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12 Strong - The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers (Paperback, Film Tie-In): Doug Stanton 12 Strong - The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers (Paperback, Film Tie-In)
Doug Stanton 1
R254 R162 Discovery Miles 1 620 Save R92 (36%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

OFFICIAL TIE-IN TO THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE 12 STRONG, STARRING CHRIS HEMSWORTH On September 11th, 2001 the world watched in terror. On September 12th, 2001 they volunteered to fight. Twelve soldiers gave us a reason to hope. THE DECLASSIFIED TRUE STORY OF THE HORSE SOLDIERS. This is the dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who entered Afghanistan immediately following September 11, 2001 and, riding to war on horses, defeated the Taliban. Outnumbered 40 to 1, they capture the strategic Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif, and thereby effectively defeat the Taliban throughout the rest of the country. They are welcomed as liberators as they ride on horses into the city, the streets thronged with Afghans overjoyed that the Taliban have been kicked out. The soldiers rest easy, as they feel they have accomplished their mission. And then, the action takes a wholly unexpected turn. During a surrender of Taliban troops, the Horse Soldiers are ambushed by the would-be P.O.W.s and, still dangerously outnumbered, they must fight for their lives in the city's ancient fortress known as Qala-I Janghi, or the House of War . . . Praise for Doug Stanton:- 'A thrilling action ride of a book.' New York Times 'As gripping as the most intricately-plotted thriller.' Vince Flynn 'A riveting story of the brave and resourceful American warriors who rode into Afghanistan after 9/11 and waged war against Al Qaeda.' Tom Brokaw 'This reads like a cross between an old-fashioned Western and a modern spy thriller.' Parade Magazine 'Spellbinding...action-packed prose. The book reads more like a novel.' USA Today

Detained - Emails and musings from a spiritual journey through Abu Ghraib, Kandahar, and other garden spots (Hardcover): Brian... Detained - Emails and musings from a spiritual journey through Abu Ghraib, Kandahar, and other garden spots (Hardcover)
Brian M Rees
R777 Discovery Miles 7 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
By Any Means Necessary - Veterans Talk Torture in the War on Terror (Hardcover): John Tsukayama By Any Means Necessary - Veterans Talk Torture in the War on Terror (Hardcover)
John Tsukayama
R814 Discovery Miles 8 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
American Warfighter - Brotherhood, Survival, and Uncommon Valor in Iraq, 2003-2011 (Hardcover): J. Pepper Bryars American Warfighter - Brotherhood, Survival, and Uncommon Valor in Iraq, 2003-2011 (Hardcover)
J. Pepper Bryars
R1,005 R867 Discovery Miles 8 670 Save R138 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
History of Korea after 1945 - Korea, the divided country after World War II (Hardcover): Janina Hansell History of Korea after 1945 - Korea, the divided country after World War II (Hardcover)
Janina Hansell
R475 Discovery Miles 4 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Contemporary Military Strategy and the Global War on Terror - US and UK Armed Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq 2001-2012... Contemporary Military Strategy and the Global War on Terror - US and UK Armed Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq 2001-2012 (Hardcover)
Alastair Finlan
R4,922 Discovery Miles 49 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Contemporary Military Strategy and the Global War on Terror offers an in-depth analysis of US/UK military strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq from 2001 to the present day. It explores the development of contemporary military strategy in the West in the modern age before interrogating its application in the Global War on Terror. The book provides detailed insights into the formulation of military plans by political and military elites in the United States and United Kingdom for Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Alastair Finlan highlights the challenges posed by each of these unique theatres of operation, the nature of the diverse enemies faced by coalition forces, and the shortcomings in strategic thinking about these campaigns. This fresh perspective on strategy in the West and how it has been applied in recent military campaigns facilitates a deep understanding of how wars have been and will be fought. Including key terms, concepts and discussion questions for each chapter, Contemporary Military Strategy and the Global War on Terror is a crucial text in strategic studies, and required reading for anyone interested in the new realities of transnational terrorism and twenty-first century warfare.

