Download or read book One Hell of a War written by Dean Dominique and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you liked "Band of Brothers", you will love "One Hell of a War"!Nominated for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize and the Library of Virginia Literary Award.“One Hell of a War” is a fascinating blend of firsthand accounts and the strategic decisions that led to them based on the history of the 317th Infantry Regiment from its initial activation in World War II through the end of the war. This book has all the elements everyone loved in “Band of Brothers” with the added integration of the strategic leadership decisions of Patton, Bradley and Eisenhower. Most interestingly, it contains well written and thought-provoking excerpts of the late Colonel James Hayes, who served with the regiment during its entire wartime service.The history books do not say a great deal about the 317th Infantry Regiment of the 80th Infantry Division in WWII. However, it was a regiment that accomplished rather startling results: first bridgehead across the Moselle, cleared out La Grande Couronne de Nancy, participated in the capture of Metz -- the first time in history that the fort had ever fallen to an assault, and, of course, participated in the Battle of the Bulge as one of the first regiments to arrive in the area after the German assault had broken the line. It suffered extremely severe casualties and contained some of the best men ever known.What others are saying about One Hell of a War...“Trust me, when you reach the section about the fighting and cold weather during the Battle of the Bulge, you'll want to put on a coat; it's that good.” -Alexander Barnes, "In A Strange Land: The American Occupation Of Germany 1918-1923." “Dean does a masterful job of weaving the personal accounts into the historical context of the major operations. With so few WWII veterans left, books like these are valuable resources.” -Rich Killblane, "The Filthy Thirteen. From the Dustbowl to Hitler's Eagle's Nest: The 101st Airborne's Most Legendary Squad of Combat Paratroopers. “Dean Dominique's new book, "One Hell of a War," knocks it out of the ballpark and is one of the best books I've read. It is as close to the action as you can get, remarkable, brave and courageous, as he leads you through the 317th's footsteps in WWII from the beginning to the end. You won't be able to put it down.” -Andrew Z. Adkins III, "You Can't Get Much Closer Than This: Combat with Company H, 317th Infantry Regiment.”A portion of the proceeds will be donated to programs that directly support Wounded Warriors.www.woundedwarriorpublications.com

Download or read book One Hell of a War written by Dean Dominique and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-03-08 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history books do not say a great deal about the 317th Infantry. However, it was a regiment that accomplished rather startling results: first bridgehead across the Moselle, cleared out La Grande Couronne de Nancy, participated in the capture of Metz -- the first time in history that the fort had ever fallen to an assault, and, of course, participated in the Battle of the Bulge as one of the first regiments to arrive in the area after the German assault had broken the line. It suffered extremely severe casualties and contained some of the best men I ever known.

Download or read book One Hell of a Gamble Khrushchev Castro and Kennedy 1958 1964 written by Aleksandr Fursenko and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1998-08-17 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on classified Soviet archives, including the files of Nikita Khrushchev and the KGB, "One Hell of a Gamble" offers a riveting play-by-play history of the Cuban missile crisis from American and Soviet perspectives simultaneously. No other book offers this inside look at the strategies of the Soviet leadership. John F. Kennedy did not live to write his memoirs; Fidel Castro will not reveal what he knows; and the records of the Soviet Union have long been sealed from public view: Of the most frightening episode of the Cold War--the Cuban Missile Crisis--we have had an incomplete picture. When did Castro embrace the Soviet Union? What proposals were put before the Kremlin through Kennedy's back-channel diplomacy? How close did we come to nuclear war? These questions have now been answered for the first time. This important and controversial book draws the missing half of the story from secret Soviet archives revealed exclusively by the authors, including the files of Nikita Khrushchev and his leadership circle. Contained in these remarkable documents are the details of over forty secret meetings between Robert Kennedy and his Soviet contact, records of Castro's first solicitation of Soviet favor, and the plans, suspicions, and strategies of Khrushchev. This unique research opportunity has allowed the authors to tell the complete, fascinating, and terrifying story of the most dangerous days of the last half-century.

Download or read book One Square Mile of Hell written by John Wukovits and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Dutton Caliber's American War Heroes series, the riveting true account of the Battle of Tarawa, an epic World War II clash in which the U.S. Marines fought the Japanese nearly to the last man. In November 1943, the men of the 2d Marine Division were instructed to clear out Japanese resistance on the Pacific island of Betio, a speck at the end of the Tarawa Atoll. When the Marines landed, the Japanese poured out of their underground bunkers—and launched one of the most brutal and bloody battles of World War II. For three straight days, attackers and defenders fought over every square inch of sand in a battle with no defined frontlines, and where there was no possibility of retreat—because there was nowhere to retreat to. It was a struggle that would leave both sides stunned and exhausted, and prove both the fighting mettle of the Americans and the fanatical devotion of the Japanese. Drawn from new sources, including participants’ letters and diaries and exclusive firsthand interviews with survivors, One Square Mile of Hell is the true story of a battle between two determined foes, neither of whom would ever look at the other in the same way again.

Download or read book One Hell of a Ride written by Edmond F. Jared and published by Interview You. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ranging from above the Himalayan Mountains to the beginnings of Lake Lanier in Georgia, from the solitude of solo flight to the fellowship of family life and civic organizations, and from the discipline of the military to the ever-changing world of business, Ed Jared gives us one "Greatest Generation" perspective on his experience of the twentieth century as he tells us the story of his rich and fascinating life."--Cover.

Download or read book War Is All Hell written by Edward J. Blum and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An examination of how Americans brought concepts of the devil, demons, and hell into every fabric of their lives and times in the American Civil War. These influences continued to impact the nation and its people after the war"--

Download or read book Seven Days in Hell written by David O'Keefe and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting tour de force by Canada's leading military historian about the heroic Black Watch's fight for survival at Verrières Ridge Centred around one of Canada's most storied regiments, Seven Days in Hell tells the epic tale of the bloody battle for Verrières Ridge, a dramatic saga that unfolded just weeks after one of Canada's greatest military triumphs of the Second World War. O'Keefe takes us on a heart-pounding journey at the sharp end of combat during the infamous Normandy campaign, when more than 300 Black Watch Highlanders from across Canada, the United States, Great Britain and the Allied world found themselves embroiled in mortal combat against elite Waffen-SS units and grizzled Eastern Front veterans. Only a handful walked away. Pinned down as the result of strategic blunders and the fog of war, the men were thrust into a nightmare where station, rank, race and religion mattered little and only character won the day. Drawing on formerly classified documents and rare first-person testimony from the men who fought on the front lines, O'Keefe follows the footsteps of the ghosts of Normandy, giving a voice yet again to the men who sacrificed everything in the summer of 1944.

Download or read book Now the Hell Will Start written by Brendan I. Koerner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-05-29 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic saga of hubris , cruelty, and redemption, Now the Hell Will Start tells the remarkable tale of the greatest manhunt of World War II. Herman Perry, besieged by the hardships of the Indo-Burmese jungle and the racism meted out by his white commanding officers, found solace in opium and marijuana. But on one fateful day, Perry shot his unarmed white lieutenant in the throes of an emotional collapse and fled into the jungle. Brendan I. Koerner spent nearly five years chasing Perry's ghost to the most remote corners of India and Burma. Along the way, he uncovered the forgotten story of the Ledo Road's GIs, for whom Jim Crow was as powerful an enemy as the Japanese-and for whom Herman Perry, dubbed the jungle king, became an unlikely folk hero.

Download or read book One Hell of a Ride written by Pierre Charette and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-10-07 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A HISTORICAL LIFE STORY OF “PIERRE “PETE” CHARETTE “A “DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION” AGENT, HIRED TO WORK UNDERCOVER IN FRANCE A ON THE “FAMOUS CORSICAN MOB! KNOWN AS “THE FRENCH CONNECTION” HIS CASES WERE HISTORICAL AND WORLDWIDE AND FILLED WITH “DANGER AND INTREAGUE”. BOYKIN ROSE Associate Deputy Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice. In today's society, the word "hero" is thrown around freely with little regard to the actions or circumstances involved. But Pete earned that title, although he'll never use that title or admit it. But isn't that one of the traits of a true hero? If you want to learn what life as a DEA Agent can be like, the dangers, the excitement, staying focused on your mission, this is the book for you. Pete doesn't tell stories about what others did while he sat back and watched. He lays out firsthand knowledge of how he worked undercover in a seedy and violent world when any day could realistically be his last. This isn't Hollywood, this is real life from a man who lived it!!! Steve Murphy DEA NARCOS

Download or read book War is a Racket written by Smedley Butler and published by Jovian Press. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War Is a Racket is a speech and a 1935 short book, by Smedley D. Butler, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient. Based on his career military experience, Butler frankly discusses how business interests commercially benefit (including war profiteering) from warfare. He had been appointed commanding officer of the Gendarmerie during the United States occupation of Haiti, which lasted from 1915 to 1934.

