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Author : Georg Rauch
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0374301425
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (743 download)
Download or read book Unlikely Warrior written by Georg Rauch and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published as The Jew with the Iron Cross: a record of survival in WWII Russia. New York: iUniverse, 2006.
Author : Jonathan Vance
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
ISBN 13 : 1443403261
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (434 download)
Download or read book Unlikely Soldiers written by Jonathan Vance and published by HarperCollins Canada. This book was released on 2011-06-21 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published to rave reviews, this is the never-before-told story of two brilliant young Canadians who became unlikely soldiers. Ken Macalister was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford. Frank Pickersgill was a doctoral student in classics at l’Université de Paris. Together, they volunteered for the British SOE and soon found themselves being trained to kill. On June 15, 1943, with false identities, they parachuted into the Rhone Valley, but there were double agents within the Resistance; too soon Macalister and Pickersgill were captured, tortured and put on a train for Germany. Vance has written a brilliant, heartbreaking book about heroism, betrayal and sacrifice, capturing the promise of a generation of young men who went to their deaths for a greater cause.
Author : Lonnie M. Long Gary B. Blackburn
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 147599057X
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (759 download)
Download or read book Unlikely Warriors written by Lonnie M. Long Gary B. Blackburn and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the activities of the Army Security Agency and its members during the Vietnam war.
Author : William H. Leckie
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806130279
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Unlikely Warriors written by William H. Leckie and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlikely Warriors is the story of Benjamin Henry Grierson, Civil War hero and postwar commander of the Tenth Cavalry "Buffalo Soldiers," and his family on the western frontier. In 1863, Colonel Grierson led a cavalry brigade of 1,700 men on a daring raid through Mississippi, which helped Ulysses S. Grant launch his successful campaign against Vicksburg. In the army reorganization of 1866, Grierson accepted an appointment as colonel of the Tenth Cavalry, a command of white officers and black enlisted men. In this biography, William and Shirley Leckie explore three generations of Grierson's family, and for this edition they include a new preface on recent interest in the Buffalo Soldiers.
Author : Deb McEwan
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781536924893
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (248 download)
Download or read book Unlikely Soldiers Book Two written by Deb McEwan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story of Guy and Mouse was entertaining, and at times, sweat inducing. I liked the thrill and I loved reading about all the inside military action." Rabia Tanveer for Readers' Favorite NINETEEN EIGHTIES BRITAIN - THE DECADE OF DODGY FASHION AND BIG HAIR Forced apart by their Army Service, will separation during the Falklands War, the troubles in Northern Ireland and a posting to the British Army of the Rhine be the kiss of death for Mouse and Guy's relationship? Is their passion strong enough to survive a dangerous vendetta or the personal tragedy of a close friend? Misguided acts carried out in the name of revenge and honour have life-threatening consequences in this gripping sequel of deceit, desire and duty. Can love really conquer all?
Author : Georg Rauch
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0374301433
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (743 download)
Download or read book Unlikely Warrior written by Georg Rauch and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young adult in wartime Vienna, Georg Rauch helped his mother hide dozens of Jews from the Gestapo behind false walls in their top-floor apartment and arrange for their safe transport out of the country. His family was among the few who worked underground to resist Nazi rule. Then came the day he was drafted into Hitler's army and shipped out to fight on the Eastern front as part of the German infantry—in spite of his having confessed his own Jewish ancestry. Thus begins the incredible journey of a nineteen year old thrust unwillingly into an unjust war, who must use his smarts, skills, and bare-knuckled determination to stay alive in the trenches, avoid starvation and exposure during the brutal Russian winter, survive more than one Soviet labor camp, and somehow find his way back home. Unlikely Warrior is Rauch's true account of this extraordinary adventure.
Author : Owen West
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451655967
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)
Download or read book The Snake Eaters written by Owen West and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the achievements of a team of reservists and National Guardsmen who built an Iraqi battalion and fought side by side with the first Iraqi soldiers granted independent battle space.
Author : William H. Leckie
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806183896
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book The Buffalo Soldiers written by William H. Leckie and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-10-19 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1967, William H. Leckie’s The Buffalo Soldiers was the first book of its kind to recognize the importance of African American units in the conquest of the West. Decades later, with sales of more than 75,000 copies, The Buffalo Soldiers has become a classic. Now, in a newly revised edition, the authors have expanded the original research to explore more deeply the lives of buffalo soldiers in the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry Regiments. Written in accessible prose that includes a synthesis of recent scholarship, this edition delves further into the life of an African American soldier in the nineteenth century. It also explores the experiences of soldiers’ families at frontier posts. In a new epilogue, the authors summarize developments in the lives of buffalo soldiers after the Indian Wars and discuss contemporary efforts to memorialize them in film, art, and architecture.
