John R Bruning: 10 books
Shock Factor
American Snipers in the War on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
From the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Shooter, comes a riveting narrative of how snipers have changed the course of America's war on al Qaida in the Middle East and Africa.
Retired Marine sniper Jack Coughlin (Shooter) and John Bruning pull back the curtain of secrecy to take an...
Indestructible
One Man's Rescue Mission That Changed the Course of WWII
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
In this remarkable WWII story by New York Times bestselling author John R. Bruning, a renegade American pilot fights against all odds to rescue his family--imprisoned by the Japanese--and revolutionizes modern warfare along the way.
From the knife fights and smuggling runs of his youth to his...
The Battle of the Bulge
The Photographic History of an American Triumph
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Fought 65 years ago this December, the Battle of the Bulge still ranks as the single largest battle ever fought by the United States Army. More men, vehicles, supplies, equipment, aircraft, and effort went into this thirty-day battle than into any other in American history. It was larger than Gettysburg,...
by John R. Bruning
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2002
The brief but accomplished life of Army Air Forces fighter ace Gerald Johnson (192045) is the subject of John Brunings latest book. During three years in the Pacific theater, Johnson shot down twenty-four Japanese aircraft in 265 combat missions. At the age of twenty-four, he commanded the highest-scoring...
Level Zero Heroes
The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
A New York Times Best seller!
In Level Zero Heroes, Michael Golembesky follows the members of U.S. Marine Special Operations Team 8222 on their assignment to the remote and isolated Taliban stronghold known as Bala Murghab as they conduct special operations in an effort to break the Taliban's...
The Devil's Sandbox
With the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry at War in Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2006
Citizen soldiers have played a unique role in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - and their extended deployment and role in the wars battles have changed the towns, cities, and states they hail from as well. The Devil's Sandbox - a nickname for Iraq - is the story of the 2nd Battalion of Oregon's 162nd...
Heart for the Fight: A Marine Hero's Journey from the Battlefields of Iraq to Mixed Martial Arts Champion
A Marine Hero's Journey from the Battlefields of Iraq to Mixed Martial Arts Champion
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
This is the story of a kid from the wrong side of Scranton who made it to the Naval Academy, played linebacker for the Navy football team for four years, became a Marine officer, graduated first in his infantry officer class, led his men in two intense combat tours in the Anbar Province, received...
Bombs Away!
The World War II Bombing Campaigns over Europe
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2011
Bombs Away! covers strategic bombing in Europe during World War II, that is, all aerial bombardment of a strategic nature which took place between 1939 and 1945. In addition to American (U.S. Army Air Forces) and British (RAF Bomber Command) strategic aerial campaigns against Germany, this book covers...
Chasing Shadows
A Special Agent's Lifelong Hunt to Bring a Cold War Assassin to Justice
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
On a warm Saturday night in July 1973 in Bethesda Maryland, a gunman stepped out from behind a tree and fired five point-blank shots into Joe Alon, an unassuming Israeli Air Force pilot and family man. Alon's sixteen-year-old neighbor, Fred Burton, was deeply shocked by this crime that rocked his...
Battle for the North Atlantic
The Strategic Naval Campaign that Won World War II in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2013
The Battle of the North Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign of World War II, running from 1939 until the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, though it reached its peak from mid-1940 through the end of 1943. The Battle of the North Atlantic pitted German U-boats and other warships of...