Long Hard Road : NCO experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq / US Army Sergeants …

"The call to war is often met by young soldiers who lack an understanding of what they are about to encounter. These young soldiers must be trained, prepared, and then led in battle by those with experience and understanding--the Noncommissioned Officer Corps. In an effort to preserve the history of the US Army Noncommissioned Officer and to provide future noncommissioned officers with an under…

The operator : firing the shots that killed Osama bin Laden and my years as a…

SEAL Team Operator Robert O'Neill's 400 career missions included attempts to rescue "Lone Survivor" Marcus Luttrell and abducted-by-Somali-pirates Captain Richard Phillips. It culminated in those famous three shots that dispatched the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden. Now O'Neill describes his idyllic childhood in Butte, Montana; his impulsive decision to join the SEALs; the arduo…

The accidental guerrilla : fighting small wars in the midst of a big one

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1

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9781921372537

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246 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm

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355.425 K48A

First casualty : the untold story of the battle that began the war in Afghani…

On the 11th of September 2001, the World Trade Center in New York was attacked. In the aftermath, the US declared a 'War on Terror' and within two months had sent troops to Afghanistan, which was suspected of harbouring al-Qaeda operatives. In late November, coalition forces were stationed in the ancient fort of Qala-i-Janghi, assisting the CIA in interrogations of al-Qaeda suspects, when hundr…

Into Helmand with the walking dead : a story of Marine corps combat in Afghan…

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1526767864

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xxv, 258 p. ; 24 cm

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958.104 V785I 2020

Afghanistan : How the West lost its Way / Tim Bird and Alex Marshall

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1st ed.

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9780300154573

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303 p.

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958.104 B532A

Harsh Lessons : Iraq, Afghanistan and the Changing Character of War / Ben Barry

The recent Afghanistan and Iraq wars were very controversial. The conflicts' casualties, intractability and the apparent failure of the US and its allies to achieve their objectives mean that many see the wars as failures. This resulted in a loss of confidence in the West of the utility of force as an instrument of state power. Both wars have been well described by journalists. There is no shor…