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| Author | : George S. MacDonell |
| Publisher | : Dundurn |
| Total Pages | : 211 |
| Release | : 2002-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1550024086 |
This story details the fateful adventures of two Canadian army regiments dispatched to the Pacific to face the Japanese.
| Author | : Robert J. Dole |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 2005-04-12 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780060763411 |
Before he became one of America's most respected statesmen, Bob Dole was an average citizen serving heroically for his country. The bravery he showed after suffering near-fatal injuries in the final days of World War II is the stuff of legend. Now, for the first time in his own words, Dole tells the moving story of his harrowing experience on and off the battlefield, and how it changed his life. Speaking here not as a politician but as a wounded G.I., Dole recounts his own odyssey of courage and sacrifice, and also honors the fighting spirit of the countless heroes with whom he served. Heartfelt and inspiring, One Soldier's Story is the World War II chronicle that America has been waiting for.
| Author | : Benson Bobrick |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
| Release | : 2004-08-02 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 074325113X |
Bobrick tells the story of Benjamin "Webb" Baker, his great-grandfather. Webb enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 and thereafter suffered through horrid conditions in camp and absolute hell in combat. Bobrick's fascinating look at the Civil War also contains a heretofore unreleased collection of Webb's letters.
| Author | : Steven McLaughlin |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Total Pages | : 230 |
| Release | : 2011-05-20 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1780572026 |
From the harsh realities of basic training to post-war chaos in Iraq and knife-edge tension in Northern Ireland, Squaddie takes us to a place not advertised in army recruitment brochures. It exposes the grim reality of everyday soldiering for the 'grunts on the ground'. After the tragic death of his brother, and in the dark days following 9/11, McLaughlin felt compelled to fulfil his lifelong ambition to serve in the army. He followed his late brother into the elite Royal Green Jackets and passed the arduous Combat Infantryman's Course at the age of 31. Thereafter, McLaughlin found himself submerged in a world of casual violence. Squaddie is a snapshot of infantry soldiering in the twenty-first century. It takes us into the heart of an ancient institution that is struggling to retain its tough traditions in a rapidly changing world. All of the fears and anxieties that the modern soldier carries as his burden are laid bare, as well as the occasional joys and triumphs that can make him feel like he is doing the best job in the world. This is an account of army life by someone who has been there and done it.
| Author | : Arkady Babchenko |
| Publisher | : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic |
| Total Pages | : 414 |
| Release | : 2009-02-17 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1555848354 |
A visceral and unflinching memoir of a young Russian soldier’s experience in the Chechen wars. In 1995, Arkady Babchenko was an eighteen-year-old law student in Moscow when he was drafted into the Russian army and sent to Chechnya. It was the beginning of a torturous journey from naïve conscript to hardened soldier that took Babchenko from the front lines of the first Chechen War in 1995 to the second in 1999. He fought in major cities and tiny hamlets, from the bombed-out streets of Grozny to anonymous mountain villages. Babchenko takes the raw and mundane realities of war the constant cold, hunger, exhaustion, filth, and terror and twists it into compelling, haunting, and eerily elegant prose. Acclaimed by reviewers around the world, this is a devastating first-person account of war that brilliantly captures the fear, drudgery, chaos, and brutality of modern combat. An excerpt of One Soldier’s War was hailed by Tibor Fisher in The Guardian as “right up there with Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 and Michael Herr’s Dispatches.” Mark Bowden, bestselling author of Black Hawk Down, hailed it as “hypnotic and terrifying” and the book won Russia’s inaugural Debut Prize, which recognizes authors who write despite, not because of, their life circumstances. “If you haven’t yet learned that war is hell, this memoir by a young Russian recruit in his country’s battle with the breakaway republic of Chechnya, should easily convince you.” —Publishers Weekly
| Author | : Raful Eitan |
| Publisher | : SP Books |
| Total Pages | : 404 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9781561710942 |
This autobiography of one of Israel's most controversial military and political leaders offers an insider's view of Israel's military strategies and includes vivid descriptions of their most dramatic and historical battles. "Battle-scarred, he (Eitan) is living testimony to Israel's struggle for survival".--Yitzhak Rabin, former Defense Minister & Prime Minister of Israel. Photographs.
| Author | : Ron Steinman |
| Publisher | : Barnes & Noble Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 376 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
| ISBN | : 9780760732625 |
Soldiers tell of their experiences during the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley, the siege of Khe Sanh, the Tet Offensive, the Fall of Saigon and at other times during the war.
| Author | : Diana Oestreich |
| Publisher | : Broadleaf Books |
| Total Pages | : 207 |
| Release | : 2020-09-01 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1506463711 |
Diana Oestreich, a combat medic in the Army National Guard, enlisted like both her parents before her. But when she was commanded to run over an Iraqi child to keep her convoy rolling and keep her battle buddies safe, she was confronted with a choice she never thought she'd have to make. Torn between God's call to love her enemy and her country's command to be willing to kill, Diana chose to wage peace in a place of war. For the remainder of her tour of duty, Diana sought to be a peacemaker--leading to an unlikely and beautiful friendship with an Iraqi family. A beautiful and gut-wrenching memoir, Waging Peace exposes the false divide between loving our country and living out our faith's call to love our enemies--whether we perceive our enemy as the neighbor with an opposing political viewpoint, the clerk wearing a head-covering, or the refugee from a war-torn country. By showing that us-versus-them is a false choice, this book will inspire each of us to choose love over fear.
| Author | : Johnny Mercer |
| Publisher | : Pan Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 329 |
| Release | : 2017-06-01 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1509853014 |
'An adrenalin-fuelled, gritty story of heroism on the frontline in Afghanistan' - Andy McNab Unflinching and laced with wry humour, Johnny Mercer's We Were Warriors is an action-packed account of his journey from young commando to a captain with one of the most pressurized and skilled jobs in the army. A captain in 29 Commando, Johnny Mercer served in the army for twelve years. On his third tour of Afghanistan he was a Joint Fires Controller, with the pressurized job of bringing down artillery and air strikes in close proximity to his own troops. Based in an area of northern Helmand that was riddled with Taliban leaders, he walked into danger with every patrol, determined to protect them. Then one morning, in brutal close quarter combat, everything changed . . . In We Were Warriors Johnny takes us from his commando training to the heat, blood and chaos of battle. With brutal honesty, he describes what it is like to risk your life every day, pushing through the fear that follows watching your friends die. He took the fight back to the enemy with a relentless efficiency that came at a high personal cost. Back in the UK, seeing the inadequate care available for veterans and their families, he was inspired to run for Parliament in the hope he could improve their plight. 'This is NOT the stereotypical account of war, it's without doubt the best first hand account in a war zone I've ever read.' – Tom Marcus, ex MI5 Surveillance Officer, author of Soldier, Spy
| Author | : G. W. Nichols |
| Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Total Pages | : 302 |
| Release | : 2012-05-22 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781477512227 |
Originally published in 1898, this is the account and history of the 61st Georgia Infantry by one of it's privates.
