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Title: Soldiers: Great Stories of War and Peace

Author: Max Hastings

Narrator: Ric Jerrom

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 24 hours 14 minutes

Release date: October 28, 2021

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

‘A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle … Compelling’ Daily Mail ‘An unmissable read’ Sunday Times Soldiers is a very personal gathering of sparkling, gripping tales by many writers, about men and women who have borne arms, reflecting bestselling historian Max Hastings’s lifetime of studying war. It rings the changes through the centuries, between the heroic, tragic and comic; the famous and the humble. The nearly 350 stories illustrate vividly what it is like to fight in wars, to live and die as a warrior, from Greek and Roman times through to recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Here you will meet Jewish heroes of the Bible, Rome’s captain of the gate, Queen Boudicca, Joan of Arc, Cromwell, Wellington, Napoleon’s marshals, Ulysses S. Grant, George S. Patton and the modern SAS. There are tales of great writers who served in uniform including Cobbett and Tolstoy, Edward Gibbon and Siegfried Sassoon, Marcel Proust and Evelyn Waugh, George Orwell and George MacDonald Fraser. Here are also stories of the female ‘abosi’ fighters of Dahomey and heroic ambulance drivers of World War I, together with the new-age women soldiers who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The stories reflect a change of mood towards warfare through the ages: though nations and movements continue to inflict terrible violence upon each other, most of humankind has retreated from the old notion of war as a sport or pastime, to acknowledge it as the supreme tragedy. This is a book to inspire in turn fascination, excitement, horror, amazement, occasionally laughter. Max Hastings mingles respect for the courage of those who fight with compassion for those who become their victims, above all civilians, and especially in the twenty-first century, which some are already calling ‘the Post-Heroic Age’.

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Title: MRF Shadow Troop: The untold true story of top secret British military intelligence undercover operations in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1972-1974

Author: Simon Cursey

Narrator: Johnathan Rufus Welsh

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Release date: October 26, 2021

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5

Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

Some thought it stood for 'Military Reconnaissance Force', others 'Mobile Reconnaissance Force'. Many people thought it didn't exist at all . . . For decades there has been argument in the media and amongst politicians about the possible existence and extent of a shoot-to-kill policy in Northern Ireland. MRF Shadow Troop confirms there was such an agenda in the early, chaotic days of British military intervention across the Irish Sea. But amongst the mountain of speculation there is little of any accuracy or authority relating to this period. The speculation about the unit's name and mission only added to the uncertainty amongst their targets: members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, the IRA, the provos. Simon Cursey was recruited into the Military Reaction Force—the unit's true name—in 1972. This book is his personal account of his time with the group and in it he reveals the truth about their operations—the briefings, missions, political wrangling, and government-sanctioned law-bending. MRF Shadow Troop is a fascinating, exciting but above all accurate historical text about the pioneers of counter-terrorism.

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Title: On The Ground: The true story of young soldiers' lives forever changed by 'friendly fire' in Iraq.

Author: Dan Maudsley, Audrey Gillan

Narrator: Dan Maudsley, Audrey Gillan

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Release date: October 14, 2021

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

Audrey Gillan revisits her time on the ground with the British Army in Iraq, and the infamous friendly fire incident that killed Matty Hull 'A remarkable listen: detailed, unflinching and revealing about the ripple effects of a wholly avoidable tragedy'Financial Times Award-winning journalist Audrey Gillan was embedded with British troops during the invasion of Iraq in 2003. She was on the ground with the Household Cavalry's D Squadron when American pilots, firing at what they believed to be the enemy, injured four of its soldiers and killed one: 25-year-old Lance Corporal of Horse Matty Hull. Realising their mistake moments later, one pilot is heard muttering to the other 'we're in jail, dude'. But although a 2007 inquest condemned Matty's killing as unlawful and criminal, they were never prosecuted or punished for their actions, nor have they ever offered any apology. Now, years later, Audrey Gillan has joined forces with producer Dan Maudsley to investigate the notorious incident and its aftershocks, and tell the story of D Squadron's war in her own voice and through the eyes of the men she lived alongside. From interviews with soldiers, fellow reporters, military doctors and relatives, to in-depth analysis of the US pilots' cockpit recordings, this compelling series, shortlisted for Radio/Podcast of the Year by the Foreign Press Association, sheds new and startling light on British soldiers' experiences during the Iraq invasion and the terrifying, tragic 'blue-on-blue' attack that changed their lives forever. NB: Contains strong language and descriptions of war that some listeners may find upsetting. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised, details of organisations offering information and support can be found on the BBC Action Line website. Production credits Written and recorded by Dan Maudsley and Audrey Gillan Edited by Dan Maudsley Sound design by Rory Auskerry Executive producer: Shelley Jofre Title music: 'Ma Wefet' by UTN1 Image: D8. Studio First broadcast on BBC Radio 5live, 13 May-10 August 2020 Copyright © 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

