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Connecticut

Honoring the Veterans of Desert Storm

Any Kuwaiti citizen old enough to remember can tell you precisely where he or she was on August 2, 1990, when the tanks of Saddam Hussein's vaunted Republican Guard rolled in from the north, capturing the small nation and plunging it into the depths of darkness and fear. That terrible moment captured the world's attention. President George H. Bush's famous words, "This will not stand!" became the resolute call to action that moved nations. His stand against Saddam's aggression was the catalyst for a modern-day miracle, as 39 diverse nations from around the world became united in righting a terrible wrong. Twenty-five years later, The Liberation of Kuwait is the story of a resilient and determined Kuwaiti people, and an unprecedented force of reckoning led by the most modern, professional American military in history.

The Liberation of Kuwait - 2018

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Michigan

The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolution to Desert Storm

A dramatic and moving tribute to the military’s unsung heroes, American Patriots tells the story of the black servicemen and women who defended American ideals on the battlefield, even as they faced racism in the ranks and segregation on the home front. Through hundreds of original interviews with veterans of every war since World War I, historic accounts, and photographs, Gail Buckley brings these heroes and their struggles to life. We meet Henry O. Flipper, who withstood silent treatment from his classmates to become the first black graduate of West Point in 1877. And World War II infantry medic Bruce M. Wright, who crawled through a minefield to shield a fallen soldier during an attack. Finally, we meet a young soldier in Vietnam, Colin Powell, who rose through the ranks to become, during the Gulf War, the first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Fourteen years in the making, American Patriots is a landmark chronicle of the brave men and women whose courage and determination changed the course of American history.

American Patriots

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Alabama

An Autobiography

A Soldier's Way

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Virginia

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General Horner commanded the American and Allied air assets during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and this text contains his account of the air war over the Persian Gulf at this time.

Every Man a Tiger

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Powell remained unconcerned by the widespread reports of internecine plotting already swirling around him; he had been through the same kind of bureaucratic skirmishing in other administrations and had a good win-loss record. As far as he was concerned, the only view that really counted in any administration was the president's. Powell's attention was focused on Bush, and he was confident that he and the president-elect were on the same foreign policy wavelength.

"Remember what he was saying?" Powell later recalled. "Compassionate conservatism. He was talking about partnerships and reaching out. There may have been some in the group that had very strong views about some issues. But the Bush I knew and had gotten to know, the son of a father who believed all these things, the conversations I had all dealt with partnership, the U.N., et cetera. Obviously there were some challenges out there, with Iran, Iraq and North Korea and some others." But they would deal with them.

For all Powell's confidence, he still had not had a substantive conversation with Bush about foreign policy and what he wanted from his secretary of state. The moment finally came on December 28, when the president- elect invited him to a one-on-one dinner. Powell was eager for the opportunity; his largely favorable impression of Clinton had been formed over a similar session, when they had sat down alone for more than an hour just after the 1992 election. The circumstances were different-Clinton hadn't chosen Powell, who had already been in place as chairman of the Joint Chiefs-but the wide-ranging exchange of views about the world and the nation had given them a chance to size each other up.

After a long conversation with Bush over steaks in a back room at Mor- ton's, a downtown Washington restaurant favored by political movers and shakers, Powell felt he had all the answers he needed. "I was sure I was working for a guy, would be working for a guy, who would understand who I am and what I believed."

Kentucky

The Life of Colin Powell

Over the course of a lifetime of service to his country, Colin Powell became a national hero, a beacon of wise leadership and, according to polls, “the most trusted man in America.” From his humble origins as the son of Jamaican immigrants to the highest levels of government in four administrations, he helped guide the nation through some of its most heart-wrenching hours. Now, in the first full biography of one of the most admired men of our time, award-winningWashington Postjournalist Karen DeYoung takes us from Powell’s Bronx childhood and meteoric rise through the military ranks to his formative roles in Washington’s corridors of power and his controversial tenure as secretary of state.
With dramatic new information about the inner workings of an administration locked in ideological combat, DeYoung makes clearer than ever before the decision-making process that took the nation to war and addresses the still-unanswered questions about Powell’s departure from his post shortly after the 2004 election. Drawing on interviews with U.S. and foreign sources as well as with Powell himself, and with unprecedented access to his personal and professional papers,Soldieris a revelatory portrait of an American icon: a man at once heroic and all-too-humanly fallible.

Soldier

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Pennsylvania

Plan of Attack

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Tennessee

Carly Lorraine Sinclair grows up in the home of her fiercely strong mother, Leigh. Naturally timid, Carly finds that constantly trying to please Leigh by hiding her own fears only increases her insecurities. In a bold attempt to face them head-on, she joins the army.

Carly

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Desert Storm

Photographs depict the seven-month history of the Persian Gulf War, from the buildup of American and coalition forces to the six-week air attack against Iraq and the final ground campaign that liberated Kuwait

Remember My Service Productions (Produced by); Rick Robison; Darren Nelson (Illustrator, Artist, Cover Design by, Designed by, Directed By); Sharlene Wells Hawkes (Editor-In-Chief)

The Liberation of Kuwait - 2018

Gail Lumet Buckley; David Halberstam (Foreword by)

American Patriots

Colin Powell, Joseph E. Persico

A Soldier's Way

Tom Clancy; Chuck Horner

Every Man a Tiger

Karen DeYoung

Soldier

Bob Woodward

Plan of Attack

Lyn Cote

Carly

Eric Micheletti; Yves Debay

Victory