Títulos en Ejército y guerra

The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 was condemned by the United Nations and led to a military coalition of more than thirty countries, spearheaded by the United States and United Kingdom. Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division—better known as "Bandit"—was one of nearly two hundred American armor and infantry companies that were called to fight.

As a 17-year old recruit in the US Air Force, Bob Mathers looked forward to auditioning for a position in Military Journalism and Broadcasting. His recruiter told him prior to enlisting that if slots were open, he could test to fill the opening. When he began Basic Training, a skills counselor told him that although 8 such opportunities existed at the time, it didn’t matter. He was told he was ineligible due to lack of time in service. After completing a course in his assigned specialty of Computer Operator, Mathers reported to overseas duty in Turkey.

He has been accused of "studied and ingenious cruelty." By turns, he has been called a savior and a barbarian, a hero and a villain, a genius and a madman. But whatever you call William Tecumseh Sherman, you must admit he is utterly fascinating. Sherman spent a lifetime in search of who he was, striving to find a place and a calling. Informally adopted by the Ewing family of Lancaster, Ohio, when his own father died when he was just nine, the young redhead lived in a spacious mansion just up the hill from his mother. Later, as a young man, he would marry his adopted sister, Ellen.

Imagine you learn that there are kids your age living in a prison with their families. None of them have done anything wrong. It is racial prejudice and fear that has put these people there. Then imagine that your family volunteers to live in one of these places to help the people who are imprisoned. That is what twelve-year-old Helen Hannan experiences in 1945. She hears about these prisons before most other Americans do. Traveling to a place called Camp Amache with her brother, sister and parents, she quickly discovers this is no summer camp.

Look, are you a people watcher? Are you someone who is more interested in how a person reacts to their circumstances? There is always somebody who has an interesting approach and a fascinating personality. They will leave you unblinking and open-mouthed while you endeavour to suck in all their intricacies. Life is full of them and if given the opportunity when circumstances are right, they will provide you with a unique story.

Christopher Waters survived a childhood built on violence, fear, and emotional chaos. Long before Iraq, he had already learned how to live in survival mode. In The Child I Took to War, Waters delivers a brutally honest memoir that exposes the devastating collision between childhood trauma and combat PTSD. From the trailer houses of Texas to the battlefields of Iraq, this unforgettable story follows a young man searching for purpose, brotherhood, and escape through military service; only to discover that some wars continue long after the firefight ends.

In August 1862, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania quickly responded to President Lincoln’s request for more troops. An overwhelming response of volunteers would provide the Union with eighteen infantry regiments that would serve for a period of nine months. Individual motivations to enlist were as varied as were the volunteers themselves. Many wanted the attractive recruiting bounties, and others sought the adventure. The majority in the recruiting lines were there with the sentiments of “right” and “duty”, a symbol of their honor and manhood.

Air Force Once tells of the highs and lows of a military career. It's a detailed journey from basic military training to a celebrated conclusion, highlighting events that occur along any pathway that soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines can and will endure. The book reveals the inside scope of supporting the president of the United States during three White House administrations and one secretary of state. Performing work on Air Force One is not your typical aircraft technician's assignment. Security is a different way of life, working on the commander in chief's mode of transportation.

Richard V. Lowney Jr. spent his career building software that millions of people used without knowing his name. The other thing he was building, without realizing it, is what kept him alive. He grew up in one of Boston's toughest neighborhoods, the son of a factory worker and the grandson of an Irish immigrant who died on the Charlestown docks. He enlisted in the Army during Vietnam, worked with early computing systems in Cold War Germany, and came home to a country that had changed while he was gone.

What drove a young man with a full life to sacrifice it all for his nation? Why did battle-hardened soldiers revere this young man, following him into peril, or even death? A loving son to a doting mother, a loyal friend to fellow officers, a trusted comrade to his brave soldiers, and a fearless warrior against his enemy.

This is not a war story. It is a record of responsibility. Lessons from a career. Authority Without Control is a memoir of leadership under pressure, where decisions carry weight long after the moment has passed. From rural Nebraska to Afghanistan, Brandon Burton writes about the quiet, often invisible burden of command- where restraint matters more than action, and where the hardest choices are the ones no one sees, both in war and coming home. This book is not about heroics. It is about proximity to consequence.

Nick was a Force Reconnaissance Marine and Marine Raider, one of the most elite warriors on the planet. Then he got out, and within a few years he had lost his marriage, his daughters, his money, and nearly his life. What followed was not an overnight comeback. It was a slow, deliberate reclamation built on the same traits that had made him elite in the first place: discipline, consistency, relentlessness, and the refusal to quit.

‘Our outside door came crashing in. Deafening thumps, steel banging on steel and shrill, piercing whistles filled the hallway. Faraway voices called out in the dark: “Armed police.” Others, coming nearer, shouted orders: “Get down on the floor.” ’ On 28 October 1996 Glaswegian Michael Gallagher is arrested in an armed dawn raid on the London flat he shares with long-time partner, Mary Attenborough. Accused of playing a role in the IRA mortar attack on Heathrow Airport in March 1994, Michael proclaims his innocence.

But American Half Breed is more than a military memoir—it is a raw and unfiltered story of survival. Before he ever wore a uniform, Ron Carpenter was a child growing up on the South Side of Chicago, surrounded by gangs, drugs, and violence. He witnessed murder inside his own home. He endured abuse, instability, and relentless adversity. As a biracial child in a hostile environment, the odds were stacked against him from the start. Most don’t escape that life. He did.

The Vietnam experience was hellfire, privation, blood, sweat, and death. To the ground soldiers enduring it on the battlefields, the helicopter pilots flying above seemed a privileged few — removed from the "real" war, fighting at a distance from its harshest realities. But Bruce Lake's story invites a closer look. Bruce R. Lake flew hundreds of helicopter missions under hostile fire, earned 42 Air Medals and the Silver Star for a heroic rescue mission, and watched squadron brothers leave on missions they never came back from.

A gripping firsthand account of courage, resilience, and survival during the Great War. In My German Prisons, Captain Horace Gray Gilliland delivers an uncensored, deeply personal narrative of his experiences as a British officer captured during the brutal battles of World War I. For two and a...

From Brandywine to Yorktown, follow the astonishing real-life journey of the Revolutionary War’s most mythic warrior. “One-Man Army” was George Washington’s nom de guerre for Peter Francisco. Abducted from the Azores and deposited in the colony of Virginia at the age of four, little...

Robert Ley war Reichorganisationsleiter der NSDAP und baute die Deutsche Arbeitsfront zum größten NS-Verband auf. Nach dem Krieg war er im Nürnberger Prozess einer der 24 Hauptangeklagten. Sein Enkel Axel Spilcker erzählt nun die Lebensgeschichte seines Großvaters und die seiner Familie. Einem Urteil in den Kriegsverbrecherprozessen entzieht sich Robert Ley 1945 durch Selbstmord. Achtzig Jahre später, in einer Zeit, in der die Demokratie wieder unter Druck steht, macht sich sein Enkel auf Spurensuche.

With the outbreak of Gulf War hostilities a unit from 22 SAS slipped quietly over the border and into the enemy's backyard. It would be six weeks before any of the patrol again reached safety. Sabre Squadron recounts in graphic detail their scud-busting operations deep inside Iraq. They were...

A SAS soldier's journey from trainee to elite warrior fighting Islamic militants in Afghanistan, only to be betrayed by his own senior leaders at home. 'I've had more than my share of close calls. Truth is, it's fucking thrilling. But the fear can hit just as hard, especially when you see mates...