Rogue Soldiers

Author : Ken Lizzio
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493060481
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rogue Soldiers written by Ken Lizzio and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the greatest of tragedies of the American frontier—the Donner Party, the Alamo, Wounded Knee—a little known but no less tragic event was the Texas Mier Expedition. Originally part of a 1,200-man invasion to retaliate against Mexican incursions on Texas soil in 1842, the Expedition unfolded when several hundred fighters stubbornly defied President Sam Houston’s orders to disband and return home at once. Fiercely independent and recently reorganized under new leadership, this motley mix of Texas volunteers and militia turned south and proceeded to invade Mexico, determined to avenge past humiliations at the hands of Mexican dictator Antonio López de Santa Anna. Once in Mexico they engaged the enemy in a dramatic day-long battle when they were suddenly tricked into surrendering and marched 1,300 miles to Perote prison. It was a march of attrition during which many Texans were executed or died from exposure, disease, or starvation. Once in Perote, they were forced to sleep on stone floors in chains and put to hard labor. Of the original three hundred and eight members of the rogue expedition who survived, only half left the prison alive. After two years in captivity, the prisoners were finally released only to be ignored and forgotten by their own countrymen upon their return home. Drawing from over a dozen first-hand accounts, author Ken Lizzie extracts this exciting narrative recounting the pathos of these fighting men—from the blood-soaked Battlefields of Mier and the subsequent surrender to their harrowing 1,300-mile forced march to Perote Prison.

Author : Jamie Lynn Miller
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1365393399
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rogue Soldier - Shadow Unit Book 2 written by Jamie Lynn Miller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shadow Unit may have overturned the illegal arms cartel in Kuala Lumpur, but the harrowing undercover op left emotional scars on Sergeants Shawn Weller and Connor Finley. Slowly, patiently, they piece their partnership back together, closer now than ever before. But the arrival of Julian Montgomery, Shawns former CIA handler and lover, threatens to tear them apart. Julian knows all of Shawns secrets as well as the past Shawn has kept hidden from Connor. Now the self-serving Julian wants Shawn backwith the CIA and with him. No one will get in his way. Including Connor. When the joint Shadow Unit/CIA mission to stop the supplier of a deadly biological weapon goes sideways, Connor is captured, tortured, and used as a human test subject. Its a race against time to save his life. But who can Shawn trust? And who has gone rogue? Missed Shawn and Connors earlier adventures? Read BROKEN SOLDIER, available from your favorite retailer.

Author : Ben Macintyre
Publisher : Signal
ISBN 13 : 0771060319
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rogue Heroes written by Ben Macintyre and published by Signal. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a limited series on Prime Video! SAS: ROGUE HEROES, starring Connor Swindells, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Allen, and Dominic West The incredible untold story of World War II’s greatest secret fighting force, as told by the modern master of wartime intrigue. Ben Macintyre's latest book of derring-do and wartime intrigue reveals the incredible story of the last truly unsung secret organization of World War II—Britain's Special Air Service, or the SAS. Facing long odds and a tough slog against Rommel and the German tanks in the Middle East theatre, Britain turned to the brainchild of one its most unlikely heroes—David Stirling, a young man whose aimlessness and almost practiced ennui belied a remarkable mind for strategy. With the help of his equally unusual colleague, the rough-and-tumble Jock Lewes, Stirling sought to assemble a crack team of highly trained men who would parachute in behind enemy lines to throw monkey wrenches into the German war machine. Though he faced stiff resistance from those who believed such activities violated the classic rules of war, Stirling persevered and in the process created a legacy. Staffed by brilliant, idiosyncratic men whose talents defied both tradition and expectations, the SAS would not only change the course of the war, but the very nature of combat itself. Written with complete access to the never-before-seen SAS archives (who chose Macintyre as their official historian), Rogue Heroes offers a powerfully intimate look at life on the battlefield as lived by a group of remarkable soldiers whose contributions have, until now, gone unrecognized beyond the classified world. Filled with wrenching set pieces and weaving its way through multiple theatres of our grandest and most terrible war, this book is both an excellent addition to the Macintyre library and a critical piece in our understanding of the war's unfolding.

Author : Mark Willacy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781761421471
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rogue Forces written by Mark Willacy and published by . This book was released on 2023-04-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2022 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-fiction. Shortlisted for NSW Premier's Literary Award's Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction. Longlisted for the Australian Political Book of the Year Award. Rogue Forces is the explosive first insiders' story of how some of Australia's revered SAS soldiers crossed the line in Afghanistan, descending from elite warriors to unlawful killers. Mark Willacy, who won a Gold Walkley for exposing SAS war crimes, has penetrated the SAS code of silence to reveal one of the darkest chapters in our country's military history. Willacy's devastating award-winning Four Corners program, 'Killing Fields' captured on film for the first time a war crime perpetrated by an Australian: the killing of a terrified, unarmed Afghan man in a field by an SAS soldier. It caused shockwaves around the world and resulted in an Australian Federal Police war crimes investigation. It also sparked a new line of investigation by the Brereton inquiry, the independent Australian Defence Force inquiry into war crimes in Afghanistan. It was a game changer. But for Willacy, it was just the beginning of a much bigger story. More SAS soldiers came forward with undeniable evidence and eyewitness testimony of other unlawful killings, and exposed a culture of brutality and impunity. Rogue Forces takes you out on the patrols where the killings happened. The result is a gripping character-driven story that embeds you on the front line in the thick of the action as those soldiers share for the first time what they witnessed. Willacy also confronts those accused about their sides of the story. At its heart, Rogue Forces is a story about the true heroes who had the courage to come forward and expose the truth. This is their story. A story that had to be told. '[T]his brilliant and courageous book should be required reading for anyone seeking to paint our most recent military adventure as morally unambiguous. As Willacy shows, the "moral injury" sustained by many veterans was often a case of friendly fire.' The Australian

Author : George W. Grayson
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1412846641
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Executioner's Men written by George W. Grayson and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new generation of ruthless pragmatists carves a parallel state across Mexico and Central America. Most powerful among them is Los Zetas, ruled over by Heriberto Lazcano, known as The Executioner. Lazcano and his men have forced a tectonic shift among drug trafficking organizations in the Americas, forever altering how criminal business is conducted in the Western Hemisphere. This narrative brings an unprecedented level of detail in describing how Los Zetas became Mexico’s most diabolical criminal organization. Criminals control networks of police, politician, and businessmen spanning the American continent. The Mexican government is losing its “war on drugs,” despite the military, technical, and intelligence resources provided by its northern neighbor. Subcontracted street gangs operate in hundreds of US cities, purchasing weapons, delivering product, executing targeted foes, and bribing the US Border Patrol. Despite suffering severe losses that would cripple any major corporation, Los Zetas continues to operate internationally in criminal markets. Many of the poor and destitute across the region cooperate with Los Zetas, sometimes for money, often because of coercion.

Author : Martin Dillon
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1780573774
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rogue Warrior of the SAS written by Martin Dillon and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than half a century after his death, Lt Col. Robert Blair Mayne is still regarded as one of the greatest soldiers in the history of military special operations. He was the most decorated British soldier of the Second World War, receiving four DSOs, the Croix de Guerre and the Légion d'honneur, and he pioneered tactics used today by the SAS and other special operations units worldwide. Rogue Warrior of the SAS tells the remarkable life story of 'Colonel Paddy', whose exceptional physical strength and uniquely swift reflexes made him a fearsome opponent. But his unorthodox rules of war and his resentment of authority would deny him the ultimate accolade of the Victoria Cross. Drawing on personal letters and family papers, declassified SAS files and records, together with the Official SAS Diary compiled in wartime and eyewitness accounts from many who served with him, the picture emerges of a soldier who, although a flawed hero, was unquestionably one of the most distinctive combatants of the campaigns in the Western Desert and Europe.

Author : Alexander Engel-Hodgkinson
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0995217491
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cobalt Rogue, Vol. 1 written by Alexander Engel-Hodgkinson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-10-05 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Contains Episodes 000 - 014] Almost six years after a brutal year-long genocide campaign known as 'The Dehue Extermination Project, ' Damian Warkowski is woken up from cryo-sleep by two teenage girls, Jenny Knight and Marner Fraden--both of whom think of the situation as odd and suspicious. For one, he was imprisoned in a cryogenic capsule under their school; two: their own schoolmate, Tim Ryan, was guarding him; and three: they find themselves to be relentlessly pursued by the most infamous and powerful terrorist organization in the nation because the Dehue they just woke up happens to be THE 'Dead Blue' responsible for the deaths of twenty million people. The situation only gets worse when Damian takes them and a few other companions hostage to escape the country. However, Damian is quick to realize that these hostages may be even crazier than he is, and not only do they outnumber him, they may also have plans of their own for him.

Author : Michael Putzel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780986132131
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rogue Soldier written by Michael Putzel and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He called himself simply Staff Sergeant Keith, but word around C Troop had it that the spooky guy in tiger fatigues wasn't an enlisted man, maybe not even Army. Some thought he was CiA. But the troops were told that he had their commander's blessing, so they took him along. C Troop was engaged in its toughest fight of the war, flying South Vietnamese soldiers and supplies across the border into Laos in an audacious attempt, late in the war, to turn the tide, cut American losses and shorten the war. The North Vietnamese Army waited in hiding, picking off helicopters and, when the time was right, battering South Vietnamese ground forces with tanks, heavy artillery and everything they had. Ed Keith actually did turn out to be a staff sergeant, but he was no ordinary soldier. Keith had fought with the Special Forces, spoke Mandarin Chinese, and was trained to collect signals intelligence from enemy radios and phone lines, analyze it, and send what he learned through little-known channels to the National Security Agency and other under-cover outfits bent on outsmarting the enemy. He decided on his own he could be more useful helping helicopter crews spot their targets before the targets shot them down. He also believed he had a gift for doing that. Keith flew numerous missions, unauthorized by and unknown to his own commanding officer. His luck ran out, however, and an enemy machine gun ended the war for Staff Sergeant Keith. It was the beginning of a painful, lifelong struggle.

Author : Rodger Woltjer
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359639720
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military History of the United States (Early Exploration through American Civil War) written by Rodger Woltjer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexander Engel-Hodgkinson
Publisher : Dark Brothers Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0993934315
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cobalt Rogue, Vol. 2 written by Alexander Engel-Hodgkinson and published by Dark Brothers Inc.. This book was released on 2016-08-20 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Contains Episodes 015 - 037] Damian and the others finally make it to the the floating country of Sky Japan so that Damian could keep his end of the bargain to help the Knight Sisters find their mother. Unfortunately, things aren't going to be that simple, especially after Damian and the Knight Sisters become entangled in a brutal power struggle between warring criminal syndicates and anti-government factions. On top of that, Damian is given a job to save hundreds of children from the most powerful and sadistic ringleader of the Sky Japan criminal underworld, and he has three different military groups and his vengeful enemy closing in on him from all sides, and only four hours to deal with them all before everything goes to hell. [PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS 'DARK-BOY']