Presidio Press imprint: 129 books
Blood Makes the Grass Grow Green
A Year in the Desert with Team America
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2008
Outrageous, hilarious, and absolutely candid, Blood Makes the Grass Grow Green is Johnny Rico’s firsthand account of fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, a memoir that also reveals the universal truths about the madness of war.
No one would have picked Johnny Rico for a soldier. The son of...
Terrible Terry Allen
Combat General of World War II - The Life of an American Soldier
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2008
Terry de la Mesa Allen’s mother was the daughter of a Spanish officer, and his father was a career U.S. Army officer. Despite this impressive martial heritage, success in the military seemed unlikely for Allen as he failed out of West Point—twice—ultimately gaining his commission through Catholic...
by Robert W. Black
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
From the deadly shores of North Africa to the invasion of Sicily to the fierce jungle hell of the Pacific, the contribution of the World War II Ranger Battalions far outweighed their numbers. They were ordinary men on an extraordinary mission, experiencing the full measure of the fear, exhaustion,...
A Piece of My Heart
The Stories of 26 American Women Who Served in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2009
“Records the memories of a war in the words of those women courageous enough to walk into hell.”—San Francisco Chronicle
A decade after America pulled out of Vietnam, the seeds of the often heart- wrenching oral history, A Piece of My Heart, were sown when writer and filmmaker Keith Walker...
Small Unit Leadership
A Commonsense Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2009
What does it take to get the job done? How do you get the men in your unit to do what you say? To follow you into battle and shoot to kill? How you build the confidence that spurs men on to do their job, to stand by their leader and each other?
Praise for Small Unit Leadership
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Patton's One-Minute Messages
Tactical Leadership Skills of Business Managers
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2009
A brief biography and photos of General Patton helps readers visualize one of the great military leaders of all time. The inspirational content will make this book an indispensable compaion for busy executives everywhere.
This collection of George S. Patton’s pithy one-liners shows how business...
The Three Meter Zone
Common Sense Leadership for NCOs
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2008
A pocket-sized guide to being a good leader, for non-commissioned officers (NCOs). Discusses US Army values in 'user-friendly' terms, from the perspective of a former member of the NCO core. Introduces three different types of leadership styles for 3-meter, 50-meter, and 100-meter soldiers.
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Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
A Brothers in Arms Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2008
“With sharp insights into history, combat, and human nature, this enthralling novel can stand beside even the best chronicles of that fabled ‘band of brothers.’ ”
–Ralph Peters, author of Wars of Blood and Faith
It’s 1944, and the German war machine is on its heels but still lethal,...
1901
A Thrilling Novel of a War that Never Was
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2003
The year is 1901. Germany’s navy is the second largest in the world; their army, the most powerful. But with the exception of a small piece of Africa and a few minor islands in the Pacific, Germany is without an empire. Kaiser Wilhelm II demands that the United States surrender its newly acquired...
by Mike Wright
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2009
Instant coffee was invented during the Civil War for use by Union troops, who hated it; holding races between lice was a popular pastime for both Johnny Reb and Billy Yank; 13% of the Confederate Army deserted during the conflict. These are three of the hundreds of bits of knowledge that Mike Wright...
High Noon in the Cold War
Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2004
One of the giants of American journalism now re-creates an unforgettable time–in which the whole world feared extinction. High Noon in the Cold War captures the Cuban Missile Crisis in a new light, from inside the hearts and minds of the famous men who provoked and, in the nick of time, resolved...
Clear the Bridge!
The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
The story of Tang and her gallant crew ranks with the most amazing of naval history. Whether rescuing Navy fliers off Truk or stalking enemy convoys off Japan, Tang carried the war to the enemy with unparalleled ferocity. Tang’s skipper on all five of her war patrols, Rear Admiral Richard H. O’Kane...
Black Sheep One
The Life of Gregory Pappy Boyington
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
Black Sheep One is the first biography of legendary warrior and World War II hero Gregory Boyington.In 1936, Boyington became an aviation cadet and earned the “wings of gold” of a naval aviator. After only a short period on active duty, however, he was “encouraged” to resign from the Marine...
Blood Trails
The Combat Diary of a Foot Soldier in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2008
BAPTISM BY FIRE
Chris Ronnau volunteered for the Army and was sent to Vietnam in January 1967, armed with an M-14 rifle and American Express traveler’s checks. But the latter soon proved particularly pointless as the private first class found himself in the thick of two pivotal, fiercely...