dr. Dolhenty's review of this book
by clicking HERE.
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Mortimer Adler
Speaks Out on War &
Peace
Dr. Mortimer Adler makes a lot of
suggestions about how we ought to think
about war and peace. A modern classic in
its own right.
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The Pity of
War: Explaining World War
I
If someone less distinguished than
Niall Ferguson had written The Pity of
War, you could be forgiven for
thinking the book was out for a few cheap
headlines by contradicting almost every
accepted orthodoxy about the First World
War. Ferguson argues that Britain was as
much to blame for the start of the war as
Germany, and that, had Britain sacrificed
Belgium to Germany, the 1917 Bolshevik
Revolution would never have happened.
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