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| 82nd Airborne |
| Drawing recruits from all 48 states at the time of its inception, the 82nd Airborne earned the nickname "All American." And indeed, from its beginnings in 1917 to its service today in Afghan... |
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| A Bloody Business: America's War Zone Co |
| As the U.S. Army shrinks, a private army steps into the breach. A Bloody Business offers an unprecedented look behind the scenes and into the ranks of this mercenary force (numbering as many as 15,000 today) who guard supply convoys, train foreign soldier |
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| Bristol's Bastards: In Iraq with the 2nd |
| Bravo Company, the 2-136th Infantry of Minnesota's National Guard, is composed in large part of farm kids from the Midwest who can replace a tank track on the side of the road using nothing but a... |
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| Drowning in the Desert: A JAG's Search f |
| Several people are waiting to greet Captain Vivian Gembara when she returns home after a year-long tour of duty in Iraq--her grateful fiance and two officers dispatched from headquarters to retrieve ... |
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| Fighting the War on Terror: A Counterins |
| Insurgents and terrorists now pose the greatest threat to America--and how to fight and defeat such "non-state" enemies is the single most urgent and vexing question confronting our military today... |
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| Liberate and Leave: Fatal Flaws in the E |
| If you were to talk to those who experienced the Iraq War from the inside, the word you might hear most often is "surreal." Don Eberly, a senior official at USAID during the lead-up to the war, was ... |
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| McCoy's Marines: Darkside to Baghdad |
| San Francisco Chronicle reporter and marine veteran Koopman was embedded in the Third Battalion, Fourth Marines, during the most recent war in Iraq. He enjoyed a close working relationship with the C... |
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| Operation Phantom Fury: The Assault and |
| The Second Battle for Fallujah, dubbed Operation Phantom Fury, took place over an almost two-month period, from November 7 to December 23, 2004. The Marine Corps biggest battle in Iraq to date, it w... |
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| Screaming Eagles: 101st Airborne Divisio |
| Formed at the beginning of World War II, the 101st Airborne Division has fought in almost every major conflict since then, including Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. Going from a parachute and... |
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| Sepecat Jaguar: Tactical Support and Mar |
| This versatile, rugged aircraft was a joint Anglo/French project and first flew in September 1968, becoming operational in 1972/3. The Jaguars multi-role design made it easy to adapt for the ground-a... |
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| Special Forces: War Against Saddam Husse |
| Long before the beginning of the Second Gulf War, the Special Forces and other clandestine teams of the Coalitions various services were already operating in Iraq.... |
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| Special Operations in Iraq |
| This sensational book reveals the true and compelling story of the Special Force units of the Coalition, such as the SAS, SBS and Delta Force who worked in the shadows, often unseen, unheard and unsu... |
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| Stratofortress: The Story of the B-52 |
| Boeings mighty B-52 Stratofortress has seen continuous operational service with the United States Air Force since the type was introduced in 1957. The aircraft has been upgraded several times and has... |
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| The Devil's Sandbox: With the 2nd Battal |
| Citizen soldiers have played a unique role in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - and their extended deployment and role in the wars battles have changed the towns, cities, and states they hail from ... |
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| The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 2 |
| Ongoing events in Iraq show how difficult it is for the worlds only remaining superpower to impose its will upon other peoples. From Vietnam, French and US, to Afghanistan, Russian and US, to Israel ... |
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| The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 2 |
| Ongoing events in Iraq show how difficult it is for the world's only remaining superpower to impose its will upon other peoples. From Vietnam, French and US, to Afghanistan, Russian and US, to Israel and the Palestinians, to Somalia and Kosovo, recent his |
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| The War I Always Wanted: The Illusion of |
| Growing up in the shadows of the giant B-52 Stratofortresses that thundered away from the nearby Barksdale Air Force Base, Brandon Friedman dreamed of becoming a warrior and defending his country. Bu... |
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