Download or read book Bootprints Across Afghanistan written by Charles F. David and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-05-24 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BOOTPRINTS across AFGHANISTAN. A marine unit leaves the States and is deployed to Afghanistan. Two men, one a sergeant, the other a corporal, both with a tour in Iraq under their belt, find that this tour in Afghanistan will be a different war to fight. They lead a group of new marines in combat, fresh out of boot camp, all gung-ho ready to go up against anything that is thrown against them. They fight in the mountains of Afghanistan, sometimes with military from other branches of the service, NATO, Afghan army, and security police . . . They find themselves in many battles with the Taliban, fighting and dying, experiencing the darker side of war and losing buddies they came with. ACTION-PACKED STORIES FROM START TO FINISH.

Download or read book Death and Glory written by Charles F. David and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-06-09 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IRAQI Freedom, Invasion of Iraq First day in, four men with the U.S. Army V Corps, find themselves lost and left behind after their Humvee breaks down in a sand storm. They spend their days trying to rejoin their unit, fighting their way across the desert, in and out of predicaments. Some good, some bad, and some pretty ugly. They fight with every branch of U.S. fighting men, except the troops they go in with. They experience the lighter side of things that happen on their way to join their unit, and the darker side of war. Action packed stories from cover to cover!

Download or read book Second Tour Afghanistan written by Charles F. David and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-07-09 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2nd Tour Afghanistan, is a sequel to BOOTPRINTS across AFGHANISTAN. Sergeant Joe Peters returns for a SECOND TOUR in Afghanistan. A few of his men that were with him on his first tour, return with him. They come back to find that the war has escalated, and that the fire fights of yesterday, have become full blown battles, conducted with larger groups of men. He will try to bring his men through it all, but knows that many of them will leave wounded, and some will make the ultimate sacrifice, K.I.A., Killed In Action. ACTION PACKED STORIES FROM START TO FINISH.

Download or read book Flat Line written by Charles F. David and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11-14 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flat Line. The stories in this book are fiction and are the author’s view of what’s out there waiting to bring us down. The stories in this book are wrapped around an elite force known as the Navy SEALs, this country’s first line of defense. The men in the pages of this book pursue and track down the terrorist that bring to our shores the nightmare we have long awaited.

Download or read book Eli written by Charles F. David and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories in this book are wrapped around fiction. The characters are like most Americans, proud and willing to die for what they believe is the best country on earth. In the book ELI, the characters are put to the test. The U.S. has been attacked with nuclear weapons and is on the brink of collapse. Old enemies attack and try to take us down. The world sits by and takes it all in. Modern warfare sometimes takes a backseat to the way this new war is fought. The way men fight reverts back a hundred years.

Download or read book Eli and the Blue Star written by Charles F. David and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book ELI and the BLUE STAR is a spin off from this author’s previous book ELI. In the book ELI, the United States was attacked with Nuclear weapons delivered by countries that have long awaited to deliver death and destruction upon the U.S. The character ELI and the men that follow him take the fight to the enemy that invade us. These men are those that would be responsible for turning things around in our favor.

Download or read book Remember to Die written by Charles F. David and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-01-03 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Return to Hell written by Charles F. David and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-03-24 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "VIETNAM, a far off place a world away. A country drenched in blood, ours and theirs. Stories in this book wrapped in fiction, about the Marines that fought and sometimes died there. A place where Charlie owned the night, sometimes a ghost in the bush when the sun went down. A foe the Marines learned to respect, Victor Charles. This book is a tribute to all who served in that place they all called NAM."

Download or read book Frozen Chosin Korea written by Charles F. David and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-02-27 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, Frozen Chosin, are stories wrapped in fiction. They tell about the U.S. Marines that fought their way from the Chosin Reservoir south to the sea. They fought their way south, down the narrow road that led them out. They braved the subzero weather, and the hordes of Chinese that were there hell-bent on annihilating the First Marine Division. These men marched out, bringing with them their dead and wounded and most of their equipment. They made it to Wonsan and the ships that were there to take them out. Brave men that lived to fight another day. Authors other books: BOOTPRINTS across AFGHANISTAN DEATH and GLORY (IRAQ) 2nd TOUR AFGHANISTAN (Sequel to BOOTRINTS across AFGHANISTAN) BLOOD TRAIL (Vietnam) REMEMBER TO DIE (Vietnam) RETURN TO HELL (Vietnam) FIRE BASE X-RAY (Vietnam) FADED GLORY (Korea) The Forgotten War

Download or read book Blood Trail Vietnam written by Charles F. David and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-08-27 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VIETNAM was better known to our men as NAM. This is a book of stories wrapped in fiction, about our men that fought in this war of wars. Stories about the brave men that fought and died in the jungles and rice paddies that dotted this foreign land. Scenarios that they would have gone through to survive their tour. The underground tunnels they crawled through to earn the name tunnel rat. Stories about the brave men that survived and the men that fought and died in that place called Nam.

Download or read book South Asia and China written by Adluri Subramanyam Raju and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together new perspectives on China’s engagement with South Asian countries. It examines emerging trends in the ties between China and South Asia in the geo-political, geo-strategic and geo-economics context and looks at opportunities for collaboration and connectivity between them. Drawing on extensive case studies, this volume discusses issues such as China’s overarching Belt Road Initiative (BRI), regional responses and alternatives to BRI, the new politico-economic drivers in the region, India’s China puzzle, the Wuhan informal summit, Nepal and its security dilemma in the region and China’s role in peace and stability in Afghanistan. It presents analysis, debates and the way forward for a comprehensive South Asian regional understanding in the wake of the advancing Chinese presence in South Asia. An important contribution in the study of the developing pan China–South Asia vision, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of international relations, Chinese studies, Asian studies, defence and strategic studies, regional cooperation, foreign policy, geopolitics, comparative politics and political studies.

