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Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander
Gary Berntsen, Ralph Pezzullo
Three Rivers Press, 2006
High Risks for Brave Professionals...
From the first pages of his redacted recollections, Gary Bernsten takes us on a whirlwind tour of the Agency's early frustrations with the menace of Al Qaeda - as well as his own for the Washington bureaucracy - giving us our first glimpse of the Panshir Valley prior ...
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Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander
David Cordingly
Bloomsbury USA, 2008
Must Read for Fans of Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower
Many readers will come to David Cordingly's The Real Master and Commander from a desire as fans of Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forester to learn more about the remarkable man whose life provided the raw material for the tales of Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower. Make no ...
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Kill Bin Laden: A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man
Dalton Fury
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Fascinating
Dalton Fury (who ever he may be) has written an absolutely outstanding account of the hunt for Bin Laden. I've never read this kind of book before but it gave me a fascinating insight into what these guys go through. And it must be infuriating for these "real men" to ...
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The Mission, The Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander
Pete Blaber
Berkley Hardcover, 2008
He survived combat zones around the globe. Now this ex-Delta Force warrior tells civilians what he?s learned. As a commander of Delta Force?the most elite counter-terrorist organization in the world?Pete Blaber took part in some of the most dangerous, controversial, and significant military and political events of our time. Now he takes his ...
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Once a Marine: An Iraq War Tank Commander's Inspirational Memoir of Combat, Courage, and Recovery
Nick Popaditch, Mike Steere
Savas Beatie, 2008
Great book! Read It.
Readers will no doubt get an accurate, matter of fact point of view from Pop. He tells it like it is. Always has, always will. Semper Fi.
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Baghdad at Sunrise: A Brigade Commander's War in Iraq (Yale Library of Military History)
Peter R. Mansoor
Yale University Press, 2008
Excellent, No-Nonsense Account of Iraq following the "End of Major Ground Combat"
I am an Army historian who has accessed many, if not most, of the existing (and they are relatively few) records pertaining to the Ready First Brigade Combat Team's operations in Iraq during the period discussed in this book. Therefore, I can set the "bar" a bit ...
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Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
James M. McPherson
Penguin Press HC, The, 2008
An excellent account of Lincoln's leadership
McPherson has written an excellent account of how Lincoln managed his generals during the Civil War. According to McPherson, Lincoln wanted generals that would attack and destroy the Confederate army and also cooperate with each other on a broad front. Also this book ...
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Master and Commander
Patrick O'Brian
W. W. Norton & Company, 1990
Addicted to Aubrey - Maturin
I have lost count of the number of times I have read and re-read all 20 books in the Aubrey/Maturin canon (about 7000 pages) in recent years. O'Brian is a master storyteller with an unbounded imagination and razor wit. The action is fast paced, and his characters are ...
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The Commanders
Bob Woodward
Simon & Schuster, 2002
Excellent!
This book starts at the beginning of the GHW Bush Administration and goes through to the very beginning of the Gulf War.
It's always a little difficult to know how accurate Woodward's recountings are of conversations and inner-thoughts of the most important people, ...
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It's Your Ship
Business Plus, 2007
great book
My husband loves this book and the others by the same author. He bought a copy for everyone in management on his staff.
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The Supreme Commander: The War Years of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stephen E. Ambrose
University Press of Mississippi, 1999
The gold standard
Some might say Ambrose is the poor man's William Manchester. Certainly American Caesar, Manchester on MacArthur in the Pacific, is perhaps a better book. Better perhaps because of its more fascinating subject. Or better because of its more personal tone. MacArthur was ...
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Tigers in the Mud: The Combat Career of German Panzer Commander Otto Carius (Stackpole Military History ...
Otto Carius
Stackpole Books, 2003
Great Book!
"Tigers in the Mud" I found to be very captivating and I couldn't put it down. I wish someone would make this into a authentic movie, the perils and trials Otto Carius went through was very interesting.
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Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II
Charles B. MacDonald
Burford Books, 1999
Charles B. MacDonald
Charles B. MacDonald wrote what it was like for a 21year old to command two infantry companies in WW2. He took notes along the way (I have a page of his notes that survived). They cover the capture of Hombressen in Germany. I also have the original typewriter on which ...
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MICHAEL WITTMANN AND THE WAFFEN SS TIGER COMMANDERS OF THE LEIBSTANDARTE IN WWII, Vol. 2 (Stackpole Military ...
Patrick Agte
Stackpole Books, 2006
MICHAEL WITTMANN AND THE WAFFEN SS TIGER COMMANDERS OF THE LEIBSTANDARTE IN WWII, Vol. 2 (Stackpole Military History)
Great book. Read Vol I first. You wouldn't want to put the book down. Great story about Michael Wittmann, a true German war hero, and his many panzer comrads in WW II.
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The Commander's Palace New Orleans Cookbook
Ella Brennan, Dick Brennan
Clarkson Potter, 1984
Just like a trip to New Orleans
As a proud owner of literally hundreds of cookbooks, it's always a wonderful surprise to discover a terrific book that I've never seen or heard of before. The Commander's Palace New Orleans Cookbook is just such a book. This book was recently used as the basis of two ...
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