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Publisher
distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Operation Homecoming is a unique documentary that explores the firsthand accounts of American troops through their written words, and offers a profound window into the human side of the war being fought in Iraq. The film evolved out of a National Endowment for the Arts project that gathered the writing of soldiers and their families who have participated in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Interviews and dramatic readings by such actors as Robert...
303) The hornet's nest
Publisher
THN Movie, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Tells the story of elite groups of U.S. soldiers and Marines sent on dangerous missions deep inside some of Afghanistan's most hostile valleys. The film culminates with what was planned as a single-day strike turning into nine intense days of harrowing combat against an invisible, hostile enemy in the country₂s complex terrain where no foreign troops have ever dared to go before. Two embedded journalists, a father and son, bravely followed the...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Caliber
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Terry McGowan was a beat cop, a Marine captain, and an FBI Special Agent before retiring at age fifty. But after September 11th, 2001, McGowan was in Iraq, serving as a member of a team of high-ranking retired and active duty military working for the highest level of Marine military intelligence. McGowan's success in Iraq led to a position as a Law Enforcement Professional with the Marines in Afghanistan. There he found himself the oldest member of...
305) Invisible wounds
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
167 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shares the stories of men, women and non-binary people who struggle to reconcile their wartime experiences with their postwar lives, revealing how America's endless entanglement in wars has affected the psyches of the people who wage them.
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xviii, 282 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The hallmarks of America's War on Terror have been repeated long deployments and a high percentage of troops returning with psychological problems. Family members of combat veterans are at a higher risk of potentially lethal domestic violence than almost any other demographic; it's estimated that one in four children of active-duty service members have symptoms of depression; and nearly one million veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan require increased...
307) The red circle: my life in the Navy Seal Sniper Corps and how I trained America's deadliest marksmen
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
380 p., [16] : ill. ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Brandon Webb's experiences in the world's most elite sniper corps are the stuff of legend. From his grueling years of training in Naval Special Operations, to his combat tours in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan, The Red Circle provides a rare and personal look at the inner workings of the US military through the eyes of a covert operations specialist. Yet it is Webb's distinguished second career designing new post-9/11 sniper training courses that...
309) Riding my way back
Publisher
Purposeful Productions, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (29 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A documentary that chronicles one soldier's journey back from the brink of suicide. In 2010, Staff Sergeant Aaron Heliker returned from multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), in addition to third-degree burns and nerve damage from a roadside bomb. At his most desperate and isolated, on 42 medications and suicidal, Aaron is introduced to the unlikeliest of saviors:...
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xiii, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"President Trump's last secretary of defense shares harrowing stories of missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, gives an insider look at the tumultuous final days of the Trump administration, and issues a stark warning about the readiness of the military under President Biden. If you know one thing about Chris Miller, it's that he was President Donald Trump's final Secretary of Defense, elevated to that position in the days after the 2020 election. If...
Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
7 audio discs (approximately 480 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Smith takes listeners into the heat of battle, enabling them to feel, hear, and smell the experience of serving as a combat pilot in high intensity warfare.
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