Author : Deb McEwan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789925763221
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (632 download)
Download or read book Unlikely Soldiers Book 4 written by Deb McEwan and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Deb McEwan's characters are authentic and credible, and her plot is fast-paced and exciting. Most highly recommended." Reviewed by Jack Magnus Readers' Favorite - 5 stars. More than two years since having her heart-broken and her world shredded to bits, Mouse knows that a posting to pastures new is her only chance of future happiness. Then she makes a gruesome discovery in the Sergeants Mess, unaware of its link to a web of evil which will put her own life in danger. When her posting to the Far East falls through, will Mouse stoop to new lows to get exactly what she wants? And is blackmail, crime, and intrigue enough to keep her occupied in a life without love? From the Joint Headquarters in Rheindahlen, to London and Hong Kong, discover what happens to our Army heroine in this gripping conclusion to the Unlikely Soldiers series.
Author : M. Evan Brooks
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1597974609
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (979 download)
Download or read book Military History's Most Wanted written by M. Evan Brooks and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2002-05-30 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1944 U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Leslie J. McNair was accidentally killed by USAAF bombers that dropped their bombs short of the target, thus becoming the highest-ranking American casualty of World War II. Union Gen. Daniel Sickels was the first person to be successfully acquitted of murder by pleading temporary insanity after he shot and killed the son of "Star-Spangled Banner" composer Francis Scott Key in cold blood. Ten years before Custer's infamous last stand, U.S. cavalry Capt. William J. Fetterman disobeyed orders and led his eighty-man detachment in pursuit of a band of Sioux Indians. Neith.
Author : Melanie Murray
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0307359786
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)
Download or read book For Your Tomorrow written by Melanie Murray and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Year of Magical Thinking meets Fifteen Days in this literary exploration of one Canadian's decision to enlist and go to war. What compels a young, affluent Canadian to put on a uniform and risk his life for the controversial mission in Afghanistan? And how does his family cope with his loss when he is killed there? Jeff Francis was a thirty-year-old doctoral candidate and student of Buddhism when he decided that joining the armed forces was the best way to make a difference in the world. In elegant, spare prose that captures both the hardness of war and the nuances of a grieving family, Melanie Murray - Captain Francis's aunt - uses the lens of his life and death to give Canada's war in Afghanistan the perceptive, literary treatment its soldiers, families and citizens deserve.
Author : Deb McEwan
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781540715876
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (158 download)
Download or read book Unlikely Soldiers Book Three: (Friends and Revenge) written by Deb McEwan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-04 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviewed By Rabia Tanveer for Readers' Favorite - 5 stars! -...In true Deb McEwan style, there is a lot of dark humor in the novel and you will enjoy this book just as much as the others. These characters have developed beautifully and, as always, the dialogues reveal so much about the new characters. Book Three in the series lives up to the bar set by the previous two wonderful novels. It was amazing.- Reviewed By Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite - 5 stars! -...McEwan's characters have depth and the conflicts they encounter are authentic and real. There are intriguing shades of gray in the world she's created. This is a seriously good book that covers important issues. Friends & Revenge gets the reader involved in the lives of these unlikely soldiers, making it a book you just won't want to put down. Unlikely Soldiers, Book 3: Friends & Revenge is most highly recommended.- ARMY LIFE BACK IN THE DAY Imprisoned for the attempted murder of Mouse, KC has to watch his back until a gangland leader takes him under his wing and employs him when he is eventually released. Serving in West Germany and desperate to be reunited with her husband, Mouse has to deal with an eccentric general, a power-crazed RSM and a junior rank with criminal intentions. In England Guy is blissfully unaware that his latest investigation will bring him closer to the man who tried to kill his wife, resulting in catastrophe and loss of life. Elaine is devastated at the consequences when the chain of command discovers her illicit relationship with Jill and is forced to leave her job in Northern Ireland. Will love and truth conquer all or will the evil actions of a twisted and callous mind triumph? You'll laugh and cry at Unlikely Soldiers (Friends and Revenge). A tragic and sometimes humorous tale of Army culture, love, hate, passion and revenge.
Author : Nathaniel Morris
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816541027
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Soldiers, Saints, and Shamans written by Nathaniel Morris and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mexican Revolution gave rise to the Mexican nation-state as we know it today. Rural revolutionaries took up arms against the Díaz dictatorship in support of agrarian reform, in defense of their political autonomy, or inspired by a nationalist desire to forge a new Mexico. However, in the Gran Nayar, a rugged expanse of mountains and canyons, the story was more complex, as the region’s four Indigenous peoples fought both for and against the revolution and the radical changes it bought to their homeland. To make sense of this complex history, Nathaniel Morris offers the first systematic understanding of the participation of the Náayari, Wixárika, O’dam, and Mexicanero peoples in the Mexican Revolution. They are known for being among the least “assimilated” of all Mexico’s Indigenous peoples. It’s often been assumed that they were stuck up in their mountain homeland—“the Gran Nayar”—with no knowledge of the uprisings, civil wars, military coups, and political upheaval that convulsed the rest of Mexico between 1910 and 1940. Based on extensive archival research and years of fieldwork in the rugged and remote Gran Nayar, Morris shows that the Náayari, Wixárika, O’dam, and Mexicanero peoples were actively involved in the armed phase of the revolution. This participation led to serious clashes between an expansionist, “rationalist” revolutionary state and the highly autonomous communities and heterodox cultural and religious practices of the Gran Nayar’s inhabitants. Morris documents confrontations between practitioners of subsistence agriculture and promoters of capitalist development, between rival Indian generations and political factions, and between opposing visions of the world, of religion, and of daily life. These clashes produced some of the most severe defeats that the government’s state-building programs suffered during the entire revolutionary era, with significant and often counterintuitive consequences both for local people and for the Mexican nation as a whole.