Korean War - A Captivating Guide to Korean War History (Hardcover): Captivating History Korean War - A Captivating Guide to Korean War History (Hardcover)
Captivating History
R706 R622 Discovery Miles 6 220 Save R84 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Battle of Turkey Thicket - The Journeys of an Orphan, Altar Boy, Runaway, and Teenaged Soldier from Washington, D.C.... The Battle of Turkey Thicket - The Journeys of an Orphan, Altar Boy, Runaway, and Teenaged Soldier from Washington, D.C. (Paperback)
Christopher Russell
R458 Discovery Miles 4 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Rootless - A Chronicle of My Life Journey (Hardcover): Kyu Chull Kim Rootless - A Chronicle of My Life Journey (Hardcover)
Kyu Chull Kim
R798 Discovery Miles 7 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is an intimate account of an ordinary individual's extraordinary life journey that transcends both cultural and social boundaries. Th e author was born and lived in Korea during his formative years, and has been living in the United States for the following 47 years. Th is individual's unique story of his environment is informative and his approach to his life time challenges highlights every passage of the book. Th e book is thoughtprovoking as well as enlightening...a rare gem in its subject, style, and exposition. This book enlightens and entertains its readers at the same time eff ortlessly.

U.S. Marines in the Gulf War, 1990-1991 - Liberating Kuwait (Hardcover): Paul W. Westermeyer U.S. Marines in the Gulf War, 1990-1991 - Liberating Kuwait (Hardcover)
Paul W. Westermeyer
R1,816 Discovery Miles 18 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Bad Infidel - A Black Sheep Sergeant and the Deadly Politics of the War in Afghanistan (Hardcover): Natividad Shepherd Ruiz Bad Infidel - A Black Sheep Sergeant and the Deadly Politics of the War in Afghanistan (Hardcover)
Natividad Shepherd Ruiz
R791 Discovery Miles 7 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Making a Night Stalker (Hardcover): David Burnett Making a Night Stalker (Hardcover)
David Burnett; Edited by Kendra Middleton Williams; Foreword by George Diaz
R642 Discovery Miles 6 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Al-Qaida After Ten Years of War - A Global Perspective of Successes, Failures, and Prospects (Hardcover): Norman Cigar,... Al-Qaida After Ten Years of War - A Global Perspective of Successes, Failures, and Prospects (Hardcover)
Norman Cigar, Stephanie E. Kramer, Marine Corps University Press
R1,145 Discovery Miles 11 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Since the September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the United States has been at war with Al-Qaida. Over the past 10 years, counterterrorism efforts have disrupted its main training facilities and eliminated much of the core leadership structure, including the mastermind Usama Bin Ladin. Despite this, Al-Qaida has proved resilient. While the core leadership has been compromised, regional Al-Qaida offshoots and affiliated Islamist terrorist groups have formed, developed, and become prominent in their own right. To aid in examining and explaining Al-Qaida's trajectory, the Minerva Initiative at Marine Corps University hosted a conference in the spring of 2011, just days before Bin Ladin's demise. The panels at this conference addressed diverse issues such as Al-Qaida's overarching strategy; the degree of control that central Al-Qaida leadership maintains over regional franchises; and the strategies, tactics, successes, and failures in each theater of operation. The resulting papers in Al-Qaida after Ten Years of War contribute to the ongoing and ever-evolving net assessment of Al-Qaida and its future prospects, and they help inform the crafting of a war termination phase with Al-Qaida.

U.S. Marines in Iraq 2004-2005 - Into the Fray (Hardcover): Kenneth W. Estes U.S. Marines in Iraq 2004-2005 - Into the Fray (Hardcover)
Kenneth W. Estes; Foreword by Charles D. Neimeyer; US Marine Corps History Division
R1,066 Discovery Miles 10 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Represents one of the earliest efforts to chronicle Marine Corps operations in Iraq between 2004-2005. Commissioned and written while U.S. forces were still engaged in combat operations in Iraq. Contains maps to help orientate and familiarize readers to Iraq, al-Anbar Province, and the two battles for Fallujah. Contains photographs of commanders, combat operations, equipment, and civil-military operations.

