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Fifty-Three Days on Starvation Island: The World War II Battle That Saved Marine Corps Aviation by John R Bruning

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502010 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502010] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fifty-Three Days on Starvation Island: The World War II Battle That Saved Marine Corps Aviation Author: John R Bruning Narrator: Brian Troxell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 53 minutes Release date: May 14, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The pivotal true story of the first fifty-three days of the standoff between Imperial Japanese and a handful of Marine aviators defending the Americans dug in at Guadalcanal, from the New York Times bestselling author of Indestructible and Race of Aces. On August 20, 1942, twelve Marine dive-bombers and nineteen Marine fighters landed at Guadalcanal. Their mission: defeat the Japanese navy and prevent it from sending more men and supplies to "Starvation Island," as Guadalcanal was nicknamed. The Japanese were turning the remote, jungle-covered mountain in the south Solomon Islands into an air base from which they could attack the supply lines between the U.S. and Australia. The night after the Marines landed and captured the partially completed airfield, the Imperial Navy launched a surprise night attack on the Allied fleet offshore, resulting in the worst defeat the U.S. Navy suffered in the 20th century, which prompted the abandonment of the Marines on Guadalcanal. The Marines dug in, and waited for help, as those thirty-one pilots and twelve gunners flew against the Japanese, shooting down eighty-three planes in less than two months, while the dive bombers, carried out over thirty attacks on the Japanese fleet. Fifty-Three Days on Starvation Island follows Major John L. Smith, a magnetic leader who became America’s top fighter ace for the time; Captain Marion Carl, the Marine Corps’ first ace, and one of the few survivors of his squadron at the Battle of Midway. He would be shot down and forced to make his way back to base through twenty-five miles of Japanese-held jungle. And Major Richard Mangrum, the lawyer-turned-dive-bomber commander whose inexperienced men wrought havoc on the Japanese Navy.   New York Times bestselling author John R. Bruning depicts the desperate effort to stop the Japanese long enough for America to muster reinforcements and turn the tide at Guadalcanal. Not just the story of an incredible stand on a distant jungle island, Fifty-Three Days on Starvation Island also explores the consequences of victory to the men who secured it at a time when America had been at war for less than a year and its public had yet to fully understand what that meant. The home front they returned to after their jungle ordeal was a surreal montage of football games, nightclubs, fine dining with America’s elites, and inside looks at dysfunctional defense industries more interested in fleecing the government than properly equipping the military. Bruning tells the story of how one battle reshaped the Marine Corps and propelled its veterans into the highest positions of power just in time to lead the service into a new war in Southeast Asia.

[Spanish] - El arte de la guerra (versión íntegra en español) by Sun Tzu

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502058 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502058] to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El arte de la guerra (versión íntegra en español) Author: Sun Tzu Narrator: Manuel Bocchia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 37 minutes Release date: July 6, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Descubre la eterna sabiduría de Sun Tzu en 'El arte de la guerra', ahora en una versión íntegra y totalmente fiel al texto original. Este audiolibro se ha creado con un enfoque meticuloso en la autenticidad y la calidad de la producción. Cada línea se entrega con una voz nítida y clara que enriquece tu experiencia de escucha y te envuelve en las profecías antiguas de estrategia y liderazgo. El narrador, con su voz profunda y expresiva, aporta vida a este texto clásico, proporcionándote una experiencia de escucha increíblemente gratificante. Las lecciones de estrategia y filosofía se despliegan de manera coherente y cautivadora, permitiéndote sumergirte profundamente en la sabiduría de Sun Tzu. Disfruta de la calidad de sonido superior y la pronunciación precisa que garantizan una audición placentera y sin esfuerzo. Este audiolibro ofrece la experiencia completa de 'El arte de la guerra', respetando totalmente la integridad del texto original. Escucha, aprende y aplica las enseñanzas milenarias de Sun Tzu para triunfar en todos los aspectos de la vida. Sumérgete en este clásico atemporal y deja que 'El arte de la guerra' te guíe hacia el éxito en tus propios desafíos diarios. Tanto si eres un líder en busca de inspiración, un estratega que busca entendimiento o simplemente un amante de las obras clásicas, este audiolibro te proporcionará insights valiosos y duraderos.

