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The Last Mission

Author : Jim Smith
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307419479
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Last Mission written by Jim Smith and published by Crown. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping account of the final American bombing mission of World War II and how it prevented a military coup that would have kept Japan in the war. How close did the Japanese come to not surrendering to Allied forces on August 15, 1945? The Last Mission explores this question through two previously neglected strands of late—World War II history, whose very interconnections could have caused a harrowing shift in the course of the postwar world. On the final night of the war, as Emperor Hirohito recorded a message of surrender for the Japanese people, a band of Japanese rebels, commanded by War Minister Anami's elite staff, burst into the palace. They had plotted a massive coup that aimed to destroy the recordings of the Imperial Rescript of surrender and issue false orders forged with the Emperor’s seal commanding the widely dispersed Japanese military to continue the war. If this rebellion had succeeded, the military would have proceeded with large-scale kamikaze attacks on Allied forces, costing huge casualties and just possibly provoking the Americans to drop a third atomic bomb on Japan over Tokyo–and continue to drop more bombs as Japanese resistance stiffened. Meanwhile, in the midst of an “end-of-war” celebration on Guam, Air Force radio operator Jim Smith and his fellow crewmen received urgent orders for a bombing mission over Japan’s sole remaining oil refinery north of Tokyo. As a stream of American B-29B bombers approached Tokyo, Japanese air defenses, fearing the approaching planes signaled the threat of a third atomic bomb, ordered a total blackout in Tokyo and the Imperial Palace, completely disrupting the rebels’ plans. Smith and his fellow crewmembers completed the mission, and a few hours later, the Emperor announced the surrender over Japan’s airwaves, dictating the end of the war. The Last Mission is an insightful piece of speculative investigation that combines narrative storytelling with historical contingency and explores how two seemingly unrelated events could have profoundly changed the course of modern history.

The Last Mission

Author : Harry Mazer
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
ISBN 13 : 0307536602
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book The Last Mission written by Harry Mazer and published by Laurel Leaf. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1944, as World War II is raging across Europe, fifteen-year-old Jack Raab dreams of being a hero. Leaving New York City, his family, and his boyhood behind, Jack uses a false I.D. and lies his way into the U.S. Air Force. From their base in England, he and his crew fly twenty-four treacherous bombing missions over occupied Europe. The war is almost over and Hitler near defeat when they fly their last mission -- a mission destined for disaster. Shot down far behind enemy lines, Jack is taken prisoner and sent to a German POW camp, where his experiences are more terrifying than anything he'd ever imagined.

16 Cases of Mission Command

Author : Donald P., Donald Wright, Ph. D.
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781494407155
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book 16 Cases of Mission Command written by Donald P., Donald Wright, Ph. D. and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the US Army to succeed in the 21st Century, Soldiers of all ranks must understand and use Mission Command. Mission Command empowers leaders at all levels, allowing them to synchronize all warfighting functions and information systems to seize, retain, and exploit the initiative against a range of adversaries. This collection of historical vignettes seeks to sharpen our understanding of Mission Command philosophy and practice by providing examples from the past in which Mission Command principles played a decisive role. Some vignettes show junior officers following their commander's intent and exercising disciplined initiative in very chaotic combat operations. Others recount how field grade officers built cohesive teams that relied on mutual trust to achieve key operational objectives. Each historical account is complemented by an annotated explanation of how the six Mission Command principles shaped the action. For this reason, the collection is ideal for leader development in the Army school system as well as for unit and individual professional development. Mission Command places great responsibility on our Soldiers.

Soldiers on International Missions

Author : Stéphanie Vincent Lyk-Jensen
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789730333
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Soldiers on International Missions written by Stéphanie Vincent Lyk-Jensen and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-24 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates how the lives of soldiers deployed on international missions are affected during deployment and after returning home to family, work, and civilian life. Analyses are based on unique longitudinal data, comprehensive and deep interviews, making it possible to follow the impact of deployment on a broad range of life outcomes.

