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The Afghans : Three Lives through War, Love, and Revolt. by Seierstad, Åsne.;
From Soviet occupation to the rise of the Taliban, from the outbreak of the War on Terror to its disastrous fallout, 'The Afghans' is an extraordinary journey told over the course of three lives and examines the human cost of wars fought, lost, and won. From the author of 'The Bookseller of Kabul'.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: HISTORY / Military / Afghan War (2001-); POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies;
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The Mission : The CIA in the 21st Century. by Weiner, Tim.;
'The Mission' is a history of the CIA in the 21st century, reaching from 9/11 through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to todays battles with Russia and China - and with the President of the United States. The book includes exclusive on-the-record interviews with six former CIA directors, 13 station chiefs, and scores of top spies who served undercover for decades and have never spoken to a journalist before.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: HISTORY / Military / General; HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century; HISTORY / United States / 21st Century; HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Afghan War (2001-2021); POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International);
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12 strong : the declassified true story of the horse soldiers / by Stanton, Doug,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-395).Documents the post-September 11 mission during which a small band of Special Forces soldiers captured the strategic Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif as part of an effort to defeat the Taliban, in a dramatic account that includes testimonies by Afghanistan citizens whose lives were changed by the war.
Subjects: Personal narratives.; United States. Army. Special Forces; Taliban.; Afghan War, 2001-; Afghan War, 2001-; Afghan War, 2001-; Special operations (Military science); Soldiers; Soldiers; Urban warfare;
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First platoon : a story of modern war in the age of identity dominance / by Jacobsen, Annie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."An urgent investigation into warfare in the age of biometrics, and the dangerous implications of new technologies that would allow the government to identify anyone, anywhere, at any time"--
Subjects: United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 73rd. Squadron, 4th.; United States. Army; Afghan War, 2001-; Biometric identification; Terrorists; Military intelligence;
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Alone at dawn : Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the untold story of the world's deadliest special operations force / by Schilling, Dan,author.; Longfritz, Lori Chapman,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The astonishing true account of John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient and Special Ops Combat Controller, and his heroic one-man stand during the Afghan War, as he sacrificed his life to save the lives of 23 comrades-in-arms."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Chapman, John Allan, 1965-2002.; United States. Air Force; United States. Air Force; Afghan War, 2001-; Takur Ghar, Battle of, Afghanistan, 2002.; Special forces (Military science);
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The operator : firing the shots that killed Osama bin Laden and my years as a SEAL Team warrior / by O'Neill, Robert,1976-author.;
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011; O'Neill, Robert, 1976-; United States. Navy. SEALs; United States. Navy. SEALs; Afghan War, 2001-; Afghan War, 2001-; Special operations (Military science); Special operations (Military science); War on Terrorism, 2001-2009;
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Full battle rattle [sound recording] : my story as the longest-serving special forces A-Team soldier in American history / by Lahidji, Changiz,1950-author.; Pollins, Eric,narrator.; Pezzullo, Ralph,author.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Eric Pollins.
Subjects: Biographies.; Audiobooks.; Lahidji, Changiz, 1950-; United States. Army. Special Forces; United States. Army. Special Forces; Special operations (Military science); Iranian Americans; Persian Gulf War, 1991; Afghan War, 2001-;
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Full battle rattle : my story as the longest-serving special forces A-Team soldier in American history / by Lahidji, Changiz,1950-author.; Pezzullo, Ralph,author.;
Subjects: Biographies.; Lahidji, Changiz, 1950-; United States. Army. Special Forces; United States. Army. Special Forces; Special operations (Military science); Iranian Americans; Persian Gulf War, 1991; Afghan War, 2001-;
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The Afghanistan papers : a secret history of the war / by Whitlock, Craig,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The groundbreaking investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about the longest war in American history by Washington Post reporter Craig Whitlock, a three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist"--
Subjects: Afghan War, 2001-;
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Drone warrior : an elite soldier's inside account of the hunt for America's most dangerous enemies / by Velicovich, Brett,author.; Stewart, Christopher S.,author.;
"For nearly a decade Brett Velicovich was at the center of America's new warfare: using unmanned aerial vehicles--drones--to take down the world's deadliest terrorists across the globe. One of an elite handful in the entire military with the authority to select targets and issue death orders, he worked in concert with the full human and technological network of American intelligence--assets, analysts, spies, informants--and the military's elite operatives, to stalk, capture, and eliminate high value targets in al-Qaeda and ISIS"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Velicovich, Brett.; Drone aircraft; Targeted killing; Uninhabited combat aerial vehicles; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Afghan War, 2001-; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Afghan War, 2001-; Terrorism;
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