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The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor
ISBN: 9780316185400 / Angielski / Miękka / 704 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The heartbreaking and inspiring story of one of America's deadliest battles during the war in Afghanistan, acclaimed by critics everywhere as a classic.
*Soon to be a major motion picture from Millennium Films* At 5:58 AM on October 3rd, 2009, Combat Outpost Keating, located in frighteningly vulnerable terrain in Afghanistan just 14 miles from the Pakistani border, was viciously attacked. Though the 53 Americans there prevailed against nearly 400 Taliban fighters, their casualties made it the deadliest fight of the war for the U.S. that year. Four... The heartbreaking and inspiring story of one of America's deadliest battles during the war in Afghanistan, acclaimed by critics everywhere as a...
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77,03 zł |
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Operation Anaconda: America's First Major Battle in Afghanistan [With CD (Audio)]
ISBN: 9780700618019 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Long before it became "Obama's War," the long-running conflict in Afghanistan was launched by President George W. Bush in retaliation for the 9/11 attacks on the United States. Only a few months later, Operation Anaconda sent American-led coalition forces into their most intensely brutal confrontation with Al Qaeda and their Taliban hosts in the Shar-i Kot Valley near the Pakistan border. The result was an unexpected set piece of conventional fighting in what has become an era of guerrilla warfare. Drawing upon previously unavailable or neglected sources, Lester Grau and Dodge Billingsley...
Long before it became "Obama's War," the long-running conflict in Afghanistan was launched by President George W. Bush in retaliation for the 9/11 att...
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244,39 zł |
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The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan
ISBN: 9780753829387 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. General Stanley McChrystal resigned as commander of the US forces in Afghanistan after unflattering remarks - attributed to the four-star general - appeared in an issue of Rolling Stone magazine. In 'The Operators', Michael Hastings - the journalist responsible for the article - reveals the true goings-on at the highest level.
General Stanley McChrystal resigned as commander of the US forces in Afghanistan after unflattering remarks - attributed to the four-star general - ap...
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77,12 zł |
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Every Man in This Village Is a Liar: An Education in War
ISBN: 9781408810002 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A shattering account of war and disillusionment from a young woman reporting from the front lines of the war on terror.
A shattering account of war and disillusionment from a young woman reporting from the front lines of the war on terror.
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77,12 zł |
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War Against the Taliban : Why It All Went Wrong in Afghanistan
ISBN: 9781408822340 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Afghanistan's strategically significant lands have long been fought over by foreign invaders. Today, as yet another generation risks life and limb in this inhospitable territory, an ever-rising death toll puts back under the spotlight the way the modern war in Afghanistan is being run, and demands answers. Drawing on interviews with Afghan politicians, businessmen and ordinary people, British, American and European diplomats and soldiers, Sandy Gall addresses the challenges - political, religious, and military - that face those now fighting on the most dangerous frontier in the world. Afghanistan's strategically significant lands have long been fought over by foreign invaders. Today, as yet another generation risks life and limb ... |
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77,12 zł |
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A-10 Thunderbolt II Units of Operation Enduring Freedom 2002-07
ISBN: 9781780963044 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the early 1970s, the USAF, still fresh in the mire of the Vietnam War, began the search for a more effective aircraft to conduct the CAS mission. With aircraft losses climbing, the need for an aircraft that could withstand punishment as well as deliver it was unmistakable. Looking at past experience in Southeast Asia as well as the present and future threat in Western Europe of a numerically superior Soviet Army, the USAF demanded that the new aircraft be built around a 30 mm cannon. Fairchild Republic won the resulting A-X competition in 1973 and General Electric was chosen the following...
In the early 1970s, the USAF, still fresh in the mire of the Vietnam War, began the search for a more effective aircraft to conduct the CAS mission. W...
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87,41 zł |
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The Passion of Bradley Manning: The Story Behind the Wikileaks Whistleblower
ISBN: 9781781680698 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bradley Manning was arrested, imprisoned in solitary confinement for nine months, and court-martialed for leaking nearly half a million classified government documents, including the infamous "Collateral Murder" gunsight video. He was an intelligence analyst in the US Army's 10th Mountain Division, is twenty-four, and comes from Crescent, Oklahoma.
But who is Private First Class Bradley Manning? Why did he commit the largest security breach in American history--and why was it so easy? In this book, the astonishing leaks attributed to Bradley Manning are viewed from many angles, from... Bradley Manning was arrested, imprisoned in solitary confinement for nine months, and court-martialed for leaking nearly half a million classified gov...
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45,36 zł |
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Danger Close: The True Story of Helmand from the Leader of 3 PARA
ISBN: 9781848542587 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Colonel Stuart Tootal was incharge of 3 PARA in Afghanistan. The risks were high. He had to make tough calls everyday. Isolated and undermanned, 3 PARA were up against it. This it their story, from the man who led them.
Colonel Stuart Tootal was incharge of 3 PARA in Afghanistan. The risks were high. He had to make tough calls everyday. Isolated and undermanned, 3 PAR...
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75,62 zł |
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On Afghanistan's Plains: The Story of Britain's Afghan Wars
ISBN: 9781848857179 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Britain's military involvement in Afghanistan is a contentious subject, yet it is often forgotten that the current conflict is in fact the fourth in a string of such wars dating back more than 170 years. Aiming to protect British India from the expanding Russian empire, the British fought a series of conflicts on Afghan territory between 1838-1919. The Anglo-Afghan wars of the 19th and early 20th Centuries were ill-conceived and led to some of the worst military disasters ever sustained by British forces in this part of the world, with poor strategy in the First Afghan War resulting in the...
