The Incredible True Story of Navy SEALs Under Siege Summary: This is the story of fire team leader Marcus Luttrell, the sole survivor of Operation Redwing, and the desperate battle in the Afghanistan mountains in 2005, that led to the largest loss of life in Navy SEAL history Forfatter: Marcus Luttrell Forlag: Sphere Udgivelsesår: 2007 Sider: 388 Sprog: Engelsk
Jægersoldaten Thomas Rathsacks (f. 1967) beretning om farefulde specialoperationer med Jægerkorpset i internationale konflikter, hvor fjenden bl.a. er talebankrigere og al-Qaida-terrorister i Afghanistan og Irak Titel: Jæger : i krig med eliten Genre: Biografi Sammendrag: Bogen handler om Thomas Rathsacks oplevelser som jægersoldat i Danmark, og hans deltagelse i operationer mod Taleban og al-Qaeda i Afghanistan og Irak. Det er en fortælling om drengedrømme, der bliver til virkelighed, og om livet som elitesoldat. Type: Paperback
Bravo to nul: Forfatterens dramatiske beretning om sin deltagelse i en tophemmelig mission i Irak under Golfkrigen Titel: Bravo to Nul - Elitesoldat af Andy McNab (Bog) Genre: Biografi Sammendrag: Andy McNab er delingsfører for syv andre soldater i det engelske elitekorps SAS, da de under Golfkrigen bliver sendt på en tophemmelig mission bag de irakiske linjer. Opgaven er at sabotere de frygtede Scud-missiler. Delingen bliver opdaget af irakerne, men inden da når de at ødelægge forbindelsesvejene til så mange Scud-missiler, at det ændrer hele krigens gang. Tre af de otte SAS-soldater bliver dræbt, én undslipper og de sidste fire bliver taget til fange. I fangenskab i Bagdad bliver Andy og hans kammerater underkastet grusom tortur, men deres jernhårde fysiske og psykiske træning kommer dem til hjælp, og efter frigivelsen bliver de fire tildelt de højeste militære udmærkelser. Type: Hardco
Two soldiers: one a celebrated military hero and the other a broken veteran living in the gutters of London. Their paths last crossed nearly twenty years ago. Now, amidst a hostage crisis in the Middle East, their lives are about to collide again. And the Strike Back is about to begin. John Porter was involved in a hostage raid in Lebanon in 1989. The raid went disastrously wrong; several Regiment men died. John spared the life of a Lebanese fighter and blames himself for the deaths. Struggling to come to terms with the past, John has hit the bottle and is sleeping rough. Colonel Peregrine Collinson was involved in the same raid. Unbeknownst to his colleagues, it was Peregrine's fault that the mission went wrong. He was awarded a Military Cross and is heralded as a military hero for something he didn't do. After the disastrous raid, the lives of the two men couldn't have been further apa
Robert Young Pelton first became aware of the phenomenon of hired guns in the War on Terror when he met a covert team of contractors on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border in the fall of 2003. Pelton soon embarked on a globe-spanning odyssey to penetrate and understand this shadowy world, ultimately delivering stunning insights into the way private soldiers are used. Enter a blood-soaked world of South African mercenaries and tribal fighters backed by ruthless financiers. Drop into Baghdad's Green Zone, strap on body armor, and take a daily high-speed ride with a doomed crew of security contractors who dodge car bombs and snipers just to get their charges to the airport. Share a drink in a chic hotel bar with wealthy owners of private armies who debate the best way to stay alive in war zones. Licensed to Kill spans four continents and three years, taking us inside the CIA's dirty wars; the b
A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles The classic war memoir, now a major Hollywood film, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Jake Gyllenhall as 'Swoff'. In his New York Times bestselling chronicle of military life, Anthony Swofford weaves his experiences in war with vivid accounts of boot camp, reflections on the mythos of the marines, and remembrances of battles with lovers and family. When the U.S. Marines -- or "jarheads" -- were sent to Saudi Arabia in 1990 for the first Gulf War, Anthony Swofford was there. He lived in sand for six months; he was punished by boredom and fear; he considered suicide, pulled a gun on a fellow marine, and was targeted by both enemy and friendly fire. As engagement with the Iraqis drew near, he was forced to consider what it means to be an American, a soldier, a son of a soldier, and a man. Titel: Jarhead Forfatter: Anthony Swofford For
Om amerikanske specialstyrkers træning, våben og operationer, inden for både hæren, flyvevåbnet og flådevæsenet Titel: Eliten : USA's specialstyrker Genre: Faglitteratur Sammendrag: USA's militære elitekorps er lukket land for de fleste, men i denne bog offentliggør forfatteren til 'Frømandskorpset' og 'Bag Fjendens Linier' en guldmine af informationer om amerikanske specialstyrkers træning, våben og operationer, inkl. chokerende og hidtil hemmeligholdte oplysninger om Operation Anaconda i Afghanistan. Type: Paperback
Den tidligere jægersoldat (f. 1952) fortæller om sin barndom, den hårde uddannelse i militæret og karrieren i Jægerkorpset. Han fortæller om sin livsfilosofi, hvor den mentale indstilling er menneskets vigtigste redskab. En livsfilosofi han viderebringer som foredragsholder og rådgiver for erhvervsfolk og eliteidrætsudøvere Titel: Et liv på kanten af B.S. Christiansen (Bog) Forfatter: B.S. Christiansen Genre: Biografi Sammendrag: Egentlig skulle han have været elektriker. Men skæbnen ville, at han pludselig befandt sig i Floridas sumpe omgivet af giftige slanger og kryb, i gang med en af verdens hårdeste militære eliteuddannelser. B.S. Christiansen fortæller om sit liv på kanten, hvor der er et umuligt at lyve for sig selv og hvor hverdagen kræver en skarp vilje og selvindsats. Hans livsfilosofi har hjulpet mange, både i hans professionelle og personlige liv. Type: Hardcover