Soldiers

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Soldiers written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Last Mission Of The Seventh Cavalry

Author : Charley Brindley
Publisher : Litres
ISBN 13 : 5042776931
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (427 download)

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Download or read book The Last Mission Of The Seventh Cavalry written by Charley Brindley and published by Litres. This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unit of the Seventh Cavalry is on a mission over Afghanistan when their plane is hit by something. The soldiers bail out of the crippled plane, but when the thirteen men and women reach the ground, they are not in Afghanistan. A unit of the Seventh Cavalry is on a mission over Afghanistan when their plane is hit by something. The soldiers bail out of the crippled plane, but when the thirteen men and women reach the ground, they are not in Afghanistan. Not only are they four thousand miles from their original destination but it appears they have descended two thousand years into the past where primitive forces fight each other with swords and arrows. The platoon is thrown into a battle where they must choose sides quickly or die. They are swept along in a tide of events so powerful that their courage, ingenuity and weapons are tested to the limits of their durability and strength.

The last mission of the seventh cavalry: book two

Author : Charley Brindley
Publisher : Tektime
ISBN 13 : 8835417104
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book The last mission of the seventh cavalry: book two written by Charley Brindley and published by Tektime. This book was released on 2021-01-13 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Seventh Cavalry must attempt to rescue three astronauts who have come down from the ISS in a Russian Soyuz escape capsule. They are stranded on a mountain above Saravejo, about 800 miles away In book one of this series, a unit of the Seventh Cavalry is on a mission over Afghanistan when their plane is hit by something. The soldiers bail out of the crippled plane and come down in Southern France and they’re 2,000 years in the past where Hannibal is taking his elephants over the Alps to attack the Romans. In this second book they must attempt to rescue three astronauts who have come down from the ISS in a Russian Soyuz escape capsule. They are stranded on a mountain above Saravejo, about 800 miles away PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

The Final Mission of Extortion 17

Author : Ed Darack
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588345904
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book The Final Mission of Extortion 17 written by Ed Darack and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On August 6, 2011, a U.S. Army CH-47D Chinook helicopter approached a landing zone in Afghanistan 40 miles southwest of Kabul. The helicopter, call sign Extortion 17, was on a mission to reinforce American and coalition special operations troops. It would never return. Insurgents fired at the Chinook, severed one of its rear rotor blades, and brought it crashing to the ground. All 38 onboard perished instantly in the single greatest moment of sacrifice for Americans in the war in Afghanistan. Those killed were some of the U.S.'s most highly trained and battle-honed commandos, including 15 men from the Gold Squadron of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, known popularly as SEAL Team 6, which had raided a Pakistan compound and killed Osama bin Laden just three months earlier. The downing of Extortion 17 spurred a number of conspiracy theories, such as the idea that the shootdown was revenge for bin Laden's death. In The Final Mission of Extortion 17, Ed Darack debunks this theory and others and uncovers the truth behind this mysterious tragedy. His account of the brave pilots, crew, and passengers of Extortion 17 and the events of that fateful day is interwoven into a rich, complex narrative that also discusses modern joint combat operations, the history of the Afghan war to that date, U.S. helicopter use in Afghanistan, and the new and evolving military technologies and tactics being developed to mitigate such tragedies now and in the future. Amazon Best History Book of the Month - September 2017

Mission Command in the 21st Century

Author : Nathan K. Finney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781940804248
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Mission Command in the 21st Century written by Nathan K. Finney and published by . This book was released on 2016-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Good Soldiers

Author : David Finkel
Publisher : Sarah Crichton Books
ISBN 13 : 1429952717
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Good Soldiers written by David Finkel and published by Sarah Crichton Books. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new strategy for Iraq. He called it the surge. "Many listening tonight will ask why this effort will succeed when previous operations to secure Baghdad did not. Well, here are the differences," he told a skeptical nation. Among those listening were the young, optimistic army infantry soldiers of the 2-16, the battalion nicknamed the Rangers. About to head to a vicious area of Baghdad, they decided the difference would be them. Fifteen months later, the soldiers returned home forever changed. Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter David Finkel was with them in Bagdad, and almost every grueling step of the way. What was the true story of the surge? And was it really a success? Those are the questions he grapples with in his remarkable report from the front lines. Combining the action of Mark Bowden's Black Hawk Down with the literary brio of Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, The Good Soldiers is an unforgettable work of reportage. And in telling the story of these good soldiers, the heroes and the ruined, David Finkel has also produced an eternal tale—not just of the Iraq War, but of all wars, for all time.

