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Reluctant Warrior

Michael Hodgins
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Author : Michael Hodgins
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1997-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804111201

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"ONE OF THE BEST VIETNAM WAR STORIES I'VE EVER READ, one damn good, compelling read. It's almost something out of a Clancy novel, yet it's true. The best thing I can say about it is I didn't want it to end." --Col. David Hackworth, New York Times bestselling author of About Face By the spring of 1970, American troops were ordered to pull out of Vietnam. The Marines of 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel "Wild Bill" Drumright, were assigned to cover the withdrawal of 1st Marine Division. The Marines of 1st RECON Bn operated in teams of six or seven men. Heavily armed, the teams fought a multitude of bitter engagements with a numerically superior and increasingly aggressive enemy. Michael C. Hodgins served in Company C, 1st RECON Bn (Rein), as a platoon leader. In powerful, graphic prose, he chronicles his experience as a patrol leader in myriad combat situations--from hasty ambush to emergency extraction to prisoner snatch to combined-arms ambush. . . . "THIS MEMOIR IS GRIPPING." --American Way

The Reluctant Warrior (High Sierra Sweethearts Book #2)

Mary Connealy
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Author : Mary Connealy
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781493416110

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Union army officer Cameron Scott is used to being obeyed, but nothing about this journey to Lake Tahoe has gone as expected. He's come to fetch his daughter and nephew, and seek revenge on the people who killed his brother. Instead he finds himself trapped by a blizzard with two children who are terrified of him and stubborn but beautiful Gwen Harkness, who he worries may be trying to keep the children. When danger descends on the cabin where they're huddled, Cam is hurt trying to protect everyone and now finds Gwen caring for him too. He soon realizes why the kids love her so much and wonders if it might be best for him to move on without them. When she sees his broken heart, Gwen decides to help him win back their affection--and in the process he might just win her heart as well.

Reluctant Warrior

Michael Hodgins
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Author : Michael Hodgins
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307761620

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"ONE OF THE BEST VIETNAM WAR STORIES I'VE EVER READ, one damn good, compelling read. It's almost something out of a Clancy novel, yet it's true. The best thing I can say about it is I didn't want it to end." --Col. David Hackworth, New York Times bestselling author of About Face By the spring of 1970, American troops were ordered to pull out of Vietnam. The Marines of 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel "Wild Bill" Drumright, were assigned to cover the withdrawal of 1st Marine Division. The Marines of 1st RECON Bn operated in teams of six or seven men. Heavily armed, the teams fought a multitude of bitter engagements with a numerically superior and increasingly aggressive enemy. Michael C. Hodgins served in Company C, 1st RECON Bn (Rein), as a platoon leader. In powerful, graphic prose, he chronicles his experience as a patrol leader in myriad combat situations--from hasty ambush to emergency extraction to prisoner snatch to combined-arms ambush. . . . "THIS MEMOIR IS GRIPPING." --American Way

Reluctant Warrior

Winston Lavallee
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Author : Winston Lavallee
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781493102921

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“Never fear, the Army is on its way!” Jim Dudley, a cocky youngster and newly minted ROTC Lieutenant, finds that the tank corps is not for him. As luck would have it, he qualifies by college training as a Medical Service Corps entomologist and serves on active duty as an instructor and sanitary specialist. Serving among scores of Army stalwarts and rouges, he soon learns to discern armed forces reality from illusion. All the while, war in Southeast Asia, increasing civil rights conflicts and racial prejudice in the U. S. weigh heavily on Jim and his young family as they experience the ins and outs of Army life. After war games in Carolina, he is unexpectedly assigned to duty in Viet Nam where he is wounded. Relieved from active duty, he leaves the Army for college teaching, but encouraged by his wife, Laurie and a college buddy, he volunteers to help returning veterans reconstruct their lives in the face of an ungrateful public, a challenge equal to anything the Army threw at him. Jim and Laurie persevere, but find that military and social conflict often lies waiting within the human conscious, affecting for every generation including their own children. Counting on a little bit of luck, they hope damage control will again carry the day.

