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The Wrong Enemy by Carlotta Gall
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Carlotta Gall

Taliban prisoners in Shiberghan prison, in northern Afghanistan, after the mass surrender at Kunduz, December 2001. Among them were foreign fighters and survivors of the battle of Qala-i-Janghi. Alan Chin ...
( Category: Afghan War October 27,2014 )
Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton
epub |eng | 2009-10-26 | Author:Doug Stanton

After dropping off Dean’s team, the helicopter lifted into the air and pushed about ten miles east to deliver Major Mark Mitchell and Lieutenant Colonel Bowers, and the rest of ...
( Category: Afghan War October 27,2014 )
Cowardice by Walsh Chris
epub |eng | 2014-10-26 | Author:Walsh, Chris

Yet there is a kind of cowardice whose commonness does not redeem it. In a 1901 polemic against lynching, Mark Twain wrote of “man’s commonest weakness, his aversion to being ...
( Category: Emotions October 27,2014 )
The Crisis — Complete by Winston Churchill
epub |eng | 2004-10-18 | Author:Winston Churchill [Churchill, Winston]

......................... That same Thursday, when the first families of the city were whispering jubilantly in each other's ears of the safe arrival of the artillery and stands of arms at ...
( Category: Classics October 16,2014 )
Nehru by Shashi Tharoor
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Shashi Tharoor

8 “Commanding Heights”: 1947–1957 One man did not join the celebrations that midnight. Mahatma Gandhi stayed in Calcutta, fasting, striving to keep the peace in a city that just a ...
( Category: India October 16,2014 )
American Phoenix by Jane Cook
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-02-25 | Author:Jane Cook

John and Louisa returned home from the ball to the news that their footman, Paul, was a new father. Earlier in the day his wife had given birth to a ...
( Category: War of 1812 October 16,2014 )
No Good Men Among the Living by Anand Gopal
epub |eng | | Author:Anand Gopal

PART THREE 8 Election Day One day, a letter appeared at Heela’s home bearing an impressive blue seal of a type she had never before seen. When Musqinyar arrived, he ...
( Category: Specific Topics October 16,2014 )
Eyes on Target: Inside Stories From the Brotherhood of the U.S. Navy SEALs by Scott McEwen & Richard Miniter
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-02-25 | Author:Scott McEwen & Richard Miniter

We expect to lead and be led. In the absence of orders I will take charge, lead my teammates, and accomplish the mission. I lead by example in all situations. ...
( Category: Military October 16,2014 )
Auschwitz by Laurence Rees
epub |eng | 2011-02-14 | Author:Laurence Rees [Laurence Rees]

Although Groening does not exactly use the word “enjoyable” to describe his time at Auschwitz, it is hard to see how that is not an apt description of the life ...
( Category: Holocaust October 16,2014 )
The Doctor Wore Petticoats: Women Physicians of the Old West by Enss Chris
epub, mobi |eng | 2006-03-01 | Author:Enss, Chris [Enss, Chris]

ONE TIME HELPING TO DELIVER A CHILD LED PATTY BARTLETT SESSIONS TO PURSUE A MEDICAL PROFESSION. On Sunday, September 26, 1847, Patty assisted in the birth of the first male ...
( Category: Women October 16,2014 )
Under a Bomber's Moon: The true story of two airmen at war over Germany by Stephen Harris
epub |eng | 2008-12-31 | Author:Stephen Harris

CHAPTER 10 THE HUNTER AS TARGET The Raf led the Counter-Charge against the German night fighters in a superb, wooden warhorse – the twin-engined Mosquito fighter-bomber. Otto fell prey twice, ...
( Category: World War II October 16,2014 )
The Pope's Last Crusade by Peter Eisner
epub |eng | | Author:Peter Eisner

New York, November 20, 1938 LaFarge’s magazine, America, condemned Kristallnacht in a sharp editorial. “Germany, once counted among the civilized nations, has put herself beyond the pale. . . . ...
( Category: Judaism October 16,2014 )
The Worth of War by Benjamin Ginsberg
epub |eng | 2014-07-29 | Author:Benjamin Ginsberg

War gives states reason to mitigate their brutality and even—at least—go through the motions of soliciting citizens’ views on matters of leadership and policy. I would, however, be remiss if ...
( Category: Civilization & Culture October 16,2014 )
No Worse Enemy by Ben Anderson
epub |eng | | Author:Ben Anderson [Anderson, Ben]

Back at the base, Captain Sparks wrestled with the biggest surprise of Marjah, the highly-skilled snipers. The tiny roof I’d seen being turned into a watchtower was now walled with ...
( Category: Asian October 16,2014 )
Churchill, Winston - [The Second World War Vol 01] - The Gathering Storm
mobi |eng | 2011-03-18 | Author:The Gathering Storm

Later on the same day, Mr. Chamberlain said that the Government had undertaken their new obligations in Eastern Europe without inviting the direct participation of the Soviet Government on account ...
( Category: World War II October 15,2014 )

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