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1321) Blood and ink
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Teen
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Kadija is the music-loving daughter of a guardian of the library in the ancient city of Timbuktu, Ali is a former shepherd boy, trained by Islamist militants--and both are caught up in the war in Mali and on opposite sides of the stuggle to save the sacred Sufi manuscripts that the militants want to destroy.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A race-against-the-clock narrative that finally illuminates a history-changing event: the IRA's attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher and the epic manhunt that followed"--
"A bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded at 2:54 a.m. on October 12, 1984. It was the last day of the Conservative Party Conference at the Grand Hotel in the coastal town of Brighton, England. Rooms were obliterated, dozens of people wounded, five killed. Prime...
1325) Selfless beyond service: a story about the husband, son and father behind the Lion of Fallujah
Author
Publisher
Outskirts Press
Pub. Date
[2014].
Language
English
Description
The Zembiec family was living the American dream. "If you think it, you will become it." Doug would always say. He, himself, was a much loved and respected Marine Corps Officer, who always turned his dreams into reality. On Friday, May 11, 2007, all those dreams were shattered when Doug was killed in action during a night mission in Badgdad, Iraq. Life would never be the same... Selfless Beyond Service takes you through the eyes and heart of Major...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The "author and his colleagues at the investigative website, The Intercept, expose stunning new details about America's secret assassination policy."--NoveList.
When the US government discusses drone strikes publicly, it offers assurances that such operations are a more precise alternative to troops on the ground, but the implicit message from the administration has been trust, but don't verify. The online magazine The Intercept obtained a cache...
1330) America's leaders
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the leadership of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and many other powerful political and military players following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
1331) Information wars: how we lost the global battle against disinformation & what we can do about it
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In February of 2013, Richard Stengel, the former editor-in-chief of Time, joined the Obama administration as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. Within days, two shocking events made world-wide headlines: ISIS executed American journalist James Foley on a graphic video seen by tens of millions, and Vladimir Putin's "little green men"--Russian special forces--invaded Crimea, amid a blizzard of Russian denials and false...
1332) The January 6 report
Author
Series
Report / 117th Congress 2d session House of Representatives volume 117-663
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The formal findings of the bipartisan Congressional inquiry into the coordinated attempt to overthrow the 2020 election, with a foreword by attorney and Emmy-winning MSNBC anchor Ari Melber" --
Author
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Examines the disappearance and presumed murder of forty-three students in Iguala, Mexico, in 2014.
"The definitive account of the mass disappearance of 43 Mexican students and the government that tried to cover it up. On September 26, 2014, 43 male students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College went missing in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico. According to official reports, the students commandeered several buses to travel to Mexico City to commemorate...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"When U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan at the end of 2014, it signaled the end of the longest conflict in the nation's history. Yet we are still at war--no longer with other states, but with a host of new enemies, from nihilistic terrorists and narco-traffickers to transnational criminal cartels, lone wolf assassins, and modern-day pirates. Standing against these foes is a tight-knit fraternity of soldiers, cops, lawyers, and spies. Together,...