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“peter tomsen”

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  • The Wars of Afghanistan

    Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures of Great Powers

    by Peter Tomsen ...
    As Ambassador and Special Envoy on Afghanistan from 1989 to 1992, Peter Tomsen has had close relationships with Afghan leaders and has dealt with senior Taliban, warlords, and religious leaders involved in the region's conflicts over the last two decades. Now Tomsen draws on a rich trove of never-before-published material to shed new light on the American involvement in the long and continuing ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Looming Tower (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

    by Lawrence Wright ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A “heart-stopping account of the events leading up to 9/11” (The New York Times Book Review), this definitive history explains in gripping detail the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise of al-Qaeda, and the intelligence failures that culminated in the attacks on the World Trade Center.One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Into the Fire

    A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War

    by Dakota Meyer, Bing West ...
    “The story of what Dakota did . . . will be told for generations.”—President Barack Obama, from remarks given at Meyer’s Medal of Honor ceremonyIn the fall of 2009, Taliban insurgents ambushed a patrol of Afghan soldiers and Marine advisors in a mountain village called Ganjigal. Firing from entrenched positions, the enemy was positioned to wipe out one hundred men who were pinned down and were ... Read more

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  • Down Range

    Navy SEALs in the War on Terrorism

    by Dick Couch ...
    In America’s battle against global terrorism, the goal of the Navy SEALs is to be the best guns in the fight—stealthy, effective, professional, and lethal. Here for the first time is a SEAL insider’s battle history of these Special Operations warriors in the war on terrorism.“Down range” is what SEALs in Afghanistan and Iraq call their area of operations. In this new mode of warfare, “down range” ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Genghis Khan

    by Jacob Abbott ...
    Genghis Khan was the founder and Great Khan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his demise. He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia. After founding the Mongol Empire and being proclaimed "Genghis Khan," he started the Mongol invasions that resulted in the conquest of most of Eurasia. These included raids or ... Read more

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  • Living with Honor

    A Memoir

    by Joe Layden, Salvatore Giunta ...
    There was the sound of a single bullet, and then . . . a deafening barrage of gunfire and explosions. There were, literally, thousands of bullets in the air at once, and more tracers streaking across the sky than there were stars overhead. It was a miracle that most of us weren’t killed instantly.Staff Sergeant Salvatore, “Sal,” Giunta was the first living person to receive the Medal of Honor—the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • After Action Report on the Actions of the 20th Maine at Gettysburg

    by Joshua Chamberlain ...
    This is the actual report submitted by Col. Joshua Chamberlain describing the pivotal actions of the 20th Maine Volunteers as they conducted the defense of the Union left flank and the bayonet charge proved decisive at the historic battle of Gettysburg. Chamberlain eloqently and concisely sums up the action in this short (7 page) document. ... Read more

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  • A Tactical Ethic

    Moral Conduct in the Insurgent Battlespace

    by Dick R Couch ...
    Following the success of his recent book on Navy SEALs in Iraq, The Sheriff of Ramadi, bestselling author and combat veteran Dick Couch now examines the importance of battlefield ethics in effectively combating terrorists without losing the battle for the hearts of the local population. A former SEAL who led one of the only successful POW rescue operations in Vietnam, Couch warns that the mistakes ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Two Sons in a War Zone

    Afghanistan: The True Story of a Father's Conflict

    by Stephen Wynn ...
    When soldiers go to war, what do their families and friends experience? There is huge public support for the military, who risk their lives in faraway war zones, but do we really have any idea what their 'nearest and dearest' go through while the troops are away? This book started out as a diary of a year in the life of Stephen Wynn, a police officer who happens to have two sons in the military. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Hidden Life of the Sixth Dalai Lama

    by Ngawang Lhundrup Dargyé ...
    Translated by Simon Wickham-Smith ...
    Series series Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
    The life of the Sixth Dalai Lama does not end with his supposed death at Kokonor in November 1706, on the way to Beijing, and an audience with the Manchu Emperor Kangxi. This book, the so-called Hidden Life, presents a very different Tsangyang Gyamtso, neither a louche poet nor a drinker, but a sober Buddhist practitioner, who chose to escape at Kokonor and to adopt the guise of a wandering monk, ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • A Poet and Bin-Laden: A Reality Novel

    by Hamid Ismailov ...
    Series series 1
    A Poet and Bin-Laden is a novel set in Central Asia at the turn of the 21st century against a swirling backdrop of Islamic fundamentalism in the Ferghana Valley and beyond.The story begins on the eve of 9/11, with the narrator’s haunting description of the airplane attack on the Twin Towers as seen on TV while he is on holiday in Central Asia. Subsequent chapters shift backwards and forwards in ... Read more

    $9.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Heroes

    On the Homefront

    by Oliver North ...
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Heroes Proved, a moving collection of “straightforward, honest testimonials to the courage American troops display on and off the battlefield” (Kirkus Reviews).For more than a dozen years, combat-decorated Marine Oliver North and his award-winning documentary team from FOX News Channel’s War Stories traveled to the frontlines of the War on Terror to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD