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Throughout history society has determined specific rules of engagement between adversaries in armed conflict. With advances in technology, from armor to in the Middle Ages to nerve gas in World War I to weapons of mass destruction in our own time, the rules have constantly evolved. Today, when killing the enemy can seem palpably risk-free and tantamount to playing a violent video game, what constitutes warfare? What is the effect of remote combat on individual soldiers? And what are the unforeseen repercussions that could affect us all?

This critically acclaimed account of the Battle for Okinawa is told through the eyes of Colonel Hiromichi Yahara, the senior staff officer of the 32nd Japanese Army. It features segments on the Japanese preparation for battle, the American assault, and a summary of how the battle ended. Following the events that occurred in the life of Colonel Hiromichi Yahara, journalist Frank Gibney is able to lay out the importance of the battle and the ways in which both parties fought hard and strategically.

A classical collection of recitations by the master narrator Zia Mohyeddin. Volume 16 includes essays and poetry by Agha Haider Mirza, Munshi Faizuddin,N. M. Rashid, Intezaar Hussain, Imtiaz Ali Taj, Ibn-E-Insha and Colonel Mohammad Khan.

On January 22, 1879, a massive Zulu host attacked the British Army's 24th Regiment in its encampment at the foot of the mountain of Isandlwana. It was the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War and a disastrous defeat for the colonial power. Later that afternoon the victorious Zulus would strike the tiny British garrison at Rorke's Drift.

As the memoir of an aerobatic master born to fling his body through cloudbanks, Spitfire Wingman from Tennessee offers a unique birds-eye view of events and personalities of WWII and the Cold War. Encounters with Patton, Vandenberg, Yeager, Truman and Nixon are replayed with perception and wit. While jockeying P-40s, P-51s, and P-47s, he was privileged to see the war both from twenty thousand feet and as a Staff Officer at 9th Air Force HQ in Brussels.

This book is a fascinating insight into the workings of a World War I battalion in action, from the digging of trenches to the organisation of a solid defensive position and the patrolling of no-man’s land. It's also sprinkled with occasional amusing anecdotes that show the spirit of man shining in even the most desperate of situations.

War Is Not Just for Heroes rescues the incredible true stories of United States Marine Corps. Written by one marine, Claude R. "Red" Canup, a combat correspondent in the Pacific during World War II, these dispatches and private letters provide insight into the grind of war and ordinary men and women who carried out their duty. Thoughtfully edited and contextualized by a preface and prologue by his daughter, Linda M. Canup Keaton-Lima, War Is Not Just for Heroes combines documentary and biography to provide the human dimensions of those in combat and those who reported out.

"Not only have UFOs of many types crash landed on the Earth, but they've been coming here since the dawn of time. Communication has been established," says one military insider. While UFO sightings occur more frequently every year, with more and more credible witnesses across the globe, it’s still hard to grasp that alien spacecraft and their occupants are nothing new to planet Earth and that the military and government factions still attempts to portray that we are alone in the universe.

UFO Chronicles is an unprecedented and uncensored film series featuring the top authorities on the UFO enigma. Pilots, astronauts, government officials, military officials, medical experts, scientists, religious leaders, and more reveal in never-before-seen interviews, the ramifications of the alien presence on planet Earth. The UFO Chronicles collector’s series discloses information you were never meant to know.

Listen in.THE COLONEL has been curating film and tellybox scores behind enemy lines since he was a corporal. God Barry to Morricone, Mancini to Schifrin, Williams to Herrmann, Quincy to Greenaway, its a delirious peruse of the very best up on the screen. The content might be dreary but the music great and indeed vice versa but each score will be accompanied by dubious trivia and gossip with titbits about cast and crew thrown in. So, put the kettle on, pull up your whicker chair in the conservatory, throw lashings of marmite onto your soldiers and indulge THE COLONEL to bring you delightful ...

In the American Civil War, or the War between the States, three dashing cavalry leaders - Stuart, Forrest, and Mosby - so captured the public imagination that their exploits took on a glamour, which we associate - as did the writers of the time - with the deeds of the Waverley characters and the heroes of chivalry. Of the three leaders, Colonel John S. Mosby (1833 - 1916), was, perhaps, the most romantic figure. In the South, his dashing exploits made him one of the great heroes of the "Lost Cause". In the North, he was painted as the blackest of redoubtable scoundrels.

The last battle of World War II was not for military victory but for the technology of the Third Reich. In American Raiders, Wolfgang Samuel assembles from official Air Force records and survivors' interviews the largely untold stories of the disarmament of the Luftwaffe and of Operation Lusty—the hunt for Nazi technologies.

Tha Colonel’s Crunk CHH Christian Rap Series is a bi-weekly episodic show featuring CHH music, news, guest artist, and album reviews from the Christian hip-hop industry. Tha Colonel’s Crunk Podcast is dedicated to bringing the widest variety of Christian Rap, Christian Hip Hop, and CHH content from around the world.

Leading the Way to Victory is the official history of the 60th Troop Carrier Group, featuring unpublished first-person accounts by participating veterans and expertly written by retired USAF Colonel Mark C. Vlahos, combat veteran and former Vice Wing Commander of 314th Airlift Wing at the Little Rock Air Force Base.

He spent over three decades proudly serving his country. But his greatest lessons came from one unique bond. For Dr. Burl Randolph, Jr., leadership began at home as a young boy. Though his father was a man of few words, he was molded by his parents' actions for a future filled with achievement. And when the decorated military officer faced his own retirement, he recalled the profound message his dad imparted many years before: "A man ought to always stay busy."

Lynchburg's first podcast. We want to hear your voice! Comment on our live shows on facebook and tune in here on any of your local podcast stations, as we interview different uniques guest with all sorts of nutty and informative ideas!

Service Before Self Podcast: Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services tackles current issues impacting veterans and their families. From challenges transitioning from military service into civilian careers to addressing the unique health needs of veterans, no subject is off limits. Join us as we present pragmatic solutions to ensure that veterans and families succeed in the communities where they live.

Welcome to Peace After Combat, a BEHIND THE SERVICE podcast with your hosts, Dr Tiffany Tajiri, a clinical psychologist, Air Force Veteran and author, and Retired Army Colonel Alex Gonzales. Learn about the connection between faith, spirituality and psychology and how to find peace after painful life experiences. Real Truths, through Real Talk about Real Life.

This is a fascinating glimpse into what India was like in the mid-1880s as seen from the perspective of a British traveler and soldier. Originally published under the title Grand Moving Diorama of Hindostān, Displaying the Scenery of The Hoogly, the Bhāgīrathī, and The Ganges, from Fort William, Bengal, to Gangoutrī, in The Himalaya. This is a new edition, slightly edited by Professor David Christopher Lane.

In this history of the steamboat era, Mark Twain and Capt. Ed Heckmann, last of the great steamboat pilots, tell what it was like from their own experiences...Here you will find plantation families, learn how to read the water, vividly experience the most terrible wrecks, and ride the relief boat rescuing survivors when much of Louisiana was under ten feet of water from the great flood of 1882, all this and much more.