A detachment of American soldiers assigned to a Belgian castle during World War II indulge in their various hobbies, virtually sitting out the war, until a counteroffensive puts them in the path of the German Army. ...

A major novel by the author of "Echo House", set in Indochina in 1965. Sydney Parade, a trained political scientist, runs away to Saigon in an effort to become something larger than himself--and begins--but only begins--to understand something of the complexities of Western survival in the Third World. ...

These memoirs are not an attempt to answer, solve, or resolve the problems arising from or about the three-year-long Korean War or the much longer stalemate that followed. This story was written to let you know how one very young, very scared marine saw his very first war and how he reacted to the killing and the mayhem of it. The stories are my view of that war, a war gone to ground in the trench lines. Dig into the stories and you may find ...

Sergeant Dickinson is the 05-Bravo-the radioman-of a Special Forces A Team in the Central Highlands of Vietnam in the mid-sixties.The camp is encircled and attacked for nine days by the North Vietnamese Army, anxious to lure large American forces into combat for the first time. He survives, just. The remnants of the team are broken up, the soldiers scattered among other commands. A unit that battered, goes the thinking, can't be put back ...

When Julio finally decided to fight, the world and his family knew him for a different man. In the end the man who was once a spoiled son of privilege, became a man of honor and integrity, noble soldier in the war to end all wars. (Jackletless library hardcover) ...

From the gentle landscape of the Virginia coast to the final moments of an event at Bermuda's Tobacco Bay, A Time For Treason delivers passion, intrigue, and power on a grand scale, along with a hurricane, sailing ships, pirates, privateers, and romance - all set against an actual historical event that was one of the sparks that set off the American Revolution. ...

"""Tales of War"" is a melancholy, atypical, and occasionally surprising book by the author of The Gods of Pegana and The King of Elfland's Daughter. It was written for a political rather than artistic purpose, but because it was painfully inspired from life (and death) and because it is written by a great writer, it is far more than just a curio. It also crosses more than once into the fantastic realm, which is partly why it is of interest to ...

In this masterful novel about love, faith, and revenge, a foreign correspondent trying to escape the ravages of war discovers that following his heart is the most dangerous path of all. ...

It is 2009. The tensions on the Indian subcontinent between India and Pakistan continue unabated. A series of events brings the traditional rivals closer than ever before to a nuclear apocalypse. Flashpoint takes you on a roller coaster ride from the lives of those on both sides caught up in the unravelling crisis to the corridors of power where decisions are made which could kill over a billion people. From the cockpits of fighter planes in the ...

The United States faces off with China in this latest high-tech battle adventure in Slater's thrilling WWIII series. "As impelling a storyteller as you're likely to encounter."--Clive Cussler. Original. ...