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"As troops pull out of Afghanistan at the end of America's longest war, The Long War uncovers the failures at the start that set the scene for this prolonged conflict. Three American presidents tried to defeat the Taliban--sending 150,000 international troops at the peak and spending a trillion dollars. But early policy mistakes that allowed Osama bin Laden to escape made the task far harder. Deceived by easy victories, they backed ruthless corrupt...
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From the youngest living recipient of the Medal of Honor comes an extraordinary inspirational memoir that will change the life of every reader. Moving and unforgettable, You Are Worth It is an astonishing memoir from an extraordinary young leader. November 21, 2010. U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter was posted atop a building in violent Helmand Province, Afghanistan, when an enemy grenade skittered toward him and fellow Marine Nick Eufrazio....
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Working as a private investigator after losing his leg in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike takes the case of a legendary supermodel's suspicious suicide and finds himself in a world of multi-millionaire beauties, rock star boyfriends, desperate designers, and hedonist pursuits.
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Four weeks after Navy SEALs had killed Osama bin Laden, President Obama stood in Arlington National Cemetery to deliver his Memorial Day address. He extolled the heroism and sacrifice of the two men buried side by side in the graves before him: Travis Manion, a fallen US Marine, and Brendan Looney, a fallen US Navy SEAL. Although they were killed three years apart, one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, these two former roommates and best friends were...
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In 2007-08, Dr. Ray Wiss, a former infantry officer, served with the Canadian Forces at forward operating bases in Khandahar's Panjwayi valley, the area experiencing the most intense combat in Afghanistan. He spent more time in the combat area than any other Canadian physician, and his successful first book, FOB Doc, was the diary of his time 'outside the wire' during that tour of duty. Captain Wiss's experience in Afghanistan convinced him that this...
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The book is both a journalistic and literary report from the many battlefields of the U.S.-led global war on terror. I believe to be one of the few journalists of my generation who has had the privilege of reporting from so many crisis spots over the last ten years. The methodology of my approach in the field is very straightforward: my aim is to talk to as many people as possible while keeping as close to the action as possible – much like a photographer....
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After the 2001 ouster of the Taliban from Afghanistan, the United States and its allies found themselves in a country devastated by a series of wars. This book looks at how, working with their Afghan counterparts, they engaged in a complex effort to rebuild security, development, and governance, all while fighting a low-intensity war.
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Two years before the action in Lone Survivor, a team of Green Berets conducted a very different, successful mission in Afghanistan's notorious Pech Valley. Led by Captain Ronald Fry, Hammerhead Six applied the principles of unconventional warfare to "win hearts and minds" and fight against the terrorist insurgency.
In 2003, the Special Forces soldiers entered an area later called "the most dangerous place in Afghanistan." Here, where the line between...
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Sixteen top-notch academicians, generals and young scholars were invited to discuss the topic 'American Withdrawal from Afghanistan in December 2014: Post-withdrawal Puzzle of Policy Options for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan' post-American withdrawal from Afghanistan scenario after December 2014 and puzzle of policy options for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Obviously, the US, Russia and China are compulsive players In the game. Bharat Kamad thinks...
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Tinged with pathos this book is an irreverent and witty account of the life of a British Army Staff Officer serving with NATO forces in Afghanistan. Despite the humor, there is also, an inescapable theme of tragedy, pity and disillusionment. In writing letters back to his village in Blighty, Lieutenant Colonel Lyndon Robinson had inadvertently described the life of a 21st-Century staff officer deployed on operations. Although not a demanding read,...
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What is terrorism, fundamentally? It is to cause the general population to lose FAITH in the ABILITY of Government, at ANY level, to adequately protect the Citizenty. To create the belief or PERCEPTION among the GOVERNED, that individuals or Groups can act, at-will, in ways that threaten the daily safety of any or all citizens. Americans habitually over-react. Two airplanes, hijacked, crash into and destroy two buildings in New York City. A total...
