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 Silent Warrior: The Marine Sniper's Story Vietnam ContinuesBest Price: $3.94 The material used for "Silent Warrior" were the pages that were cut from "Marine... |  Travelers' Tales Thailand: True StoriesBest Price: $11.31 Well written; excellent research. Will be using the book during my stay... I want to visit all... |  The Great Wall: From Beginning to EndBest Price: $16.90 This book is in fact a logical and photographical study of the Great Chinese Wall (restored... |  Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the PresentBest Price: $7.81 No country on earth has suffered a more bitter history in modern times than China. In the second... |  Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us About Living in the WestBest Price: $7.90 Refreshing! Like a cool summer breeze. It's not only fun to read but also informative. It's... |
 A Year in JapanBest Price: $7.86 Why bother with this book? If the author were creating this for herself (i.e., like the way we... |  A History of Modern Russia: From Nicholas II to Vladimir PutinBest Price: $11.00 I did not like it at all. It was extraordinarily long, and there was way too much detail on... |  Gone Native: An NCO's StoryBest Price: $3.95 A well-written document by one of the troops on the ground. Crazy moments of a GI under stress,... |  Five Years to Freedom: The True Story of a Vietnam POWBest Price: $3.40 James Rowe's story is one that makes you appreciate how good we have things in our day to day... |  Japanese Culture, 4th Edition (Updated and Expanded)Best Price: $16.00 I have lived in Tokyo, Japan since I was born here. Though I can say about the case in Tokyo... |
 Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War IIBest Price: $8.99 It's an interesting topic, which is why I bought the book...that and the good reviews and the... |  Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and PresentBest Price: $6.71 Like Peter Hessler's other book, this is a great book about China. I have lived in and visited... |  The Israelis: Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land, Updated in 2008 for the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of IsraelBest Price: $5.04 Rosenthal, Donna. "The Israelis: Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land", New Press,... |  Angkor: Cambodia's Wondrous Khmer Temples, Fifth Edition (Odyssey Illustrated Guide)Best Price: $15.65 After 6 days in Siem Reap with a licensed guide, this book is 'Cliff Notes' to what the guide... |  The Ultimate Battle: Okinawa 1945--The Last Epic Struggle of World War IIBest Price: $4.99 A person sort of hates to compare authors and their works, but you almost have to with this one.... |
 Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence ServicesBest Price: $10.91 In Israel's Secret Wars Ian Black and Benny Morris explore the "secret" wars Israel... |  Man-Eaters of Kumaon (Oxford India Paperbacks)Best Price: $6.21 In the early twentieth century, British held South Asia was terroized by a number of infamous... |  Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic MissionBest Price: $3.25 Very readable historical novel from which a Hollywood Film Production was rendered. Gripping,... |  The Art of WarBest Price: $5.99 Great book, I want to buy the full version. Has good principals to follow. I think our military... |  The Analects of Confucius: A Philosophical Translation (Classics of Ancient China)Best Price: $6.50 This version may be historically accurate, but like historically accurate versions of the Bible,... |
 Spy Wars: Moles, Mysteries, and Deadly GamesBest Price: $11.98 This book is exceptionally well-written, and well-organized. Bagley's argument is very... |  Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - The Definitive EditionBest Price: $5.00 a wonderful story told by an innocent child. it is a must read for all generations |  In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost WarBest Price: $5.45 Once I started reading this book, it was so totally engrossing, I finished it in 2 days. It's a... |  Mesopotamia (DK Eyewitness Books)Best Price: $10.20 This book is great. I use it for homeschooling my children along with The Great Courses DVD... |  Born on the Fourth of JulyBest Price: $4.17 The story is poignant of this good American youth who went enlisted in the marines to fight in... |
