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Mapping the Silk Road

. . by Riaz Dean. Hardback (6.3×9.3 inches). 239 pages. 2025. Subtitle: The Riddle of Ptolemy’s Stone Tower The Silk Road consists of trade routes from West to China. Typically, caravans would ply the paths across Central Asia, braving weather

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Nations in Arms: Five Armies That Made Europe

. . by Barney White-Spunner. Hardback (6.3×9.4 inches). 360 pages. 2025. The five armies chosen represent not just tactical expertise, but the strategic advancement of their national interests over time. The armies are: Roman Army under Constantine in the 300s

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Taking Command

. . by Thomas D. Phillips. Hardback (6.3×9.3 inches). 307 pages. 2025. Subtitle: America’s Unsung Military Leaders, Innovators, and Difference Makers Since World War II This collection of short bios covers commanders who countered enemy attacks with innovative and forceful

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Inspired Enterprise

. . by Glen E. Swanson. Hardback (6.3×9.3 inches). 288 pages. 2025. Subtitle: How NASA, the Smithsonian, and the Aerospace Community Helped Launch Star Trek What an interesting delve into Gene Roddenberry’s efforts to bring the 1960s scientific community into

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Battles at Annapolis

. . by David Gendell. Softcover (6.0×9.0 inches). 307 pages. 2025. Subtitle: Two Remarkable Football Games in the Army-Navy Rivalry Are you ready for some football? Before the NFL held sway in our collective TV sets, college football reigned supreme

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Ride to the Sound of the Guns

. . by Theodore C. Mataxis jr. Hardback (6.3×9.3 inches). 272 pages. 2025. Subtitle: The Life of a Cold War Warrior, Brig. Gen. Theodore C. Mataxis (Ret) This biography offers a quite positive look at the life and career of

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Clontarf: An Illustrated History

. . by Joe Curtis. Softcover (6.2×9.2 inches). 148 pages. 2025. The Images of America series publishes hyper-local collections of old photographs centering around a specific place, usually a town. For example, I have one called Prallsville Mills and Stockton,

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Exploring Nationalism

. . by Andrew Sangster. Hardback (6.5×9.5 inches). 200 pages. 2025. Subtitle: Identifying Its Forms, Particularly Those Which Lead to War and Mayhem This high-concept book examines how patriotism can warp into aggressive nationalism and its close cousin irredentist nationalism.

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Seeds of Victory: Defeat, Triumph, and the American Way of War

by James Ellman. Hardback (6.3×9.3 inches). 324 pages. 2025. Nine chapters dissect American military debacles from the American Revolution to Afghanistan that were eventually overcome and made into victories. For example, Washington’s debacle at the Battle of Long Island and

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