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1	Married to the Military: A Survival Guide for Military Wives, Girlfriends, and Women in Uniform more books like this by Meredith Leyva add to wishlist The Unofficial Scoop on Military Life Whether you're dating, engaged, or married to an active military servicemember or reservist -- or you've just signed up yourself -- you may feel as if you've somehow married the United States military! While there are plenty of orientation books for him, there are almost no handy, user-friendly resources for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Making the Corps more books like this by Thomas E Ricks add to wishlist An account of Marine boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina. Ricks, a reporter for the "Wall Street Journal", follows one "class" of 61 recruits through basic training, the course of drills and instructions that are required for induction into the corps. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress more books like this by Mary E Wertsch add to wishlist A fascinating, eye-opening account, Military Brats illuminates the psychological effects--positive and negative--of Fortress life upon the children born into it, with an emphasis on resolving the experience successfully. Based on a 5-year study and 80 candid interviews with adult military brats, this book casts light upon the consequences of being ... see all copies from $2.01! new only from $67.75! \| first editions
4	Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy more books like this by Bell Irvin Wiley add to wishlist When Bell Irvin Wiley's composite portrait of the rank-and-file Confederate soldier was published in 1943, professional historians and general readers alike greeted it enthusiastically. Over a half century later, the book still offers one of the best available accounts of the ordinary citizens who made up the Confederate army. THE LIFE OF JOHNNY ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	From Here to Eternity more books like this by James Jones add to wishlist The story of a soldier stationed on Oahu, in the years just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a member of the Standing Army, a bugler who played taps at Arlington. Essentially his own person, he must confront the Army's will to stamp out his individuality and turn him into someone he doesn't want to be. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.18! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives more books like this by Tanya Biank add to wishlist Four Fort Bragg Army wives face hardship, tragedy, betrayal, and their own demons as they try to fulfill the antiquated role the Army expects of them. This is a true story about what happened when real life collided with Army traditions. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.20! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Boots and Saddles or Life in Dakota with General Custer more books like this by Elizabeth B Custer add to wishlist "Boots and Saddles" is in reality a bright and sunny sketch of the life of Mrs. Custer's late husband, Gen. George A. Custer, who fell at the battle of the Little Big Horn. Readers will find a first-hand account of her frontier life as a wife of a cavalry officer on the plains. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Today's Military Wife: Meeting the Challenges of Service Life more books like this by Lydia Sloan Cline add to wishlist This book covers all the information a service wife needs to survive and prosper in a service environment, including a complete description of family-friendly programs, advice for coping with periodic separations, tips for managing a separate career, discussion of living overseas, information on raising a family, and details on being a full ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Life of Billy Yank: The Common Soldier of the Union more books like this by Bell Irvin Wiley add to wishlist In this companion to The Life of Johnny Reb, Bell Irvin Wiley explores the daily lives of the men in blue who fought to save the Union. With the help of many soldiers' letters and diaries, Wiley explains who these men were and why they fought, how they reacted to combat and the strain of prolonged conflict, and what they thought about the land and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Frontsoldaten: The German Soldier in World War II more books like this by Stephen G Fritz add to wishlist Alois Dwenger, writing from the front in May 1942, complained that people forgot "the actions of simple soldiers.... I believe that true heroism lies in bearing this dreadful everyday life." In exploring the reality of the Landser, the average German soldier in World War II, through letters, diaries, memoirs, and oral histories, Stephen G. Fritz ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $14.44! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Army Officer's Guide more books like this by Keith E Bonn add to wishlist Published by Stackpole and its corporate predecessors for 75 years, this book is the bible for army officers. Condensed from Army regulations - and the customs and traditions of the service - the guide provides the latest soldier information and frank advice on a variety of issues relating to service life. Also included is a directory of current ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.79! \| first editions
12 view cover	Service Etiquette more books like this by Oretha D Swartz add to wishlist "Miss Manners" for the military, Oretha Swartz provides up-to-date information in her classic etiquette book that has served generations of officers in all branches of the armed forces. Called "The Bible" throughout the services, it is considered the ultimate authority for social occasions at home or abroad and remains the first and last source to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.78! \| first editions
13 view cover	Kilroy Was Here: The Best American Humor from World War II more books like this by Charles Osgood (Introduction by) add to wishlist An inspiring collection of humor writing from World War II is edited and introduced by one of America's most respected broadcast journalists. From the best of "Stars and Stripes" magazine to classic lines from the immortal "Mister Roberts", this compilation celebrates the good humor that buoyed American spirits throughout the war. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Standing by: The Making of an American Military Family in a Time of War more books like this by Alison Buckholtz add to wishlist A Navy wife provides an unexpectedly honest and moving account of her family's experiences during her husband's deployment to the Middle East. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Death's Men: Soldiers of the Great War more books like this by Denis Winter add to wishlist A look at the First World War through the eyes of the men who fought in it. Originally published in 1978. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.99!
