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Author
Series
Publisher
Brown Bear Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"In a time line format, describes the causes leading up to the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War and political events and battles during the war. Includes primary source quotes"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Company
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Describes the military campaigns of Operation Desert Storm in which over half-a-million American troops and troops from twenty-eight other nations joined forces to liberate Kuwait.
6) Three kings
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen version
Language
English
Description
Four American soldiers determined to take home more than sand fleas from the Gulf War, go off into the Iraqi desert to find millions in stolen Kuwaiti bullion.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Now a Major Motion Picture from Universal Pictures New York Times bestselling author Anthony Swofford weaves his experiences in war with vivid accounts of boot camp, reflections on the mythos of the marines, and remembrances of battles with lovers and family. When the U. S. Marines -- or "jarheads" -- were sent to Saudi Arabia in 1990 for the first Gulf War, Anthony Swofford was there. He lived in sand for six months, he was punished by boredom and...
8) Jarhead
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Follows "Swoff," a third-generation Marine enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through the Middle East deserts. There is no cover from intolerable heat or from the Iraqi soldiers, who are always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they...
Author
Publisher
Public Affairs
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"On August 1, 1990, Flight 149 was scheduled for its routine London-to-Kuala Lumpur run. But when the plane, carrying 385 passengers and crew, landed at a Kuwait airport to refuel that day, it was surrounded by Iraqi tanks and about to be bombed by fighter jets. The passengers and crew were kept as hostages and suffered brutal treatment including violent attacks, sexual assaults, and mock executions. When the survivors were eventually released, they...
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A military memoir with inspirational stories and moral lessons for people on the battlefield, in boardrooms, or in their everyday lives, by a veteran air-refueling expert, with a foreword by Rush Limbaugh."--Provided by publisher.
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