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  | | The Endgame(Reprint) The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama by Michael R. Gordon, Bernard E. Trainor Paperback, 832 Pages, Published 2013 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-307-38894-0, ISBN: 0-307-38894-8 "A "Wall Street Journal" Best Nonfiction Book of 2012 In this follow-up to their national bestseller "Cobra II," Michael Gordon and General Bernard E. Trainor deftly piece together the story of the most widely reported but least understood war in American history. This stunning account of the political and military struggle between American, Iraqi, and Iranian forces brings together vivid reporting of diplomatic intrigue and gripping acc ..." |
 | | Cobra II(Reprint) The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq by Michael R. Gordon, Bernard E. Trainor, Lonely Planet Paperback, 784 Pages, Published 2007 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-7539-3, ISBN: 1-4000-7539-4 "Written by the chief military correspondent of the New York Times and a prominent retired Marine general, this is the definitive account of the invasion of Iraq.A stunning work of investigative journalism, