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Sorry for the confusion, but I am in the middle of a major re-organization of these files. Items that belong under "Military" may still be under "Conservative", and "Canadian" is still scattered about. JES
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LIBERTARIANS
ATLAS SHRUGGED A NOVEL
AYN RAND
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THE FOUNTAINHEAD A NOVEL
AYN RAND
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WE THE LIVING A NOVEL
AYN RAND
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WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LIBERTARIAN
CHARLES MURRAY
BROADWAY BOOKS 178 PGS $20.00
IN OUR HANDS: A PLAN TO REPLACE THE WELFARE STATE
CHARLES MURRAY
AEI 222 PGS $20.00
SAYING YES: IN DEFENSE OF DRUG USE
JACOB SULLUM
J.P. TARCHER 352 PGS $25.95
THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION OF SCIENCE: STUDIES IN THE ABUSE OF REASON 1952
FRIEDRICH HAYEK RECOGNITION OF THE LIMITS OF REASON
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FREETHINKERS: A HISTORY OF AMERICAN SECULARISM
SUSAN JACOBY
METROPOLITAN 417 PGS $27.50
WHY GLOBALIZATION WORKS
MARTIN WOLF
YALE UNIV. 416 PGS $30.00
HAYEK’S CHALLENGE: AN INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY OF F.A. HAYEK
BRUCE CALDWELL
UNIV. OF CHICAGO 500 PGS $55.00
HAYEK’S JOURNEY: THE MIND OF FREDERICH HAYEK
ALAN EBENSTEIN
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN 304 PGS $27.95THE CASE AGAINST THE FED
MURRAY N. ROTHBARD
LUDWIG VON MISES INST 158 PGS XXXPB
CANADIANS
THE REVOLT OF FRENCH CANADA
HELEN TAFT MANNING
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A GREAT AND NOBLE SCHEME: THE TRAGIC STORY OF THE EXPULSION OF THE FRENCH
ACADIANS FROM THEIR AMERICAN HOMELAND
JOHN MACK FARAGHER
W.W. NORTON 592 PGS $28.95
RESCUING CANADA'S RIGHT: BLUEPRINT FOR A CONSERVATIVE REVOLUTION
TASHA KHEIRIDDIN & ADAM DAIFALLAH
JOHN WILEY & SONS 281 PGS $18.95
THE CURE: HOW CAPITALISM CAN SAVE AMERICAN HEATH CARE
DR. DAVID GRATZER
ENCOUNTER 240 PGS $25.95
MILITARY ISSUES
THE WORLD OF THE WARRIOR- HEROES OF ANCIENT GREECE FROM UTOPIA TO CRISIS
AND COLLAPSE
PAUL CARTLEDGE
OVERLOOK 304 PGS $27.95
THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
DONALD KAGAN
VIKING 498 PGS $29.95
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UNIV xxx PGS $xx.xx
A WAR LIKE NO OTHER: HOW THE ATHENIANS AND SPARTANS FOUGHT THE PELOPONNESIAN
WAR
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
RANDOM HOUSE 400 PGS $29.95
RIPPLES OF BATTLE: HOW WARS OF THE PAST STILL DETERMINE HOW WE FIGHT, HOW WE
LIVE, AND HOW WE THINK
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
DOUBLEDAY 278 PGS $27.50
ART OF WAR
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI, AS TRANSLATED BY CHRISTOPHER LYNCH
UNIV. CHICAGO 312 PGS $25.00
SEIZE THE FIRE: HEROISM, DUTY, AND THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR
ADAM NICOLSON
HARPERCOLLINS 341 PGS $26.95
NELSON'S TRAFALGAR: THE BATTLE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
ROY ADKINS
VIKING 416 PGS $27.95
NELSON: A DREAM OF GLORY (FIRST OF A SERIES OF 3)
JOHN SUGDEN
HENRY HOLT & CO. 960 PGS $35.00
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UNIV xxx PGS $xx.xx
WATERLOO: JUNE 18, 1815. THE BATTLE FOR MODERN EUROPE
ANDREW ROBERTS
HARPERCOLLINS 144 PGS $21.95
SEMPER FI: THE DEFINITIVE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE U.S. MARINES
H. AVERY CHENOWETH & BROOKE NIHART
MAIN STREET 480 PGS $29.98
WASHINGTON'S SPIES: THE STORY OF AMERICA'S FIRST SPY RING
ALEXANDER ROSE
BANTAM BOOKS 384 PGS $26.00
VICTORY IN TRIPOLI: HOW AMERICA'S WAR WITH THE BARBARY PIRATES ESTABLISHED THE
U.S. NAVY AND SHAPED A NATION
JOSHUA E. LONDON
WILEY 276 PGS $24.95
THE MARCH (SHERMAN TO THE SEA)
E.L. DOCTOROW
RANDOM HOUSE 363 PGS $25.95
ROBERT E. LEE ON LEADERSHIP
H.W. CROCKER III
THREE RIVER PRESS XXX XXX
THE CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG: AMERICA'S MOST EMBATTLED EMBLEM
JOHN M. COSKI
HARVARD UNIV. 448 PGS $29.95
KILLING CUSTER
JAMES WELCH
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BRITAIN'S LAST TOMMIES: FINAL MEMORIES FROM SOLDIERS OF THE 1914-18 WAR IN THEIR
OWN WORDS
RICHARD VAN EMDEN
PEN & SWORD 256 PGS $36.97
UNKNOWN SOLDIERS: THE STORY OF THE MISSING OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
NEIL HANSON
KNOPF 496 PGS $28.95
HAIG'S GENERALS
IAN F.W. BECKETT & STEVEN J. CORVI, EDS
PEN & SWORD 224PGS $45.00
A STORM IN FLANDERS: THE YPRES SALIENT, 1914-1918
WINSTON GROOM
ATLANTIC MONTHLY 272 PGS $27.50
CASTLES OF STEEL WWI- GERMAN/BRITISH NAVIES
ROBERT K. MASSIE
RANDOM HOUSE 865 PGS $35.00
WILSON’S WAR: HOW WOODROW WILSON’S GREAT BLUNDERS LED TO HITLER, LENIN,
STALIN & WORLD WAR II
JIM POWELL
CROWN FORUM 332 PGS $27.50
ONE SOLDIER'S STORY: A MEMOIR
BOB DOLE
HARPERCOLLINS 304 PGS $25.95
OMAHA BEACH: D-DAY, JUNE 6, 1944
JOSEPH BALKOSKI
STACKPOLE 410 PGS $26.95
OVERLORD
MAX HASTINGS
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PATTON: OLD BLOOD AND GUTS
TREVOR ROYLE
WEIDENFELD & NOCOLSON 324 PGS $14.99
MONTY AND PATTON: TWO PATHS TO VICTORY
MICHAEL REYNOLDS
SPELLMOUNT 368 PGS $47.75
THE FIELD MARSHALL'S REVENGE: THE BREAKDOWN OF A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
CHARLES WHITING
SPELLMOUNT 241 PGS $29.95
ARMAGEDDON: THE BATTLE FOR GERMANY, 1944-45
MAX HASTINGS
ALFRED A. KNOPH 584 PGS $30.00
IVAN'S WAR: LIFE AND DEATH IN THE RED ARMY 1939- 1945
CATHERINE MERRIDALE
PICADOR 480 PGS $15.00
SOLDIERING FOR FREEDOM: A GI'S ACCOUNT OF WORLD WAR II
HERMAN J. OBERMAYER
TEXAS A & M 324 PGS $32.95
A MANCHUKUO INCIDENT
MARGARET SIRIOL COLLEY
USA DIST: MHS INC (FAX 908-707-1686 FOR DETAILS) 300 PGS $19.50
CHINA HANDS: NINE DECADES OF ADVENTURE, ESPIONAGE AND DIPLOMACY IN ASIA
JAMES LILLEY, WITH JEFFREY LILLEY
PUBLIC AFFAIRS 448 PGS $30.00
THE BEDFORD BOYS: ONE AMERICAN TOWN’S ULTIMATE D-DAY SACRIFICE
ALEX KERSHAW
DACAPO PRESS 274 PGS $25.00
THE U.S. MARINES: A COMBAT HISTORY FROM IWO JIMA TO IRAQ
JAMES A. WARREN
FREE PRESS 384 PGS $26.00
RISING '44: THE BATTLE FOR WARSAW
NORMAN DAVIES
VIKING 784 PGS $32.95
THE SOLDIER AND THE STATE. ARMED SERVANTS
SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, 1957
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ARMED SERVANTS: AGENCY, OVERSIGHT, AND CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS
PETER D. FEAVER
HARVARD 381 PGS $49.95
MY DETACHMENT: A MEMOIR (OF VIETNAM)
TRACY KIDDER
RANDOM HOUSE 192 PGS $24.95
UNFIT FOR COMMAND: SWIFT BOAT VETERANS SPEAK OUT AGAINST JOHN KERRY
JOHN E. O’NEILL & JEROME R. CORSI MO 04-05
REGNERY 256 PGS $27.95
AMERICAN SOLDIER
GEN. TOMMY R. FRANKS, USA Ret. MO 04-05
HARPERCOLLINS XXX $27.95
THE NEW SOLDIER, 1971
JOHN FRANCOIS KERRY MO 04-05
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VIETNAM CHRONICLES: THE ABRAMS TAPES, 1968-1972
LEWIS SORLEY, ED
TEXAS TECH UNIV. 917 PGS $50.00
ONE BULLET AWAY: THE MAKING OF A MARINE OFFICER
NATHANIEL FICK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN 369 PGS $25.00
NO TRUE GLORY: A FRONTLINE ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE FOR FALLUJAH
BING WEST
BANTAM 380 PGS $25.00
LAST IN THEIR CLASS: CUSTER, PICKETT AND THE GOATS OF WEST POINT
JAMES S. ROBBINS
ENCOUNTER 500 PGS $26.95
SUPREME COMMAND: SOLDIERS, STATESMEN AND LEADERSHIP IN WARTIME
ELIOT A. COHEN MO 02 03
FREE PRESS 272 PGS $25.00
PURPOSE! THE FORGOTTEN PRINCIPLE
NAVY CAPT. RAYMOND M. WIKSTROM, RET.
DeWITT BOOKS XXX $13.95
A LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER: A LIFE IN THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
RICHARD HELMS MO 03 06
RANDOM HOUSE 512 PGS $35.00
DAWN OVER BAGHDAD: HOW THE U.S. MILITARY IS USING BULLETS AND BALLOTS TO
REMAKE IRAQ
KARL ZINSMEISTER
ENCOUNTER 237 PGS $25.95
FIXING INTELLIGENCE: FOR A MORE SECURE AMERICA
WILLIAM E. ODOM MO 05 08
YALE UNIV. 230 PGS $25.95
RIPPLES OF BATTLE: HOW WARS OF THE PAST STILL DETERMINE HOW WE FIGHT, HOW
WE LIVE, AND HOW WE THINK
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
DOUBLEDAY 278 PGS $27.50
IMPERIAL GRUNTS: THE AMERICAN MILITARY ON THE GROUND
ROBERT D. KAPLAN
RANDOM HOUSE 448 PGS $27.95
WARLORD: NO BETTER FRIEND, NO WORSE ENEMY
ILARIO PANTANO W/ MALCOLM McCONNELL
THRESHOLD EDITIONS 405 PGS $26.00
THE PAST IS PROLOGUE: THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY TO THE MILITARY PROFESSION
WILLIAMSON MURRAY & RICHARD HART SINNREICH, EDS
CAMBRIDGE 298 PGS $23.99
HONOR: A HISTORY
JAMES BOWMAN
ENCOUNTER 381 PGS $25.95
FIASCO: THE AMERICAN MILITARY ADVENTURE IN IRAQ
THOMAS E. RICKS MO 06 06
PENGUIN 416 PGS $27.95
WAR MADE NEW: TECHNOLOGY, WARFARE, AND THE COURSE OF HISTORY: 1500 TO TODAY
MAX BOOT
GOTHAM 640 PGS $35.00
DON'T TREAD ON ME: A 400 YEAR HISTORY OF AMERICA AT WAR, FROM INDIAN FIGHTING TO
TERRORIST HUNTING
H.W. CROCKER III
CROWN 464 PGS $27.50
A LEADER BORN: THE LIFE OF ADM. JOHN SIDNEY McCAIN, PACIFIC CARRIER COMMANDER
ALTON KEITH GILBERT HOW WOULD HE RATE HIS GRANDSON? MO 07 03
CASEMATE 288 PGS $32.95
THE ARMY AND VIETNAM (1986)
ANDREW KREPINEVICH
JOHNS HOPKINS 318 PGS $15.95
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UNIV xxx PGS $xx.xx
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