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Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > General
This is the story of the Iraqi war written by one of the only
people in Iraq without a minder. It is based on the authors own
personal insights as an Assyrian Christian over a period of several
years, which were drawn from meetings with the Iraqi Prime
Minister, President, Foreign Minister, top US and international
officials, and the Iraqi people themselves. It reveals what
happened to the weapons of mass destruction, and it tells of the
horrors experienced by those who worked for the Iraqi government
and what life was like under Saddam. It describes the days leading
up to the war, the first relief convoy to cross the border into
Iraq following the war, and the tremendous success of the nearly
400,000 Americans who fanned out across Iraq to love and save the
nation only to now be on the verge of seeing that success lost.
Liberating Iraq will appeal to those who served in Iraq, their
family members and anyone who wants to know the truth about what
really happened.
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Dennis Kennelly
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Making a Night Stalker
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David Burnett; Edited by Kendra Middleton Williams; Foreword by George Diaz
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Detention operations are vital to U.S. military doctrine and
crucial to the success of combat and recovery missions. This book
shows that the image of abuse from Abu-Ghraib were but one small,
harmful element in an overwhelmingly successful detention mission
in Iraq. It focuses on the subsequent developments and successes,
explaining the standard rule-of-law approach taken by the U.S.
military and examining the work in Iraq of such leaders as Major
General John D. Gardner and Major General Douglas M. Stone.
Overall, the text moves away from the Abu-Ghraib scandal to
illuminate a largely unknown successful development in the U.S.
detention operations. Following the Abu Ghraib scandal of
2003-2004, the U.S. Department of Defense scrambled to recover its
reputation and that of its troops. As the Bush Administration
sought to redefine torture, military judge advocates consistently
challenged such moves, arguing in favor of the Geneva Conventions'
humanitarian practices. By 2006, Department of Defense policy
stipulated full respect for and use of the Geneva Conventions. This
development was indeed a victory for American support for rule of
law in Iraq, as well as an affirmation of standard practices in the
detention command, Task Force 134. Pressures of war, however,
continued to present their own challenges.
Since the publication of The Rifles Are There in 2005, which dealt
with the 1st and 2nd Battalions Royal Ulster Rifles in the Second
World War, it was felt by many that a follow up volume dealing with
the Korean conflict was overdue. A limited yet competent history
had been produced in 1953 by the then Adjutant Captain Hugh Hamill,
although this has been long out of print. A New Battlefield follows
the Battalion as it prepares for the first major conflict fought by
Britain since the defeat of the Japanese in 1945. During the summer
of 1950 the Battalion was stationed at Sobraon Barracks in
Colchester and was in the process of being issued with desert kit
for a tour of duty at Khartoum in the Sudan and its numbers were
just under four hundred men. For service in Korea these numbers had
to be drastically increased and drafts of volunteers and reservists
were brought in from various sources. Consequently this 'Irish'
Battalion contained men from the Lancastrian Brigade, Welsh
Brigade, Mercian Brigade, the Light Infantry and other Battalions
of the Irish Brigade. The Irish Brigade also reinforced other
regiments, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers sending two officers
and fifty 'other ranks' to the King's (Liverpool) Regiment. Despite
their varied backgrounds all ranks soon coalesced into a
professional unit that took the campaign in its stride. From winter
temperatures that dropped well below 40f to a summer heat that rose
to 105f with a humidity to match these men survived all and dealt
with a brave and tenacious enemy. The Battalion sailed for Korea in
October 1950 and fought its first major action in January 1951 at
Chaegunghyon, or as it was known to the Rifles, 'Happy Valley'.
Here, for the first time they faced an enemy that often literally
fought to the death, despite overwhelming firepower, bombing and
widespread use of napalm. Three months later, on the banks of the
Imjin River, the Rifles, in conjunction with the remainder of 29
Brigade, faced an army that came in such numbers that running out
of ammunition before the enemy ran out of men became a reality.
Besides numerous photographs there are also appendices including
Honours and Awards, Operation 'Spitfire', an Order of Battle for 29
Brigade, and a Nominal Roll, which includes casualties.
Nine men. 2,000 enemies. No back-up. No air support. No rescue. No
chance... First in - the official motto of one of the British
Army's smallest and most secretive units, 16 Air Assault Brigade's
Pathfinder Platoon. Unofficially, they are the bastard son of the
SAS. And, like their counterparts in Hereford, the job of the
Pathfinders is to operate unseen and undetected deep behind enemy
lines. When British forces were deployed to Iraq in 2003, Captain
David Blakeley was given command of a reconnaissance mission of
such critical importance that it could change the course of the
war. It's the story of nine men, operating alone and unsupported,
50 miles ahead of a US Recon Marine advance and heading straight
into a hornets' nest, teeming with thousands of heavily armed enemy
forces. This is the first account of that extraordinary mission -
abandoned by coalition command, left with no option but to fight
their way out of the enemy's backyard. And it provides a gripping
insight into the Pathfinders themselves, a shadowy unit, just 45
men strong, that plies its trade from the skies. Trained to
parachute into enemy territory far beyond the forward edge of
battle - freefalling from high altitude breathing bottled oxygen
and employing the latest skydiving technology - the PF are unique.
Because of new rules introduced since the publication of BRAVO TWO
ZERO, there have been no first-hand accounts of British Special
Forces waging modern-day warfare for nearly a decade. And no member
of the Pathfinders has ever told their story before. Until now.
PATHFINDER is the only first-hand account of a UKSF mission to
emerge for nearly a generation. And it could be the last.
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