16 view cover	Forty Miles a Day on Beans and Hay: The Enlisted Soldier Fighting the Indian Wars more books like this by Don Rickey add to wishlist see all copies from $2.96! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
17	The professional soldier, a social and political portrait. more books like this by Morris Janowitz add to wishlist see all copies from $9.90! first editions
18 view cover	The Homefront Club: The Hardheaded Woman's Guide to Raising a Military Family more books like this by Jacey Eckhart add to wishlist On the American homefront during the ongoing war on terror, no one is feeling the pressure more than military families. Operating tempo is expected to increase. Projected deployments are going to be longer. Our presence in Iraq alone is projected to be at least five years. This news means that military families who have been pressed to the limit ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.66! \| SVS
19 view cover	Hardtack and Coffee more books like this by John D Billings, Charles E Reed (Illustrator), William L Shea, PH.D. (Designer) add to wishlist Most histories of the Civil War focus on battles and top brass. "Hardtack and Coffee" is one of the few to give a vivid, detailed picture of what ordinary soldiers endured every day - in camp, on the march, at the edge of a booming, smoking hell. John D. Billings of Massachusetts enlisted in the Army of the Potomac and curvived the conditions he ... see all copies from $3.23! new only from $4.40! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	My early life; a roving commission more books like this by Sir Winston Churchill add to wishlist This memoir was first published in 1930 and describes the author's school days, his time in the Army, his experiences as a war correspondent and his first years as a member of Parliament. see all copies from $2.99! signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	The Soldier's Pen: Firsthand Impressions of the Civil War more books like this by Robert E Bonner add to wishlist Drawing from the more than 10,000 documents housed in the privately held Gilder Lehrman Collection, Bonner has movingly reconstructed the experiences of 16 Civil War soldiers, using their own accounts to knit together a ground-level view of the entire conflict. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Big Red: Three Months on Board a Trident Nuclear Submarine more books like this by Douglas C Waller add to wishlist The Trident submarine is one of the most remarkable feats of engineering in human history: a sleek metal tube powered by a nuclear reactor, breathtakingly silent, yet strong enough to resist intense pressure deep under the surface of the ocean. But the human experience inside-as crews spend months crammed together beneath the sea, manning 24 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Life as a Military Spouse more books like this by Lissa McGrath add to wishlist For better, for worse, for Uncle Sama] Todayas military has changed dramaticallyaand spouses need to be prepared. Approximately half of our 1.4 million fighting men and women are married. And for a military spouse, information and support are not easy to find. Included here is: a[How to enroll in the Child Development Homes program a[What to ... see all copies from $7.25! new only from $7.92! \| SVS
24 view cover	Humor in Uniform: Funny True Stories about Life in the Military more books like this by Reader's Digest (Creator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.47! \| SVS
25 view cover	Few and the Proud: Marine Corps Drill Instructors in Their Own Words more books like this by Larry Smith add to wishlist From the sands of Iwo Jima to the deserts of Iraq, the riveting, real-life stories of training young marines open with interviews with the last surviving drill instructors of World War II. This volume offers the voices of veterans from every major war of the last sixty years, concluding with accounts of what it takes to train marines for Iraq ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS

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