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We died with our boots clean
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Kenneth McAlpine |
"We fought with bayonets and, in unarmed combat, learned how to kill someone in seven seconds. An instructor demonstrated, using me as the victim. I vividly remember falling to the ground with a grey… |
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Lions of Kandahar
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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… |
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Bomb
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Steve Sheinkin |
In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific rac… |
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The SAS in World War II
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Gavin Mortimer |
In his new book, World War II historian Gavin Mortimer examines the pivotal events of one of the most famous military units of all time. |
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All roads lead to Baghdad
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Charles H. Briscoe |
"By Charles H. Briscoe, et al. Tells the story of Iraqi Freedom, the second Army Special Operations (ASO) campaign in America's Global War on Terrorism. Shows how the ASO supported a US-led conventio… |
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Code word: Geronimo
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Dale Dye |
Code Word: Geronimo is the amazing, moment-by-moment story of the clandestine raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. This historical keepsake commemorates the bravery and valor o… |
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One hundred victories
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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… |
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First SEALs
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Patrick K. O'Donnell |
"The rich history of SEAL Team 6 that captured Osama bin Laden stretches back to World War II when US intelligence officials formed a team of special-operation combat swimmers. Under the leadership o… |
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Legend
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Eric Blehm |
From the bestselling author of Fearless, the dramatic and unforgettable story of Roy Benavidez, a Green Beret in Vietnam who is known among special operations forces members today by a single word: "… |
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Rogue heroes
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Ben Macintyre |
Britain's Special Air Service--or SAS--was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young, gadabout aristocrat with a remarkable strategic mind. Where his colleagues looked at a map of World War II's Afri… |
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Victory point
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Ed Darack |
In late June 2005, media recounted the tragic story of nineteen U.S. special operations personnel who died at the hands of insurgent/terrorist leader Ahmad Shah, leaving one survivor, deep in the Hin… |
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Get Rommel
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Michael Asher |
"In summer 1941 Erwin Rommel was Hitler's favourite general: he had driven the British out of Libya and stood poised to invade Egypt. He seemed unbeatable. So the British decided to have him killed. … |
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Raiders
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Ross Kemp |
Operation Judgement: one of the most spectacular efforts of World War Two, where obsolete British biplanes attacked the Italian fleet in Taranto. Operation Archery: the first true combined operation … |
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Phantom warriors
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Gary A. Linderer |
True combat stories from LRRPs, LRPs, and Rangers in Vietnam. |
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Commando
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James Owen |
"June 1940: As Britain's soldiers limped home from Dunkirk, a maverick Army officer was already devising a bold plan to hit back at the enemy. His idea was to revolutionise military thinking and chan… |
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HMS Ulysses ; Force Ten from Navarone ; When eight bells toll
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Alistair MacLean |
HMS Ulysses: Dramatizes the week-long disintegration of a British light cruiser and its overworked crew on a mission to Murmansk in Arctic Russia during World War II.
Force Ten from Navarone: The he… |
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Hunters & Shooters
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Bill Fawcett |
The U.S. Navy SEALs have long been considered among the finest, most courageous, and professional soldiers in American military history—an elite fighting force trained as parachutists, frogmen, demol… |
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With Popski's Private Army
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Ben Owen |
If you have read Vladimir Peniakoff's memoir, then you will undoubtedly have an appetite for "With Popski's Private Army" by Ben Owen. It is the essential complement to Peniakoff's book, relating the… |
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A perfect hell
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John Nadler |
"The Germans called them 'the Black Devils.' The Allies ultimately credited them with turning their fortunes around in the toughest year of World War II. They were the men of the First Special Servic… |
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Hard Core
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Bud Yost |
Review Written by Bernie Weisz, Historian, Vietnam War Pembroke Pines, Florida Contact: [email protected] April 9, 2011
Title of Review: Vietnam: The First War Brought into U.S. Living Rooms, Won O… |
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