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Title: OCT 7: The War Against Hamas Through the Eyes of an Israeli Commando Officer

Author: Capt. Elkana (Kuno) Cohen

Narrator: Neil Shah

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Release date: November 12, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

On the morning of October 7, 2023, Israelis awoke to a harrowing reality. Not only were hundreds of rockets being launched from Gaza into Israeli population centers, but the security border had also been breached by several thousand Hamas terrorists. Carnage, not seen since the Second World War, ensued. Elkana Cohen, Captain of an Elite Commando Unit was called, along with thousands of other reservists, to prepare for war. One that will have to ensure nothing less than Israel's survival. In notebooks he found on the ground in the streets of Gaza, Cohen began writing a diary. Every day, he candidly documented the sights of the war. From an honest, precise, and fluid first-person perspective, Cohen presents the feeling and story of the war from the eyes of the heroes who were there: the dust, the sweat, the brotherhood, the longing, and the awful smell of death and destruction. Cohen's writing poignantly describes his relationships with his fellow comrades, the mass arrests of terrorists, the homes of Hamas members, the story of the fallen soldiers, and the desperate hope to bring the hundreds of Israeli hostages home. OCT 7 is not only the story of one Israeli officer, but it is also the narrative of an entire nation. A nation that stepped up without a moment's hesitation to face an existential challenge with a sense of purpose and mission.

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Title: American Heroes

Author: James Patterson

Narrator: Joe Mantegna

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Release date: November 7, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. ‘Life has no meaning unless it’s lived for the benefit of future generations’ Crafted from original interviews, American Heroes tells the vivid, authentic stories of the veterans who give themselves – and even their lives – serving in overseas conflict from World War Two to Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. Outnumbered, under pressure and under fire, these men and women exhibited extraordinary selflessness, camaraderie and patriotism. For their service and sacrifice, they earned the US military’s highest awards for valour. In this powerful collection of never-before-told stories, James Patterson and First Sergeant U.S. Army (Ret.) Matt Eversmann salute America’s most courageous military heroes. PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON 'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD 'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' IAN RANKIN 'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON 'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' PATRICIA CORNWELL 'Patterson is in a class by himself' GUARDIAN © James Patterson 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

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Title: “I’m Just a Supply Sgt.”: My Life and Vietnam War Experience

Author: Donald M. Stout

Narrator: David de Vries

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Release date: October 29, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

I'm Just a Supply Sgt. is a compelling narrative of the Vietnam War with a very personal, psychological perspective that is difficult to find in most histories. Don Stout's ability to comprehend and record his feelings during the war, and his struggles after the war, provide not only a window into the suffering of many veterans but also a tool for catharsis for those afflicted with PTSD. Without a doubt, Don's story provides one of the most unique perspectives on the war and is not only a history of his service but a psychological epic.

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Title: Surviving Three Shermans: With the 3rd Armored Division into the Battle of the Bulge: What I Didn’t Tell Mother About My War

Author: Walter Boston Stitt Jr.

Narrator: Danny Campbell

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Release date: October 29, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

In 1943, eighteen-year-old Walter Stitt enlisted in the US Army, ready to serve his country. From his time in basic training at Fort Polk in Louisiana, throughout his time as a tank gunner in the 33rd Armored Regiment, to his post-injury service in England, he wrote home to the family he had left at home. Unbeknown to him, his mother carefully numbered and saved the letters, treasuring them until her death. This book brings together the very different two versions of Walter's war: the version that a teenage soldier could reveal to his parents and younger siblings without scaring them or invoking the censor's pen, and the full and often terrifying details of serving as a tank loader and gunner in France, Belgium, and Germany, remembered so clearly eighty years later. Walter explains the forced omissions and partial truths his teenage self offered to comfort his family while he survived the destruction of three Sherman tanks, the death of three crew members, and two wounds. Coming from West Virginia, Walter's Appalachian roots and values are apparent through the memories he held dear as a soldier and the values he clung to while fighting in one of the darkest periods of human history. His memoir recounts his experiences of serving during World War II while honoring those who served and made the ultimate sacrifice.

