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64) Obama's wars
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Woodward shows Obama making the critical decisions on the Afghanistan War, the secret war in Pakistan and the worldwide fight against terrorism.
Author
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestseller. The definitive story of the Ritchie Boys, as featured on CBS's 60 Minutes. "A spellbinding account of extraordinary men at war." —USA Today
They were young Jewish boys who escaped from Nazi-occupied Europe and resettled in America. After the United States entered the war, they returned to fight for their adopted homeland and for the families they had left behind. Their stories tell the...
They were young Jewish boys who escaped from Nazi-occupied Europe and resettled in America. After the United States entered the war, they returned to fight for their adopted homeland and for the families they had left behind. Their stories tell the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Norwood House Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Vehicles are important in the military. Infantry fighting vehicles take soldiers into battle and keep them safe. Light Medium Tactical Vehicles bring gear and food to military camps. Some vehicles, like tanks, are used for fighting. Military vehicles help soldiers in many different ways.
68) All out war
Author
Series
Eric Steele novels volume 2
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Badly injured while stopping a rogue agent from obtaining weapons of mass destruction, elite warrior Eric Steele is drawn back into service before he's ready when unknown assailants break into his home near Pittsburgh, injuring his mother and stealing his father's pistol. An Alpha--an elite soldier under the direct command of the president of the United States--Steele is hell-bent on finding the attackers and bringing them to justice. While tracking...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. Killing the Rising Sun takes readers to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made...
Author
Series
Pike Logan thrillers volume 8
Language
English
Description
When ISIS plans an attack no one anticipates, one that cannot be defeated by an airstrike, Pike Logan and the Taskforce are America's only hope.
80) American veteran
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Today, America has nearly eighteen million living military veterans, from the Greatest Generation to men and women coming home from recent tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. They join the now-silent ranks of American veterans reaching back to our earliest conflict, the Revolutionary War.
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