Ret : 149 books

On February 18, 1952, off the coast of Cape Cod, a fierce nor'easter snapped in half two 503-foot oil tankers, the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer. Human grace and grit, leadership and endurance prevail as Theresa Mitchell Barbo and Captain W. Russell Webster (Ret.) recount the historic, heroic rescue...

“Searing . . . An inspiring story.”—Publishers Weekly “This is the . . . powerfully told story of an exceptionally determined human being.”—Booklist On September 21, 1962, U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant Donald N. Hamblen’s life changed forever . . . During a...

New addition to the "Commandant of theMarine Reading List, 2011" Major General James E. Livingston received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his role as an infantry company commander at Dai Do, Vietnam, during a three-day grinding battle of attrition in which the 2nd Battalion,...

THEY WERE CONQUERERS. LIBERATORS. HEROES. MADMEN.ALL CHANGED THE WORLD FOREVER ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE This compelling study by Lt. Col. Michael Lee Lanning (U.S. Army, Ret.) lists the hundred most influential military leaders not by their victories, their combat prowess, or even their legacies,...

Buku ini membahas peran doktrin militer dalam hubungannya dengan strategi, dan mengkaji hubungan antara visi - misi dengan strategi. Visi adalah impian organisasi, sesuatu yang membentang antara imaginasi dan motivasi iuntuk memikir ulang realita perwujudannya. Misi menjelaskan apa yang diperbuat...

Buku ini menjelaskan secara gamblang potensi konflik di Laut China Selatan disebabkan adanya 7 negara di kawasan itu yang mengklaim sebagian atau seluruh kawasan sebagai teritorial negaranya, dan menjadikan sebagai kepentingan nasionalnya. Dari adanya potensi konflik di kawasan Laut China Selatan...

This book is in response to a daughter's statement, "Daddy, I know nothing of your army career." LTC (Ret) James Tucker provides his daughter at least one story from each of his army assignments. LTC (Ret) John Gross was a captain Ranger instructor while Tucker was the commander of the Florida...

A Seabee JourneyBy: BUCS James E. Clarke, USNR Ret A Seabee Journey introduces readers to the crucial and often overlooked contributions of the Naval Construction Battalions—the Seabees—in American military engagements. With clear-eyed prose and a sharp sense of humor, James E. Clarke...

On March 22, 1990, local fishermen Hokey Hokanson and his teenage son, Billy, set sail for Cape Cod in the "Sol e Mar." When disaster struck three days later, Billy transmitted a brief, heavily garbled radio distress call. A hoax call immediately followed Billy's cry for help, and believing that the...

Al Sheppard was on the front lines of the most difficult job in police work. E-Men risk their lives every day in many different ways. They are great cops, and Als memoir is right on the mark. Detective Sgt. Joseph Coffey, NYPD, Ret., Author of The Coffey Files Sheppard served in the NYPD during...

Hostage Negotiation Within Correctional Facilities This book concerns crisis/hostage negotiation within correctional facilities. It is not only for ‘in-house’ CNT/HNT teams within prisons. Most jails and other community level correctional facilities do not have their own negotiation team...

“The best, most complete upper body exercise in the world is the push-up.” - Lt. Colonel Bob Weinstein, USAR-Ret. Take your push-ups to a whole new level with thirty different types of push-ups from beginner to advanced. All 30 types of push-ups are clearly described and most are illustrated....

Ces 21 poésies parlent des maisons, du temps qui passe, des saisons, des pays, comment se comprendre, accepter les autres… Le livret accompagne un CD sur fond musical original dans les styles des grands compositeurs.Elles sont extraites du grand conte musical « Drôle de planète », pour des...

Since the first edition of Assignment: Pentagon was published in 1988, great changes have occurred in the international environment, the application of U.S. national security strategy, and the manner in which the Pentagon functions. Now in its fourth printing and with a coauthor to lend a different perspective,...