In Search of the Trojan War, Updated edition
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  • Troy in context
  • Great book but get the DVD too!
  • A sublime tour de force !
  • Interesting cover
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In Search of the Trojan War, Updated edition
Michael Wood
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Tales of Troy and its heroes--Achilles and Hector, Paris and the legendary beauty Helen--have fired the human imagination for 3,000 years. With In Search of the Trojan War, Michael Wood brings vividly to life the legend and lore of the Heroic Age in an archaeological adventure that sifts through the myths and speculation to provide a fresh view of the riches and the reality of ancient Troy.
This gripping story shows why the legend of Troy forms the bedrock of Western culture and why its past is a paradigm of human history. Wood's meticulous scholarly sleuthing yields fascinating evidence about the continuity and development of human civilization in the Aegean and Asia Minor. With its 50 feet of debris resulting from constant rebuilding, human destruction, earthquake, and abandonment, the mound of Troy contains the beginnings and ends of new races and civilizations.
This edition includes a new preface, a new final chapter, and an addendum to the bibliography that take account of dramatic new developments in the search for Troy with the rediscovery, in Moscow, of the so-called Jewels of Helen and the re-excavation of the site of Troy, which began in 1988 and is yielding new evidence about the historical city.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Troy in context.......2007-09-02

Despite this starting life as a companion volume to a TV series, it's a good read in its own right. Michael Wood takes you through the Trojan War, from its place in modern Western culture, through the early attempts at archaeological investigation right through to his own interpretation of what really lies behind Homer's stories - if indeed "Homer" existed in the first place.

Certain figures loom large in the story, such as the German businessman and archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, the veracity of whose discoveries seem nearly as much shrouded in mystery as that of Troy itself. Wood does a good job of placing the war in context, as he explores the evidence about what the Aegean world might have looked like at the time: both Mycenean and Hittite cultures are examined in some depth.

In all, well worth the read either before or after you've read Homer.

G Rodgers

5 out of 5 stars Great book but get the DVD too!.......2007-01-22

This is the up-dated edition of Michael Wood's classic work on the Trojan War. The new material is important in light of recent excavations at Troy. As always, Wood's books are exceptionally interesting to anyone keen on history, archaeology and travel. But, as good as the book is, the DVD of the original television series that the book accompanied is even better. I wouldn't be without either.

5 out of 5 stars A sublime tour de force !.......2004-09-10

It results less than impossible avoid to offer resistance this legendary story , which has become in the spark which has illuminated the radiant imagination of the mankind . Michael Wood literally engages and transports us to the insights of this powerful (legend?) and sets us in the own spirit of his personal adventure that sifts through the myths and speculations to provide a eloquent view of the riches , the reality and portentous spirit of the ancient Troy .
I simply can not imagine that one only human being around the world may remain indifferent with that fantastic story .
Please prepare to make a journey in the time and install in the middle of the facts the effects and consequences of this glorious combat where the rivalities , ancestral hates and pacts will be the essential clues to rediscover the marvelous grandiosity of this timeless and unequal battle .

2 out of 5 stars Interesting cover.......2003-10-03

If you have an interest in learning more about the Trojan War and the archeology involved in proving it wasn't a myth, then this isn't the book for you. I'm not sure who this book was written for. I've a feeling there was a good mind behind a pen that couldn't write in this case.

