Run to the sound of the guns : the true story of an American Ranger at war in Afghanistan and Iraq

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Nicholas Moore served as part of an elite special operations unit at the fighting edge of the global war on terrorism. He served over a decade with the U.S. Army's 75th Ranger Regiment on the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. In Iraq, Nicholas participated in the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch, hunted Iraq's Most Wanted, and experienced brutal street combat, including 160 night-time missions over one 90-day deployment in the insurgent strong...

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Afghan War, 2001-2021 Campaigns

Afghan War, 2001-2021 Personal narratives, American

Moore, Nicholas

Special forces (Military science) United States

United States. Army. Ranger Regiment, 75th

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ISBN:

9781472827067

Description:

303 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes index
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Contents:

Part One: Private first class and specialist
A long time ago in a world far, far away, 2001
Operation Endure This: Afghanistan, 2002
First blood: Iraq, 2003
Part Two: Sergeant - Team Leader
Now is the winter of our discontent: The winter surge in Afghanistan, 2003
Springtime for Hussein and Iraq: The spring surge, 2004
Fast and furious: Mosul part one, Iraq, 2004
Part Three: Staff Sergeant - Squad Leader
Through the looking glass: Afghanistan, 2005
Fast and less furious: Mosul part two, Iraq, 2006
Not quite the Titanic boat operations: Ramadi, Iraq, 2006-2007
Tiptoe throught the deadly tulips: Mosul part three, Iraq, 2008
Part Four: Sergeant First Class - Platoon Sergeant
Don't lead from the front, platoon sergeant! Afghanistan, 2009-2010
Bad Santa: Afghanistan, 2010
Ragnarok, the Day of Reckoning: Afghanistan, 2011
From trigger puller to pencil pusher: Afghanistan, 2012-2013

Control Number:

2608642

Other Authors:

Bahmanyar, Mir, author

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