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Title: [Spanish] - Con una granada en la boca

Author: Javier Valdez Cárdenas

Narrator: Fernando álvarez Rebeil

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Release date: September 30, 2021

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

Extraordinaria investigación sobre el narcotráfico, sus historias, sus consecuencias, sicarios y víctimas. Del reconocido periodista Javier Valdez Cárdenas. De Javier Valdez Cárdenas, Premio Internacional a la Libertad de Expresión. Sin duda, el mejor escritor de México en temas relacionados con el narcotráfico y delincuencia organizada. Implacable,profundamente humano, sin reparos en la indagación periodística, Javier Valdez Cárdenas es uno de los periodistas sobre narcotráfico más respetados en México. En Con una granada en la boca elabora un recuento de los daños sincero, doloroso y sin reparos en el ofrecimiento de sus testimonios terribles; apoyado en la opinión de analistas y expertos como Ricardo Ravelo, Paco Ignacio Taibo II y Luis Astorga, mezcla el dato duro y los sentimientos de sicarios y víctimas. En estas páginas sus reportajes hablan del dolor de una mujer con una granada en la boca, del hermano perdido en el vicio de la droga o de la humillación a las víctimas por parte de narcos o militares. Con este libro Javier Valdez confirma por qué su trabajo también es seguido con admiración en el ámbito internacional y cómo su escritura audaz y violenta, sin soslayar el sufrimiento y la entereza de la condición humana, le han dado un sitio de prestigio entre los periodistas latinoamericanos contemporáneos.

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Title: Commanding the Pacific: Marine Corps Generals in World War II

Author: Stephen R. Taaffe

Narrator: Asa Siegel

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Release date: September 21, 2021

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

The Marine Corps covered itself in glory in World War II with victories over the Japanese in hard-fought battles such as Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Iwo Jima. While these battles are well known, those who led the Marines into them have remained obscure until now. In Commanding the Pacific: Marine Corps Generals in World War II, Stephen R. Taaffe analyzes the fifteen high-level Marine generals who led the Corps' six combat divisions and two corps in the conflict. He concludes that these leaders played an indispensable role in organizing, training, and leading their men to victory. Taaffe insists there was nothing inevitable about the Marine Corps' success in World War II. In most of its battles on small Pacific War islands, Marine generals had neither the option nor inclination to engage in sophisticated tactics, but they instead relied on direct frontal assaults that resulted in heavy casualties. Such losses against targets of often questionable strategic value sometimes called into question the Marine Corps' doctrine, mission, and the quality of its combat generals. Despite these difficulties, Marine combat commanders repeatedly overcame challenges and fulfilled their missions. Their ability to do so does credit to the Corps and demonstrates that these generals deserve more attention from historians than they have so far received.

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Title: The Making of Oliver Cromwell

Author: Ronald Hutton

Narrator: Michael Page

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

Release date: September 14, 2021

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

The first volume in a pioneering account of Oliver Cromwell—providing a major new interpretation of one of the greatest figures in history Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658)—the only English commoner to become the overall head of state—is one of the great figures of history, but his character was very complex. He was at once courageous and devout, devious and self-serving; as a parliamentarian, he was devoted to his cause; as a soldier, he was ruthless. Cromwell's speeches and writings surpass in quantity those of any other ruler of England before Victoria and, for those seeking to understand him, he has usually been taken at his word. In this remarkable new work, Ronald Hutton untangles the facts from the fiction. Cromwell, pursuing his devotion to God and cementing his Puritan support base, quickly transformed from obscure provincial to military victor. At the end of the first English Civil War, he was poised to take power. Hutton reveals a man who was both genuine in his faith and deliberate in his dishonesty—and uncovers the inner workings of the man who has puzzled biographers for centuries.