1 out of 5 stars All about Michael..........2003-09-12

Michael Wood's account of the "search for the Trojan war" is distinguished by one central feature. He has an astounding gift for saying in 250 words what could be better said in 10. To say that this book is verbose is like saying that Mt. Everest is pretty darn high. This book is the model of hyperventilated verbosity...droning on and on about granular details that are at least unimportant if not downright irrelevant. In the end, it seems that Michael is more interested in hearing himself make noise than in telling the story of Troy. That is very sad, since the story is one worth telling. Moreover, the many interesting photos in the book tantalize the reader with the promise of information which Mr. Wood cannot deliver...or at least carefully hides in one truly huge mound of trivia. This story deserves an author who can tell it. But Michael Wood is not the one. If you are a reader who enjoys flipping through the pictures without really understanding what they mean, then this book may suit you well. But if you seek actual knowledge of the subject, look elsewhere. Look, in particular, for an author who can distinguish the essential from the inconsequential while telling a story that moves straightforwardly from its beginning to its end. Michael Wood is not that author.
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                    Trans-Pacific Racisms and the U.S. Occupation of Japan
                    Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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                    Trans-Pacific Racisms and the U.S. Occupation of Japan
                    Yukiko Koshiro
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                    The U.S. occupation of Japan transformed a brutal war charged with overt racism into an amicable peace in which the issue of race seemed to have disappeared. During the Occupation, the problem of racial relations between Americans and Japanese was suppressed and the mutual racism transformed into something of a taboo so that the two former enemies could collaborate in creating democracy in postwar Japan. In the 1980s, however, when Japan increased its investment in the American market, the world witnessed a revival of the rhetoric of U.S.-Japanese racial confrontation.

                    Koshiro argues that this perceived economic aggression awoke the dormant racism that lay beneath the deceptively smooth cooperation between the two cultures.

                    This pathbreaking study is the first to explore the issue of racism in U.S.-Japanese relations. With access to unexplored sources in both Japanese and English, Koshiro is able to create a truly international and cross-cultural study of history and international relations.

                    Customer Reviews:

                    2 out of 5 stars only for serious scholars.......2002-06-20

                    If you are not a serious scholar with a vast knowledge of the wartime history between the US and Japan, this book is tough to get through. Koshiro makes an interesting argument, and backs it up with facts and more facts and even more facts. But the difference between this solidly researched book and say an "Embracing Defeat" by John Dower, is that few will feel that Koshiro's prose is in any way pleasant to read. Herein lies the warning in my title -

                    The author does justice insofar as she emphasizes American racism as well as Japanese racism, the latter being more commonly brought up. (natural since the US was the victor) There are interesting chapters on a variety of topics that allow an exploration of racism from many perspectives, strengthening the argument. The research is meticulous and includes both Japanese and American sources.

                    Buy this book if you are writing a thesis or a major research paper on a related topic (racism, the occupation, post-war US-Japan relations) It has so much information that you'll really be able to get resources and factual evidence for things. However, if you just happen to be interested in the relationship between the two countries, Trans-Pacific Racisms will put you to sleep.

                    Further burdening the dull prose is the fact that there looks to be only one space between sentences as opposed to two. This might not sound like too big a deal, but it makes reading sitting back and reading extra painful at times. What was the publisher thinking?

                    4 out of 5 stars My Summary, Review, and Opinion.......2001-01-06

                    I'm a Korean Canadian 11th grade student attending Seoul Foreign School. I was originally looking for a book about racism in the U.S. and Canada towards people of Asian descent, but I picked this book up instead. I read this for my 20th Century IB class, and while reading it, I noticed that this book examines a topic that I have not seen much of in print ?the role of racism in 20th century relations between Japan and the U.S. Although the title suggests a significant amount of writing on the Occupation, this book actually centers on the effects of racism and the outcome of the Pacific War on the identities of the two nations today.

                    Koshiro's basic argument is that the U.S. occupation of Japan after World War II turned a cruel war accused with apparent racism, into an affable peace in which the race issue seemed to have vanished. However, both Japanese and American governments ignored and did not solve severe racial problems just to hasten postwar "friendship?between the two nations, and as a result, created a weak foundation for this mutual rapport. The book explains how this cover-up happened as well as the domestic and international racist "threads?that entwined to produce such a result. The author also conveys the duality and irony of both nations regarding superiority and inferiority. The main points are discussed in the course of five chapters ?the International Framework, Racism at the Individual level, Racial Equality & the Japanese Constitution, Overseas Emigration of the Japanese, and Miscegenation. In these chapters, she discusses social segregation during the occupation, the elimination of a racial equality clause in the Japanese constitution, conflict in postwar Japanese emigration, and the situation of half-Japanese children between Japanese women and American occupation officers to support her argument.

