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| Author | : Kelly Eads |
| Publisher | : Casemate |
| Total Pages | : 209 |
| Release | : 2023-01-05 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1636241980 |
Candid memoir of facing extreme violence in Iraq’s Triangle of Death with the 101st Airborne Division. Kelly Eads joined the 101st Airborne Division soon after 9/11, his experience reflecting the patriotism and commitment of so many young men and women who responded to the attack. He deployed to Iraq twice with the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment. Early in their deployment to Iraq, the 2nd Battalion brought the fight directly to the enemy by setting up patrol bases in the local areas where they lived and operated. Soon they built a reputation for themselves, becoming known to the enemy as the Black Hearts—The 502nd had been distinguished on the battlefield by black hearts on their helmets since World War II. Their Scout Platoon became known as Painted Guns due to their practice of camouflaging their rifles. During Eads’ deployments, the battalion would experience thousands of Improvised Explosive Devices and firefights. They would spend countless hours in blistering 120-degree desert heat, controlling roads and preventing enemy freedom of movement; and would dedicate months to hunting enemy mortar teams and terror cells. With the help of Dan Morgan, an Infantry officer who deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan as a commander and operations officer, Eads takes the reader on a rollercoaster of combat experiences during the hunt for the most violent terrorist in Iraq, Abu Mu??ab Zarqawi, bringing to life the painstaking and horrid details of combat in a sectarian war. He tells the story of the soldiers’ camaraderie, built through adversity, and the love of family that sustained them.
| Author | : Jim Frederick |
| Publisher | : Crown |
| Total Pages | : 474 |
| Release | : 2010-02-09 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0307450988 |
“Riveting. . . a testament to a misconceived war, and to the ease with which ordinary men, under certain conditions, can transform into monsters.”—New York Times Book Review This is the story of a small group of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division’s fabled 502nd Infantry Regiment—a unit known as “the Black Heart Brigade.” Deployed in late 2005 to Iraq’s so-called Triangle of Death, a veritable meat grinder just south of Baghdad, the Black Hearts found themselves in arguably the country’s most dangerous location at its most dangerous time. Hit by near-daily mortars, gunfire, and roadside bomb attacks, suffering from a particularly heavy death toll, and enduring a chronic breakdown in leadership, members of one Black Heart platoon—1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion—descended, over their year-long tour of duty, into a tailspin of poor discipline, substance abuse, and brutality. Four 1st Platoon soldiers would perpetrate one of the most heinous war crimes U.S. forces have committed during the Iraq War—the rape of a fourteen-year-old Iraqi girl and the cold-blooded execution of her and her family. Three other 1st Platoon soldiers would be overrun at a remote outpost—one killed immediately and two taken from the scene, their mutilated corpses found days later booby-trapped with explosives. Black Hearts is an unflinching account of the epic, tragic deployment of 1st Platoon. Drawing on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with Black Heart soldiers and first-hand reporting from the Triangle of Death, Black Hearts is a timeless story about men in combat and the fragility of character in the savage crucible of warfare. But it is also a timely warning of new dangers emerging in the way American soldiers are led on the battlefields of the twenty-first century.
| Author | : Kelly Eads |
| Publisher | : Casemate |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 2022-07-15 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781636241975 |
Candid memoir of facing extreme violence in Iraq's Triangle of Death with the 101st Airborne Division.
| Author | : Frank Chandler |
| Publisher | : Robert Hale Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 147 |
| Release | : 2017-06-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0719822394 |
Orphaned after tragic events during a dreadful storm, two young children, Jacob and Rachel Peterson, leave Beckinson in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains for adoption by an uncle and aunt in Chicago. Ten years later, when the opportunity arises to expand his uncle's business, Jacob chooses to set up in Beckinson. Fifteen year-old Rachel remembers nothing of the past and is unaware of the anger that is consuming her brother. Jacob is set on discovering the truth behind the events that took their parents, but Beckinson is now rife with corruption; a degenerate and dangerous town where outlaws walk free. What could Jacob possibly do against that?
| Author | : Mike Nicol |
| Publisher | : Penguin Random House South Africa |
| Total Pages | : 352 |
| Release | : 2011-04-08 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1415202362 |
The third instalment in Nicol's Revenge Trilogy. Mace Bishop has become obsessed with tracking down Sheemina February who he believes contracted his wife’s murder when his and his business partner Pylon’s security company is contracted to provide security to a local arms systems designer – Magnus Oosthuizen – who has created weapons for South African navy frigates. Oosthuizen is tendering against alternative First World-designed weapons systems. But Oosthuizen’s life is threatened and Mace learns that the government’s arms buyers want to acquire the First World weapons system for the frigates to benefit from financial kickbacks. Enter the National Intelligence Agency that puts pressure on Mace and Pylon to steal the Oosthuizen weapons system. Gradually, Mace recognises the hidden hand of Sheemina February and realises that he is being manipulated.
