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Fogs of war and peace Fogs of war and peace Robert L. Dilworth This work focuses on continual global conflict and how American views are being obstructed through a concept referred to as "fogs of war" that distort reality. The authors discuss the root of these p… OL11958208W
Spoken from the Front Spoken from the Front Andy McNab Real life voices from the battlefields of AfghanistanSpoken from the Front will tell the stories of what Andy McNab describes as "modern-day heroes fighting modern-day wars". It will recount the cour… OL15173308W
Last Night Another Soldier Last Night Another Soldier Andy McNab A new Quick Read title from the author of Bravo Two ZeroAfghanistan, 2009. A Rifle section is halfway through their six-month tour of duty in Helmand Province. Sixteen men from their Battalion have a… OL15174162W
Immediate Response Immediate Response Mark Hammond 2006 in Helmand saw British forces engaged in the most ferocious fighting since the Korean War. For much of the time they were hanging on by their fingertips, holed up in remote platoon houses, outnu… OL15186736W
The Taliban Shuffle The Taliban Shuffle Kim Barker In The Taliban Shuffle, Barker offers an insider’s account of the “forgotten war” in Afghanistan and Pakistan, chronicling the years after America’s initial routing of the Taliban, when we failed to … OL15691324W
Lions of Kandahar Lions of Kandahar Rusty Bradley One of the most critical battles of the Afghan War is now revealed as never before. Lions of Kandahar is an inside account from the unique perspective of an active-duty U.S. Army Special Forces comma… OL16011483W
Something like normal Something like normal Trish Doller When Travis returns home from Afghanistan, his parents are splitting up, his brother has stolen his girlfriend and car, and he has nightmares of his best friend getting killed but when he runs into H… OL16262998W
The Maverick Experiment The Maverick Experiment Drew Berquist "In wartime, some operation have to conduction outside the normal lines of authority. Nowhere is this more true than in modern AFghanistan, the setting for this riverting military thriller... Drawn f… OL16485415W
Outlaw platoon Outlaw platoon Sean Parnell A lieutenant's gripping, personal account of the legendary U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division's heroic stand in the mountains of Afghanistan--a vivid, action-packed, and highly emotional true story o… OL16561551W
The Iraq wars and America's military revolution The Iraq wars and America's military revolution Keith L. Shimko "Many saw the United States' decisive victory in Desert Storm (1991) as not only vindication of American defense policy since Vietnam but also confirmation of a revolution in military affairs (RMA). … OL16567905W
Semper fido Semper fido C. Alexander London Gus Dempsey is a newly trained dog handler in the United States Marine Corps, and when he is deployed to Afghanistan he is paired with Loki, a bomb-sniffing black Labrador with a mischievous streak. OL16600015W
Thanksgiving Daddy Thanksgiving Daddy Rachel Lee "Honor, duty and loyalty drove Major Edith Clapton to risk her life flying Combat Search and Recovery in Afghanistan. Hunger, desire and lust drove her into the arms of Seth Hardin, a gorgeous navy S… OL17794995W
A prior engagement A prior engagement Karina Bliss "After two years as a POW presumed dead, SAS soldier Lee Davis is finally going home. Back to his family, friends and ... fiance e? He doesn't have a fiance e ... the night before his last deployment… OL17796252W
Pashtun Pashtun Ron Lealos The Company has a special secret operation planned for one of their top agents: the leaders of the Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorist groups are hiding out in Pashtun country, and they must be eliminated… OL17886375W
The Warriors (A Parson and Gold Novel) The Warriors (A Parson and Gold Novel) Tom Young ..Cracking good read!!..not only fast paced and realistic..without "unkillable" heroes..but historical informative regarding the political atmosphere at the time.I learnt a great deal about the war a… OL19330056W
Minister without portfolio Minister without portfolio Winter, Michael Henry Hayward is a drowning man. In a quest to find meaning in an emotionally arid life, Henry travels to Afghanistan as an army-affiliated contractor, where he becomes embedded in the regiment with … OL19710294W
The Cuban affair The Cuban affair Nelson De Mille "From the legendary #1 New York Times bestselling author of Plum Island and Night Fall, Nelson DeMille's blistering new novel features an exciting new character--US Army combat veteran Daniel "Mac" M… OL19711728W
Directorate S Directorate S Steve Coll Traces America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan in the years since 9/11, and how the U.S. efforts in the Afghan War falt… OL19730250W
Taliban narratives Taliban narratives Thomas H. Johnson "Why has the Taliban been so much more effective in presenting messages that resonate with the Afghan population than the United States, the Afghan Government and their allies? This book, based on ye… OL19739893W
One hundred victories One hundred victories Robinson, Linda "Based on unique inside access, the author of the New York Times bestseller Masters of Chaos explains how special operations forces are reshaping the U.S. military In One Hundred Victories, acclaimed… OL19974426W
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