The Reluctant Warrior

Ty Patterson
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Author : Ty Patterson
Publisher : Three Aces Publishing Ltd
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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TO CATCH A TRAITOR The Warriors have recovered from Zeb Carter's mission in the Congo. They now find themselves helping the FBI. USA's premier investigative agency has a mole in its ranks. The betrayer has access to highly classified intel and is a threat to national security. The Warriors respond by deploying their maverick intelligence analyst Broker. Who makes the shocking discovery that the traitor is not owned by a foreign government. The truth is worse. And the repercussions can trigger a devastation the kind of which the country hasn't seen before. Before long, the investigation leads to a showdown. The Warriors - all by themselves - on one side, the city's organized crime gangs on the other. Broker and his team can't afford to lose that battle, nor can they give up the investigation. The odds against them are overwhelming. The mafia gangs have come together in an unprecedented move. And the mole is helping the criminals. And what of the mysterious assassin tailing them? He might prove more lethal than the mole or the gangs. 'Non-stop action isn't a tired old cliche in this book's case. The Reluctant Warrior delivers NON-STOP ACTION!' 'Pedal-to-metal, needle-in-the-red thrills!' 'You won't like Zeb Carter and his Warriors. You'll LOVE them!'

The Reluctant Warrior

Dominick Forte
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Author : Dominick Forte
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781453582220

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Throughout history there have been recorded incidents of angels visiting earth. The Archangel Gabriel is credited with the most interactions with mortals. He is written about by diverse numbers of religions and cultures throughout the ages, and his identity is unmistakable. Gabriel is The Reluctant Warrior. He is reflective, reserved and sensitive and is heaven’s leading musician and musical director. Gabriel would prefer to spend his existence leading the choirs of angels in song and celestial music. However, he must respond to the call of duty out of loyalty and obedience to God and Michael, commander of the Heavenly Host. Whenever God requires a fighting force of angels or an emissary to earth Gabriel is called to action. Although completely opposite in personality and motivation to the Archangel Michael, it is Gabriel whom God designates as Michael’s second in command and it is Gabriel who most often gets the nod when God wishes to intervene in the affairs of man. This narrative chronicles events such as Satan’s great rebellion and the expulsion of the fallen angels from heaven, Gabriel’s relationships with other angels in heaven and his frequent interactions with us on Earth. Here he writes of his role in the ongoing history of God’s creation and gives first hand reports of his experiences as God emissary to man. The Reluctant Warrior takes us through all of Gabriel the Archangel’s recorded experiences throughout history right up to his ultimate role as leader against the antichrist during the Apocalypse. The Reluctant Warrior presents the history of God’s creation from its early stages until the Second Coming through the voice of God’s most celebrated Archangel.

THE RELUCTANT WARRIOR

Barry RICKSON
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Author : Barry RICKSON
Publisher : Author House
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781491881538

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It is January 1939, and Frank Eberhardt, a young, good-looking university student from Pennsylvania, has taken his fathers advice to have a year off from his studies to undertake work experience at the giant German chemical plant of IG Farben in Bremen. There, he falls in love with Helga, an 18 yr-old law student.The outbreak of war in 1939 causes him to return home before he somewhat reluctantly joins the American Air Force training to become a navigator on the Flying Fortress, or B-17. He is then sent to Norfolk from where he takes part in many historic raids over Germany.There are vivid descriptions of these, the disasters suffered and consequent effect on the mens morale. He struggles between duty and conscience. The life in the Norfolk countryside and relationships with local people is emphasised.He is decorated for bravery, before becoming a major at the USAAF Headquarters at High Wycombe where he takes part in planning strategy. From here he manages to achieve a transfer to Bremen at the end of hostilities.There are many amorous adventures, but will he manage to see Helga again?

