Political and Military

Tom Clancy

My favorites

The Hunt for 

Red October

Without Remorse

Executive Orders

Clear and Present Danger

Somewhere under the Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision: the Red October is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. And the most incredible chase in history is on.... - Amazon.com This harrowing #1 bestseller is an unforgettable journey into the heart of darkness. Without mercy. Without guilt. Without remorse.

 - Amazon.com

Jack Ryan has become President of the United States-and finds himself surrounded by enemies both inside the White House and around the world. The controversial bestseller from Tom Clancy, the all-time master of the techno-thriller. CIA Deputy Director Jack Ryan joins the war on drugs. And when three American officials are assassinated in Colombia, the U.S. response is swift-and shocking.
More from Tom Clancy

 Rainbow Six

 Debt of Honor (Jack Ryan Novels)

 Red Rabbit

 The Bear and the Dragon (Jack Ryan Novels)

 The Sum of All Fears

The Cardinal of the Kremlin (Jack Ryan Novels)

 Red Storm Rising

 The Teeth of the Tiger (Jack Ryan Novels)

 Patriot Games (Jack Ryan Novels)

Harold Coyle

Team Yankee

Look Away

The Ten Thousand

They Are Soldiers

A bit of nostalgia (well, sort of) for us old Cold Warriors.  Team Yankee describes a hypothetical WW3 between the Warsaw Pact and NATO from the viewpoint of a young Armor company commander. This Civil War saga from military novelist Coyle is about two brothers from New Jersey who find themselves on opposite sides of the war. 

- Publishers Weekly

Fast-paced, hard-hitting.  The Ten Thousand recapitulates Xenophon's march to the sea in the form of a US Army Corps marching through a hostile, wintertime Europe. A Virginia National Guard unit deals with terrorists and biological warfare while serving in the zone between Israel and a new Palestinian state.
Larry Bond

Red Phoenix

In the aftermath of a series of student riots in Seoul, the U.S. Congress rushes a bill into law which calls for complete withdrawal of American troops from South Korea. This sets off a chain reaction: North Korea attacks across the DMZ, Russia supports North Korea, the Chinese remain neutral, and the United States fights again with its South Korean allies. - Library Journal

Vortex

Sustaining interest from first page to last, this near-future techno-thriller--a PW hardcover bestseller for five weeks--has Afrikaner radicals staging a coup, reinvigorating apartheid and invading Namibia.

- Publishers Weekly

Non-fiction

Jane's Infantry Weapons 2005-06 (Jane's Infantry Weapons)  

 Jane's Merchant Ships 2002-2003 (Jane's Merchant Ships)

 Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide - 3rd Edition (Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide)

U. S. Chemical-Biological Defense Guidebook (Jane's Us Chemical/Biological Defence Guidebook)

 Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II

 Jane's Historic Military Aircraft Recognition Guide