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Author : John J. Geoghegan
Publisher : Crown
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Submarine warfare
ISBN : 9780307464804
Explores the efforts of the Japanese Navy during World War II and their clashes with the United States Navy, focusing on the use of Aichi M6A1 underwater aircraft carriers.
Author : Roger Cole,Richard Belfield
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781444726992
OPERATION STORM is the inside story - told by those who took part - of the greatest secret war in SAS history. The tipping point, Mirbat, South Oman, 19 July 1972 is one of the least-known yet most crucial battles of modern times. If the SAS had been defeated at Mirbat, the Russian and Chinese plan for a communist foothold in the Middle East would have succeeded, with catastrophic consequences for the oil-hungry West. OPERATION STORM is a page-turning account of courage and resilience. Mirbat was a battle fought and won by nine SAS soldiers and a similar number of brave local people - some as young as ten years old - outnumbered by at least twenty-five to one. Roger Cole, one of the SAS soldiers who took part, and writer Richard Belfield have interviewed every SAS survivor who fought in the battle from the beginning to the end - the first time every single one of them has revealed their experience. OPERATION STORM is a classic story of bravery against impossible odds, minute by minute, bullet by bullet.
Author : Joshua Mowll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 1406311324
Mystery fiction. Adventure fiction. Book III of The Guild Trilogy: the adventure continues and the stakes are higher than ever. Becca and Doug are back at their old family home in Lucknow, India, where they discover research papers containing clues to their missing parents' expedition route and to the location of Ur-Can - the fabled Storm City. Soon they are on a perilous journey to the Takla Makan desert, racing against the enemy by steam train, riverboat, and airship across the Himalayas. But the race is on to take control of Ur-Can - ancient source of power and threat to the security of the planet. Can Becca, Doug and the Guild get there in time? And has their quest taught them enough to solve the final mystery of Storm City, or will they find their parents only to lose them again for ever?
Author : John Geoghegan
Publisher : Crown
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780770435738
The riveting true story of Japan's top secret plan to change the course of World War II using a squadron of mammoth submarines a generation ahead of their time In 1941, the architects of Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor planned a bold follow-up: a potentially devastating air raid—this time against New York City and Washington, DC. The classified Japanese program required developing a squadron of top secret submarines—the Sen-toku or I-400 class—designed as underwater aircraft carriers, each equipped with three Aichi M6A1 attack bombers painted to look like U.S. aircraft. The bombers, called Seiran (which translates as “storm from a clear sky”), were tucked in a huge, water-tight hanger on the sub’s deck. The subs' mission was to travel more than halfway around the world, surface on the U.S. coast, and launch their deadly air attack. This entire operation was unknown to U.S. intelligence. And the amazing thing is how close the Japanese came to pulling it off. John Geoghegan’s meticulous research, including first-person accounts from the I-401 crew and the U.S. capturing party, creates a fascinating portrait of the Sen-toku's desperate push into Allied waters and the U.S. Navy's dramatic pursuit, masterfully illuminating a previously forgotten story of the Pacific war.
Author : Richard Holbrooke
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1999-05-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780375753602
When President Clinton sent Richard Holbrooke to Bosnia as America's chief negotiator in late 1995, he took a gamble that would eventually redefine his presidency. But there was no saying then, at the height of the war, that Holbrooke's mission would succeed. The odds were strongly against it. As passionate as he was controversial, Holbrooke believed that the only way to bring peace to the Balkans was through a complex blend of American leadership, aggressive and creative diplomacy, and a willingness to use force, if necessary, in the cause for peace. This was not a universally popular view. Resistance was fierce within the United Nations and the chronically divided Contact Group, and in Washington, where many argued that the United States should not get more deeply involved. This book is Holbrooke's gripping inside account of his mission, of the decisive months when, belatedly and reluctantly but ultimately decisively, the United States reasserted its moral authority and leadership and ended Europe's worst war in over half a century. To End a War reveals many important new details of how America made this historic decision. What George F. Kennan has called Holbrooke's "heroic efforts" were shaped by the enormous tragedy with which the mission began, when three of his four team members were killed during their first attempt to reach Sarajevo. In Belgrade, Sarajevo, Zagreb, Paris, Athens, and Ankara, and throughout the dramatic roller-coaster ride at Dayton, he tirelessly imposed, cajoled, and threatened in the quest to stop the killing and forge a peace agreement. Holbrooke's portraits of the key actors, from officials in the White House and the Élysée Palace to the leaders in the Balkans, are sharp and unforgiving. His explanation of how the United States was finally forced to intervene breaks important new ground, as does his discussion of the near disaster in the early period of the implementation of the Dayton agreement. To End a War is a brilliant portrayal of high-wire, high-stakes diplomacy in one of the toughest negotiations of modern times. A classic account of the uses and misuses of American power, its lessons go far beyond the boundaries of the Balkans and provide a powerful argument for continued American leadership in the modern world.