                    Koshiro answers the question of why the issue of racism was evaded during the Occupation with relevance to the image of superiority. Japanese in the beginning supposedly tried to raise the race issue as a topic of discussion. However, the American Occupationers felt this was a disturbing topic to touch on, because such discussions would bring criticism to the gates of the U.S. democratic policy. They censored all Japanese mass media material having anything to do with the race issue, and kept the issue out of as many official discussions as possible. When the Japanese noticed this weakness, however, they learned to avoid this subject, and started to focus on regaining their status as leader of Asia. Pleasantly surprised, the American government supported this new plan by starting to acknowledge Japan's value as a strategic ally.

                    The ironic duality of both nations seemed to be a pertinent theme throughout the book, especially in Chapter 2: Race and Culture. Kushiro says that some Japanese demanded an equal status with the Americans, still holding onto pre-war and wartime views of Japanese pride and superiority. Other Japanese felt the opposite way: one man even went as far as asking for the annexing of Japan as a part of U.S. territory. The American government on the other hand, with President Truman's speech, declared racial equality as an American creed from the beginning of the Occupation. Ironically however, the majority of American Occupation personnel expressed that having lost the war, Japan was in no condition to request a status equal to that of the U.S. There were many cases in which the American officers mistreated the Japanese ?recalling wartime feelings of hatred and superiority. This led to a definite racial wall between the two races during the occupation ?despite the cultural exchanges of sushi and baseball.

                    Yukiko Koshiro's historical argument, which is centered on the issue of race, seems to be attacking both Japan and the U.S. extensively. She criticizes the U.S. and Japan of duality and hypocrisy and considers racism as an issue that affects every corner of relations between U.S. and Japan. While reading this book, I noticed that Koshiro's tone and viewpoint is so consumed with great zeal against racism. She barely talks about anything else, and she's able to relate everything in the Occupation to racism and to the issue of race. However, some could view this kind of writing as incomplete, misleading, and invalid as an historical perspective.

                    The book seems to be something that is supposed to be read after obtaining a basic and/or complex knowledge of the subject. The author assumes that the reader must have the ability to understand and relate to her viewpoint. This may be why the Occupation itself is not mentioned in great depth or detail. Despite my lack of great knowledge in this area, I personally agree and disagree with Yukiko Koshiro's argument. I do believe that racism played a strong part in relations between Japan and the U.S., and that race can never be ignored ?for it is seen by all of us not only as a cultural trait but as a physical one as well. However, the extent that she holds racism accountable for everything seems to be pushing the limits. Racism can not be considered the sole reason for war or peace between the two nations. Plus, the way she attacks Japanese and American intentions to reach peace can be considered offending and false ?both to the Japanese and American nations.

                    Despite the prejudices and bias that the author holds, the study itself is remarkable in that it explores international racism: an area that is not mentioned much and kept as taboo. I think that every person studying relations between United States and Japan should read this, because it can offer a somewhat different perspective compared to other books written with dry, unoriginal standpoints. However, for a basic knowledge and understanding of the topic of U.S. Occupation in Japan, I believe this book is unsuitable and even inappropriate. It offers little or no background information and the strong perspective of the author could also confuse the reader.
                    TRANS-PACIFIC RACISMS: And the U.S. Occupation of Japan.(Review): An article from: Pacific Affairs
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                      E. Patricia Tsurumi
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                      This digital document is an article from Pacific Affairs, published by University of British Columbia on September 22, 2000. The length of the article is 611 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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                      Title: TRANS-PACIFIC RACISMS: And the U.S. Occupation of Japan.(Review)
                      Author: E. Patricia Tsurumi
                      Publication: Pacific Affairs (Refereed)
                      Date: September 22, 2000
                      Publisher: University of British Columbia
                      Volume: 73 Issue: 3 Page: 442

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                        Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation into Civilization's End
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                        Don’t look up

                        It won’t help. You can’t get out of the way, you can’t dig a hole deep enough to hide. The end is coming, and there’s nothing you can do about it.

