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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Tackling insurgency and terrorism	B. Sarkar	In the Indian context.	OL1060286W
Días de trueno	Herard von Santos M.	El libro relata, la que hasta ahora se concidera la mas grande batalla urbana que librara un ejercito regular y una guerrilla, en el continente americano durante el pasado siglo XX. no es un libro de…	OL12725486W
The Way Home	George P. Pelecanos	Christopher Flynn is trying to get it right. After years of trouble and rebellion that enraged his father and nearly cost him his life, he has a steady job in his father's company, he's seriously dat…	OL15164716W
The Good Soldiers	David Finkel	[From the jacket] What is the true story of [George W. Bush's Iraq] surge? And was it really a success? Those are the questions that … Finkel grapples with in his remarkable report from the fr…	OL15278923W
The Kings of Clonmel	John Flanagan	When mankind seeks protection from the world's many dangers, they put their faith in warriors, kings, gods, and even money. In the neighboring kingdom of Clonmel, a mysterious cult has sprung up, …	OL15416512W
The Triple Agent	Joby Warrick	This work is a narrative account of the mysterious Jordanian who penetrated both the inner circle of al-Qaeda and the highest reaches of the CIA, with a devastating impact on the war on terror. In De…	OL15673307W
Awakening victory	Michael E. Silverman	"[The book] tells the story of this ... campaign through the eyes of the commander of the 3rd Battalion, who was right in the thick of the fight. The book also provides a description of the Iraqi ins…	OL15883985W
Broken republic	Arundhati Roy	On Naxalite movement and Indian state's counter insurgency methods and other policies.	OL16003966W
A MARCHA DA INSURREIÇÃO- JOASEIRO DO CARIRY 1907/1911	Paulo de Tarso Gondim Machado	Tem como principal fonte primária o jornal O REBATE, criado em 18/07/1909 com o fim de pugnar pela EMANCIPAÇÃO POLÍTICA DE JUAZEIRO DO NORTE-CE. "A primeira coisa que chama a atenção dos estudiosos d…	OL16288363W
Surrender	Elana Johnson	In Freedom, where Thinkers rule and Rules should never be broken, Raine, daughter of the Director, is expected to spy on her roommate, Vi, and report back to him in case heavy brainwashing is not eno…	OL16318186W
Counterinsurgency leadership in Afghanistan, Iraq, and beyond	Nicholas J. Schlosser,James M. Caiella	Recent experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq have shown once again the difference that excellent leadership can make in irregular warfare. Thrust unexpectedly into counterinsurgency situations in 2002 …	OL16529786W
All my noble dreams and then what happens	Gloria Whelan	As Rosalind continues to straddle the proper English world of her family and the culture of 1920s India where they live, her support of Gandhi and his followers in opposing British rule grows and sh…	OL16672018W
Starglass	Phoebe North	For all of her sixteen years, Terra has lived on a city within a spaceship that left Earth five hundred years ago seeking refuge, but as they finally approach the chosen planet, she is drawn into a s…	OL16699747W
Rise	Anna Carey	"In the stunning conclusion to Anna Carey's thrilling dystopian trilogy, Eve has the fate of The New America in her hands"--	OL16726504W
Icons	Margaret Stohl	Your heart beats only with their permission. Everything changed on The Day. The day the windows shattered. The day the power stopped. The day Dol's family dropped dead. The day Earth lost a war it…	OL16811765W
Star Wars - Battlefront II - Inferno Squad	Christie Golden	After the humiliating theft of the Death Star plans and the destruction of the battle station, the Empire is on the defensive. But not for long. In retaliation, the elite Imperial soldiers of Inferno…	OL17870127W
Star wars	Kieron Gillen	Following her time in the clutches of Darth Vader, Doctor Aphra has barely escaped with her life. If he ever learns of her survival, he'll hunt her to the ends of the galaxy. But for now, it's time f…	OL19712058W
Out of the mountains	David Kilcullen	"In Out of the Mountains, David Kilcullen, one of the world's leading experts on modern warfare, offers a groundbreaking look ahead at what may happen after the war in Afghanistan ends. It is a book …	OL19973663W
The barefoot queen	Ildefonso Falcones de Sierra	Facing homelessness after the death of her master, Cuban former slave Caridad becomes a freedom fighter at the side of rebellious gypsy Milagros Carmona, with whom she confronts increasingly hostile …	OL19987032W
Knife fights	John A. Nagl	An influential Army officer traces the Gulf War experiences that shaped his perspectives on the changing nature of conventional combat and his then-discounted views about terrorism, citing his role i…	OL19988616W