Author : Robert C. Lovell
Publisher : Two Harbors Press
ISBN 13 : 9781936198207
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (982 download)
Download or read book Unlikely Warrior written by Robert C. Lovell and published by Two Harbors Press. This book was released on 2010-03-29 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of life, love, and growing up as part of The Greatest Generation, Unlikely Warrior is one memoir you'll never forget.
Author : Philip Gerard
Publisher : Dutton Books
ISBN 13 : 9780525946649
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (466 download)
Download or read book Secret Soldiers written by Philip Gerard and published by Dutton Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Secret Solders" reveals how an extraordinary group of American artists, designers, and engineering wizards became America's unsung heroes of the Second World War. Photo inserts.
Author : Masayo Umezawa Duus
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824831403
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)
Download or read book Unlikely Liberators written by Masayo Umezawa Duus and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2006-11-30 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlikely Liberators is the action-filled story of the men of the 100th Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Not trusted to fight in the Pacific, these sons of Japanese immigrants were sent instead to the European theater. In the eyes of their own government and the Europeans they liberated, they were an unlikely group of fighting men. They nevertheless engaged the enemy with astonishing heroism, winning battle after battle at Anzio, Salerno, Cassino, and in the Vosges Mountains. At the end of the war, the 100th and the 442nd emerged as America’s most decorated units. They provided ample evidence of their patriotism to a country that had questioned their loyalty. Masayo Duus begins her story with the formation of the Japanese American units, which were an outgrowth of America’s ambivalent attitude toward the entire Japanese American community at the outbreak of the war. She recounts their experiences in training and during the early battles in Italy, including the conflicts between Japanese American and Caucasian troops. The final part of the story focuses on the battle in the Vosges forest, where the 442nd fought fiercely to rescue the "lost battalion" of Texans hopelessly cut off by the enemy. Based on extensive research in War Department archives and nearly three hundred interviews with veterans of the 100th and 442nd, Unlikely Liberators first appeared in serialized form in Japan, where it won the Bungeishunjusha Reader’s Prize. It is an absorbing and personalized account of young men suddenly separated from their families and friends, often confused and sometimes suspicious about what the army wanted from them. It portrays them as individuals confronting the multiple crises of war and social rejection and it shows that their greatest achievement was not their victory over a foreign enemy, but over prejudice at home. This book is a tribute to those men, who by their heroism reestablished for all Japanese Americans their personal dignity as full citizens in the country of their birth.
Author : Timothy B. Smith
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1611214297
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (112 download)
Download or read book The Real Horse Soldiers written by Timothy B. Smith and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2020-02-08 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This epic account is as thrilling and fast-paced as the raid itself and will quickly rival, if not surpass, Dee Brown’s Grierson’s Raid as the standard.” —Terrence J. Winschel, historian (ret.), Vicksburg National Military Park Winner, Operational/Battle History, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award Winner, Fletcher Pratt Literary Award, Civil War Round Table of New York There were other simultaneous operations to distract Confederate attention from the real threat posed by U. S. Grant’s Army of the Tennessee. Benjamin Grierson’s operation, however, mainly conducted with two Illinois cavalry regiments, has become the most famous, and for good reason: For 16 days (April 17 to May 2) Grierson led Confederate pursuers on a high-stakes chase through the entire state of Mississippi, entering the northern border with Tennessee and exiting its southern border with Louisiana. Throughout, he displayed outstanding leadership and cunning, destroyed railroad tracks, burned trestles and bridges, freed slaves, and created as much damage and chaos as possible. Grierson’s Raid broke a vital Confederate rail line at Newton Station that supplied Vicksburg and, perhaps most importantly, consumed the attention of the Confederate high command. While Confederate Lt. Gen. John Pemberton at Vicksburg and other Southern leaders looked in the wrong directions, Grant moved his entire Army of the Tennessee across the Mississippi River below Vicksburg, spelling the doom of that city, the Confederate chances of holding the river, and perhaps the Confederacy itself. Based upon years of research and presented in gripping, fast-paced prose, Timothy B. Smith’s The Real Horse Soldiers captures the high drama and tension of the 1863 horse soldiers in a modern, comprehensive, academic study. Readers will find it fills a wide void in Civil War literature.
