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Conflict : the evolution of warfare from 1945 to Ukraine / by Petraeus, David Howell,author.; Roberts, Andrew,1963-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In this deep and incisive study, General David Petraeus, who commanded the US-led coalitions in both Iraq, during the Surge, and Afghanistan, and former CIA director, and the prize-winning historian Andrew Roberts, explore over 70 years of conflict, drawing significant lessons and insights from their fresh analysis of the past. Drawing on their different perspectives and areas of expertise, Petraeus and Roberts show how often critical mistakes have been repeated time and again, and the challenge, for statesmen and generals alike, of learning to adapt to various new weapon systems, theories and strategies"--
Subjects: Military art and science; Military art and science; Military history, Modern; Military history, Modern;
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We are not refugees : true stories of the displaced / by Morales, Agus,1983-author.; Whittle, Charlotte,translator.; translation of:Morales, Agus,1983-No somos refugiados.English.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Never in history have so many people been displaced by political and military conflicts at home -- more than 65 million globally. Unsparing, outspoken, vital, We are not refugees tells the stories of many of these displaced, who have not been given asylum. For over a decade, human rights journalist Agus Morales has journeyed to the sites of the world's most brutal conflicts and spoken to the victims of violence and displacement. To Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Central African Republic. To Central America, the Congo, and the refugee camps of Jordan. To the Tibetan Parliament in exile in northern India.
Subjects: Refugees; Forced migration;
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NCIS, Naval Criminal Investigative Service. [videorecording] / by Carroll, Rocky.; Harmon, Mark,1951-; McCallum, David,1933-; Murray, Sean,1977-; Pablo, Cote de,1979-; Weatherly, Michael,1968-; CBS DVD (Firm); CBS Television Network.; Paramount Pictures Corporation.;
Disc 1. Nature of the beast -- Restless -- The Penelope papers -- Enemy on the hill.Disc 2. Safe harbor -- Thirst -- Devil's triangle -- Engaged [part 1].Disc 3. Engaged [part 2] -- Sins of the father -- Newborn king -- Housekeeping.Disc 4. A desperate man -- Life before his eyes -- Secrets -- Psych out.Disc 5. Need to know -- The tell -- The good son -- The missionary position -- Rekindled.Disc 6. Playing with fire -- Up in smoke -- Till death do us part.Mark Harmon, David McCallum, Rocky Carroll, Sean Murray, Cote De Pablo, Michael Weatherly.The NCIS team is back in action with all 24 suspense-filled episodes of season 9. Special Agent Jethro Gibbs continues to lead the team at the Navel Criminal Investigative Service as they probe into intense military matters, including national security breaches, a secret society of superheroes, and brutal murders, one of which drops them in the heart of Afghanistan and another which leads them to a long-lost agent.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 or stereo.
Subjects: United States. Naval Criminal Investigative Service; Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery television programs.;
© c2012., CBS DVD ; Paramount Pictures,
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Wartorn 1861-2010 [videorecording] / by Alpert, Jon.; Gandolfini, James.; Kent, Ellen Goosenberg.; Nevins, Sheila.; O'Neill, Matthew.; Attaboy Films.; HBO Documentary Films.; HBO Entertainment (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm);
Editor, Geof Bartz, Adrew Morreale and Jay Sterrenberg.Beginning with the first documented cases from the Civil War, the film examines occurrences of PTSD through two World Wars and Vietnam, as well as more recent cases involving soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The stories are told through soldiers' revealing letters and journals; photographs and combat footage; first-person interviews with veterans of WWII, the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Iraqi Freedom; and interviews with family members of soldiers with PTSD.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Post-traumatic stress disorder.; Veterans; Veterans' families; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; War neuroses.;
© c2011., Home Box Office : Warner Home Video,
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Man down [videorecording] / by Cantillo, Jose Pablo,1979-actor.; Collins Jr., Clifton,actor.; Courtney, Jai,actor.; Labeouf, Shia,1986-actor.; Mara, Kate,1983-actor.; Montiel, Dito,film director.; Oldman, Gary,actor.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),distributor.; Lions Gate Home Entertainment,publisher.;
Kate Mara, Shia Labeouf, Jai Courtney, Gary Oldman, Clifton Collins Jr., Jose Pablo Cantillo.When U.S. Marine Gabriel Drummer returns from his tour in Afghanistan, he finds the place he once called home in no better shape than the battlefields he's left behind. Desperate to find his estranged family, son Johnathan and wife Natalie, Gabriel is aided in his search by his best friend Devin, a hard-nosed Marine. Before long, the two intercept Charles, a man with vital information concerning the whereabouts of Gabriel's family.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Feature films.; United States. Marine Corps; Fathers and sons; Missing persons;
For private home use only.
