posted by admin on Jan 18
Time magazine listed him as one of its “100 People Who Shape Our World.” Newsweek featured him on its cover under the headline “How Al-Sadr May Control U.S. Fate in Iraq.” Paul Bremer denounced him as a “Bolshevik Islamist” and ordered that he be captured “dead or alive.” Who is Muqtada al-Sadr, and why is he so vital to the future of Iraq and, arguably, the entire Middle East?In this compellingly readable account, prize-winning journalist Patrick Cockburn tells the story of Muqtada’s rise to be
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posted by admin on Jan 12
From a State Department insider, the first account of our blundering efforts to rebuild Iraq–a shocking and rollicking true-life tale of Americans abroad
Charged with rebuilding Iraq, would you spend taxpayer money on a sports mural in Baghdad’s most dangerous neighborhood to promote reconciliation through art? How about an isolated milk factory that cannot get its milk to market? Or a pastry class training women to open cafés on bombed-out streets without water or electricity?
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posted by admin on Oct 2
This guide uses first-hand accounts to illustrate how this skirmish, only three days long, turned into one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Eyewitness accounts by battle participants make these guides an invaluable resource for travelers and nontravelers who want a greater understanding of five of the most devastating yet influential years in our nation’s history. Explicit directions to points of interest and maps–illustrating the action and showing the detail of troop positio
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posted by admin on Aug 8
Beautifully illustrated with more than 1,000 photos of American tanks Covers D-Day, Normandy, southern France, the Siegfried Line, the push to the Rhine, and the Battle of the Bulge Includes all varieties of American armor, from Shermans to Hellcats Plus many photos of German tanks Printed on high-quality glossy stock Perfect for modelers and World War II enthusiasts
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posted by admin on Aug 6
This Band of Brothers for the Pacific is the gut-wrenching and ultimately triumphant story of the Marines’ most ferocious — yet largely forgotten — battle of World War II. Between September 15 and October 15, 1944, the First Marine Division suffered more than 6,500 casualties fighting on a hellish little coral island in the Pacific. Peleliu was the setting for one of the most savage struggles of modern times, a true killing ground that has been all but forgotten — until now. Drawing on int
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posted by admin on Jul 25
When North Korea attacked the South on June 25, 1950, United States forces in East Asia were under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, whose largest ground force was Eighth US Army. This army fought a tenacious defense of South Korea, counterattacked north to the Yalu River with the separate X Corps, before falling back in the face of massive Chinese intervention, conducted a war of movement, and settled into a bloody two-year long period of static warfare. This title examines the combat m
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posted by admin on Jul 23
The Imperial Army established by Augustus drew heavily on the nomenclature and traditions of the late Roman Republic, but was revolutionary in its design. He decided to meet all the military needs of the Empire from a standing, professional army. Military service became a career, and pay and service conditions were established that took account of the categories of soldier in the army: the Praetorian Guard, the citizen legionary troops, and the non-citizen auxiliaries. Enlistment was for 25 year
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