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  • US Army Air Cavalry Patches (2001-2021) US Army Air Cavalry Patches (2001-2021)
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    US Army Air Cavalry Patches (2001-2021)

    US Army Air Cavalry Patches: An Imperfect Album of US Army Air Cavalry Unit Insignia (2001-2021), for the first time in one place presents a collection of Air Cavalry unit insignia and patches. Collectors and historians alike will find this colorful...
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  • Hunters & Shooters Hunters & Shooters
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    Hunters & Shooters

    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, demolition experts, and guerrilla warriors ready for sea,...
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  • The Baghdad Pact The Baghdad Pact
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    The Baghdad Pact

    This book explores the formation of the Baghdad Pact and Anglo-American defence policies in the Middle East, 1950-1959. It determines the aims with which the pact was established; the failings of the pact, and the struggle that was undertaken against it...
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  • Vietnam in Iraq Vietnam in Iraq
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    Vietnam in Iraq

    More than most post-1970 conflicts involving US forces, the conflict in Iraq has been fought out against a background of frequently invoked memories from the era of the Vietnam War. The essays in this book offer a series of perspectives on connections...
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    The Melting Point

    As the Commander of U.S. Central Command, General Frank McKenzie oversaw some of the most important - and controversial - operations in modern U.S. military history. He had direct operational responsibility for the strikes on Qassem Soleimani and two...
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  • SEAL of Honor
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    SEAL of Honor

    Lt.Michael Patrick Murphy, a Navy SEAL, earned the Medal of Honor on 28 June 2005 for his bravery during a fierce fight with the Taliban in the remote mountains of eastern Afghanistan. The first to receive the nation's highest military honor for service...
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    They Called Us "Lucky"

    From the Arizona Congressman, a "powerful" and "searing" (PW) chronicle of the eternal bonds forged between the Marines of Lima Company, the hardest-hit unit of the Iraq WarAt first, they were “Lucky Lima.” Infantryman Ruben Gallego and his brothers in...
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    Serviceman J
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    Serviceman J

    A gripping memoir by a former NZSAS commander on serving in Afghanistan over four deployments and operating at the edge of his limits 'Frighteningly, devastatingly real.' - The Post In 2011, following the Taliban siege on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel,...
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    Beyond Vietnam

    With a new foreword by Viet Thanh NguyenA beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's speech "Beyond Vietnam,” part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins.At New York City's Riverside Church in 1967, Dr. King...
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    Remember The Ramrods

    The Iraq War’s only living Medal of Honor recipient reveals the untold story of the remarkable brotherhood behind one of the war’s legendary acts of valor In 2004, he stormed an enemy stronghold to save his platoon. Fourteen years later, his unit...
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    We Are Soldiers Still

    “Powerful. . . . A candid, highly informative, and heartfelt tale of forgiveness between former fierce enemies in the Vietnam War.” —St. Petersburg TimesThe #1 New York Times bestseller We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young brought to life one of the...
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    Wanted Women

    “Scroggins illuminates not only the disconnect between the West’s often one-dimensional perception of Islam and its multifaceted reality but the schisms within Islam itself. This meticulously researched, skillfully narrated account offers a nuanced...
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    After The Flag Has Been Folded

    This timely, relevant, and incredibly moving memoir begins the day the Karen Zacharias learns of her father’s death in Vietnam, and ends thirty years later with her pilgrimage to the battlefield where he perished, a million miles from the family’s...
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    American Sniper

    The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood’s blockbuster, Academy-Award nominated movie.  “An amazingly detailed account of fighting in Iraq--a humanizing, brave story that’s...
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  • Chemical Warfare during the Vietnam War Chemical Warfare during the Vietnam War
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    Chemical Warfare during the Vietnam War

    Chemical Warfare during the Vietnam War documents the use of antipersonnel chemical weapons throughout the Vietnam War, and explores their effectiveness under the wide variety of circumstances in which they were employed. The short, readable account...
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  • American Soldiers in Iraq American Soldiers in Iraq
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    American Soldiers in Iraq

    American Soldiers in Iraq offers a unique snapshot of American soldiers in Iraq, analyzing their collective narratives in relation to the military sociology tradition.Grounded in a century-long tradition of sociology offering a window into the world of...
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  • Origins of the North Korean Garrison State Origins of the North Korean Garrison State
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    Origins of the North Korean Garrison State

    This book investigates the origins of the North Korean garrison state by examining the development of the Korean People's Army and the legacies of the Korean War. Despite its significance, there are very few books on the Korean People's Army with North...
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  • Triumph Revisited Triumph Revisited
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    Triumph Revisited

    More than thirty years later, the Vietnam War still stands as one of the most controversial events in the history of the United States, and historians have so far failed to come up with a definitive narrative of the wartime experience. With competing...
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  • Brave Men, Gentle Heroes Brave Men, Gentle Heroes
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    Brave Men, Gentle Heroes

    Brave Men, Gentle Heroes presents the honest, touching, and harrowing stories of men who served in World War II and of their sons who served in Vietnam -- fathers and sons bonded as deeply by their experience in war as by blood.Though World War II and...
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  • Because Each Life Is Precious Because Each Life Is Precious
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    Because Each Life Is Precious

    When thirty-three-year-old Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief made the decision to risk his life and his family to save Private First Class Jessica Lynch -- an American soldier he did not know -- it was more than the everyday reckoning with death that permeates...
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  • The Soviet Union And The Gulf In The 1980s The Soviet Union And The Gulf In The 1980s
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    The Soviet Union And The Gulf In The 1980s

    This study focuses on the impact of Soviet policy toward the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, discussing Soviet interpretations of the Iranian revolution and evaluations of the potent impact of the fundamentalist revival for Moscow's clients in the region.
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  • Constructing Nationalism in Iran Constructing Nationalism in Iran
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    Constructing Nationalism in Iran

    Nationalism has played an important role in the cultural and intellectual discourse of modernity that emerged in Iran from the late nineteenth century to the present, promoting new formulations of collective identity and advocating a new and more active...
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  • American Foreign Policy and The Politics of Fear American Foreign Policy and The Politics of Fear
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    American Foreign Policy and The Politics of Fear

    This edited volume addresses the issue of threat inflation in American foreign policy and domestic politics. The Bush administration's aggressive campaign to build public support for an invasion of Iraq reheated fears about the president's ability to...
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  • Militia Order in Afghanistan Militia Order in Afghanistan
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    Militia Order in Afghanistan

    This book offers a new insight into when and why paramilitary groups in Afghanistan engage in protective or predatory behavior against the civilians they purportedly defend. In Afghanistan's counterinsurgency environment, America leaned on militias to...
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    Wiser in Battle Wiser in Battle
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    Wiser in Battle

    The former commander of coalition forces in Iraq reports back from the front lines of the global war on terror to provide a comprehensive and chilling exploration of America's historic military and foreign-policy blunder.With unflinching candor,...
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  • Just Another Soldier Just Another Soldier
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    Just Another Soldier

    This is not your father's warThis is Iraq, where a soldier's first duty is reinforcing his Humvee with sheet metal and sand bags. Or, in the absence of plumbing, burning barrels of human waste. Where any dead dog on the side of the road might be...
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    Secret History of the Iraq War Secret History of the Iraq War
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    Secret History of the Iraq War

    In the months leading up to March 2003, fresh from its swift and heady victory in Afghanistan, the Bush administration mobilized the United States armed forces to overthrow the government of Iraq. Eight months after the president declared an end to major...
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  • US Special Forces and Counterinsurgency in Vietnam US Special Forces and Counterinsurgency in Vietnam
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    US Special Forces and Counterinsurgency in Vietnam