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Stormy seas : stories of young boat refugees / by Leatherdale, Mary Beth.; Shakespeare, Eleanor.;
Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses.Presents five true stories, from 1939 to today, about young people who lived through the harrowing experience of setting sail in search of asylum: Ruth and her family board the St. Louis to escape Nazism; Phu sets out alone from war-torn Vietnam; José tries to reach the United States from Cuba; Najeeba flees Afghanistan and the Taliban; and after losing his family, Mohamed abandons his village on the Ivory Coast in search of a new life.LSC
Subjects: Refugees; Refugee children; Refugees; Refugee children;
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Bones of the lost / by Reichs, Kathy.;
"The latest from Kathy Reichs finds Tempe Brennan investigating the connections between a long-dead business man, the smuggling of mummified dogs from Peru, and the death of a teenage girl killed in a hit and run. When she discovers a human trafficking enterprise at the center of it all, the scope of the case extends from South America to Afghanistan. And Tempe's soon-to-be ex might have connections that run to the very heart of the trafficking ring"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Brennan, Temperance (Fictitious character); Human trafficking; Women forensic anthropologists;
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Dirty war / by Leather, Stephen,author.;
The target - The Prime Minister. The assassins - hard-bitten jihadists with nothing to lose. The only man who can stop them? Dan "Spider" Shepherd. But Shepherd's reputation is also on the line - he helped get one of the jihadists into the UK during the final days of the War in Afghanistan. Now he has to track down the man whose life he once saved. But the assassins aren't lone wolf killers - someone much more devious is pulling their strings. And the clock is ticking ...
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Great Britain. MI5; Assassins; Attempted assassination; Shepherd, Dan (Fictitious character); Terrorists; Undercover operations;
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The lines we cross / by Abdel-Fattah, Randa.;
Michael's parents are leaders of a new anti-immigrant political party called Aussie Values which is trying to halt the flood of refugees from the Middle East; Mina fled Afghanistan with her family ten years ago, and just wants to concentrate on fitting in and getting into college--but the mutual attraction they feel demands that they come to terms with their family's concerns and decide where they stand in the ugly anti-Muslim politics of the time.LSC
Subjects: Refugees; Muslim families; Families; Interpersonal attraction;
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Exercise of power : American failures, successes, and a new path forward in the post-Cold War world / by Gates, Robert Michael,1943-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Since the end of the Cold War, the global perception of the United States has progressively morphed from dominant international leader to disorganized entity, seemingly unwilling to accept the mantle of leadership or unable to govern itself effectively. Robert Gates argues that this transformation is the result of the failure of political leaders to understand the complexity of American power, its expansiveness, and its limitations. He makes clear that the successful exercise of power is not limited to the use of military might or the ability to coerce or demand submission, but must encompass as well diplomacy, economics, strategic communications, development assistance, intelligence, technology, ideology, and cyber. By analyzing specific challenges faced by the American government in the post-Cold War period--Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea, Syria, Libya, Russia, China and others--Gates deconstructs the ways in which leaders have used the instruments of power available to them. With forthright judgments of the performance of past presidents and their senior-most advisors, first-hand knowledge, and insider stories, Gates argues that U.S. national security in the future will require learning, and abiding by, the lessons of the past, and re-creating those capabilities that the misuse of power has cost the nation."--
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