Dick Camp: 8 books
Boots on the Ground
The Fight to Liberate Afghanistan from Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, 2001-2002
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2012
Boots on the Ground is a narrative account of the American war to free Afghanistan from al Qaeda and the Taliban. Author Dick Camp uses extensive firsthand accounts that bring the text alive. Camp’s exciting narrative covers the origins of American combat involvement in the country as well as the...
Last Man Standing: The 1st Marine Regiment on Peleliu, September 15-21, 1944
The 1st Marine Regiment on Peleliu, September 15-21, 1944
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
One of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history, Operation Stalemate, as Peleliu was called, was overshadowed by the Normandy landings. It was also, in time, judged by most historians to have been unnecessary; though it had been conceived to protect MacArthur's flank in the Philippines, the U.S....
Assault from the Sky
Assault from the Sky
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
This work describes U.S. Marine Corps helicopter operations, including their actions and evolution, throughout the Vietnam War. The book is divided into parts spanning the three stages of the Corps’ combat deployment: “Buildup (1962–1966),” “Heavy Combat (1967–1969),” and “The Bitter...
Shadow Warriors
The Untold Stories of American Special Operations During WWII
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
In the nearly seven decades following World War II, the heroes of the Allied Forces have been rendered ageless through portrayals transforming their overseas triumphs into household tales. Books, films, and video games have reiterated the stories of such famed American units as Merrill’s Marauders...
The Devil Dogs at Belleau Wood: U.S. Marines in World War I
U.S. Marines in World War I
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
Facing massed German machine guns, the Marines made sweep after bloody sweep through Belleau Wood. Repeatedly accosted by the retreating French and urged to turn back, Captain Lloyd Williams of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, uttered the now-famous retort, "Retreat, hell. We just got...
Operation Phantom Fury: The Assault and Capture of Fallujah, Iraq
The Assault and Capture of Fallujah, Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The Second Battle for Fallujah, dubbed Operation Phantom Fury, took place over an almost two-month period, from November 7 to December 23, 2004. The Marine Corps' biggest battle in Iraq to date, it was so prolonged and fierce that it has entered the pantheon of USMC battles alongside Iwo Jima, Inchon,...
Battle for the City of the Dead: In the Shadow of the Golden Dome, Najaf, August 2004
In the Shadow of the Golden Dome, Najaf, August 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
In the spring and summer of 2004, Iraq was coming apart at the seams. Sectarian violence pitted Shiite against Sunni. American proconsul L. Paul Bremer had disbanded the Iraqi Army, placing disgruntled young men on the street without jobs or the prospect of getting one. Their anger developed into...
by Edgar Allan Poe, Alexander Pushkin, Algernon Blackwood
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2019
CONTENTS: ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 1. The Queen of Spades ALGERNON BLACKWOOD: 2. Confession 3. S. O. S. 4. The Wings of Horus ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE 5. B. 24 ARTHUR O. FRIEL: 6. The Spider 7. The Vulture ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH: 8. Statement of Gabriel Foot, Highwayman 9. The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands 10. The...