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81) One rough man
Author
Series
Pike Logan thrillers volume 1
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
417 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
They call it the Taskforce. Their existence is as essential as it is illegal. Commissioned at the highest level of the U.S. government, protected from the prying eyes of Congress and the media. Built around the top operators from across the clandestine, intelligence, and special forces landscape and designed to operate outside the bounds of U.S. law. Pike Logan was the most successful operator on the Taskforce, his instincts and talents unrivaled--until...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 757 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
Traces America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan in the years since 9/11, and how the U.S. efforts in the Afghan War faltered because of a failure to understand the intentions of Pakistan's intelligence agency.
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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
When Captain Kyle Mercer of the Army's elite Delta Force disappeared from his post in Afghanistan, a video released by his Taliban captors made international headlines. But circumstances were murky: Did Mercer desert before he was captured? Then a second video sent to Mercer's Army commanders leaves no doubt: the trained assassin and keeper of classified Army intelligence has willfully disappeared. When, a year later, Mercer is spotted in Caracas,...
Author
Series
Pike Logan thrillers volume 3
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In retired Delta Force officer Brad Taylor's third Pike Logan thriller, a tentative peace between Israel and Palestine has been brokered by the United States. But the Taskforce - a clandestine team operating outside of US law to protect the country from terrorism - gets wind of an assassination plot on the American envoy sent to solidify the treaty. The Taskforce must devote every resource to saving his life - and preventing another bloody outbreak...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
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Description
"In this groundbreaking narrative history, the bestselling author of The Plantagenets tells the true story of the Templars for the first time in a generation, drawing on extensive original sources to build a gripping account of these Christian holy warriors whose heroism and depravity have so often been shrouded in myth. The Templars were protected by the pope and sworn to strict vows of celibacy. They fought the forces of Islam in hand-to-hand combat...
89) No end in sight
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An insider's look at the decisions that led to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and the handling of the occupation. Based on over 200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officals, as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers and prominent analysts. Examines the manner in which the principal errors of U.S. policy--the use of insufficient troop levels, allowing the...
Author
Series
Patrick McLanahan novels volume 22
Description
"America's first line of defense--Brad McLanahan and the heroes of the Iron Wolf Squadron--must counter a dangerous Russian strike from within the homeland in this cutting-edge tale from the New York Times master of the high-tech military thriller, Dale Brown. On a remote island estate, a billionaire investor sells his air freight company to a mysterious new owner. The purchaser is none other than the President of Russia, Gennadiy Gryzlov. The Russians...
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"For men on destroyer-class warships during World War I and World War II, battles were waged "against overwhelming odds from which survival could not be expected." Those were the words Lieutenant Commander Robert Copeland calmly told his crew as their tiny, unarmored destroyer escort rushed toward giant, armored Japanese battleships at the Battle off Samar on October 25, 1944. This action-packed narrative history of destroyer-class ships brings readers...
94) Battle born
Author
Series
Patrick McLanahan novels volume 8
Formats
Description
A techno-thriller featuring flying ace Patrick McLanahan, who leads a squadron of B-1 bombers against China. It happens when the Chinese invade Korea, which has been unified by the South. By the author of The Tin Man.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
386 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Description
"An unforgettable portrait of a young soldier grappling with the weight of his hard-earned knowledge, while at last coming to terms with what it means to be a man"--From publisher description.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
xiv, 482 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Description
An assessment of America's role in the Iraq War as viewed from the perspectives of senior military officers argues that the guerrilla insurgency after the fall of Saddam Hussein was avoidable and that officers who spoke against the war did so at the cost of their careers.
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xx, 476 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Description
Presents an assessment of Obama's foreign-policy challenges and achievements addressing questions from the outcomes of radically different approaches to American national security to the ways in which fiscal constraints have affected American power.
Author
Publisher
Little Brown & Co
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
8 unnumbered pages of plates, 302 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 25 cm
Description
Provides an insider account of the shadowy world of private military contracting, revealing operations too dangerous and sensitive to be officially acknowledged, including the search for Osama Bin Laden and the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.
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