Download or read book A Hell of a War written by Douglas Fairbanks and published by St Martins Press. This book was released on 1993-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the actor's World War II experiences, when he served aboard a destroyer in the thick of the naval battle for the North Atlantic

Download or read book A Worse Place Than Hell How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation written by John Matteson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulitzer Prize–winning author John Matteson illuminates three harrowing months of the Civil War and their enduring legacy for America. December 1862 drove the United States toward a breaking point. The Battle of Fredericksburg shattered Union forces and Northern confidence. As Abraham Lincoln’s government threatened to fracture, this critical moment also tested five extraordinary individuals whose lives reflect the soul of a nation. The changes they underwent led to profound repercussions in the country’s law, literature, politics, and popular mythology. Taken together, their stories offer a striking restatement of what it means to be American. Guided by patriotism, driven by desire, all five moved toward singular destinies. A young Harvard intellectual steeped in courageous ideals, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. confronted grave challenges to his concept of duty. The one-eyed army chaplain Arthur Fuller pitted his frail body against the evils of slavery. Walt Whitman, a gay Brooklyn poet condemned by the guardians of propriety, and Louisa May Alcott, a struggling writer seeking an authentic voice and her father’s admiration, tended soldiers’ wracked bodies as nurses. On the other side of the national schism, John Pelham, a West Point cadet from Alabama, achieved a unique excellence in artillery tactics as he served a doomed and misbegotten cause. A Worse Place Than Hell brings together the prodigious forces of war with the intimacy of individual lives. Matteson interweaves the historic and the personal in a work as beautiful as it is powerful.

Download or read book Ghost Rider The War For Heaven Book 1 written by and published by Marvel. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We're hell-bent and heaven-bound as Jason Aaron blazes a new trail for the Ghost Rider! Over the years, Johnny Blaze has lost everything to his curse - his family, his life...even his soul. But now, he finally knows who's responsible for turning him into a flaming-skulled horror-show on wheels - and he's out for vengeance! But when his fellow Ghost Rider, Danny Ketch, returns, whose side is he on? What familiar faces has Ketch brought to the party with him? And who is about to get shot in the head with a hellfire shotgun? Plus, meet the mysterious Mister Eleven - he might be an angel, a demon or something else entirely! And what secrets lay within the town of Mercy, Idaho? Grab your helmet; it's gonna be one hell of a ride! COLLECTING: GHOST RIDER (2006) 20-32, GHOST RIDER ANNUAL (2007) 1-2, GHOST RIDER SAGA

Download or read book War Is Hell written by Garth Ennis and published by Marvel Comics Group. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of Karl Kaufmann, an ambitious and idealistic young aviator who learns the ugly truth of life in wartime. As he joins up with a squadrom of the Royal Flying Corps in France, Kaufmann must hide his past from his fellow pilots, while surviving the rigors and heartbreak of war.

Download or read book His Time in Hell written by Warren R. Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the experiences Warren Jackson had while serving as a marine in France during World War I.

Download or read book On Call in Hell written by Cdr. Richard Jadick and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-03-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At age thirty-eight, Navy Dr. Richard Jadick was too old to be called up to the front lines-but not too old to volunteer. This is the inspiring story of one man's decision to enter into the fray-and a compelling account of courage under fire. Both wrenching and uplifting, On Call in Hell is a portrayal of brothers-in-arms that few will be able to forget. Awarded a Bronze Star with a Combat V for valor, Jadick has become a modern American legend-and a true American hero.

Download or read book War for the Hell of It written by Ed Cobleigh and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's it like to fight an unwinnable war? What's Mach 2? What does night ground attack feel like? How was the Phantom to fly? It's all here, the sights, sounds, smells, violence, political frustrations, the terror and triumph of survival in the sky over Vietnam. Death in the air but exotic pleasures available back on base in Thailand. Live it n