Private Soldiers

Author : Benjamin Buchholz
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870203959
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Private Soldiers written by Benjamin Buchholz and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2007 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Private Soldiers chronicles the 2-127th's year-long deployment from the unique perspective of the soldiers themselves. Written and photographed by three battalion members, the book provides a rare first-hand account of war and life in Iraq. Fascinating soldier interviews reveal the effects of deployment on the troops and on their families back home, and interviews with Iraqi civilians describe the Iraqis' perceptions of life, war, and working alongside Wisconsin troops. Brilliant photography illuminates the 2-127th's year, from training to "boots on the ground" to their return home. And candid photos token by battalion members capture the soldiers' day-to-day lives and camaraderie."--BOOK JACKET.

Operation Pineapple Express

Author : Scott Mann
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1668003651
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Operation Pineapple Express written by Scott Mann and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An edge-of-your-seat thriller about a group of retired Green Berets who come together to save a former comrade—and 500 other Afghans—being targeted by the Taliban in the chaos of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. In April 2021, an urgent call was placed from a Special Forces operator serving overseas. The message was clear: Get Nezam out of Afghanistan now. Nezam was part of the Afghan National Army’s first group of American-trained commandos; he passed through Fort Bragg’s legendary Q course and served alongside the US Special Forces for over a decade. But Afghanistan’s government and army were on the edge of collapse, and Nezam was receiving threatening texts from the Taliban. The message reached Nezam’s former commanding officer, retired Lt. Col. Scott Mann, who couldn’t face the idea of losing another soldier in the long War on Terror. Immediately, he sends out an SOS to a group of Afghan vets (Navy SEALs, Green Berets, CIA officers, USAID advisors). They all answer the call for one last mission. Operating out of basements and garages, Task Force Pineapple organizes an escape route for Nezam and gets him into hiding in Taliban-controlled Kabul. After many tense days, he braves the enemy checkpoints and the crowds of thousands blocking the airport gates. He finally makes it through the wire and into the American-held airport thanks to the frantic efforts of the Pineapple express, a relentless Congressional aide, and a US embassy official. Nezam is safe, but calls are coming in from all directions requesting help for other Afghan soldiers, interpreters, and at-risk women and children. Task Force Pineapple widens its scope—and ends up rescuing 500 more Afghans from Kabul in the three chaotic days before the ISIS-K suicide bombing. Operation Pineapple Express is a thrilling, suspenseful tale of service and loyalty amidst the chaos of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The Last Mission

Author : Malcolm McConnell
Publisher : Graymalkin Media
ISBN 13 : 1631684140
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book The Last Mission written by Malcolm McConnell and published by Graymalkin Media. This book was released on 2024-04-29 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How close did the Japanese come to not surrendering to Allied forces on August 15, 1945? The Last Mission explores this question through two previously neglected strands of late—World War II history, whose very interconnections could have caused a harrowing shift in the course of the postwar world. On the final night of the war, as Emperor Hirohito recorded a message of surrender for the Japanese people, a band of Japanese rebels, commanded by War Minister Anami's elite staff, burst into the palace. They had plotted a massive coup that aimed to destroy the recordings of the Imperial Rescript of surrender and issue false orders forged with the Emperor’s seal commanding the widely dispersed Japanese military to continue the war. If this rebellion had succeeded, the military would have proceeded with large-scale kamikaze attacks on Allied forces, costing huge casualties and just possibly provoking the Americans to drop a third atomic bomb on Japan over Tokyo–and continue to drop more bombs as Japanese resistance stiffened.