Reluctant Warriors

Patrick M. Dennis
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Author : Patrick M. Dennis
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774836005

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During the “Hundred Days” campaign of the First World War, over 30 percent of conscripts who served in the Canadian Corps became casualties. Yet, they were often considered slackers for not having volunteered. Reluctant Warriors is the first examination of the pivotal role played by Canadian conscripts in the final campaign of the Great War on the Western Front. Challenging long-standing myths, this Patrick Dennis examines whether conscripts made any significant difference to the success of the Canadian Corps in 1918. Reluctant Warriors provides fresh evidence that conscripts were good soldiers who made a crucial contribution to the war effort.

Reluctant Warriors

Alexandra Sakaki,Hanns W. Maull,Kerstin Lukner
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Author : Alexandra Sakaki,Hanns W. Maull,Kerstin Lukner
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815737377

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Can Germany and Japan do more militarily to uphold the international order? Since the end of World War II, Germany and Japan have been the most reluctant of all major U.S. allies to take on military responsibilities. Given their histories, this reluctance certainly is understandable. But because of their size and economic importance, Germany and Japan are the most important U.S. allies in Europe and in East Asia, respectively, and their long-term reluctance to share the defense burden has become a perennial source of frustration for Washington. The potential security roles of Germany and Japan are becoming increasingly important given the uncertainty, indeed volatility, of today’s international environment. Under President Trump, friction among allies over burden-sharing is more intense than ever before. Meanwhile, the security environments in Europe and Asia have deteriorated because of the resurgence of a belligerent Russia under Vladimir Putin, the steady rise of an increasingly assertive China, and North Korea’s worrisome acquisition of nuclear weapons. Partly in response to these developments, Germany and Japan in recent years have boosted their security efforts, mainly by increasing defense spending and taking on a somewhat broader range of military missions. Even so, because of their cultures of anti-militarism resistance remains strong in both countries to rebuilding the military and assuming more responsibility for sustaining regional or even global peace. In Reluctant Warriors, a team of noted international experts critically examines how and why Germany and Japan have modified their military postures since 1990 so far, and assesses how far the countries still have to go—and why. The contributors also highlight the risks the United States takes if it makes too simplistic a demand for the two countries to “do more.”

Liberando: Reflections of a Reluctant Warrior

John E. Horn
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Author : John E. Horn
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780359743889

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Liberando: Reflections of a Reluctant Warrior by John E. Horn Pdf

Merriam Press World War 2 Memoir Series. John H. Horn's wartime experiences as a B-24 pilot in the famous "Liberandos" bomb group, the 376th, are recounted in this work by his son, John E. Horn. Horn was one of millions in World War II who did their jobs. He was mighty lucky and blessed to have come home unscathed. Most of the real learning about air combat was on the job. Military schools and training don't really produce combat-ready men and women. They produce attitudes as well as thinking and re-acting skills. Actual combat is the real teacher. John was forever grateful to his crew and the leaders of the 376th Bomb Group who suffered his inexperience and naiveté. Without their patience, he would not have developed into a competent, safe, and living combat pilot. 31 photos, illustrations, maps.

Reluctant Warriors

Jon Stafford
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Author : Jon Stafford
Publisher : BQB Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781939371416

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World War II, 1939-1945, was easily the most destructive war in history; claiming the lives of from fifty to sixty millions of people. This historical fiction takes us "behind the scenes" in the lives of everyday people who became reluctant warriors. Each of the men depicted in this book—Joseph “Chip” Wiley, Jimmy DeValery, Harry Conners, and Theodore Rodgers—were admirable people who gave everything they had and became Army scouts, men in aircraft like the B-25, B-17, P-38, P-47. They went from the guy next door to operating Navy PT boats, submarines, destroyers, and heavy cruisers. They did what America and the world needed them to do. These men, and the millions they represent, had lives, families, and careers they left behind. And they were not the only ones to report for duty: their families also had to fight daily battles through hardships, through defeats, through loss. Reluctant Warriors brings these stories home to our hearts and reingnites our gratitude for those who fight so we can live free.