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Title: The Melting Point: High Command and War in the 21st Century

Author: Gen. Kenneth F. Mckenzie Jr. Usmc (ret).

Narrator: Charles Constant

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

Release date: October 29, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

General Frank McKenzie oversaw some of the most important—and controversial operations in modern US military history. The Melting Point has three themes. The first one is the importance of the primacy of civilian control of the military. It has become widely perceived that this control has been eroded over the years. General McKenzie doesn't believe that to be the case, arguing that the civ-mil relationship isn't perfect, but it doesn't have to be. It is, however, more durable than many believe, and is supported and embraced by the military. The second theme is the uniqueness of being a combatant commander. Combatant commanders participate in the development of policy, as junior partners. They are also responsible for the execution of policy—very different than the role of a service chief, or the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. None of these officers are in the chain of command, and they have no ultimate, mortal responsibility or authority for execution. Only the combatant commander stands astride the boundary of decision-making and execution. Finally, the third theme that McKenzie argues is that leaders matter, and the decisions they make have a profound effect on what happens on the battlefield. McKenzie provides an honest assessment of his time in command—describing decisions that were sound, as well as some outcomes he wishes were different.

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Title: SAS: Duty Before Glory: The True WWII Story of SAS Original Reg Seekings

Author: Anthony Rushmer

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Release date: October 24, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

The biography of remarkable SAS Original Reg Seekings, from his humble beginnings in the Cambridgeshire Fens to his instrumental role in the success of the SAS during the Second World War. Starting at the very bottom of the ranks, Seekings was a farm labourer's son who climbed from private to squadron sergeant-major and became one of the British Army's most highly decorated non-commissioned officers of the Second World War. In short, Seekings was an ordinary man who did extraordinary things. His is a remarkable story – one of fierce ambition, camaraderie, inner strength and heroism as he transcended humble beginnings in the Fen fields of Cambridgeshire. And he was there from the very first day of the SAS, which was born in the late summer of 1941.

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Title: Patton's Shadow: The Making of a Hero in Modern Memory

Author: Nathan C. Jones

Narrator: Kent Klineman

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Release date: October 19, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

Patton's Shadow by Nathan C. Jones, a leading authority on George S. Patton, offers a definitive account of the creation of the Patton legend and what it illuminates about American culture and the worship of heroes. Jones traces how the persona of Patton, a brash and brilliant general in the European theater of World War II, transcended the individual man and became a cultural icon and byword for triumphal American might. Patton was a hero lionized and celebrated in his own time. Patton as well as the US Army cultivated his persona during and after the war. His image was used to promote patriotism, commercial goods, and military recruitment. The 1970 Academy Award-winning film starring George C. Scott cemented his iconic image for millions of Americans, further embellishing Patton's persona and introducing him to entirely new generations of young Americans. Patton's Shadow is an intellectually omnivorous tour de force that draws on ideas about heroes from sources as timeless as ancient mythology and as contemporary as Abraham Maslow, Max Weber, and Carl Jung. Jones artfully locates the honored altar that heroes occupy in the human heart and then answers insightful questions about what America's embrace of Patton in particular as a military hero illuminates about the United States, about Patton's generation, and about our own.