The Last Mission of the Wham Bam Boys

Author : Gregory A. Freeman
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 9780230120273
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Last Mission of the Wham Bam Boys written by Gregory A. Freeman and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2011-05-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the famed Nuremberg Tribunal, there was Rüsselsheim, a small German town, where ordinary civilians were tried in the first War Crimes Trial of World War II. As the tide of World War II turned, a hitherto unknown incident set a precedent for how we would bring wartime crimes to justice: In August 1944, the 9- man crew of an American bomber was forced to bail out over Germany. As their captors marched them into Rüsselsheim, a small town recently bombed to smithereens by Allies, they were attacked by an angry mob of civilians -- farmers, shopkeepers, railroad workers, women, and children. With a local Nazi chief at the helm, they assaulted the young Americans with stones, bricks, and wooden clubs. They beat them viciously and left them for dead at the nearby cemetery. It could have been another forgotten tragedy of the war. But when the lynching was briefly mentioned in a London paper a few months later, it caught the eye of two Army majors, Luke Rogers and Leon Jaworski. Their investigation uncovered the real human cost of the war: the parents and a newlywed wife who agonized over the fate of the men, and the devastating effect of modern warfare on civilian populations. Rogers and Jaworski put the city of Rüsselsheim on trial, insisting on the rule of law even amidst the horrors of war. Drawing from trial records, government archives, interviews with family members, and personal letters, highly-acclaimed military historian Gregory A. Freeman brings to life for the first time the dramatic story. Taking the reader to the scene of the crime and into the homes of the crew, he exposes the stark realities of war to show how ordinary citizens could be drawn to commit horrific acts of wartime atrocities, and the far-reaching effects on generations.

Ending the U.S. War in Iraq

Author : Richard R. Jr. Brennan
Publisher : Rand Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0833080482
Total Pages : 635 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Ending the U.S. War in Iraq written by Richard R. Jr. Brennan and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ending the U.S. war in Iraq required redeploying 100,000 military and civilian personnel; handing off responsibility for 431 activities to the Iraqi government, U.S. embassy, USCENTCOM, or other U.S. government entities; and moving or transferring ownership of over a million pieces of property in accordance with U.S. and Iraqi laws, national policy, and DoD requirements. This book examines the planning and execution of this transition.

Mission Rejected

Author : Peter Laufer
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1933392045
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (333 download)

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Download or read book Mission Rejected written by Peter Laufer and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A shattering journey of revelation, pain, and betrayal, Mission Rejected takes the reader deep into the turmoil of U.S. troops confronting the Iraq War.

SOLDIER BOY! SOLDIERS GIRLS!

Author : KELLY CHANCE BECKMAN
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312429100
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book SOLDIER BOY! SOLDIERS GIRLS! written by KELLY CHANCE BECKMAN and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SOLDIER BOY! KELLY CHANCE III GOES UNDERCOVER FOR A TOP SECRET MISSION TO AFGHANISTAN. HE IS TO FACE MANY OBSTACLES AND PREDICAMENTS TO OVERCOME TO FIND HIS NEMESIS, MAWLANA. MAWLANA IS A HIGH VALUE TARGET HE MUST CAPTURE ALIVE. KELLY IS FACED WITH IMPOSSIBLE DILEMA OF CAPTURING OR KILLING HIM AS MAWLAWA HAS RAPED, TORTURED AND KILLED THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILD, JASMINE; A BRITISH AGENT. KELLY'S ADVENTURES BEGIN IN THE DESERT AND WHITE MOUNTAINS OF AFGHANISTAN. THERE HE SOLDIERS ON AND SEEKS OUT THE TERRORISTS AND SOURCE OF THE OPIUM SHIPMENTS, WHICH BUYS THE WEAPONS. WE HAVE SEVERAL SOLDIER GIRLS FIGHTING FOR THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE. THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER, "CHARLIE," A BEAUTIFUL BLONDE, THE BRUNETTE, THE UNDERCOVER SECRET BRITISH AGENT, JASMINE WHO SEEKS THE SOURCE OF THE HIGH TECH WEAPONS, ROCKY IS THE BEAUTIFUL RED-HEAD, KELLY'S BOSS.KELLY CAN'T RESIST THE NEWSPAPER WOMAN AT HOME CALLED KATHERINE, OR KAT. WHAT WILL HE DO?