Pundits have long predicted the end of conventional warfare but for the foreseeable future, 
it is here to stay. Counter insurgency, guerrilla warfare, terrorism, peace enforcement, policing. 
All these forms, like conventional warfare, are as old as mankind. Modern militaries claim to be 
professional bodies, responsible for the education, control and discipline of their members. But 
at least one aspect of this claim is poorly executed: tactics are not taught to junior leaders, which 
is why this guide is essential reading for all junior leaders, officers and NCOs alike.\nThere is a military adage that there is no teacher like the enemy. True; but the wise commander 
prepares to meet that enemy and become their teacher and not their student. Praise for Praxis Tacticum“Praxis Tacticum” will help young leaders learn and master modern combat team tactics…It’s a fascinating series of intellectual and practical exercises which will help those leading fast moving and hard-hitting troops in combat, a unique blend of both the science and art of war. 
- Lieutenant-General (ret’d) The Hon. Andrew Leslie, PC, CMM, MSC, MSM, CD, MA, PhD\nTactics in land warfare is a core competency for those who lead, serve, and enable land operations - from section 2iC to formation command and beyond. He makes it immensely understandable and available to leaders at every rank. 
Lieutenant-General (ret'd) Stuart A. Beare, CMM, MSC, MSM, CD\nChuck brings the discussion on tactics to the ‘centre of gravity’ between operational and theoretical perspectives. Praxis Tacticum is for professionals, people interested in tactics and the general reader of history. 
Major-General (ret’d) David Fraser, CMM, MSC, MSM, CD\nA timely book that condenses the writings of history’s great war theorists and strategists into a useful and practical handbook for today’s students and practitioners of war. A needed addition to any serious military student’s library. 
Colonel (ret’d) Larry Saul, USA\nThis is a tactical WORKbook, not a tactical TEXTbook. It helps develop junior leaders into astute tacticians, equipping them with the necessary skills and tools to lead, develop others, and achieve on the battlefield. 
Norman M. Wade, SMARTbook Author/Publisher

Praxis Tacticum: The Art, Science and Practice of Military Tactics (Essential Guides to War and Warfare)

Business & Money

Oliviero, Col Charles S

Management & Leadership

Double Dagger Books

A STORY OF DESPERATE FIGHTING BETWEEN CANADIANS AND THE WAFFEN-SS\nThe Regina Rifles landed on Juno Beach on 6 June, 1944, and quickly made progress inland. Despite heavy casualties on D-Day, by 7 June, they occupied defensive positions inside and around the small town of Bretteville-l’Orgueilleuse. 
Little did they know that on 8-9 June, they would be engaged in a series of desperate battles against elements of the 12.SS-Panzerdivision “Hitler Jugend.” The Regina’s were struck by attack after attack by the Waffen-SS, who committed their units into battle piecemeal in an effort to throw the invaders back into the sea. 
With the aid of eye witness accounts, contemporary photos and detailed maps, the reader can visit the scenes of these battles and see how they unfolded from the perspective of the participants on both sides of the conflict. There is no better way to learn history than to walk the ground where events unfolded with the aid of a knowledgeable guide. This book allows the reader to conduct a self-guided tour in less than a day. 
Canadian soldiers had a fierce reputation in the Second World War. The tenacity and courage shown by the Regina Rifles in Bretteville-l’Orgueilleuse make it clear that this reputation was well-merited.

A Very Hostile Night: The Regina Rifles in Bretteville-l’Orgueilleuse, 8/9 June 1944

History

CLAXTON, Sean

Military

Product Description What would happen if one of the world’s most powerful private security firms went rogue?The world of private security is a lucrative one, a collection of corporate armies built to compete in what has become a thirty billion dollar a year industry. Staffed largely by regular military and special forces veterans, these companies provide services to governments and the corporate world. And one of them is about to turn on the United States.Daniel Evans has just been sworn in as the 46thPresident of the United States and his first major initiative is to fulfill his biggest campaign promise—the complete withdrawal of all American military personnel from the Middle East.Nicholas DeGuerra is the CEO of TitanX Security, the world’s largest private security company. He’s a self-made man, a former Delta operator turned businessman who knows that the new president’s policy is a threat to his financial security. He’s just launched a desperate operation to save his company and his fortune.Brian Thompson is a United States Navy Chief nearing retirement and looking forward to life after the military. A staffing shortage puts him onboard USS James E. Williams, an aging destroyer deployed to the Horn of Africa.When a Pakistani nuke is stolen, the President of the United States sends Thompson and the USS Williams on a last-ditch interdiction mission to intercept the weapon and derail DeGuerra’s plan."A compelling tale of greed and survival. Worthy to join the ranks of Clancy and Poyer."- Stefan Lamberski, LCDR USN (Retired)"A great read. A technically proficient look at the day to day life of a modern sailor."- Thomas E. Harper, GSMC USN (Retired)"Edge of your seat, page-turning action. A sea story about the naval experience told as only a sailor can."- Richard Kreutzer, LT USN (Retired)"Engaging. Thrilling. Gritty and clever. As riveting as it is relevant."- Briana Alman, LT USNR About the Author Matt Hardman is a retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer who currently works as a marine engineering consultant to the Navy's DDG 51 Shipbuilding Program Office. While on active duty, he served onboard a submarine, two aircraft carriers, two amphibious transports, one submarine tender, and one destroyer. During his final tour of duty, he served as the Engineering Department Chief, or Top Snipe, for the USS James E. Williams (DDG 95). He holds a bachelor's in Intelligence Studies and Counterintelligence from American Military University and a Master's in Writing from Johns Hopkins University.Matt Hardman is also a husband and father of six children and currently resides in Calvert County, Maryland.

