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1) The spymaster of Baghdad: a true story of bravery, family, and patriotism in the battle against ISIS
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Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"From the former New York Times bureau chief in Baghdad comes the gripping and heroic story of an elite, top-secret team of unlikely spies who triumphed over ISIS"--
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2022.
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English
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"In the eleventh book in the multimillion-selling Killing series, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard reveal the startling, dramatic story of the global war against terrorists. In Killing The Killers, #1 bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard take readers deep inside the global war on terror, which began twenty years ago on September 11, 2001. As the World Trade Center buildings collapsed, the Pentagon burned, and a small group of passengers...
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Mitch Rapp novels volume 6
Publisher
Atria Books
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English
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CIA superagent Mitch Rapp battles global terrorism in a high-octane follow-up to The New York Times bestselling Separation of Power -- another chillingly authentic adventure from the master of the political thriller.
Mitch Rapp's cover has been blown. After leading a team of commandos deep into Iraq to prevent Saddam Hussein from joining the nuclear arms race, he was publicly hailed by the president as the single most important person in the fight...
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Sheriff of Babylon volume 1
Publisher
DC Comics/Vertigo
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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English
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That is the chilling legacy of the ISIS onslaught, and Only Cry for the Living takes a profoundly personal, unprecedented dive into one of the most brutal terrorist organizations in the world.
Journalist Hollie S. McKay offers a raw, on-the-ground journey chronicling the rise of ISIS in Iraq-exposing the group's vast impact and how and why it sought to wage terror on civilians in a desperate attempt to create an antiquated "caliphate."
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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Dáesh, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá:
• Comprender los motivos que llevaron a la radicalización de algunos grupos suníes a través de un repaso histórico de Irak y un análisis sobre la aparición del salafismo
• Descubrir cómo funciona Dáesh en términos de financiación, normas en los territorios...
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English
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the history of the Islamic State in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the history of the Islamic State. The brutal terror attacks in Paris in 2015 sent shockwaves across Europe. The group which claimed responsibility for them, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, has been active since 2006 and seeks to impose its radical and distorted...
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Français
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Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Daech et le développement du groupe terroriste islamique en moins d'une heure !
Alors que l'État islamique fait presque quotidiennement la une de l'actualité, rares sont ceux à véritablement connaître les missions que s'est données le groupe terroriste et les moyens mis en œuvre pour y parvenir. Les personnes qui participent à son développement sont tout aussi insaisissables, de même que...
15) God is Not Here
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English
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In May 2005, Lieutenant Colonel Bill Russell Edmonds of the U.S. Army Special Forces, a decorated counter-terrorism expert, was deployed to the Iraqi city of Mosul, which was boiling over. His job was to advise an Iraqi Intelligence Officer on the art of interrogations, collect intelligence, and monitor the capture and interrogation of insurgents, while applying the brakes on more extreme tactics and torture. From a makeshift basement prison, he would...
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This complete summary of "Marching Toward Hell" by Michael Scheuer, a former CIA counter-terrorism analyst, presents his argument that America's involvement in the Iraq War has undermined national security and changed the geopolitical landscape in a way that in fact endangers America and makes it more vulnerable to attack. His scathing account reminds us that the war's instability has strengthened Al-Qaeda without acting in U.S. interests.
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The must-read summary of Richard N. Haass's book: "War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars".
This complete summary of "War of Necessity, War of Choice" by Richard N. Haass, a prominent American diplomat, outlines his analysis of how the United States can apply the lessons learned from the two Iraq wars so that it is better positioned to put into practice what worked and to avoid repeating what so clearly did not. He also argues...
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This complete summary of "The One Percent Doctrine" by Ron Suskind, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, outlines his insight into America's war with an unrelenting army of terrorists. He explains how the Bush administration's fear of low probability, high impact events made them ignore evidence and act out of pure suspicion during the war on terror - for example their campaign against Saddam Hussein and the origins of the Iraq War.
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This complete summary of "On the Hunt" by Colonel David Hunt, a retired army colonel and military analyst, outlines his argument that America's leaders have wrongly approached terrorism-related issues following 9/11 with half-measures and timidity. He asserts that political leaders nowadays are more concerned with their reputation and their political careers than with solving terrorist threats of the US, and suggests various ways of changing this...
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The must-read summary of Seymour M. Hersh's book: "Chain of Command: The Road form 9/11 to Abu Ghraib".
This complete summary of "Chain of Command" by Seymour M. Hersh, a renowned American investigative journalist, gives an overview of his report on the Abu Ghraib prison scandal and his examination of the reasons the Bush administration led the nation into a war on terror. Hersh uncovers the lies and obsessions of an administration blinded by ideology.
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