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“richard lowry”

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  • Marines in the Garden of Eden

    The True Story of Seven Bloody Days in Iraq

    by Richard Lowry ...
    On March 23, 2003, in the city of An Nasiriyah, Iraq, members of the 507th Maintenance Company came under attack from Iraqi forces who killed or wounded twenty-one soldiers and took six prisoners, including Private Jessica Lynch. For the next week, An Nasiriyah rocked with battle as the marines of Task Force Tarawa fought Saddam's fanatical followers, street by street and building to building, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Photographer and the President

    Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Gardner, and the Images That Made a Presidency

    by Richard Lowry ...
    A new angle on Lincoln and his legacy, exploring the rich and suggestive dialogue between art, image, and politics at the time of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was one of the most photographed figures of his century. Richard Lowry explores Lincoln’s association with Alexander Gardner, the man who would create the most memorable and ultimately iconic images of the president, both in his studio and ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Evolution of Psychological Theory

    A Critical History of Concepts and Presuppositions

    by Richard Lowry ...
    First published in 1982. Is there any point to studying the historical development of psychological theory, apart from the antiquarian interest of finding out who said what, when? This book is offered in the belief that there is. It is that such a study can provide valuable background for a critical, analytical, and—in the healthy, liberating sense of the term—skeptical understanding of the ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Hogs in the Shadows

    Combat Stories from Marine Snipers in Iraq

    by Milo S. Afong ...
    They have one mission? and they accomplish it with one bullet.In Operation Iraqi Freedom, there is a special breed of hunter for whom the prey is the enemy?and every day is hunting season. This soldier is a HOG?a Hunter of Gunman. These stories give firsthand accounts of just how dangerous Iraq can be, the experience of these young men, and the consequences involved with being on a Marine Scout ... Read more

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  • Task Force Black

    The Explosive True Story of the Secret Special Forces War in Iraq

    by Mark Urban ...
    The true story of one of the most dramatic and sustained special operations in military historyWhen American and British forces invaded Iraq in March 2003, select teams of special forces and intelligence operatives got to work looking for the WMD their governments had promised were there. They quickly realized no such weapons existed. Instead they faced an insurgency—a soaring spiral of extremism ... Read more

    $15.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Village

    by Bing West ...
    The true story of seventeen months in the life of a Vietnamese village where a handful of American Marines and Vietnamese militia lived and died together attempting to defend it.In Black Hawk Down, the fight went on for a day. In We Were Soldiers Once & Young, the fighting lasted three days. In The Village, one Marine squad fought for 495 days—half of them died.Few American battles have been so ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • The Battle of Mogadishu

    First Hand Accounts From the Men of Task Force Ranger

    Edited by Matt Eversmann, Dan Schilling ...
    “No matter how skilled the writer of nonfiction, you are always getting the story secondhand. Here’s a chance to go right to the source. . . . These men were there.”–MARK BOWDEN (from the Foreword)It started as a mission to capture a Somali warlord. It turned into a disastrous urban firefight and death-defying rescue operation that shocked the world and rattled a great nation. Now the 1993 battle ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The March Up

    Taking Baghdad with the United States Marines

    by Bing West, Ray L. Smith ...
    BONUS: This edition contains excerpts from Bing West's No True Glory and The Strongest Tribe.With unprecedented access and previously unreported detail, here is a first hand account of the 22-day march to Baghdad that takes you behind the scenes and to the front line...No one reporting on the war in Iraq had the unique battlefield clearance afforded the authors of this dramatic eyewitness account. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Clearing the Way: Combat Engineers in Kandahar

    by Mark Gasparotto ...
    Clearing the Way: Combat Engineers in Kandahar is the story of the men and women of 23 Field Squadron who served with the 1st Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group in Kandahar in 2006. Through the eyes of thirteen Squadron members relive the early days of the war in Kandahar and the coming of age of a group of soldiers recorded in graphic detail. The reader experiences the large scale battles with ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • New Dawn

    The Battles for Fallujah

    by Richard S. Lowry ...
    This award–winning "powerful narrative history" presents a vividly detailed chronicle of grueling combat operations in Fallujah during the Iraq War ( Midwest Book Review).Few places are as closely associated with blood, sacrifice, and valor as the ancient city Fallujah, forty miles west of Baghdad. This sprawling concrete jungle was the scene of two major U.S. combat operations in 2004. The first, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • War Dog

    Fighting Other People's Wars: The Modern Mercenary in Combat

    by Al J. Venter ...
    Mercenaries have been with us since the dawn of civilization, yet in the modern world they are little understood. While many of today's freelance fighters provide support for larger military establishments, others wage war where the great powers refuse to tread. In War Dog, Al Venter examines the latter world of mercenary fighters effecting decisions by themselves. In the process he unveils a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Zulu Zulu Foxtrot

    To Hell and Back with Koevoet

    by Arn Durand ...
    ‘Both my guns are jammed. I’m dead meat, a sitting duck. All the insurgent has to do is pull the trigger of his RPG-7 rocket launcher. My heart surges, pumping pure adrenalin through my body and my mind.’ Arn Durand was a member of Koevoet, the most deadly fighting force involved in the Border War. Their task was to seek and destroy SWAPO PLAN insurgents. Zulu Zulu Foxtrot is an explosive account ... Read more

    $9.89 USD