The Life of Tilkepnaye - A 12 Month Study of Native Chaldean Catholics in Their Hometown of Tilkepe (Hardcover): Michael J Bazzi The Life of Tilkepnaye - A 12 Month Study of Native Chaldean Catholics in Their Hometown of Tilkepe (Hardcover)
Michael J Bazzi; Edited by Sally Ades; Contributions by Roy Gessford
R792 Discovery Miles 7 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
400 DAYS - A Call to Duty - A Documentary of a Citizen-Soldier's Experience During the Iraq War 2008/2009 - Volume I... 400 DAYS - A Call to Duty - A Documentary of a Citizen-Soldier's Experience During the Iraq War 2008/2009 - Volume I (Hardcover)
LTC Mitchell R. Waite PhD
R1,072 Discovery Miles 10 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Waite provides an honest and raw perspective on the Iraq War from that of a citizen-soldier. He describes the effects war has on the extraordinary people who fight in it, and the families left behind.

Investigative Study Into the Relationship Between Gulf War Syndrome and Well-Being of Persian Gulf War Veterans (Hardcover):... Investigative Study Into the Relationship Between Gulf War Syndrome and Well-Being of Persian Gulf War Veterans (Hardcover)
Kevin C Newton
R637 Discovery Miles 6 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Soldier Supporting Soldiers (Hardcover): Joseph M Heiser A Soldier Supporting Soldiers (Hardcover)
Joseph M Heiser
R1,189 Discovery Miles 11 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Martyrdom, Mysticism and Dissent - The Poetry of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) (Hardcover):... Martyrdom, Mysticism and Dissent - The Poetry of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) (Hardcover)
Asghar Seyed-Gohrab
R2,974 Discovery Miles 29 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is the first extensive research on the role of poetry during the Iranian Revolution (1979) and the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988). How can poetry, especially peaceful medieval Sufi poems, be applied to exalt violence, to present death as martyrdom, and to process war traumas? Examining poetry by both Islamic revolutionary and established dissident poets, it demonstrates how poetry spurs people to action, even leading them to sacrifice their lives. The book's originality lies in fresh analyses of how themes such as martyrdom and violence, and mystical themes such as love and wine, are integrated in a vehemently political context, while showing how Shiite ritual such as the pilgrimage to Mecca clash with Saudi Wahhabi appreciations. A distinguishing quality of the book is its examination of how martyrdom was instilled in the minds of Iranians through poetry, employing Sufi themes, motifs and doctrines to justify death. Such inculcation proved effective in mobilising people to the front, ready to sacrifice their lives. As such, the book is a must for readers interested in Iranian culture and history, in Sufi poetry, in martyrdom and war poetry. Those involved with Middle Eastern Studies, Iranian Studies, Literary Studies, Political Philosophy and Religious Studies will benefit from this book. "From his own memories and expert research, the author gives us a ravishing account of 'a poetry stained with blood, violence and death'. His brilliantly layered analysis of modern Persian poetry shows how it integrates political and religious ideology and motivational propaganda with age-old mystical themes for the most traumatic of times for Iran." (Alan Williams, Research Professor of Iranian Studies, University of Manchester) "When Asghar Seyed Gohrab, a highly prolific academician, publishes a new book, you can be certain he has paid attention to an exciting and largely unexplored subject. Martyrdom, Mysticism and Dissent: The Poetry of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) is no exception in the sense that he combines a few different cultural, religious, mystic, and political aspects of Iranian life to present a vivid picture and thorough analysis of the development and effect of what became known as the revolutionary poetry of the late 1970s and early 1980s. This time, he has even enriched his narrative by inserting his voice into his analysis. It is a thoughtful book and a fantastic read." (Professor Kamran Talattof, University of Arizona)

The Superfortress and Its Final Glory (Hardcover): USAF (Ret.) Lt. Col. George A. Larson The Superfortress and Its Final Glory (Hardcover)
USAF (Ret.) Lt. Col. George A. Larson
R926 Discovery Miles 9 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Zone of Action - A JAG's Journey Inside Operations Cobra II and Iraqi Freedom (Hardcover): Kirk G Warner Zone of Action - A JAG's Journey Inside Operations Cobra II and Iraqi Freedom (Hardcover)
Kirk G Warner
R755 R709 Discovery Miles 7 090 Save R46 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation - The Americans Who Fought the Korean War (Hardcover, New): Melinda L. Pash In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation - The Americans Who Fought the Korean War (Hardcover, New)
Melinda L. Pash
R3,137 Discovery Miles 31 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Largely overshadowed by World War II's "greatest generation" and the more vocal veterans of the Vietnam era, Korean War veterans remain relatively invisible in the narratives of both war and its aftermath. Yet, just as the beaches of Normandy and the jungles of Vietnam worked profound changes on conflict participants, the Korean Peninsula chipped away at the beliefs, physical and mental well-being, and fortitude of Americans completing wartime tours of duty there. Upon returning home, Korean War veterans struggled with home front attitudes toward the war, faced employment and family dilemmas, and wrestled with readjustment. Not unlike other wars, Korea proved a formative and defining influence on the men and women stationed in theater, on their loved ones, and in some measure on American culture. In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation not only gives voice to those Americans who served in the "forgotten war" but chronicles the larger personal and collective consequences of waging war the American way.

The Iraq War Encyclopedia (Hardcover, New): Thomas R. Mockaitis The Iraq War Encyclopedia (Hardcover, New)
Thomas R. Mockaitis
R3,343 Discovery Miles 33 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This reference work is an ideal resource for anyone interested in better understanding the controversial Iraq War. It treats the war in its entirety, covering politics, religion, and history, as well as military issues. The Iraq War started in 2003 in a quest to rid the nation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) that were never found. It lasted over 8 years, during which more than 30,000 U.S. service members were wounded and almost 4,500 American lives lost. Comprised of some 275 entries, this comprehensive encyclopedia examines the war from multiple points of view. Each article is written by an expert with specialized knowledge of the topic. The reference covers every aspect of the Iraq War, from the U.S. invasion (Operation IRAQI FREEDOM) through the rise of Al Qaeda in Iraq, the surge, and the U.S. withdrawal. Other significant aspects of the conflict are addressed as well, including Abu Ghraib, WMDs, the controversial use of private military contractors, and Britain's role in the war. The book also features an overview essay, a "causes and consequences" essay, maps, photos, a chronology, and a bibliography.

Evaluation and Stance in War News - A Linguistic Analysis of American, British and Italian television news reporting of the... Evaluation and Stance in War News - A Linguistic Analysis of American, British and Italian television news reporting of the 2003 Iraqi war (Hardcover)
Louann Haarman, Linda Lombardo
R5,950 Discovery Miles 59 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Using the 2003 war in Iraq as an illustrative tool for highlighting the impact which advances in communication systems have had on message relays, this book comes as a useful tool kit for enabling a critical evaluation of the way language is used in the news.In a world in which advanced communication technologies have made the reporting of disasters and conflicts (also in the form of breaking news) a familiar and 'normalised' activity, the information presented here about television news reporting of the 2003 war in Iraq has implications that go beyond this particular conflict."Evaluation and Stance in War News" functions as a tool kit for the critical evaluation of language in the news, both as raw data in need of interpretation and as carefully packaged products of 'information management' in need of 'unpacking'. The chapters offer an array of theoretical and empirical instruments for revealing, identifying, sifting, weighing and connecting patterns of language use that construct messages. These messages carry with them world views and value systems that can either create an ever wider divide or serve to build bridges between peoples and countries.The Editorial Board includes: Paul Baker (Lancaster), Frantisek Cermak (Prague), Susan Conrad (Portland), Geoffrey Leech (Lancaster), Dominique Maingueneau (Paris XII), Christian Mair (Freiburg), Alan Partington (Bologna), Elena Tognini-Bonelli (Lecce and TWC), Ruth Wodak (Lancaster and Vienna), and Feng Zhiwei (Beijing). "The Corpus and Discourse" series consists of two strands. The first, Research in Corpus and Discourse, features innovative contributions to various aspects of corpus linguistics and a wide range of applications, from language technology via the teaching of a second language to a history of mentalities. The second strand, Studies in Corpus and Discourse, is comprised of key texts bridging the gap between social studies and linguistics. Although equally academically rigorous, this strand will be aimed at a wider audience of academics and postgraduate students working in both disciplines.

The Wood Bracelet (Hardcover): Dan C. Pak The Wood Bracelet (Hardcover)
Dan C. Pak
R933 Discovery Miles 9 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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