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Liberation trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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The second volume in a trilogy chronicling the liberation of Europe during World War II focuses on the Allied campaigns in Sicily and Italy, detailing the bloody battles at Salerno, Anzio, and Monte Cassino, as well as the June 1944 liberation of Rome.
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
This volume provides a military history of Afghanistan, including the recent operations by American and Afghan forces fighting the Taliban insurgency. For over 2,500 years, the forbidding territory of Afghanistan has served as a vital crossroads for armies and has witnessed history-shaping clashes between civilizations: Greek, Arab, Mongol, and Tartar, and, in more recent times, British, Russian, and American. When U.S. troops entered Afghanistan...
4) Act of war
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Jason Richter novels volume 1
Language
English
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Near Houston, Texas, an oil refinery belonging to one of the world's largest multinational energy companies is destroyed by a backpack nuclear device. This is just one of many attacks being perpetrated against the company around the world by a group whose mission is to stop global corporations and government organizations from plundering the world's natural resources in the name of profit. Before this group strikes again, Jason Richter is called in...
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The enemy from within . . . Iranian-born British Commando Major Ray Kerman was a rising star in the SAS -- until he abruptly switched loyalties while on a mission in the Middle East. Fanatically determined to employ his brilliant talents and training in the destruction of those he once swore to protect, he is now General Ravi Rashood, leader of the world's most vicious terrorist organization -- and he has found his ultimate weapon: Barracuda 945....
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
All branches of the military offer career opportunities as military pilots, navigators, flight officers, and more. But first, you have to prove yourself by acing an aptitude test. This guide provides everything you need to pass the rigorous testing process.
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Hawkeye, the colonial scout, and Chingachkook, the Mohican warrior are brought together by their love of the New World forests and their desire for peace between their races. Set against the exciting days of the French and Indian War, their story--heroically risking their lives to guide two English sisters through hostile territory, battling the evil Le Renard Subtil--is a story of how trust and understanding can develop between people of two cultures....
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Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
This illustrated book is a real gem for all fans of classic war planes of the piston engine and early jet eras. It contains numerous fascinating color photographs of fighters and bombers from all over the world, complete with comprehensive specifications and a brief history of each type of aircraft. Famous designs like the Messerschmitt Bf 109 or Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress are brought to life with rarely seen contemporary photographs. Additionally,...
11) Stealth
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
In the near future, the Navy develops a stealth fighter plane. On board piloting the jet is an artificial intelligence computer. The jet is placed on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific to learn combat manuevers from the human pilots aboard. But when the computer develops a mind of its own, it's the humans who are charged with stopping it before it incites a war.
14) Camp Leatherneck
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
National Geograpic goes inside the eipcenter of the war in Afghanistan to meet the men and women who live and work in the camp.
15) Top gun
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
Maverick and other young U.S. fighter pilots at the Navy Fighter Weapons School, also known as Top gun, compete against each other while training to be the best of the best.
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"Documents in graphic novel format the experiences of Syrian refugees housed in camps in Iraqi Kurdistan, Greece, France, Germany, Switzerland, and England. Based on interviews and photographs by the author during his work as Communication Officer for the organization Doctors Without Borders"--Provided by publisher.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson is best known as a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas. He seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he is a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. However, once Charlie is prodded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight of the people who are suffering from the effects of the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan....
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Alexander the Great's conquests staggered the world. He led his army across thousands of miles, from northern Greece to modern Pakistan, overthrowing the greatest empires of his time and building a new one in their place. He led from the front and was often wounded. He claimed to be the son of a god, but he was actually the son of Philip II. In Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors, classical historian Adrian Goldsworthy argues that without...
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