Interdiction (The Brian Thompson Series)

Literature & Fiction

Hardman, Matt

Genre Fiction

PUSHCART-NOMINATED FICTION ABOUT POST-9/11 AMERICA FROM AN AMERICAN VETERAN\nWhile America carried on with Pax Americana, a generation of men were asked to watch children suffer without as much as a flinch, then return home and continue as America has for decades.\nWhen the men returned, they brought with them unexpected cargo that is shaping the future of America in unintended ways. In The Chicago East India Company, a series of short stories and vignettes walk the reader through the consequences of two decades of war, and the attitudes it creates.\nAn eighteen-year-old realizes his mortality and is punished for it by his peers; 
A soldier returns from the wars only to realize he’s teaching the colonized in his own city; 
A young couple go to Central America and see the effects of the West on class and opportunity; 
Members of a platoon hunt to find a traitorous Afghan spy; 
A man spends his days adhering to a strict and ridiculous routine to ward off the bad magic that is always around the corner.\nLyke’s setting shifts in time and place but forever casts the main character of The Chicago East India Company as someone trying to maintain his sanity, his humanity, and his kindness as the state and its bureaucratic inefficiencies unknowingly try to take them away.\nIn the tradition of Camus, Orwell or Steinbeck, Lyke’s work illuminates human nature and seeks the truth hidden under layers of grit.

The Chicago East India Company

Lyke, Christopher

Literary

“...a must-read for practitioners, theorists and students of the art of war. Highly recommended.” 
- LCol Professor David Kilcullen, PhD 
“...a welcome antidote to the malaise that currently afflicts Western Professional Military Education (PME)...which we can only hope will free them from the curse of parroting bromides they learned at staff college as a substitute for serious and rigorous thought.” 
– Dr. John Grenier 
“....an enlightened perspective on military thought and theory....a must read for all the students of our respective War Colleges.” 
- Lieutenant-General (ret’d) J.M. Lanthier 
“In a witty and perceptive narrative grounded in military history and the classic works of military thought, Chuck Oliviero shows us the way to go at it. The colonel knows the deal.” 
- Daniel P. Bolger, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, Retired 
“Strategia is more than a survey of the great theorists of warfare...[it] offers a coherent critique of modern military ideas..." 
- Jonathan M. House, Professor Emeritus, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College 
War fascinates us, but what do we really know about its nature? 
Strategia is the product of Colonel Oliviero’s decades-long intellectual quest to address this fundamental query. His work offers both the serious student and the casual reader a foundation stone upon which to build a deeper understanding of military thought and theory, and thereby a richer appreciation of mankind’s deadliest pursuit. 
Strategia introduces many of the major contributors to military thought and theory as well as some of their most profound impacts on the conduct of war, from Sun-Tzu to the modern day, encompassing warfare on land, at sea and in the air, as well as in the cyber-realm. 
While not an all-encompassing deep dive, Strategia is an essential primer and a point of departure. With this foundation stone in place, the student of war can proceed to follow Clausewitz’s admonition to develop a “fine and penetrating mind.”

Strategia: A Primer on Theory and Strategy for Students of War (Essential Guides to War and Warfare)

Oliviero, Charles S.

White School, Black Memories (Modern Military Memoirs)

Biographies & Memoirs

Barnes, CWO John G.

Historical

Auftragstaktik: The Birth of Enlightened Leadership (Essential Guides to War and Warfare)

The development of Auftragstaktik was the foundation stone of Prussia's, and later Germany's, astounding battlefield performances. Universally praised in military circles, Auftragstaktik remains both poorly understood and badly practised. This uniquely German leadership philosophy lies shrouded in a fog of mystery and misinterpretation.\nColonel Oliviero clears away that fog. He succinctly explains the early intellectual and structural growth of this leadership philosophy from before the French Revolution to the eve of the First World War, with a glimpse at the interwar period. He thereby provides the necessary background and understanding, without which Auftragstaktik cannot be fully understood.

Auftragstaktik: The Birth of Enlightened Leadership

The Peaceable Kingdom?: A History of Terrorism in Canada from Confederation to Present

Gurski, Phil

Americas

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