No Room For Error: The Covert Operations of America's Special Tactics Units From Iran to Afghanistan by John T. Carney Jr., Ben F. Schemmer

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/520940 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/520940] to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Room For Error: The Covert Operations of America's Special Tactics Units From Iran to Afghanistan Author: John T. Carney Jr., Ben F. Schemmer Narrator: Barrett Whitener Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 27, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: When the U.S. Air Force decided to create an elite “special tactics” team in the late 1970s to work with special-operations forces, John T. Carney was the man they turned to.Since then Carney and the U.S. Air Force Special Tactics units have circled the world on clandestine missions. They have combated terrorists and overthrown dangerous dictators. They have suffered eighteen times the casualty rate of America’s conventional forces. But they have gotten the job done.Now, for the first time, Colonel Carney lifts the veil of secrecy and reveals what really goes on inside the special-operations forces that are at the forefront of contemporary warfare.

The Madness: A Memoir of War, Fear and PTSD by Fergal Keane

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/529919 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/529919] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Madness: A Memoir of War, Fear and PTSD Author: Fergal Keane Narrator: Fergal Keane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: November 10, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK An Irish Times book of the year 2022 A powerful, probing book about PTSD. As a journalist Keane has covered conflict and brutality across the world for more than thirty years, from Rwanda, Sudan, South Africa, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine and many more. Driven by an irresistible compulsion to be where the night is darkest, he made a name for reporting with humanity and empathy from places where death and serious injury were not abstractions, and tragedy often just a moment’s bad luck away. But all this time he struggled not to be overwhelmed by another story, his acute ‘complex post-traumatic stress disorder’, a condition arising from exposure to multiple instances of trauma experienced over a long period. This condition has caused him to suffer a number of mental breakdowns and hospitalisations. Despite this, and countless promises to do otherwise, he has gone back to the wars again and again. Why? In this powerful and intensely personal book, Keane interrogates what it is that draws him to the wars, what keeps him there and offers a reckoning of the damage done. PTSD affects people from all walks of life. Trauma can be found in many places, not just war. Keane’s book speaks to the struggle of all who are trying to recover from injury, addiction and mental breakdown. It is a survivor’s story drawn from lived experience, told with honesty, courage and an open heart.

Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Misguided Wars by Andrew Bacevich

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/539927 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/539927] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Misguided Wars Author: Andrew Bacevich Narrator: Paul Yingling, Joy Damiani, Jonathan W. Hutto, Sr., Gil Barndollar, Gian Gentile, Erik Edstrom, Dan Berschinski, Andrew Wehrlen, Elliott Woods, Andrew Bacevich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: American veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan offer invaluable firsthand perspectives on what made America’s post-9/11 wars so costly and disastrous. Twenty years of America’s Global War on Terror produced little tangible success while exacting enormous harm. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States sustained tens of thousands of casualties, expended trillions of dollars, and inflicted massive suffering on the very populations that we sought to “liberate.” Now the inclination to forget it all and move on is palpable. But there is much to be learned from the immense debacle. And those who served and fought in these wars are best positioned to teach us. Paths of Dissent collects fifteen original essays from American veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan—hailing from a wide range of services, ranks, and walks of life—who have come out in opposition to these conflicts. Selected for their candor and eloquence by fellow veterans Andrew Bacevich and Daniel A. Sjursen, these soldiers vividly describe both their motivations for serving and the disillusionment that made them speak out against the system. Their testimony is crucial for understanding just how the world’s self-proclaimed greatest military power went so badly astray. A Macmillan Audio production from Metropolitan Books