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Jove Books
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[2009]
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Jove premium edition.
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The year is 1943, and Argentina is officially neutral, but crawling with every kind of spy, sympathizer, and military official imaginable. The hero is Cletus Frade, a Marine pilot recruited by the OSS, with strong family ties to Argentina, and a lot on his hands. OSS chief Wild Bill Donovan has asked him to set up his own official-but-really-OSS airline in Argentina, using "loaned" Lockheed Lodestars and Constellations. Of even more concern are two...
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Dieppe Uncovered brings to life the events of August 19, 1942 by re-enacting key moments leading up to and during the Allies' attack on the small French port of Dieppe. At the heart of Dieppe Uncovered is a revelation that has never been written in history books. Surprisingly, centered around one soldier who went on to become a world famous writer.
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"Larry Berman in his book-insightful, overdue, an authentic 'Shock and Awe' story-deftly humanizes the contradictions in An's life" - -Bernard Kalb
"Berman has done an excellent job… There's plenty here for both supporters and critics of the Vietnam War to ponder." - Dan Southerland, former correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor in Saigon
"Berman has unraveled the mystery of his strange double life in an engrossing narrative." - Stanley...
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"Casemate has a long history of publishing high quality military history non-fiction. Lately, they have expanded their range of work to include well written novels using wartime settings." – WWII History MagazineCaptain John Bigelow's efforts to sharpen up a slovely light artillery battery make him unpopular with the men, but his efforts will bear fruit when the men are told to hold their position at Gettysburg no matter what. By late January...
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A young American farm boy and a Japanese student are swept away from their lives by war and end up playing a deadly game of cat and mouse on a Pacific Island.
It is a world war between with the lives and cultures of empires at stake, the largest and most vicious war to sweep across the globe. In spite of the sweep of the war around the world, in August 1942 many were focused on a rugged and brutal South Pacific island called Guadalcanal. Here,...
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What would you do if you were convinced you were going to die? Swept up in the frenzy of patriotism, Albert volunteers to serve his king and country. He is shipped off to the trenches of France along with almost every able-bodied man that he knows, leaving his estranged wife and his child behind. Convinced he will die a horrible death, he seeks comfort in the arms of Marie, a local French woman who gives him hope his last days might become bearable....
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Lieutenant Gene Sinclair never imagined the war would be like this.The training is over, and Gene begins the Pacific island hopping that will mature and harden him, and all the other GIs. Attached to the 24th Infantry Division, Gene's anti-aircraft unit stays close to the front lines of the war. He soon meets all that World War II can throw at him: accidents, injury, typhoons, supply shortages, hallucination-filled malaria, and the death of his friends....
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"Casemate has a long history of publishing high quality military history non-fiction. Lately, they have expanded their range of work to include well written novels using wartime settings." – WWII History MagazineFollows the story of two US Marines sent to learn from the British Commando training regime in Scotland, 1942.
Summer 1942. Defeatism hangs in the air. Britain stands alone. Winston Churchill is determined to strike back and has ordered...
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The first biography of the Marine general who was decorated for bravery in both WWII and Korea and went on to serve as a commanding general in Vietnam.
"Ray Davis was a hardened combat veteran. This was brought home to me one day while visiting a remote Army firebase in the jungle south of Khe Sanh. As the two of us strode along the jungle pathway, Davis suddenly stopped and peered intently into the thick green foliage. I suspected danger, brought...
14) Prince of Peace
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Vietnam was bitterly contested not only on the battlefields of Southeast Asia but on the American home front. From the author of The Cloister, Prince of Peace is a thrilling saga of faith, truth, and honor.
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"Casemate has a long history of publishing high quality military history non-fiction. Lately, they have expanded their range of work to include well written novels using wartime settings." – WWII History MagazineYoung American pilots feel the weight of destiny as they are tasked with shutting down the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos.
1970-the height of the Vietnam War. A group of young Forward Air Controllers based in Thailand is assigned with supporting...
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"How the Steel Was Tempered" is a socialist realist novel written by Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904–1936). With 36.4 million copies sold, it is one of the best-selling books of all time and the best-selling book in the Russian language.
The story follows the life of Pavel Korchagin, including his fighting in and aftermath of the Russian Civil War when he fought for the Bolsheviks during the war and was injured. The novel examines whether or not...
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This book presents the 20 critical leadership disciplines contemporary leaders must consistently demonstrate to be outstanding and to influence the direction and success of those willing to follow.
In less than 100 pages Profiling Leadership Discipline brings the 20 disciplines to life using models, simple examples and behavioural descriptors. Moving logically from one section to another, the book prompts leaders to challenge their ability to enable...
18) Cong Catchers
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Lee spent January 1969 to December 1970 in the US Army. Cong Catchers is a compilation of events that occurred while he served. This is not a guns-and-ammo book. It is a book about a young man with Christian values at war. A young man who avoided the pleasures that were readily available and instead organized football games, drank soda, avoided drugs, and helped repair orphanages. You will enjoy meeting many of those he served with and the ways they...
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Every war continues to dwell in the lives it touched, in the lives of those living through that time, and in those absorbed by its historical significance. The Vietnam War lives on-famously or infamously, depending on political points of view-but those who have "been there, done that" have a highly personalized window on their time of that history. Valor in Vietnam focuses on nineteen stories of Vietnam, stories of celebrated figures in the veteran...
20) Marine Scouts
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"Casemate has a long history of publishing high quality military history non-fiction. Lately, they have expanded their range of work to include well written novels using wartime settings." – WWII History MagazineAfter playing cat and mouse with a 10,000-strong Iraqi Armored Division to gain crucial intelligence, the Scouts of Marine 2nd Tank Division think they are on their way home, but their war isn't over.
August 1990, 30,000 Iraqi troops...
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