Marines In The Garden Of Eden
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Marines In The Garden Of Eden
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Author : Richard Lowry
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2007-06-05
Marines In The Garden Of Eden written by Richard Lowry and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-05 with History categories.
On March 23, 2003, in the city of An Nasiriyah, Iraq, members of the 507th Maintenance Company came under attack from Iraqi forces who killed or wounded twenty-one soldiers and took six prisoners, including Private Jessica Lynch. For the next week, An Nasiriyah rocked with battle as the marines of Task Force Tarawa fought Saddam's fanatical followers, street by street and building to building, ultimately rescuing Private Lynch.
Marines In The Garden Of Eden
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Author : Richard S. Lowry
language : en
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Release Date : 2006
Marines In The Garden Of Eden written by Richard S. Lowry and has been published by Berkley Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
Provides an account of the March 2003 battle for An Nasiriyah, Iraq, describing the ambush of the 507th Maintenance Company, the capture of Private Jessica Lynch and others, and the week-long campaign to seize the city.
Garden Of Eden
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Author : Larry J. Henry
language : en
Publisher: McAnally Flats Press
Release Date : 2011-06-16
Garden Of Eden written by Larry J. Henry and has been published by McAnally Flats Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-16 with categories.
They weren't supposed to win. That was the political caveat the majority never understood or knew about, especially the American soldiers and their Allies fighting in the jungles and in the air war over Vietnam. The "Garden of Eden" begins with the Southern Circle Drive-In Restaurant in South Knoxville. Three prodigals, John, Bubba, and Red, who hang out there decide to make something of themselves and join the Marines. Next comes Parris Island. Then Vietnam came rolling down the tracks and world flew off it's axis. The Vietnam War was not lost by the men and women who served and died there It was lost by a host of U.S. citizens, many like today, who never set foot in harm's way.
New Dawn
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Author : Richard S. Lowry
language : en
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Release Date : 2010-05-10
New Dawn written by Richard S. Lowry and has been published by Savas Beatie this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-10 with History categories.
This award–winning “powerful narrative history” presents a vividly detailed chronicle of grueling combat operations in Fallujah during the Iraq War (Midwest Book Review). Few places are as closely associated with blood, sacrifice, and valor as the ancient city Fallujah, forty miles west of Baghdad. This sprawling concrete jungle was the scene of two major U.S. combat operations in 2004. The first, Operation Vigilant Resolve, was an aborted effort by U.S. Marines to punish the city’s insurgents. The second, Operation Phantom Fury, was launched seven months later. Also known as the Second Battle for Fallujah, Operation Phantom Fury was a protracted house-to-house and street-to-street conflict that began on November 7th and continued unabated for seven bloody weeks. It was the largest fight of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the heaviest urban combat since the Battle of Hue City, Vietnam in 1968. By the time the fighting ended, more than 1,400 insurgents were dead, along with ninety-five Americans (and another 1,000 wounded). In New Dawn, military historian Richard Lowry draws on archival research, as well as the personal recollections of nearly 200 soldiers and Marines who participated in the battles for Fallujah, from the commanding generals who planned the operations to the privates who kicked in the doors. The result is a gripping narrative of individual sacrifice and valor that also documents the battles for future military historians. Winner of the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for History
Marine Corps Tank Battles In The Middle East
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Author : Oscar E. Gilbert
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2015-02-09
Marine Corps Tank Battles In The Middle East written by Oscar E. Gilbert and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-09 with History categories.
In the aftermath of Vietnam a new generation of Marines was determined to wage a smarter kind of war. The tank, the very symbol of power and violence, would play a key role in a new concept of mobile warfare, not seen since the dashes of World War II. The emphasis would be not on brutal battles of attrition, but on paralyzing the enemy by rapid maneuver and overwhelming but judicious use of firepower. Yet in two wars with Iraq, the tankers, as well as the crews of the new Light Armored Vehicles, quickly found themselves in a familiar roleÑbattering through some of the strongest defenses in the world by frontal assault, fighting their way through towns and cities. In AmericaÕs longest continual conflict, armored Marines became entangled in further guerilla war, this time amid the broiling deserts, ancient cities, and rich farmlands of Iraq, and in the high, bleak wastes of Afghanistan. It was a familiar kind of war against a fanatical foe who brutalized civilians, planted sophisticated roadside bombs, and seized control of entire cities. It has been a maddening war of clearing roads, escorting convoys, endless sweep operations to locate and destroy insurgent strongholds, protecting voting sites for free elections, and recapturing and rebuilding urban centers. ItÕs been a war in which the tanks repeatedly provided the outnumbered infantry with precise and decisive firepower. The tankers even added a new trick to their repertoireÑlong-range surveillance. Our fights against Iraq in 1991 and in the post-9/11 years have seen further wars that demanded that unique combination of courage, tenacity, professionalism, and versatility that makes a Marine no better friend, and no worse enemy. This book fully describes how our Marine Corps tankers have risen to the occasion.
Weekly World News
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003-05-27
Weekly World News written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-05-27 with categories.
Rooted in the creative success of over 30 years of supermarket tabloid publishing, the Weekly World News has been the world's only reliable news source since 1979. The online hub www.weeklyworldnews.com is a leading entertainment news site.
Night Hunters
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Author : William P. Head
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Night Hunters written by William P. Head and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Air warfare categories.
Middle East Conflicts From Ancient Egypt To The 21st Century 4 Volumes
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Author : Spencer C. Tucker
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2019-08-27
Middle East Conflicts From Ancient Egypt To The 21st Century 4 Volumes written by Spencer C. Tucker and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-27 with History categories.
With more than 1,100 cross-referenced entries covering every aspect of conflict in the Middle East, this definitive scholarly reference provides readers with a substantial foundation for understanding contemporary history in the most volatile region in the world. This authoritative and comprehensive encyclopedia covers all the key wars, insurgencies, and battles that have occurred in the Middle East roughly between 3100 BCE and the early decades of the twenty-first century. It also discusses the evolution of military technology and the development and transformation of military tactics and strategy from the ancient world to the present. In addition to the hundreds of entries on major conflicts, military engagements, and diplomatic developments, the book also features entries on key military, political, and religious leaders. Essays on the major empires and nations of the region are included, as are overview essays on the major periods under consideration. The book additionally covers such non-military subjects as diplomacy, national and international politics, religion and sectarian conflict, cultural phenomena, genocide, international peacekeeping missions, social movements, and the rise to prominence of international terrorism. The reference entries are augmented by a carefully curated documents volume that offers primary sources on such diverse topics as the Greco-Persian Wars, the Crusades, and the Arab-Israeli Wars.
Where Men Win Glory
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Author : Jon Krakauer
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2009-09-15
Where Men Win Glory written by Jon Krakauer and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A "gripping book about this extraordinary man who lived passionately and died unnecessarily" (USA Today) in post-9/11 Afghanistan, from the bestselling author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air. In 2002, Pat Tillman walked away from a multimillion-dollar NFL contract to join the Army and became an icon of American patriotism. When he was killed in Afghanistan two years later, a legend was born. But the real Pat Tillman was much more remarkable, and considerably more complicated than the public knew. Sent first to Iraq—a war he would openly declare was “illegal as hell” —and eventually to Afghanistan, Tillman was driven by emotionally charged, sometimes contradictory notions of duty, honor, justice, and masculine pride, and he was determined to serve his entire three-year commitment. But on April 22, 2004, his life would end in a barrage of bullets fired by his fellow soldiers. Though obvious to most of the two dozen soldiers on the scene that a ranger in Tillman’s own platoon had fired the fatal shots, the Army aggressively maneuvered to keep this information from Tillman’s family and the American public for five weeks following his death. During this time, President Bush used Tillman’s name to promote his administration’ s foreign policy. Long after Tillman’s nationally televised memorial service, the Army grudgingly notified his closest relatives that he had “probably” been killed by friendly fire while it continued to dissemble about the details of his death and who was responsible. Drawing on Tillman’s journals and letters and countless interviews with those who knew him and extensive research in Afghanistan, Jon Krakauer chronicles Tillman’s riveting, tragic odyssey in engrossing detail highlighting his remarkable character and personality while closely examining the murky, heartbreaking circumstances of his death. Infused with the power and authenticity readers have come to expect from Krakauer’s storytelling, Where Men Win Glory exposes shattering truths about men and war. This edition has been updated to reflect new developments and includes new material obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.
Light It Up
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Author : John Pettegrew
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2015-11-15
Light It Up written by John Pettegrew and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-15 with History categories.
Examines the U.S. Marines’ visual culture of combat in the Iraq War. American military power in the War on Terror has increasingly depended on the capacity to see the enemy. The act of seeing—enhanced by electronic and digital technologies—has separated shooter from target, eliminating risk of bodily harm to the remote warrior, while YouTube videos eroticize pulling the trigger and video games blur the line between simulated play and fighting. Light It Up examines the visual culture of the early twenty-first century military. Focusing on the Marine Corps, which played a critical part in the invasion and occupation of Iraq, John Pettegrew argues that U.S. military force in the Iraq War was projected through an “optics of combat.” Powerful military technology developed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars has placed war in a new posthuman era. Pettegrew’s interviews with marines, as well as his analysis of first-person shooter videogames and combat footage, lead to startling insights into the militarization of popular digital culture. An essential study for readers interested in modern warfare, policy makers, and historians of technology, war, and visual and military culture.