The Grim Reaper

Stu Grimson
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Author : Stu Grimson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780735237254

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A powerful memoir from an NHL heavyweight champion who moved from the dressing room to the courtroom. NHL tough guys all tell the same story. They all grew up dreaming of skating in the big league as stars. Then one day, a coach tells them the only way to make it is to drop the gloves. And every guy says the same thing: I'll do whatever it takes to play in the NHL. Not Stu Grimson, though. When he was offered a contract to patrol the ice for the Calgary Flames, he said no thanks, and went to university instead. And that's the way Grimson has approached his career and his life: on his own terms. He stared down the toughest players on the planet for seventeen years, while working on his first university degree. He retired on his own terms, and went on to practice law, including a stint as in-house counsel for the NHLPA. This has put him in a unique position when it comes to commenting on the game. He's seen it from the trenches, and he's seen it from the courtroom. This puts him in the eye of the storm surrounding fighting and concussions. And he handles that the way he does everything: on his own terms. When Don Cherry called him out on televison, it was the seemingly indominable Cherry who backed down. Hockey fans will be fascinated by his data-driven defence of fighting. But in the end, this is not a book about fighting and locker-room stories. It's the story of a young man who ultimately took on the toughest role in pro sports and came out the other side. Where many others have not.

Reassuring the Reluctant Warriors

Stefano Recchia
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Author : Stefano Recchia
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501701559

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Why did American leaders work hard to secure multilateral approval from the United Nations or NATO for military interventions in Haiti, the Balkans, and Libya, while making only limited efforts to gain such approval for the 2003 Iraq War? In Reassuring the Reluctant Warriors, Stefano Recchia addresses this important question by drawing on declassified documents and about one hundred interviews with civilian and military leaders.The most assertive, hawkish, and influential civilian leaders, he argues, tend to downplay the costs of intervention, and when confronted with hesitant international partners they often want to bypass multilateral bodies. America's top-level generals, by contrast, are usually "reluctant warriors" who worry that intervention will result in open-ended stabilization missions; consequently, the military craves international burden sharing and values the potential exit ramp for U.S. forces that a handoff to the UN or NATO can provide.Recchia demonstrates that when the military speaks up and clearly expresses its concerns, even strongly pro-intervention civilian leaders can be expected to work hard to secure UN or NATO approval—if only to reassure the military about the likelihood of sustained burden sharing. Conversely, when the military stays silent, as it did in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq War, bellicose civilian leaders are empowered; the United States is then more likely to bypass multilateral bodies, and it may end up carrying a heavy stabilization burden largely by itself. Recchia's argument that the military has the ability to contribute not only to a more prudent but also to a more multilateralist U.S. intervention policy may be counterintuitive, but the evidence is compelling.

Reluctant Warriors

James Matthews
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Author : James Matthews
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191640728

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Reluctant Warriors challenges traditional political interpretations of the Spanish Civil War, and sets it in a new and immediately human light. It is a comparative study of Nationalist Army and Republican Popular Army conscripts, and analyses the conflict from the perspective of those who were involved against their will. While militants on both sides joined the conflict voluntarily, millions of Spanish men coped with the military uprising as an unwanted intrusion into their lives. James Matthews firstly examines the climate in which both sides implemented mass conscription within their zones. He analyses the process of conscription from call-up to placement in a unit, and looks at the methods employed to motivate and maintain the morale of drafted men, as well as the approaches to discipline in the two armies. Finally, he examines situations in which men avoided front line service. These accounted for constant manpower losses on both sides, and were particularly marked for the Republic. Reluctant Warriors reveals that the Nationalist Army managed its conscripted men better than the Republican Popular Army; a vital factor in determining the ultimate outcome of the war.

The Reluctant Warrior

Heino R. Erichsen
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Author : Heino R. Erichsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : German Americans
ISBN : 1571685146

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Heino Erichsen invited the reader to walk with him as he looks back upon his childhood in Nazi Germany, his surrender as an 18-year-old private with the German Afrika Korps, his survival in POW camps in Texas and Kentucky, and his return to his broken country. But the journey does not end there. It takes an unexpected twist when the former POW returns to the United States to begin a new life.