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The Silver Star
Navy and Marine Corps Gallantry in Iraq, Afghanistan and Other Conflicts
By James E. Wise Jr. and Scott Baron
The authors have compiled this stirring collection of profiles in courage to honor the Sailors and Marines awarded the Silver Star by the U.S. Navy while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. It documents the extraordinary, award-winning actions of young American men in the war against global terrorism. A companion volume to The Navy Cross (Naval Institute Press, 2007), this book ...
Available Formats: Hardcover
Soldiers Lost at Sea
A Chronicle of Troopship Disasters in Wartime
By James E. Wise Jr. and Scott Baron

Heroism, tragedy, devotion to duty, and scandal are just a few of the ingredients that make up this dramatic first-time account of troopship losses in wartime. International in scope, it offers a compilation of stories about historic troopship disasters caused by torpedoes, aerial attacks, mines, surface fire, foul weather, friendly fire, and poor planning by military decision makers. Some are ...

Available Formats: Hardcover
Dangerous Games
Faces, Incidents, and Casualties of the Cold War
By James E. Wise Jr. and Scott Baron
The Cold War was only cold in that the major powers, the U.S. and the Soviet Union, did not engage in a nuclear war. But during that period (1945-1991) there were wars, spying, shoot downs of numerous reconnaissance aircraft, captures of U.S. military personnel, murders, defections, a space race with men put in orbit and an eventual moon landing.

Dangerous ...

Available Formats: Hardcover
International Stars at War
Movie Actors in Service to Their Countries
By James E. Wise Jr. and Scott Baron

The last in a popular series on movie stars in the military, this handsome book provides readers with a guide to film actors of many nations who served in various branches of their own military forces. Because they appeared in Hollywood movies, many of these figures will be familiar to Americans.

A few even won Oscars. Others worked closer to ...

Available Formats: Hardcover
Women at War
Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Conflicts
By James E. Wise Jr. and Scott Baron
Wise and Baron relate the compelling war experiences of thirty American female soldiers in the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan, highlighting their extraordinary display of dedication to their mission and to the soldiers and sailors with whom they served. While the book's focus is on today's women in combat, it also reaches back to Korea, Vietnam and World War ...
Available Formats: Softcover