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PHOENIX RISING recounts the paradoxical birth of SOF through the prism of Operation Eagle Claw, the failed attempt to rescue fifty-two Americans held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. When terrorists captured the Embassy on November 4, 1979[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-61200-877-6 Article en page(s) : 318 p. Index. décimale : 356.16 (Special forces (Military science)) Tags : Special forces (Military Science)--United States ; Special operations (Military science)--United States ; Operation Eagle Claw, Iran, 1980 Langues: Anglais Books
During the Cold War, nuclear submarines performed the greatest public service of all: prevention of a third world war. History shows that they succeeded; the Cold War ended peacefully, but for security reasons, only now can this story be told. E[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-61200-571-3 Article en page(s) : VIII, 265 p. Index. décimale : 359.930942 Tags : Thompson, Eric ; Nuclear submarines--Great Britain ; Submarine warfare--History ; Cold war--Personal narratives, English ; Cold war--1945-1991 ; Great Britain. Royal Navy--Officers--Biography ; Great Britain. Royal Navy. Submarine Service--History--20th century Langues: Anglais Books
Andre Scheepers grew up on a farm in Rhodesia, learning about the bush from his African childhood friends, before joining the army. A quiet, introspective thinker, Andre started out as a trooper in the SAS before being commissioned into the Rhod[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-61200-587-4 Article en page(s) : 193 p. Index. décimale : 968.91/04092 Tags : Southern Rhodesia--Army--Special Air Service--Biography ; Southern Rhodesia--Army--Special Air Service Langues: Anglais Books
"Retreat, hell! We just got here!" The words of Captain Lloyd Williams at Belleau Wood in June 1918 entered United States Marine Corps legend, and the Marine Brigade's actions there--along with the censor's failure to take out the name of the Br[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-61200-508-9 Article en page(s) : XII, 332 p. Catégories : Index. décimale : 940.4/5973 Tags : United States. Marine Corps--History--World War, 1914-1918 ; World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations, American Langues: Anglais Books
"Gives an illustrated overview of the First World War, on land, on sea, and in the air. With original drawings in full colour, Steven Patricia uses 30 years' experience as a historical illustrator to give an informative and insightful account of[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-61200-348-1 Article en page(s) : p. mult. Catégories : Index. décimale : 940.30222 Tags : World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations--Pictorial works ; World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations--Pictorial works ; World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Pictorial works Langues: Anglais Books
When Mao Zedong proclaimed The People’s Republic of China in 1949, China was a poor and wrecked society after years of continuous wars. For centuries, in fact, China had been seen as a sort of plunder-zone to be invaded, and then a backwater unt[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-61200-388-7 Article en page(s) : XVI, 320 p. Index. décimale : 355.00951 Tags : Communism--China ; China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun--History ; China--Armed forces ; China--Defenses Langues: Anglais Books
In December 1944 an enormous German army group crashed through the thin American line in the Ardennes forest. Caught by surprise, the Allies were initially only able to throw two divisions of paratroopers to buttress the collapse―the 82nd Airbor[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-61200-313-9 Article en page(s) : 332 p. Catégories : Index. décimale : 940.542 193 48 Tags : United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Regiment, 504th. ; Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945 ; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Belgium ; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Luxembourg ; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories ; Armed forces--Parachute troops ; United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Regiment, 504th--History Langues: Anglais Books
During the West's great transition into the post-Colonial age, the country of Rhodesia refused to succumb quietly, and throughout the 1980s fought back almost alone against Communist-supported elements that it did not believe would deliver prope[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-61200-345-0 Article en page(s) : 277 p. Index. décimale : 968.9104 Tags : Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service ; Southern Rhodesia--Army--Special Air Service ; Zimbabwe--History--Chimurenga War, 1966-1980 Langues: Anglais Books
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-932033-06-9 Article en page(s) : VII, 484 p.: ill., maps Langues: Anglais