Download or read book Jihad written by Tom Carew and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-08-17 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British have never fought against the Soviet army, right? Wrong. In 1980, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher had taken over the leadership of the West and the Soviets has invaded Afghanistan; the most crucial battle of the cold war was about to begin. In the high mountain passes of the north-west Frontier and the Hindu Kush, the CIA and its Western allies saw an opportunity to bring the mighty Soviet to its knees. Their weapon: the Islamic guerrillas of the Afghan Mujahideen. Their agent: Tom Carew, the first Western agent to link up with the Mujahideen, led a series of daring initiatives inside Afghanistan. His account covers in extraordinary and revealing detail combat action against the Soviet Spetsnaz and Afghan mercenaries; reconnaissance missions leading to the installation of the first West-sponsored training camp for the Mujahideen in Pakistan; and Carew’s attempt to hijack an aircraft during a covert arms-buying mission. During these operations, the author was accepted and befriended by the fundamentalist Mujahideen and became as close to them as any European infidel could ever get. In many ways he was a latter-day Lawrence of Arabia. Tom Carew later rejoined his unit. Wry, perceptive and sensitive, Jihad! is a fast-paced account of combat espionage and high adventure, against the backdrop of the last truly wild and lawless country on Earth. It sheds unprecedented light on the sharp edge of the cold war and the conduct of special operations in the modern era.

Download or read book Negotiating Climate Change in Crisis written by Steffen Böhm and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change negotiations have failed the world. Despite more than thirty years of high-level, global talks on climate change, we are still seeing carbon emissions rise dramatically. This edited volume, comprising leading and emerging scholars and climate activists from around the world, takes a critical look at what has gone wrong and what is to be done to create more decisive action. Composed of twenty-eight essays—a combination of new and republished texts—the anthology is organised around seven main themes: paradigms; what counts?; extraction; dispatches from a climate change frontline country; governance; finance; and action(s). Through this multifaceted approach, the contributors ask pressing questions about how we conceptualise and respond to the climate crisis, providing both ‘big picture’ perspectives and more focussed case studies. This unique and extensive collection will be of great value to environmental and social scientists alike, as well as to the general reader interested in understanding current views on the climate crisis.

Download or read book Pride and Fall written by Sergio Miller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-11-14 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed new account of the British military campaign in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014, based on the experiences of those who served. On 11 September 2001 19 al-Qaeda-inspired jihadists hijacked four aircraft and mounted the deadliest terrorist attack in history. The outrage triggered a chain of events that saw British forces drawn into a lengthy military campaign against a fierce insurgency in Afghanistan. In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, NATO invoked Article 5 of the Washington Treaty that obligated military assistance to the United States. The British government supported the initial US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, and subsequently committed troops to Kabul and northern Afghanistan from 2002 onwards. However, in January 2006, following NATO's expansion southwards, Britain committed a battlegroup from the Parachute Regiment to Helmand Province in what became known as Operation Herrick, with Defence Secretary John Reid stating he 'would be perfectly happy to leave in three years and without firing one shot'. The reality was very different. From 2006 to 2014, a succession of British task forces rotated through Helmand and fought against an implacable enemy. When they finally withdrew in 2014, British forces had suffered losses of more than 450 killed and 2,000 wounded. The Taliban were not defeated and would grow stronger. Sergio Miller served in Defence Intelligence in Whitehall throughout the campaign, and Pride and Fall answers the many questions surrounding the conflict. Based on abundant open-source material generated by the war and first-hand testimonies, this is the story of the men and women who served.

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Download or read book Bring Out the Dog written by Will Mackin and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A near-miraculous, brilliant debut.”—George Saunders, Man Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo “In one exquisitely crafted story after the next, Will Mackin maps the surreal psychological terrain of soldiers in a perpetual war.”—Phil Klay, National Book Award–winning author of Redeployment WINNER OF THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT SHORT STORY COLLECTION The eleven stories in Will Mackin’s mesmerizing debut collection draw from his many deployments with a special operations task force in Iraq and Afghanistan. They began as notes he jotted on the inside of his forearm in grease pencil and, later, as bullet points on the torn-off flap of an MRE kit. Whenever possible he incorporated those notes into his journals. Years later, he used those journals to write this book. Together, the stories in Bring Out the Dog offer a remarkable portrait of the absurdity and poetry that define life in the most elite, clandestine circles of modern warfare. It is a world of intense bonds, ancient credos, and surprising compassion—of success, failure, and their elusive definitions. Moving between settings at home and abroad, in vivid language that reflects the wonder and discontent of war, Mackin draws the reader into a series of surreal, unsettling, and deeply human episodes: In “Crossing the River No Name,” a close call suggests that miracles do exist, even if they are in brutally short supply; in “Great Circle Route Westward Through Perpetual Night,” the death of the team’s beloved dog plunges them into a different kind of grief; in “Kattekoppen,” a man struggles to reconcile his commitments as a father and his commitments as a soldier; and in “Baker’s Strong Point,” a man whose job it is to pull things together struggles with a loss of control. Told without a trace of false bravado and with a keen, Barry Hannah–like sense of the absurd, Bring Out the Dog manages to capture the tragedy and heroism, the degradation and exultation, in the smallest details of war. Praise for Bring Out the Dog “Cuts through all the shiny and hyped-up rhetoric of wartime, and aggressively and masterfully draws a picture of the brutal, frightening, and even boring moments of deployment. . . . The Things They Carried, Redeployment, and now Bring Out the Dog: war stories for your bookshelf that will last a very long time, and serve as reminders of what America was, is, and can still become.”—Chicago Review of Books