 Ataturk: The Biography of the founder of Modern TurkeyBest Price: $10.99 Andrew Mango has obviously done a great deal of research into his fascinating subject. The book... |  The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with the KGBBest Price: $4.19 To many Americans, the CIA and KGB are things of a James Bond movie. Lots of sex and violence... |  The Secret Art of Seamm Jasani: 58 Movements for Eternal Youth from Ancient TibetBest Price: $7.43 I loved this book, and found its teachings very useful. Only problem is the repeated claims... |  India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest DemocracyBest Price: $19.79 The international audience might gasp at the comprehensiveness of this tome, but any politically... |  China's Great Train: Beijing's Drive West and the Campaign to Remake TibetBest Price: $10.00 As a recent visitor to China where I took several trains I look for books about this fascinating... |
 Gandhi: His Life and Message for the WorldBest Price: $3.95 Gandhi; His Life and Message for the World by Louis Fischer was a well formulated and relatively... |  Afghanistan: A Companion and GuideBest Price: $18.75 I am currently deployed to Kabul and after reading and reviewing many guides and books this is... |  Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear DisasterBest Price: $3.84 The facts of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl trickled out from east to west slowly at first.... |  Yeltsin: A LifeBest Price: $13.99 Colton has provided a smart, well-researched and well-written account of a pivotal figure in... |  A History Of The World In Six GlassesBest Price: $13.25 6 drinks that shaped the course of humankind; a much easier idea to embrace and enjoy than the... |
 Forbidden Archeology: The Full Unabridged EditionBest Price: $29.43 If you're only interested in the politically correct version of human history, don't read this... |  China's Communist Party: Atrophy and AdaptationBest Price: $29.80 Following the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the late 1980s and... |  No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for FallujahBest Price: $13.99 "No True Glory" written by Bing West. "No True Glory" chronicles the... |  History of Asia, A (5th Edition)Best Price: $70.10 I read this textbook in a junior-level undergraduate course on the history of Asia. Rhoads... |  Stalking the Vietcong: Inside Operation Phoenix: A Personal AccountBest Price: $4.46 "In Sweden, Foreign Minister Torsten Nilsson reveals that Sweden has been providing... |
 PANZERSCHLACHT: Armoured Operations on the Hungarian Plains September-November 1944Best Price: $37.77 The major tank battles on the Hungarian plains fought in late 1944 have been neglected, for some... |  The Illustrated Art of WarBest Price: $12.00 I cannot rave enough about this book. As I'm sure most translators or more authoritative people... |  Afghan Guerrilla Warfare: In the Words of the Mujahideen FightersBest Price: $14.50 This book is exactly what it says it is and it describes specific military encounters in great... |  Gulag: A HistoryBest Price: $6.88 A haunting depiction of the Gulag. The text and photos were equally interesting. I was... |  Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution, Updated EditionBest Price: $10.00 I have used Professor Nikki Keddie's Modern Iran in the classes I teach on gender and women in... |
 Baghdad without a Map and Other Misadventures in ArabiaBest Price: $4.27 BAGHDAD WITHOUT A MAP is a series of articles Tony Horwitz wrote while trying to spark a... |  An Enormous Crime: The Definitive Account of American POWs Abandoned in Southeast AsiaBest Price: $6.50 This book is an eye opener on the POW/MIA issue. Being born before the war, I didn't know too... |  Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon (Nation Books)Best Price: $8.95 Robert Fisk, a journalist who is still living in Beirut, Lebanon gives and excellent... |  White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century IndiaBest Price: $7.40 Another great book from William Dalrymple. Still reading it and find it very engrossing (wish... |  Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to NowBest Price: $6.00 An enthusiastic young activist, Jan Wong left Canada for Beijing in 1972, in hopes of... |
 Japanese Bookbinding: Instructions From A Master CraftsmanBest Price: $19.66 Good book for Japanese style bindings. Done the old way and using your hands and feet without... |  Leningrad: State of SiegeBest Price: $18.45 This book was not an easy read, but one that needed to be written, especially considering all... | |||
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