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A thrilling true story of courage and duty after 9/11—"an extraordinary read from cover to cover . . . Gritty, frustrating, brutal, exhilarating" (Midwest Book Review).
Within hours after the World Trade Center attacks in 2001, ex-Green Beret Duane Evans began a personal quest to become part of the US response against al-Qa'ida. His determination led him to join one of the CIAs elite teams bound for Afghanistan. It...
Within hours after the World Trade Center attacks in 2001, ex-Green Beret Duane Evans began a personal quest to become part of the US response against al-Qa'ida. His determination led him to join one of the CIAs elite teams bound for Afghanistan. It...
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It has been said that Canada is a country with too much geography and too little history. Afghanistan has too much of both. As the war escalates in Afghanistan, more Canadians are asking what we are doing there. For a country that has specialized in peacekeeping, this war is a shock one that we have not yet comprehended. As the casualties mount, Canadians will want to know why we are there. Canada in Afghanistan introduces readers to Afghans and...
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Jonathan Owen’s book provides a military insider's look at why the US counterinsurgency strategy was doomed to failure. When Owen's research was first released in 2010, it challenged the flawed strategy of senior leadership and was suppressed. However, since then, the accuracy and predictive power of Owen's research withstood the test of time and is now being heralded as the first major pioneering work overhauling the US military's counterinsurgency...
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The Army does not want you to read this book. It does not want to advertise its detention system that coddles enemy fighters while putting American soldiers at risk. It does not want to reveal the new lawyered-up Pentagon war ethic that prosecutes U.S. soldiers and Marines while setting free spies who kill Americans.
This very system ambushed Captain Roger Hill and his men.
Hill, a West Point grad and decorated combat veteran, was a rising young officer...
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The first in-depth book that sheds light on Canada's elite warriors who operate in the shadows. In 2001 the Canadian government sent elements of the elite Joint Task Force 2 counter-terrorist unit to Afghanistan to assist the United States in its global war on terror as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. Withdrawn a year later, JTF 2 returned to Afghanistan in 2005 to once again assist the Americans with the desperate struggle in the shadows to capture...
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A journalist with deep knowledge of the region provides “an enthralling and largely firsthand account of the war in Afghanistan” (Financial Times).
Few reporters know as much about Afghanistan as Carlotta Gall. She was there in the 1990s after the Russians were driven out. She witnessed the early flourishing of radical Islam, imported from abroad, which caused so much local suffering. She was there right...
Few reporters know as much about Afghanistan as Carlotta Gall. She was there in the 1990s after the Russians were driven out. She witnessed the early flourishing of radical Islam, imported from abroad, which caused so much local suffering. She was there right...
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"...a brutal, honest account by an American veteran of what went wrong and how a few determined people tried to make it right. Beautifully crafted and deeply researched, it marks a vital contribution to the accounts that have come out of the War on Terror."— Sebastian Junger, New York Times bestselling author
As the American government began a disastrous mass evacuation of its Afghan allies, a group of American veterans saw the writing...
As the American government began a disastrous mass evacuation of its Afghan allies, a group of American veterans saw the writing...
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Afganistán: Al Calor de la Batalla es una historia de ritmo vertiginoso acerca de diversas operaciones del Servicio Aéreo Especial Británico (SAS) que nos lleva a un viaje a través de los campos de batalla en Afganistán. El libro describe operaciones individuales en las que las Fuerzas Especiales, la Fuerza Aérea y las últimas tecnologías de vigilancia se fusionan para capturar figuras clave o simplemente eliminar un bastión enemigo.
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This eBook edition of "Weapon of Choice: The Operations of U.S. Army Special Forces in Afghanistan" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.
"Weapon of Choice" presents a history of the U.S. Army special operations forces in Afghanistan from 11 September 2001 to 15 May 2002, during America's global war on terrorism. The purpose of the book is not to resolve Army special operations doctrinal issues,...
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