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This collection of sharp, irreverent anecdotes offers a brutally honest and often hilarious glimpse into life inside the British Parachute Regiment. Told through a mix of personal experience and well-worn barrack-room legend, the book captures the chaos, camaraderie, and outright madness that define the airborne brotherhood. From punishing training exercises and absurd military logic to pranks that teeter on the edge of disaster, each story reveals the mindset of men pushed to their physical and mental limits.

On April 6, 1967, twenty-year-old US Navy Seaman Apprentice Doug Hegdahl fell off his ship, a guided-missile cruiser, in the Gulf of Tonkin. Close to exhaustion after nearly four hours in the water, he was picked up by a small fishing boat and soon found himself in Hỏa Lò Prison, the...

Conheça os segredos da agência mais temida do mundo. Desde a sua criação, o serviço de espionagem de Israel tem uma norma: perseguir os supostos inimigos do Estado nos locais mais remotos do planeta. De criminosos de guerra nazistas a líderes do Hamas, a caçada é executada pelo temível Kidon (Baioneta), a subunidade de assassinos de elite do Mossad.

As general of the Union army and president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant faced problems as grave and demanding as any in the life of the nation: civil war, an ultimately thwarted project of Reconstruction, the early years of the sordid Gilded Age, and the battle for African American...

What can a lifetime of hard work and discipline make possible? Mike Stevens rose from humble beginnings in Montana to become the 13th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, the highest enlisted position in the United States Navy. Following more than three decades of military service, he went on to serve twice as a CEO in the private sector, carrying the leadership principles forged throughout his Navy career into the business world. Across more than four decades of leadership, Stevens learned firsthand that success rarely comes from talent alone.

In this captivating memoir, Bob J. Garcia, a door gunner from the 117th Assault Helicopter Company plunges listeners into a combat helicopter during the height of the Vietnam War and his lifelong struggles with PTSD. “We were God’s young lunatics. We were reckless as we faced death every day in Vietnam. We acted fearlessly, even when we were at times scared as we flew our thinly built Army helicopters into combat, the wind sometimes threatening to crash us into mountains and rice paddies.

USCG Cutter Eagle has been an integral part of the United States Coast Guard since her commissioning in 1946, serving as both a training ship and a representation of the Coast Guard’s commitment to excellence. Originally built in Germany as the Horst Wessel and sailed under the Nazi flag, she was taken as a war prize after World War II and transformed into a vessel that reflects America’s democratic ideals. Eagle trains USCG Academy cadets, offering instruction in navigation, ship handling, and the rigors of life at sea.

Misch – Sie werden natürlich noch gebraucht." Dieser gespenstische Befehl ergeht am 22. April 1945 im "Führerbunker" an Rochus Misch, den Leibwächter und Telefonisten Adolf Hitlers. Kaum ein anderer hat die Kriegsjahre in ebenso ungeheuerlicher wie ungewöhnlicher Nähe Hitlers zugebracht. Nun erzählt der "letzte Zeuge" seine Geschichte, mit der beklemmenden Aufrichtigkeit eines Mannes, der erkennen muss, dass er damals sein Tun für richtig hielt.

TODAY, OUR NATION IS LIKE A SHIP being tossed in tumultuous seas. The winds and waves of change have divided and distanced our society, threatening to wash away the very principles our nation was founded upon. Now more than ever, our nation needs leaders with the moral courage to stand strong...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Declaration of Independence marked the birth of the United States. But two essays of that era appealed even more directly to Americans' feelings. In January 1776, Thomas Paine―a recent immigrant to America―published Common Sense. His straightforward...

The untold story of the only known Holocaust survivors to walk out of the gas chambers in Auschwitz and their remarkable second chance at life Early on the morning of October 9, 1944, seven hundred boys between the ages of thirteen and seventeen, were taken out of Block 11 at Auschwitz. The...

Del autor de Tiende tu cama, un inspirador libro de consejos y lecciones de liderazgo que el almirante McRaven recopiló a lo largo de sus cuatro décadas como Navy SEAL. El almirante McRaven tuvo el honor de recibir en 2011 el título de «Bullfrog», otorgado al Navy SEAL que más tiempo ha...

Mais violento que o filme "Tropa de Elite". Mais polêmico que o livro "A elite da tropa". Mais revelador que "Rota 66". Mais impressionante que qualquer livro, filme ou documento que você tenha lido ou visto sobre o tráfico de drogas e a...

No mundo todo, a mídia, mais preocupada em chocar do que em informar, associa a Israel a imagem de um estado militarista, que promove massacres de palestinos e se opõe a qualquer tentativa de paz na região. A aliança entre fundamentalistas islâmicos...

"Da Guerra Fria à Nova Ordem Mundial" foge do lugar comum à maior parte das interpretações sobre a "paz armada" que marcou, a partir do final da Segunda Guerra Mundial, a relação entre os EUA e a ex-URSS. O assunto tem sido até...

In June 2005 four US Navy SEALs left their base in Afghanistan for the Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al-Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less than twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy SEALs was alive. This is the story of team leader Marcus Luttrell, the sole survivor of Operation Redwing.

The incredible story of Manfred Gans, who raced across Germany in May 1945 to free his parents from a concentration camp Four days after Germany’s surrender in May 1945, a young British officer hopped in a Jeep and headed east into Germany. But this was no ordinary soldier. Manfred Gans was...

“Sobering, unforgettable reading. This is a standout of its kind.” – Publishers Weekly “A riv­et­ing, deeply mov­ing mem­oir. The writ­ing is descrip­tive and dra­mat­ic, pre­serv­ing Lewkowicz’s deep emo­tions.” – Jewish Book Council This is the remarkable story of...

Bertram Ramsay has acquired almost mythical status in the history of the Second World War, firstly as the principal organizer of the Dunkirk evacuation and then as naval commander of the Allied invasion of Normandy - in the eyes of many, 'the organizer of victory'. But because Ramsay was killed in January 1945 and never wrote his own memoirs, his life has until now been difficult to pin down. Andrew Gordon, author of The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command, writing with the help of Ramsay's descendants, now describes the career of this intense and territorial man.

From the battlefields of Korea, Malaya and Vietnam to the struggle for veterans' welfare, Keith Payne has never shied away from a fight. More than 50 years ago, this bravery saw him receive the Commonwealth's highest military honour - the Victoria Cross. Keith grew up one of thirteen children in...