Britain's military involvement in Afghanistan is a contentious subject, yet it is often forgotten that the current conflict is in fact the fourth in a...
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205,80 zł |
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Poetry of the Taliban
ISBN: 9781849043052 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First collection in English of poetry inspired by and inspiring the Taliban
First collection in English of poetry inspired by and inspiring the Taliban
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87,41 zł |
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No Worse Enemy : The Inside Story of the Chaotic Struggle for Afghanistan
ISBN: 9781851689774 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The war in Afghanistan is over ten years old. It has cost countless lives and hundreds of billions of pounds. Politicians talk of progress, but the violence is worse than ever. In this powerful and shocking expose from the front lines in Helmand province, leading journalist and documentary-maker Ben Anderson (HBO, Panorama, and Dispatches) shows just how bad it has got. Detailing battles that last for days, only to be fought again weeks later, Anderson witnesses IED explosions and sniper fire, amid disturbing incompetence and corruption among the Afghan army and police. Also revealing the...
The war in Afghanistan is over ten years old. It has cost countless lives and hundreds of billions of pounds. Politicians talk of progress, but the vi...
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128,63 zł |
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On Afghanistan's Plains: Courage and Compassion on the Front Line
ISBN: 9781532875281 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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40,43 zł |
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The Soldiers of the 710th Ordnance Company (EOD) 2002-2007
ISBN: 9781490374253 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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65,95 zł |
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Eyewitness to War - Volume III: US Army Advisors in Afghanistan
ISBN: 9781494413026 / Angielski / Miękka / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Eyewitness to War Oral History Series: US Army Advisors in Afghanistan is the third publication by the Combat Studies Institute that makes exclusive use of oral history. This volume is a product of interviews obtained by the CSI Operational Leadership Experience (OLE) project and our Contemporary Operations Study Team (COST). The interviews used in this volume range from a senior officer who conceptualized the idea for Task Force Phoenix, the Coalition Joint Task Force that execute a broad-based training, mentoring, and assistance program aimed at improving the Afghan National Army's (ANA)...
Eyewitness to War Oral History Series: US Army Advisors in Afghanistan is the third publication by the Combat Studies Institute that makes exclusive u...
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101,12 zł |
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A Different Kind of War: The United States Army in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF), October 2001-September 2005
ISBN: 9781494413293 / Angielski / Miękka / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the beginning of the Global War on Terrorism, the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) has captured the experiences of Soldiers as they conducted difficult operations across the world in a variety of important ways. Historical accounts of the US Army's campaigns play a critical role in this process by offering insights from the past to assist Soldiers with their current-and future-operational challenges. This volume, A Different Kind of War, is the first comprehensive study of the US Army's experience in Afghanistan during the first 4 years of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF)....
Since the beginning of the Global War on Terrorism, the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) has captured the experiences of Soldiers as the...
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121,35 zł |
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Field Artillery in Military Operations Other Than War: An Overview of the U.S. Experience: Global War on Terrorism - Occasional Paper 4
ISBN: 9781475259155 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The initial conflicts in the Global War on Terrorism, Afghanistan and Iraq, pose significant challenges for the armed forces of the United States and its coalition allies. Among the challenges is the use of field artillery in those campaigns that fall short of conventional warfare. Engaged in a spectrum from full-scale combat to stability and support operations, the military is faced with an ever-changing environment in which to use its combat power. For instance, it is axiomatic that the massive application of firepower necessary to destroy targets in decisive phase III combat operations is...
The initial conflicts in the Global War on Terrorism, Afghanistan and Iraq, pose significant challenges for the armed forces of the United States and ...
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80,72 zł |
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Policing and Coin Operations: Lessons Learned, Strategies, and Future Directions
ISBN: 9781478216322 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the time of this writing, the United States and the other members of the international security assistance forces are completing nearly a decade of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan. What started as more conventional or tradition fights has degenerated over time into insurgency warfare, something U.S. forces have had to re-learn and re-build to fight.
At the time of this writing, the United States and the other members of the international security assistance forces are completing nearly a decade of...
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80,88 zł |
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Disjointed Ways, Disunified Means: Learning from America's Struggle to Build an Afghan Nation
ISBN: 9781478393849 / Angielski / Miękka / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Remarkably ambitious in its audacity and scope, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) irregular warfare and "nation-building" mission in Afghanistan has struggled to meet its nonmilitary objectives by most tangible measures. Put directly, the alliance and its partners have fallen short of achieving the results needed to create a stable, secure, democratic, and self-sustaining Afghan nation, a particularly daunting proposition given Afghanistan's history and culture, the region's contemporary circumstances, and the fact that no such country has existed there before. Furthermore,...
Remarkably ambitious in its audacity and scope, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) irregular warfare and "nation-building" mission in Afg...
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88,98 zł |
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Eyewitness to War Volume III: US Army Advisors in Afghanistan: Oral History Series
ISBN: 9781470074210 / Angielski / Miękka / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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113,25 zł |
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Al-Qaida, the Tribes, and the Government: Lessons and Prospects for Iraq's Unstable Triangle
ISBN: 9781475058703 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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97,07 zł |
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