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(0)William Doyle
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English
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Written with the cooperation of the Naval Special Warfare community, here is the definitive history of the U.S. Navy SEALs, a chronicle that reveals the inside story behind the greatest combat operations of our nation's most celebrated warriors. The authors draw on exclusive interviews with more than 100 special operators (including multiple Medal of Honor recipients), as well as thousands of pages of declassified documents, to create a vivid portrait...
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NAL Caliber
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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Tells the story of U.S. Army captain and Arab linguist Travis Patriquin, who rallied support for a tribal revolt by Sunni Arab sheiks of Anbar province against Al Qaeda, creating a turning point that dramatically lowered area violence.
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Atria Books
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2012.
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English
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James Meredith engineered two of the most epic events of the American civil rights era: the desegregation of the University of Mississippi in 1962, which helped open the doors of education to all Americans; and the March Against Fear in 1966, which helped open the floodgates of voter registration in the South. Part memoir, part manifesto, A Mission from God is James Meredith's look back at his courageous and action-packed life and his challenge to...