Author : Tom Clancy
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 765 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1987-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101002346
From the author of the Jack Ryan series comes an electrifying #1 New York Times bestseller—a standalone military thriller that envisions World War 3... A chillingly authentic vision of modern war, Red Storm Rising is as powerful as it is ambitious. Using the latest advancements in military technology, the world's superpowers battle on land, sea, and air for ultimate global control. It is a story you will never forget. Hard-hitting. Suspenseful. And frighteningly real. “Harrowing...tense...a chilling ring of truth.”—TIME
Author : Alex Milway
Publisher : Kane/Miller Book Publishers
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 1610670744
Three yetis are about to save the world, in this hilarious new series.Something strange is happening in the Welsh mountains. It should be the middle of summer, but Snowdonia has been besieged by blizzards and ice storms. A company of Arctic-trained soldiers sent to investigate has disappeared, and the only remaining hope is a secret troop of yeti agents - the Mythical 9th Division.With comic strip chapter beginnings, and detailed illustration throughout, Albrecht, Timonen and Saar's latest mission is sure to engage both reluctant and eager readers.
Author : Ted Hooton,Tom Cooper
Publisher : Middle East@War
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1913336352
The first inclusive history of the war between the US-led coalition and Iraq, fought 1991, largely based on data released from official archives, and spiced with content acquired in the course of dozens of interviews, Desert Storm Volume 2 tells the story of the air campaign, naval operations, the 100 hours of the land war, and the war's aftermath.
Author : Hans Wijers
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811745871
Compilation of first-person German accounts from the battle of Stalingrad.
Author : Frank N. Schubert
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0160429544
CMH Publication 70-30. Edited by Frank N. Schubert and TheresaL. Kraus. Discusses the United States Army's role in the Persian Gulf War from August 1990 to February 1991. Shows the various strands that came together to produce the army of the 1990s and how that army in turn performed under fire and in the glare of world attention. Retains a sense of immediacy in its approach. Contains maps which were carefully researched and compiled as original documents in their own right. Includes an index.
Author : David Glantz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003-02-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135774998
Volume I covers in detail the background, strategic regrouping, and strategic planning and conduct of the offensive.
Author : Jon Lake
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1841767514
With the ending of the Cold War (1946-1991), the B-52's traditional combat role became redundant, and the USAF looked for new ways to use the machine. The invasion of Kuwait by Iraq in August 1990 gave the B-52 the chance to prove its worth in the new world order, and Stratofortress crews flying the B-52G seized the opportunity with both hands. This book explains how, flying from bases in the Indian Ocean, Britain, Spain and Saudi Arabia, the B-52G was at the forefront of the campaign to free Kuwait of Saddam's forces and dropped the first bombs of Operation Desert Storm (1990-1991).
Author : E. R. Hooton,Tom Cooper
Publisher : Middle East@War
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 1911628224
'Desert Storm' reveals the whole war fought between Iraq and an international coalition, from the start of this campaign to its very end. This book offers a refreshing insight into this unique conflict.
Author : Mark Galeotti
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472841858
Storm-333, the operation to seize Kabul and assassinate Afghan leader Hafizullah Amin, was at once a textbook success and the start of a terrible blunder. It heralded the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, an operation intended to be a short, largely symbolic show of force, yet which quickly devolved into a gritty ten-year counter-insurgency that Moscow was never able to win. Nonetheless, Storm-333 was a striking success, and despite initial concerns that it would be an impossible achievement, it saw a relative handful of Soviet special forces drawn from the KGB and the military seize the heavily defended presidential palace, neutralise the city's communications and defences, and open Kabul to occupation. The lessons learned then are still valid today, and have been incorporated into modern Russian military practice, visible most recently in the seizure of Crimea in 2014. Written by a recognised expert on the Soviet security forces, drawing extensively on Russian sources, and fully illustrated with commissioned artwork, this is the most detailed and compelling study of this fascinating operation available in English.
Author : Joshua Mowll
Publisher : Candlewick Press (MA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007-09-13
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 0763634751
This first of three tales begins the story of a sister and brother, who, while searching for their missing parents in 1920s Shanghai, uncover a mysterious secret society. Includes maps, documents, four full-color gatefolds, and extensive appendices and notes.