Victory Undone

Author : Carter Andress
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1621572803
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victory Undone written by Carter Andress and published by Regnery Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a dramatic, first-person account of how the United States won the war in Iraq, only to see the peace lost by an unengaged administration, with Iraqis terrorized and the new "caliph" of ISIS promising , "I’ll see you in New York." Military contractor Carter Andress was the ultimate boots-on-the-ground "civilian" in Iraq. While reporters, aid workers, diplomats, and even U.S. soldiers were often cut off from the "ground truth" in Iraq by the blast walls protecting the Green Zone and our bases, Andress was in the thick of things: driving through insurgent-infested territory, negotiating with hostile tribes, and witnessing the transformation of Iraq from chaos and violence to a stable multi-ethnic, multi-sectarian democracy that needed only minimal American support to defend itself - support, however, that thanks to the Obama administration was not forthcoming. A page-turner of a story, but also an incredibly important account of what actually happened in the Iraq War and afterwards, Victory Undone is a book every American needs to read.

Author : Raymond Lewis Manoli Olympitis
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1909270083
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book By Victories Undone written by Raymond Lewis Manoli Olympitis and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'If we must have bestsellers, then give me books like By Victories Undone, full of sharp turns of plot that are surprisingly acceptable; the story turns on powerful, venal characters whose dark side is often nicely drawn'.Norman Mailer

Author : Carter Andress
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1621573664
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victory Undone written by Carter Andress and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a dramatic, first-person account of how the United States won the war in Iraq, only to see the peace lost by an unengaged administration, with Iraqis terrorized and the new "caliph" of ISIS promising , "I’ll see you in New York." Military contractor Carter Andress was the ultimate boots-on-the-ground "civilian" in Iraq. While reporters, aid workers, diplomats, and even U.S. soldiers were often cut off from the "ground truth" in Iraq by the blast walls protecting the Green Zone and our bases, Andress was in the thick of things: driving through insurgent-infested territory, negotiating with hostile tribes, and witnessing the transformation of Iraq from chaos and violence to a stable multi-ethnic, multi-sectarian democracy that needed only minimal American support to defend itself - support, however, that thanks to the Obama administration was not forthcoming. A page-turner of a story, but also an incredibly important account of what actually happened in the Iraq War and afterwards, Victory Undone is a book every American needs to read.

Author : Robert Andrews
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231102186
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Famous Lines written by Robert Andrews and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scientific detective story is the first book which explains clearly the science used by paleontologists, and the new, cutting-edge techniques that led to the discovery of Seismosaurus, the longest dinosaur yet known--and possibly the largest land animal to have ever lived. Gillette's first-person account of the project answers the most frequently asked questions about Seismosaurus: How was it discovered? How do we know it is a new species? How did it die? Part catalogue of the workings of paleontological science in the 1990s, the book also illustrates the exciting collaboration between Gillette, the chemists and physicists who helped to reconstruct Seismosaurus.

Author : Bert Randolph Sugar
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1461749816
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boxing's Greatest Fighters written by Bert Randolph Sugar and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easily the most enduring of all sports questions is "Who was/is the best . . . ?" Perhaps in no sport is the question more asked and argued over than in boxing. And in boxing perhaps none is more qualified to answer the question than Bert Randolph Sugar. In Boxing's Greatest Fighters, not only does the former publisher of Ring Magazine tell us who the best fighters were, he lists them in order. Could Sugar Ray Robinson have beaten Muhammad Ali? Could Sugar Ray Leonard have beaten Sonny Liston? The answer, most experts agree, would be "no." But what if, as Bert Sugar has done here, one were to take all the boxers and reduce them in the mind's eye to the same height, the same weight, and the same ring conditions? The answers would be quite different. And while some fans may express outrage that Rocky Marciano barely makes the top twenty, and Marvin Hagler staggers into the top seventy-five, others will nod eagerly when they read that Harry Greb and Benny Leonard were better than just about anybody. So whether you read Boxing's Greatest Fighters cover to cover, pick your favorites at random, or simply browse through the many rare photographs, "at the bell, come out arguing."

Author : John Toland
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504025652
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Mortal Combat written by John Toland and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the Korean War with soldier’s-eye views from both sides, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Rising Sun and Infamy. Pulitzer Prize–winning author John Toland reports on the Korean War in a revolutionary way in this thoroughly researched and riveting book. Toland pored over military archives and was the first person to gain access to previously undisclosed Chinese records, which allowed him to investigate Chairman Mao’s direct involvement in the conflict. Toland supplements his captivating history with in-depth interviews with more than two hundred American soldiers, as well as North Korean, South Korean, and Chinese combatants, plus dozens of poignant photographs, bringing those who fought to vivid life and honoring the memory of those lost. In Mortal Combat is comprehensive in it discussion of events deemed controversial, such as American brutality against Korean civilians and allegations of American use of biological warfare. Toland tells the dramatic account of the Korean War from start to finish, from the appalling experience of its POWs to Mao’s prediction of MacArthur’s Inchon invasion. Toland’s account of the “forgotten war” is a must-read for any history aficionado.

Author : Robert Andrews
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231069908
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations written by Robert Andrews and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of over 6,000 remarks, witticisms, judgements, and observations.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1120 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The International Encyclopedia of Prose and Poetical Quotations from the Literature of the World Including the Following Languages: English, Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, Persian, Italian, German, Chinese, Hebrew and Others written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William S. Walsh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1086 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The International Encyclopedia of Prose and Poetical Quotations from the Literature of the World written by William S. Walsh and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1086 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1290 pages
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Download or read book Proverbs, Maxims, and Phrases of All Ages, Classified Subjectively and Arranged Alphabetically written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 1290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: