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Author
Series
Red dragon rising volume 2
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
A Chinese assassin follows CIA officer Mara Duncan and the scientist she has sworn to protect all the way from wartorn Hanoi to New York City, while U.S. Army advisor Major Zeus Murphy hatches a daring mission into the heart of a Chinese fleet in order to prevent them from landing on Vietnam's coast.
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
"Shadows in the Jungle is the up-close-and-personal story of the Alamo Scouts in the Pacific during World War II. Set on retaking the Philippines ever since his ignominious flight from the islands in 1942, General Douglas MacArthur needed a first-rate intelligence-gathering unit. Out of thousands, only 138 men were chosen: the best, toughest, and most fit men the army had to offer. Their task: silently slip onto Japanese-held islands, stalk through...
47) First team
Author
Series
First team series volume 1
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
A small but well-supported military operation known as "The Team," organized to address unconventional threats, tracks down missing radioactive material that has the potential to be converted into a dirty bomb.
48) Blood of war
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
While U.S. Army Major Zeus Murphy leads a covert Vietnamese counterattack against China , SEAL Lieutenant Ric Kerfer is sent by the president to destroy a Vietnamese doomsday weapon capable of destroying Southeast Asia.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"This is the story of the 15,000 immigrants and refugees who used their native language skills and knowledge of their home countries to help America to victory in World War II. Beverley Driver Eddy tells their story thoroughly and colorfully, drawing heavily on interviews with surviving Ritchie Boys"--
50) Kill chain
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Evan Delaney investigates after her father's car is found wrecked at the bottom of a ravine in California.
Author
Pub. Date
1993
Description
Their mission: To take out the scuds. Eight went out. Five came back. Their story had been closed in secrecy. Until now. They were British Special Forces, trained to be the best. In January 1991 a squad of eight men went behind the Iraqi lines on a top secret mission. It was called Bravo Two Zero. Dropped into "scud alley" carrying 210-pound packs, McNab and his men found themselves surrounded by Saddam's army. Their radios didn't work. The weather...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"The US military mission is to protect the United States and its allies from attacks by adversaries and enemies around the world. Today, wide ranging attacks include cyberattacks on computer systems, increasing nuclear expansion by adversaries, and terrorist attacks on civilian people. To address these threats, the military has developed programs that specifically are devoted to intelligence, which is the collecting and analyzing of information about...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"You are to report to Station X at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, in four days time....That is all you need to know." This was the terse telegram hundreds of young women throughout the British Isles received in the spring of 1941, as World War II raged. As they arrived at Station X, a sprawling mansion in a state of disrepair surrounded by Spartan-looking huts with little chimneys coughing out thick smoke-these young people had no idea what kind...
55) Machinehood
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Welga Ramirez, executive bodyguard and ex-special forces, is about to retire early when her client is killed in front of her. It's 2095 and people don't usually die from violence. Humanity is entirely dependent on pills that not only help them stay alive, but allow them to compete with artificial intelligence in an increasingly competitive gig economy. Daily doses protect against designer diseases, flow enhances focus, zips and buffs enhance physical...
Author
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Description
Operation Fortitude tells the thrilling tale of an ingenious deception that changed the course of the Second World War. The Story is one of intrigue, drama, and good fortune, practically a Hollywood script. It is the tale of double agents, fake radio transmissions and dummy invasion craft.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Describes the contributions and techniques of American spies over the course of the past two centuries, recounting dramatic missions while profiling such historical figures as anti-slavery spy Elizabeth Van Lew and the "Choctaw code talkers."