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Title: [German] - The Sky is No Limit: Eine Jetpilotin über Krisenkompetenz, schnelle Entscheidungen und neue Horizonte 10 Wege zum Erfolg in Job und Alltag

Author: Nicola Winter

Narrator: Nicola Winter

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

Release date: October 16, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

Was kann passieren, wenn du mal richtig Gas gibst?' Nicola Winter findet es heraus: Als eine der ersten Jetpilotinnen Deutschlands verwirklicht sie ihren Traum, das Fliegen zum Beruf zu machen. Sie lernt, in Extremsituationen ruhig zu bleiben und erkennt, dass die Fähigkeiten, die im Cockpit entscheidend sind, auch im Berufs- und Alltagsleben zum Erfolg führen. Mit Klugheit und Humor teilt Nicola Winter ihre Erfahrungen und beantwortet zentrale Fragen ihres Lebens- und Berufswegs: Ist es möglich, einen neuen Job ohne Talent zu beginnen? Wie meistert man die Herausforderungen als Neuling im Team? Warum sind Nachbesprechungen so wertvoll? Was hält ein Team aus Individualisten zusammen? Und wie kann ein Fluch zur richtigen Zeit Wunder wirken? In zehn inspirierenden Lektionen zeigt sie, worauf es ankommt, um sich selbst und andere in schwierigen Zeiten zu Resilienz und Höchstleistungen zu führen – stets nach dem Motto: Ausprobieren, Lehren ziehen und weitermachen! »Dieses Buch motiviert und begeistert bis zum letzten Kapitel.« Prof. Dr. Dr. Philipp Merkt, Professor für Führung und Krisenmanagement

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Title: Tough Rugged Bastards: A Memoir of a Life in Marine Special Operations

Author: John A. Dailey

Narrator: Tom Beyer

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Release date: October 15, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

Following the 9/11 attacks, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld directed the Marine Corps to establish a unit that would answer to US Special Operations Command. The eighty-six-man 'Detachment One' was formed with a two-year charter to train and deploy as a 'proof-of-concept' to assess the viability of a larger Marine Special Operations contribution in support of the Global War on Terror. For such a departure from the norm, a special leader was needed. The Commanding Officer—Colonel Robert J. Coates, a Marine Force Recon legend—was given his pick of personnel. One of the four team leaders he selected was Gunnery Sergeant John A. Dailey. These men built a unit from nothing, trained for unknown missions in an unknown location, and deployed amid controversy and skepticism. Once in Iraq, they were dubbed 'Task Unit Raider' and quickly won over the naysayers who doubted the Marine's ability to operate successfully. This book tells Dailey's story of the creation, training, and volatile 2004 Iraq deployment of Task Unit Raider that led to the creation of the Marine Forces Special Operations Command. Det-1 served as the bridge between the Raiders of WWII and the Marine Raiders of today.

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Title: The Devil's Playground: The Story of Two Charlie and the Arghandab River Valley

Author: Andrew Bragg

Narrator: Kevin P. Mullan

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

Release date: October 15, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

This book shares the story of the men of Two Charlie and their fight for survival in the Arghandab River Valley, the Devil’s Playground. “The Devil’s Playground” was anything south of the second canal to the men of Charlie Company’s 2nd Platoon—Two Charlie—during their 2009–2010 deployment to the Arghandab River Valley in Afghanistan. The valley had been a notorious hot spot throughout history, with the Russians unable to maintain a foothold in the 80s and Coalition forces now facing the same problem during Operation Enduring Freedom. The Two Charlie paratroopers deployed as part of the 2-508th PIR, Two Fury, of the 82nd Airborne Division, but always seemed to be on their own. They started their deployment attached to Canadian forces in Panjwai but were shortly moved into the Arghandab with one of the battalion’s biggest Areas of Operation. They inherited a bare-bones outpost that they worked hard to turn into the defendable position known as COP Tynes while patrolling the grape fields and orchards of the valley. Little did they know that when the leaves returned to the valley in the spring, so too would the fighting. As the fighting picked up in the valley, the men of Two Charlie continued to sustain casualties as they fought day in and day out. There was never a dull moment in the Arghandab, and the fact that Two Charlie had to patrol, act as a quick reaction force, and secure their outpost on their own ensured that they never stopped. The men were constantly brought to their breaking point as their numbers dwindled and the fighting intensified. The men all started to believe that they weren’t going to make it out of the valley alive. The one rule of the valley would be proved time and time again: in the end, the valley always wins.