                        So why read this book?
                        Because you can’t look away when not just the religious fanatics are saying we’re all going to be destroyed but the scientists are in on the act too. Here’s what they’re saying:

                        • We’re a million years over due for a mass extinction.

                        • The sun at radiation minimum is acting much worse than at solar maximum, and one misdirected spewing of plasma could fry us in an instant.

                        • The magnetic field—which shields us from harmful radiation—is developing a mysterious crack.

                        • Our solar system is entering an energetically hostile part of the galaxy.

                        • The Yellowstone supervolcano is getting ready to blow, and if it does, we can look forward to nuclear winter and 90 percent annihilation.

                        • The Maya, the world’s greatest timekeepers ever, say it’s all going to stop on December 21, 2012.

                        So, see? There’s nothing you can do, but you might as well sit back and enjoy the show.

                        That’s why you should read this book.

                        *****

                        Dear Reader,

                        If there were a chance that opening this book could set off a chain of events that would lead to Apocalypse, to the end of Life as we know it, would you be tempted? Finger poised uncertainly above the flashing red button? How about if the Apocalypse promised to result in a new age of enlightenment, a Heaven on Earth like never before?

                        Personally, I’ll take the security of my cozy life over a chance at nirvana. But status quo may no longer be an option, for any of us. This book will convince you that there is a nonnegligible chance that the year 2012 will be more tumultuous, catastrophic, and, quite possibly, revelatory, than any other year in human history.

                        Parts of this book are best read with a bowl of popcorn: looking into the jaws of a great white shark in search of the meaning of death; touring a picturesque Guatemalan town with Mayan shaman just weeks before it is utterly destroyed. Other sections go better with a tranquilizer, such as the impending eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano, or the mass extinction headed our way—on the scale of the great collision that destroyed the dinosaurs and 70 percent of all other species, our best scientists contend that it’s now overdue. Nail-biters should beware the fact that the next peak in the sunspot cycle, due in 2012, is widely expected to set records for the number and intensity of solar storms pummeling the Earth with radiation and igniting natural calamities such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and Katrina-sized hurricanes. And that our entire solar system appears to be moving into a dangerous interstellar energy cloud.

                        Is it a coincidence that the burgeoning war between Christianity and Islam seems hell-bent for Armageddon? Or that numerous other religions, philosophies, and cultural traditions are signaling that the end is near, with 2012 emerging as the consensus target date? A new era is about to be born, with all the pain and blood and joy and release that birth naturally entails.

                        Facing oblivion, or at least mega-metamorphosis, is something that few of us are emotionally prepared to do. Thus my excuse for the gallows humor that pervades this story. In a memorable Mary Tyler Moore episode, Mary cracks up laughing at the funeral of Chuckles the Clown who, dressed as a peanut while marching in a parade, was shucked to death by an elephant. If Mary can giggle in the face of death, so can we.

                        With kind regards,
                        Lawrence E. Joseph

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                        5 out of 5 stars Waiting to Exhale.......2007-09-27

                        Something in the world has changed. We all know it. We all feel as though we are holding our breath. I have observed birds feeding in places where they've rarely been seen before. I have observed butterflies this year become increasingly aggressive. Bees in California are disappearing. Weather patterns are shifting. Governments seem to be spiraling downward in an attempt to control, control, control. So what's going on?

                        Lawrence E. Joseph takes us with him on his journey to discover the source of our unease. We travel with him through all the possible scenarios beginning with the Mayan prediction of world disaster in 2012. He doesn't go looking for the boogey-man in the closet. He looks to the scientific world for answers. The answers that he finds are not encouraging. Sunspots are active. Never mind the Celebrity Disaster of the Year--global warming, the entire universe may be heating up. Then there is my personal favorite, the reversal of the poles.

                        Joseph does not overlook mankind's potential contribution to the disaster scenario either. He zeros in on the heart of prophecy, mysticism and madness. He looks at religion.

                        It is the Jewish prophecy that brings with it the greatest potential for self-fulfillment and the greatest potential for the destruction of mankind. The U.S. government seems to be a willing accomplice in bringing Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri's vision into focus. The bombing of Afganistan began after sundown on October 13, 2001.

