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The Accidental Admiral

  
by ADM James G. Stavridis USN (Ret.)


  
After he was selected to be NATO’s sixteenth Supreme Allied Commander, The New York Times described Jim Stavridis as a “Renaissance...

  

          

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America's First General Staff

  
by John T. Kuehn


  
The General Board of the Navy, in existence from 1900 to 1950, was a uniquely American and unparalleled strategic planning organization. As John T....

  

          

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China's Quest for Great Power

  
by Bernard D. Cole


  

China and the United States are locked in a high-stakes contest for naval supremacy. The United States has the upper hand, but China's rapidly...

  

          

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Congress Buys a Navy

  
by Paul E. Pedisich


  

Recipient of the John Lyman Book Award in the category of "U.S. Naval History" from the North American Society for Oceanic History (NASOH...

  

          

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Exploiting Africa

  
by Donovan C. Chau


  
Exploiting Africa examines China’s role in Algeria, Ghana, and Tanzania from the 1950s to the 1970s. The Chinese arrived in Africa with little...

  

          

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On War and Politics

  
by Arnold L. Punaro


  

After being wounded and awarded the Bronze Star for valor as a Marine infantry platoon commander in Vietnam, Arnold Punaro thought he’d left...

  

          

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Rebuttal

  
by Bill Harlow


  
In December 2014, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) released a 500+ page executive summary of a 6,000 page study of the CIA's...

  

          

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Scales on War

  
by Maj. Gen. Bob Scales, USA (Ret.)


  

Scales on War is a collection of ideas, concepts, and observations about contemporary war taken from over thirty years of research, writing, and...

  

          

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The Jihadist Threat

  
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This timely and controversial book examines the international and domestic threats to the West from jihadism. It connects the dots of this Islamic...

  

          

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Turnabout and Deception

  
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Turnabout and Deception combines two of spymaster Barton Whaley's most potent analyses of the craft: Turnabout: Crafting the Double-Cross and...

  

          

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