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The Art of War by Sun Tzu : a Military Times Classic

A classic text on the conduct of warfare, and one of the oldest and most successful of all military treatises. Is war…

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The Battle of Britain, was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces, and marked the first defeat of…

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British Army Cap Badges of the First World War This is one of the best books on cap badges that I have…

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