    This volume examines US Army Special Forces efforts to mobilize and train indigenous minorities in Vietnam.Christopher K. Ives shows how before the Second Indochina War, the Republic of Vietnam had begun to falter under the burden of an increasingly...
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  • Private Contractors and the Reconstruction of Iraq Private Contractors and the Reconstruction of Iraq
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    Private Contractors and the Reconstruction of Iraq

    Private Contractors and the Reconstruction of Iraq examines the controversial role of military contractors in the reconstruction of Iraq. When 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' was launched in March 2003, few, if any, of the Coalition's political leaders could...
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  • The Tet Effect The Tet Effect
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    The Tet Effect

    A close examination of the role of intelligence in shaping America's perception of the Vietnam War, looking closely at the intelligence leadership and decision process. In 1967, intelligence was called upon to bolster support for the...
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  • Windows on a War Windows on a War
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    Windows on a War

    Windows on a War is the true story of a young man's experiences in the Air Force during the Korean War (1950-1953). In letters to his parents, Peter Koerner chronicles his journey from Portland, Oregon to Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, Japan, where he...
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  • Soldiers and Citizens Soldiers and Citizens
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    Soldiers and Citizens

    More than five years after the United States military and coalition forces invaded Iraq, the Iraq War remains a controversial and divisive subject throughout the world. This wide-ranging book, the first truly comprehensive oral history of the war,...
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  • Britain and the Origin of the Vietnam War Britain and the Origin of the Vietnam War
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    Britain and the Origin of the Vietnam War

    British foreign policy towards Vietnam illustrates the evolution of Britain's position within world geopolitics 1943-1950. It reflects the change of the Anglo-US relationship from equaltiy to dependence, and demonstrates Britain's changing association...
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  • The Berlin-Zossen Electric Railway Tests Of 1903 (1905) The Berlin-Zossen Electric Railway Tests Of 1903 (1905)
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    The Berlin-Zossen Electric Railway Tests Of 1903 (1905)

    The Berlin-Zossen Electric Railway Tests of 1903 is a historical book written by Franz Welz in 1905. The book covers the experimental tests conducted on the Berlin-Zossen Electric Railway in 1903, which aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of...
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  • Revisiting Vietnam Revisiting Vietnam
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    Revisiting Vietnam

    This book explores the memorializing practices of American veterans of the Vietnam War at several of the most significant contemporary sites of memory in the United States and Vietnam. These sites include veterans' memoirs, museum exhibits, replicas of...
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  • Chain of Command Chain of Command
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    Chain of Command

    Since September 11, 2001, Seymour M. Hersh has riveted readers -- and outraged the Bush Administration -- with his explosive stories in The New Yorker, including his headline-making pieces on the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Now, Hersh brings...
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  • Rolling Through Afghanistan Rolling Through Afghanistan
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    Rolling Through Afghanistan

    United States Navy Fleet Marine Force Hospital Corpsman Nicholas Bertucci kept a handwritten journal of his 2010 deployment in Afghanistan.He shares that experience in ROLLING THROUGH AFGHANISTAN for the benefit of those who have wondered what it's like...
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  • The Metallurgy Of The Non Ferrous Metals (1914) The Metallurgy Of The Non Ferrous Metals (1914)
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    The Metallurgy Of The Non Ferrous Metals (1914)

    The Metallurgy Of The Non Ferrous Metals is a book written by William Gowland in 1914. It is a comprehensive guide to the various non-ferrous metals and their properties, including copper, zinc, lead, tin, and aluminum. The book covers the history and...
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  • The Seventh Regiment The Seventh Regiment
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    The Seventh Regiment

    The Seventh Regiment: A Record is a historical book written by George L. Wood that provides a comprehensive account of the Seventh Regiment of the National Guard of New York. The book traces the origins of the regiment, its formation, and its...
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  • Images from the Otherland Images from the Otherland
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    Images from the Otherland

    For two decades Sympson thought little of his tour of duty as a Marine artillery officer in Vietnam. But recovering from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer probably caused by exposure in Vietnam to Agent Orange, he saw a thread running through his later...
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