In The House Of War

Author : James Carroll
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618872015
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book House of War written by James Carroll and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the Pentagon, the military, and their vast, frequently hidden influence on American life argues that the Pentagon has, since its inception, operated beyond the control of any force in government or society.

Author : David Bellavia
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471105873
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book House to House written by David Bellavia and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-25 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 8 November 2004, the largest battle of the War on Terror began, with the US Army's assault on Fallujah and its network of tens of thousands of insurgents hiding in fortified bunkers, on rooftops, and inside booby-trapped houses. For Sgt. David Bellavia of 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, it quickly turned into a battle on foot, from street to street and house to house. On the second day, he and his men laid siege to a mosque, only to be driven to a rooftop and surrounded, before heavy artillery could smash through to rescue them. By the third day, Bellavia charges an insurgent-filled house and finds himself trapped with six enemy fighters. One by one, he shoots, wrestles, stabs, and kills five of them, until his men arrive to take care of the final target. It is one of the most hair-raising battle stories of any age -- yet it does not spell the end of Bellavia's service. It would take serveral more weeks before the Battle of Fallujah finally came to a close, with Bellavia, miraculously, alive. In the words of the author: "HOUSE TO HOUSE holds nothing back. It is a raw, gritty look at killing and combat and how men react to it. It is gut-wrenching, shocking and brutal. It is honest. It is not a glorification of war. Yet it will not shy from acknowledging this: sometimes it takes something as terrible as war for the full beauty of the human spirit to emerge."

Author : Scott Mariani
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008235996
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book House of War (Ben Hope, Book 20) written by Scott Mariani and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The edge-of-your-seat thriller from the #1 bestseller. ‘A gripping tale that will have you turning the pages well into the night’ MARK DAWSON

Author : Michelle West
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 1101185066
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book City of Night written by Michelle West and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this epic fantasy series for fans of George R. R. Martin and Robin Hobb, Jewel Markess must contend with deadly court politics, and visions of looming magical threats. Times are truly desperate within Averalaan’s hundred holdings. Street children are disappearing, theft and violence are increasing, and even Jewel Markess’s den is finding it hard to make ends meet. Demonic activity has escalated in both the Undercity and the mortal surface level city as the worshipers and servants of the Lord of the Hells strive to complete the rituals that will return their god to the mortal realm. As Rath joins with mages and the Twin Kings' agents to wage a secret battle against this nearly unstoppable foe, he gives Jewel and her den of orphans the opportunity to escape the chaos by providing them with a note of introduction to the head of House Terafin, where Jewel will discover her destiny.

Author : M. R. Carey
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0575132744
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The House of War and Witness written by M. R. Carey and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the year 1740, with the whole of Europe balanced on the brink of war, a company of Austrian soldiers is sent to the village of Narutsin to defend the border with Prussia. But what should be a routine posting is quickly revealed to be anything but. The previous garrison is gone, the great house of Pokoj, where they're to be billeted, a dilapidated ruin, and the people of Narutsin sullen and belligerent. Convinced the villagers are keeping secrets - and possibly consorting with the enemy - the commanding officer orders his junior lieutenant, Klaes, to investigate. While Klaes sifts through the villagers' truths, half-truths and lies, Drozde, the quartermaster's woman, is making uncomfortable discoveries of her own - about herself, her man, and the house where they've all been thrown together. Because far from being the empty shell it appears to be, Pokoj is actually teeming with people. It's just that they're all dead. And the dead know things - about Drozde, about the history of Pokoj, and about the terrible event that is rushing towards them all, seemingly unstoppable. The ghosts of Pokoj, the soldiers of the empress and the villagers of Narutsin are about to find themselves actors in a story that has been unfolding for centuries. It will end in blood - that much is written - but how much blood will depend on Klaes' honour, Drozde's skill and courage, and the keeping of an impossible promise...

Author : Bob Woodward
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471104656
Total Pages : 653 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War Within written by Bob Woodward and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his fourth book on President George W. Bush and his controversial 'War on Terror,' Bob Woodward takes us behind closed doors, into the hidden rooms of the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department, and US intelligence agencies, where the details of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were fiercely debated and eventually determined. Today, the Iraq War is a major source of contention around the world, and may become the defining political, social and moral issue of this brief period in American history. In an attempt to understand the Bush presidency, and its divisive legacy, Woodward examines this conflict at its source: in Washington D.C. This fast-paced, groundbreaking book includes never-before-published information, as Woodward draws upon his vast experience a veteran political journalist to provide a richly detailed and meticulously researched examination of the war in Iraq over the past two years. In The War Within, Woodward expands upon his study of the Bush administration in his previous three books, with his signature authoritative, measured, and deeply human sense of perspective.

Author : Alexander Waugh
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0747596735
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The House of Wittgenstein written by Alexander Waugh and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of a one-handed pianist and the fall of his aristocratic family.

Author : Deborah Ellis
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0888999070
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Children of War written by Deborah Ellis and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2009 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides interviews with twenty-three young Iraqi children who have moved away from their homeland and tells of their fears, challenges, and struggles to rebuild their lives in foreign lands as refugees of war.

Author : Michelle West
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780756405403
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hidden City written by Michelle West and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-03-03 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jay, a young orphan, is rescued from the streets by the mysterious Rath, but when the demons that once nearly destroyed the Essalieyan Empire begin to stir again, Rath and Jay find themselves the target of these dangerous beings. Reprint.

Author : Jane Addams
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465599614
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peace and Bread in Time of War written by Jane Addams and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: