Product Description: Named a "Notable Naval Book of 2012" by Proceedings MagazineRear Admiral Terry McKnight, USN (Ret.) served as Commander, Counter-Piracy Task Force-Gulf of Aden. He wrote the first draft of the Navy's handbook on fighting piracy while serving as the initial commander of Combined Task Force 151, an international effort to deploy naval vessels from several nations in a manner designed to prevent piracy in the Gulf of Aden and farther out into the Indian Ocean...read more

A former U.S. Army sharpshooter describes how his talent as a sniper led to his role as a long-range assassin as part of American intelligence operations, the impact of his missions on his later military career and civilian life, and the guilt and PTSD that nearly destroyed him. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Terri Schiavo's husband describes his wife's collapse, the years of care for her up to her death, the reasons why he fought for her right to die, and how he felt justified in having two children with another woman while Terri was still alive.

Product Description: Featuring more than 250 images, Why Mister, Why? is a compelling account from photojournalist Geert van Kesteren. For the most part of 2003 and into 2004, van Kesteren made these images in a struggling Iraq, intertwining them with his personal experience of the situation in diary-like notes...read more

Product Description: From award-winning journalist and combat veteran Michael Hirsh comes the thrilling inside story of the Air Force's pararescue operations in Afghanistan. The first journalist to be embedded with an Air Force combat unit in the war on terrorism, Hirsh flew from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, with the 71st Rescue Squadron to their expeditionary headquarters at a secret location in Central Asia...read more

Product Description: As correspondent for Newsweek, Michael Hirsh has traveled to every continent, reporting on American foreign policy. Now he draws on his experience to offer an original explanation of America's role in the world and the problems facing the nation today and in the future...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: In the military, there are three ways to do things: the right way, the wrong way, and the Army Way. There's also the Navy Way, the Marine Way, and the Air Force Way. This compendium of one-liners-from all branches of the military-proves that any resemblance between these ways and common sense is purely coincidental...read more

A riveting account of a real-life rescue at sea describes the capsizing of the cargo ship Salvador Alende during a massive storm and the desperate efforts of the fabled 'PJs' of the 106th Rescue Wing who risked their lives to save survivors. Original.