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A group of female warriors from the nation's most elite counter-terrorism unit-- the United States Army's 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta--deploys on a dangerous international assignment. Their code name: Athena Project.

This is the story of Lincoln's famous army of the Potomac during the early years of the Civil War, when it was under the command of dashing General George B. McClellan. It is an account, gathered from diaries and letters and published reports, of the ordinary foot soldiers, who discovered that their war was grim and deadly, as wars must ever be.

Includes diary entries, personal letters, and archival photographs to describe the experiences of boys, sixteen years old or younger, who fought in the Civil War.

Recounts the history of the 9th and 10th Cavalry regiments, comprised of African American soldiers recruited to open the West to settlers and whose deeds included escorting wagon trains, carrying mail, and fighting battles against Native Americans.

While in the army in Paris, Major Frank Paddock and Barnes Kilrone fought over women, but now they fight a common enemy as Paddock tries to kill the Bannock war party before they get to Kilrone and the fort full of women and children Kilrone is protecting.

When peace breaks out in America, killing machine Major Benson Winifred Payne, United States Marine Corps Special Forces, is given his marching orders--to the unemployment line. Unable to cope with civilian life, Payne is thrust back into the military regimen as commander of the Madison Academy Junior ROTC.

"Casey Hasey takes you onboard as you live the life of flying in a B-26 Bomber through death defying missions where on some days many did not return. Experience the thrill of D-Day, the Little Blitz, the war through occupied France and into Hitler's Germany. Both on the ground with the locals finding ways to survive and in the air, Casey makes you feel like you are right there beside him. This book should be a movie, it has everything" -- dust jacket....

Prelude to War: began as a training video for U.S. Troops compares the "free" world to the "slave" world--the dictatorships of Germany, Italy, and Japan. Used widely as a propaganda piece, the film endures as a study of how governments survive to justify wars to those who fight them. The Nazi strike: Capra's documentary depicts Germany's diplomatic and military betrayals leading up to the 1939 invasion of Poland and the events that finally led France...