                        "The Gog and Magog conflict is prophesied to last for seven years at which time, autumn 2008, a major revelation concerning Mashiach (Messiah) will be made." (See page 195)

                        Apocalypse 2012 is a measured, sometimes amusing, well-written adventure into the world of potential disasters. The author does wobble a bit at the end. He apparently felt compelled to offer some type of direction or comfort to his readers. There is none. More to the point, once you accept that a disaster will occur without knowing its source, you can't do anything more than live your life for the moment, the best way you know how.

                        Lawrence E. Joseph can be forgiven for wobbling. After all, the entire earth wobbles in its rotation. The last wobble resulted in a disruption of energy streaming from the Milky Way, 26,000 years ago. The next disruption is expected to occur on 12/21/2012 at 11:11 pm Universal Time. (See page 33)

                        1 out of 5 stars If this is science I am Superman.......2007-09-25

                        This book is a tour through some of the cutting edge research in; volcanology, geology, astronomy as viewed by some controversial figures in those fields. Mostly a non-scientific look into the fringe elements surrounding 2012, the end of the Mayan Long Count. The book dissapoints on two counts; it promises to add some insight into the 2012 popular discourse, and it claims to be a scientific investigation. Unfortunately it does neither, as it adds nothing new to the understanding of 2012, the Maya or the Mayan Calendar, and it fails miserably to explain any valid scientific research. But It does expound profusely on controversial research without ever presenting it in a scientific manner. In the growing universe of popular culture 2012 literature, this book sits at the bottom of the pile.

                        4 out of 5 stars Not Proof, But Good Science.......2007-09-17

                        This book is not centered on Mayan calendar analysis, but rather on science. And it doesn't prove any date or time but does point in a very substantial way the ideas of a possible catastrophe. It relates to the recent (within 10 years, especially in 2003) solar flares on the Sun and subsequent earth storms and how they very much interact with each other. The Sun storms recorded are the most active in recent times possible the affects of hurricane Katrina and other Earth storms. Also, what is important is the gravitational pull, as well as the magnetic pull of the planets in our solar system, the sun affected much easier, as it being a gelatin like substance, not solid.

                        In addition, the entire solar system, according to Lawrence, is moving and about to enter an interstellar energy cloud which will have a major affect on magnetic pulls, a possible pole reversal, which could result in major electrical storms and other serious consequences. This will also affect the sun and solar system. Right now they are saying that there are serious cracks in the magnetic fields and there is more to this, as well as holes in the ozone which may be the result or something more than aerosol.

                        There are also other things to consider, such as the Wyoming supervolcano which, if erupted, is predicted to bring a major death toll over the earth as well ash to bring on a short term (10 years) ice age, which is one way the planet earth (Gaia- the theory of the earth being a living organism, as opposed to simply rock and elements - James Lovelock) can cool itself. This also relates to the earth's nuclear core being hot, in need of cooling when it gets overheated.

                        There is also the idea of the glaciers melting bringing less pressure on the Teutonic plates underneath, allowing more seismic activity and earthquakes. Not sure what to make of all this, except that the solar activity, the level of volcanic activity, the melting of glaciers, the interstellar cloud, as well as other theories of the overheated earth core and the ice melting fresh water in the salt oceans, possibly shutting down the conveyor belts all come into play. Now along with this, the Mayan calendar, and global warming in general, which Al Gore states will flood the oceans 24 feet, killing untold millions in land loss, agricultural disasters and famines, which then brings on major disease in poorer countries. It leaves us a lot to think about. I will say that if this interstellar cloud has the significance they are speaking about, then the magnetic reversals have the possibility of ending life as we know it.

                        I'd like to believe the optimistic escapee, the doomsday, wanna be believer and magick seeking individual, hopes that there is a noosphere (the idea of a psychic collective layer part of the organism earth) and looks towards the Mayans belief, that a consciousness transformation will take place, as our bodies and brains are made up of water and electricity. Who knows? It's a mystery, but there is global warming and definite climate changes ahead.