| Author | : Lynn Raye Harris |
| Publisher | : H.O.T. Publishing, LLC |
| Total Pages | : 41 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
The line between hate and love often stands on a razor’s edge... Ian Black has sacrificed his honor and reputation for God and country. He’s a fighter and a survivor. No price is too high, and no one crosses him. Not for long, anyway. But then Natasha Oliver walks into his life, threatening to expose the one thing Ian thought dead and buried: his heart. Pick up this prequel and start the story today! This book is a preview of Black Heart, Book 5 in the Black's Bandits Series.
| Author | : Lynn Raye Harris |
| Publisher | : H.O.T. Publishing, LLC |
| Total Pages | : 359 |
| Release | : 2022-01-25 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1941002641 |
He’s untouchable. Unbreakable. She plans to destroy him. Former CIA agent Ian Black has done terrible deeds. Sacrificed his honor and reputation for God and country. He’s a fighter and a survivor. His mission is to rid the world of scumbags who prey on innocent people. No price is too high, and no one crosses him. Not for long, anyway. But then Natasha Oliver walks in, threatening to expose the one thing Ian thought dead and buried: his heart. Natasha’s innocence was ripped away years ago when she was thrown into prison for crimes her parents committed. Now, as the assassin Calypso, she intends to hunt down those responsible for what happened to her. Including Ian Black. Getting involved with him is madness, but she made a vow - and she will do whatever it takes to keep it. Until she discovers that the line between hate and love often stands on a razor’s edge... **Start reading the Black’s Bandits Series today and enjoy an action-packed, seriously romantic and steamy-good-fun military romantic suspense. Each book can be read as a standalone. No cliffhangers or cheating and a guaranteed happily-ever-after ending!
| Author | : Curtis M. Lawson |
| Publisher | : Wyrd Horror |
| Total Pages | : 183 |
| Release | : 2019-09-08 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
Great art demands sacrifice. Lucien Beaumont is a teenage misfit and musical prodigy ostracized by his peers and haunted by familial tragedy. When he discovers an unfinished song written by his dead father—a song that holds terrible power—Lucien becomes obsessed. As he chases after the secret nature of his father's music, the line between gruesome fantasy and real life violence begins to blur. To complete his father's work Lucien believes that he and his group of outcast friends must appease a demonic force trapped within the music with increasingly sadistic offerings. As things spiral out of control he finds that the cost of his art will be the lives of everyone around him, and perhaps his very soul.
| Author | : Peter C. Svoboda |
| Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 250 |
| Release | : 2020-09-25 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 161200928X |
An Army squadron of paratroopers share the story of their fifteen-month deployment in Iraq in 2006. Selected in 2005 by the Army to be the first airborne reconnaissance squadron, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, better known as 5-73 CAV, was formed from 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The members of the squadron were hand-selected by the squadron command team, Lieutenant Colonel Poppas and Command Sergeant Major Edgar. With just more than 400 paratroopers, they were half the size of a full-strength battalion and the smallest unit in the Panther Brigade. The squadron deployed to eastern Diyala in August, 2006. Despite their size, they were tasked with an enormous mission and were given the largest area of operations within the brigade. Appropriately for a unit known by the call sign of its CO—Headhunter—5-73 would go on to pursue various terrorist factions including Al Qaeda in Iraq. They got results, and 5-73 was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for launching the Turki Bowl campaign from November 2006 to January 2007 against insurgent groups in Diyala Province. However the toll would be heavy—the squadron lost twenty-two paratroopers during the deployment. Headhunter is a unique account of the War on Terror. It’s a soldier’s story, told by those very paratroopers who gallantly fought to tame Diyala. Based on dozens of interviews conducted by the author, the narrative describes the danger of combat, the loss of comrades and the struggles of returning from a deployment. The voice of the families left behind are also included, describing the challenges they faced, including the ultimate challenge—grappling with the death of a loved one. This book explores the human dimensions of loss and struggle and illustrates the sacrifices our service members and their loved ones make. Finalist, 2020 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Awards Praise for Headhunter “A gut punch that pulls out the raw emotion of combat and the feelings of losing those closest to you. If one is unfamiliar with war, Headhunter will shock the senses.” —ARMY Magazine “A highly interesting and detailed account.” —Journal of Counterterrorism & Homeland Security International
| Author | : Jennifer Clement |
| Publisher | : Chatto & Windus |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2018 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1524761680 |
"Pearl's mother took her away from her family just weeks after she was born, and drove off to central Florida determined to begin a new life for herself and her daughter--in the parking lot next to a trailer park. Pearl grew up in the front seat of their '94 Mercury, while her mother lived in the back. Despite their hardships, mother and daughter both adjusted to life, making friends with the residents of the trailers and creating a deep connection to each other"--Amazon.com.
