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If not now, when? If not now, when? Jack Jacobs A Medal of Honor recipient looks back at his own service—and ahead to America’s future.Jack Jacobs was acting as an advisor to the South Vietnamese when he and his men came under devastating attack. … OL11947226W
Winter soldier, Iraq and Afghanistan Winter soldier, Iraq and Afghanistan Iraq Veterans Against the War. In the spring of 2008, inspired by the Vietnam-era Winter Soldier hearings, Iraq Veterans Against the War gathered outside Washington, D.C., and testified to atrocities they personally committed or w… OL12049528W
Lleisiau'r Rhyfel Mawr Lleisiau'r Rhyfel Mawr Ifor ap Glyn World War I letters, extracts from diaries, etc. Text in Welsh. OL13786133W
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
An album of memories An album of memories Tom Brokaw A seventeen-year-old who enlisted in the army in 1941 writes to describe the Bataan Death March. Other members of the greatest generation describe their war -- in such historic episodes as Guadalcan… OL15841373W
Art of War Art of War H. Avery Chenoweth Collected eyewitness paintings of US armed forces in combat. OL17334229W
Beyond duty Beyond duty Shannon P. Meehan "Under the blazing Iraqi sun in the summer of 2007, Shannon Meehan, a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, ordered a strike that would take the lives of innocent Iraqi civilians. He thought he was doing the … OL17899331W
Into the inferno Into the inferno Yoel Palgi,Phyllis Palgi "In the spring of 1944, a group of thirty-two young Palestinian Jews parachuted into Nazi-held Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Their goal was to encourage Jewish resistance where possible and to orga… OL17950345W
Children at war Children at war P. W. Singer "Children at War is the first comprehensive book to examing the growing and global use of children as soldiers." "P. W. Singer, an internationally recognized expert in twenty-first-century warfare, e… OL210662W
Les guerriers, héros de l'histoire Les guerriers, héros de l'histoire Deborah Jane Murrell Ouvrage en quatre volets invitant à se plonger dans l'univers des guerriers grecs, gladiateurs, samouraïs et chevaliers. Au fil des pages se dessine le contexte historique qui les a vus naître, de mê… OL24158380W
The patrol The patrol Ryan Flavelle The patrol is a gritty, boots-on-the-ground memoir of a soldier's experience in the Canadian Forces in the twenty-first century. This book isn't merely about the guns and the glory, it is about why w… OL24291080W
Winter in Afghanistan Winter in Afghanistan Oleg Ermakov Afghanistan - das sowjetische Vietnam-Syndrom? Unverkennbare Parallelen tun sich auf, vom Versuch der patriotischen Heroisierung bis zur Verbannung dieses Traumas eines verlorenen, sinnlosen Krieges … OL24308617W
Embattled courage Embattled courage Gerald F. Linderman Contrasts the differences between the expectations and experience of battle for Civil War soldiers, and discusses the concepts of courage and honor. OL2717617W
Drawing fire Drawing fire Len Smith The horrors of war in the trenches are brought to life with a rare immediacy and power through the diary of soldier and artist Len Smith. Enduring battles such as those at Loos and Vimy Ridge, Len su… OL27282362W
Phantom warrior Phantom warrior F. B. Johnson This is the story of an extraordinary man. John McKinney was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery, but his story has never been told. The son of a Georgia sharecropper, he learned… OL4131484W
Lost over Laos Lost over Laos Richard Pyle "In 1971, as American forces hastened their withdrawal from Vietnam, the U.S.-backed Saigon regime launched a bold attack into Laos, hoping to cut North Vietnam's supply line, the fabled Ho Chi Minh … OL4197564W
The Victors The Victors Stephen E. Ambrose From America's preeminent military historian, Stephen E. Ambrose, comes a brilliant telling of World War II in Europe, from D-Day, June 6, 1944, to the end, eleven months later, on May 7, 1945. The a… OL478592W
A war of nerves A war of nerves Ben Shephard "A War of Nerves is a history of military psychiatry in the twentieth century - an authoritative, accessible account drawing on a vast range of diaries, interviews, medical papers, and official recor… OL6078577W
Chasing Ghosts Chasing Ghosts Paul Rieckhoff The riveting, action-packed true story of the first soldier to challenge the war in Iraq.As a 1st Lieutenant and Infantry Platoon Leader for the U.S. Army, charged with leading 38 young men in Iraq, … OL8165703W
The Terracotta Army The Terracotta Army John Man The terra cotta army is one of the greatest, and most famous, archaeological discoveries ever made. Over eight thousand life-size figures of warriors and horses were interred in the mausoleum of the … OL87908W
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