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Lucent Books
Language
English
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Discusses the Persian Gulf War including the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, "Desert Storm," the ominous prelude to all-out war, "Desert Storm," the massive Allied air assault, the lightning Allied ground offensive, and the continuing troubles for Iraq and the Middle East.
Publisher
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, 2004
Language
English
Description
When his army unit is ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saves his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, Major Ben Marco, is knocked unconscious. Using the incident for political gain, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, but Marco is haunted by dreams of what really happened in Iraq. As Marco investigates, the story begins to unravel. He begins to figure that the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed...
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This memoir captures the military experience of a young soldier entering the Army at the end of the Cold War in Europe and a hasty deployment to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Storm. While the story chronicles actual historical events from 1989 to 1991, it shamelessly depicts the immaturity of young soldiers in peacetime and on the battlefield.
17) Bruce & Mohammad
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English
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This is a true story of two friends who took it upon themselves to investigate the downing of Iran Air flight 655, which was accidentally, shot by USS Vincennes on July 3rd 1988.
Mohammad Ali was born in Tehran and named after Ali, the son-in-law of the final Prophet.
Bruce was born in Pocatello, Idaho and named after the fourteenth century king of Scotland.
Mohammad is an Iranian American entrepreneur and a staunch republican. Bruce is an American...
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In the desperate early hours of the Iraqi invasion in 1990, a small group of Kuwaiti pilots flew their planes to safety as their country was being overwhelmed by superior Iraqi forces. Defeated and demoralized, they would be reorganized and trained by an American Naval Aviator into a viable fighting force during the decisive air missions of Operation Desert Storm.
This is the inspiring story of Commander Robert E. Noziglia, Jr., whose dogged devotion...
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English
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This book is a true account of my experience as a Marine in the Gulf War. I decided to tell my story in hopes of developing, in the reader, a deeper respect for America's veterans by revealing the extreme mental and physical sacrifices a soldier must make during war. I want to show how our own government, while fulfilling our duty, treated us, how people get through such experiences and what those people do to keep their sanity.
For me it was music...
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English
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The air campaign that opened the Gulf War in January 1991 was one of the most stunning in history. For five weeks, American and other Coalition aircraft pounded enemy targets with 88,000 tons of bombs. Sorties-more than 100,000 of them-were launched from bases in Saudi Arabia, from aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, and even from bases in the United States. The skies over Iraq and Kuwait were filled with a dizzying array of new and...
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