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Title: Peace and Prisoners of War: A South Vietnamese Memoir of the Vietnam War

Author: Phan Nhat Nam

Narrator: David Shih

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Release date: September 14, 2021

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

American discussions of the Vietnam War tend to gloss over the period from 1972 to the final North Vietnamese offensive in 1975. But these were brutal times for America's South Vietnamese allies combined with a period of intense diplomatic negotiations conducted under the increasing reality that America had abandoned them. In Peace and Prisoners of War, written in 'real-time' as events occurred, Phan Nhat Nam provides a unique window into the harsh combat that followed America's withdrawal and the hopelessness of South Vietnam's attempt to stave off an eventual communist victory. Phan Nhat Nam saw the war for years as a combat soldier in one of South Vietnam's most respected airborne divisions, then as the country's most respected war reporter, and for fourteen years after the war as a prisoner in Hanoi's infamous 're-education' camps, including eight years in solitary confinement. In the war's aftermath anonymity became his fate both inside Vietnam and here in America. But now one of his important works is available, enhanced by an introduction by Senator James Webb, one of the most decorated Marines in the Vietnam War. Phan's reporting makes clear the sense of doom that foretold the tragic events to come, on the battlefields and in the frustration of negotiating with an implacable enemy while abandoned by its foremost ally.

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Title: Luftwaffe Aces in the Battle of Britain

Author: Chris Goss

Narrator: Bruce Mann

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 30 minutes

Release date: September 14, 2021

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

The term 'fighter ace' grew in prominence with the introduction and development of aerial combat in the First World War. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an 'ace' has varied but is usually considered to be five or more. For the Luftwaffe, a number of its fighter pilots, many of whom had fought with the Legion Condor in Spain, had already gained their Experte, or ace, status in the Battle of France. However, many more would achieve that status in the hectic dogfights over southern England and the Channel during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940. A number would also be either killed or captured. Some of these men, individuals such as Adolf Galland, Werner Mölders, and Helmut Wick, who between them had claimed 147 aerial victories by October 31, 1940, are well-known, but most are less so. In this book, the story of each of the Luftwaffe's 204 Messerschmitt Bf 109 'aces' from the summer of 1940 is examined, with all of the individual biographies, detailing individual fates during the war. It also covers, to a lesser extent, those forgotten fifty-three Messerschmitt Bf 110 pilots who also achieved ace status by day and also by night between July 10 and October 31, 1940.

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Title: Watchman at the Gates: A Soldier's Journey from Berlin to Bosnia

Author: General George Joulwan

Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Release date: September 8, 2021

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

General George Joulwan played a role in many pivotal world events during his long and exceptional career. Present at both the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall, he served multiple tours in Germany during the Cold War and two tours in Vietnam. By chance, he was recruited as Nixon's White House deputy chief of staff and witnessed the last acts of the Watergate drama first-hand. Joulwan chronicles his career in the upper echelons of the armed forces. He shares his experiences working with major military and political figures, including generals William E. DePuy, Alexander Haig, John Vessey, and Colin Powell, US ambassador Richard Holbrooke, and presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. Beyond the battlefield, Joulwan became an advocate for military and civilian relations during the Vietnam War, deescalating several high-intensity situations while studying at Loyola University as part of the US Army's Option C program. Watchman at the Gates merges memory and lessons in leadership as Joulwan pays tribute to his teachers and colleagues and explains the significance of their influence on his personal approach to command. He also reveals how similar relationships of mutual understanding were crucial in his peaceful and productive dealings with both allies and enemies.

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Title: The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of World War II

Author: Mari K. Eder

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Release date: September 7, 2021

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 8

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

For fans of Radium Girls and history and WWII buffs, The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line takes you inside the lives and experiences of fifteen unknown women heroes from the Greatest Generation, the women who served, fought, struggled, and made things happen during WWII―in and out of uniform, for theirs is a legacy destined to embolden generations of women to come. The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line are the heroes of the Greatest Generation that you hardly ever hear about. These women who did extraordinary things didn’t expect thanks and shied away from medals and recognition. Despite their amazing accomplishments, they’ve gone mostly unheralded and unrewarded. No longer. These are the women of World War II who served, fought, struggled, and made things happen―in and out of uniform. Liane B. Russell fled Austria with nothing and later became a renowned US scientist whose research on the effects of radiation on embryos made a difference to thousands of lives. Gena Turgel was a prisoner who worked in the hospital at Bergen-Belsen and cared for the young Anne Frank, who was dying of typhus. Gena survived and went on to write a memoir and spent her life educating children about the Holocaust. Ida and Louise Cook were British sisters who repeatedly smuggled out jewelry and furs and served as sponsors for refugees, and they also established temporary housing for immigrant families in London. Retired US Army Major General Mari K. Eder wrote this book because she knew their stories needed to be told―and the sooner the better. For theirs is a legacy destined to embolden generations of women to come.