                        5 out of 5 stars A Logical Inquiry Into An Otherwise Hysterical Topic.......2007-09-10

                        This informative book is geared towards adults with an analytical bent, who wish to enter into an objective inquiry into the various predictions and talk of future catastrophe associated with the year 2012. The author succeeds in exploring these matters from an objective, non-judgmental point of view. His artful use of humor throughout the book serves to lighten the mood of an otherwise morbid and bleak subject.

                        The discussion draws from diverse sources of knowledge including several branches of the physical sciences, metaphysics, and a wide variety of religious points of view, in order to offer a well-rounded survey of the subject at hand. The book includes an extensive bibliography showing the vast wealth of information the author consulted. Indeed, it would seem that he left no stone unturned. The author successfully guides the reader through a systematic and logical thinking process about such matters, thereby dispelling the hype and hysteria, which so commonly follow topics of this type.

                        Overall, I found this book to be a well-balanced and logical overview of the issues now facing humanity regarding what the near future may have in store for us. We tend to think that the world will go on just as it always has, and so the exploration of these topics makes us stop and consider that we may not be as invulnerable as we think we are. We all take events like the Sun rising and setting on schedule, the regular turning of the seasons, and the rising and falling of the tides, for granted. This book refocuses the lens, so to speak, to show that in the whole of the Earth's history, things have not always been stable and constant; but that the Earth has, in fact, gone through many great cataclysms throughout its history. What would make us immune to experiencing one such event, or events, of great upheaval and change?

                        If for nothing else, exploring these ideas is a great opportunity to do a personal survey of why we are here, living on this little planet, within the vast universe; and what our personal purpose for living might be. It is also an opportunity to pause and realize just how fragile life is, and really take to heart the need to make the most of what we have, and to protect the resources that God, through nature, graciously provide for us.

                        1 out of 5 stars Projection and Make-belief.......2007-09-06

                        Remember Y2K? So much nonsense perpetuated by paranoid folks trying to impose their ungrounded fears onto others. We create our future. 2012 may be a self-fulfilling prophecy. In this new millennium it may be wise to step beyond superstition and stop being victims. Gaia is overpopulated and raped of its resources. What really needs to happen is collaboration and cooperation beyond the holy dollar - businesses changing their profit models away from growth only. And people honoring the planet beyond a blind consumerist and throw away culture. Rome's teachings waiting to be implemented globally...

                        Environmental Philosophy: Critical Concepts in the Environment
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                          Environmental Philosophy: Critical Concepts in the Environment
                          J. Callicott
                          Manufacturer: Routledge
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                          This collection gathers classic, influential, and important papers in environmental philosophy ranging from the late 1960s and early 1970s to the present. The volumes explore environmental ethics, epistemological, metaphysical, and comparative worldview questions raised by environmental concerns. The set also represents a genuinely global and international focus, and includes a full index and new introductions by the editors.

                          Environmentalism: Critical Concepts in Geography and the Environment (Critical Concepts)
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                            Environmentalism: Critical Concepts in Geography and the Environment (Critical Concepts)
                            David Pepper
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                            Modern environmentalism is now over 50 years old. These articles-primarily selected from the groundbreaking studies of the past thirty years-reflect its coming of age. Providing wide-ranging coverage of the state and scope of environmentalism from its science-driven, physical geography-focused roots, to its spread to social science and cultural studies, the articles and accompanying commentaries provide insight into the critical areas of debate in the field's development. The set includes a detailed index to guide the reader through the material.

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                            1. Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go To War
                            2. Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days of the Third Reich
                            3. Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam
                            4. Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command
                            5. Manhattan Project: The Untold Story of the Making of the Atomic Bomb
                            6. Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit
                            7. Messengers of the Lost Battalion: The Heroic 551st and the Turning of the Tide at the Battle of the Bulge
                            8. Military Flight Aptitude Tests, 6/e (Arco Military Test Tutor)
                            9. Military Innovation In The Interwar Period
                            10. Monte Cassino: The Hardest-Fought Battle of World War II

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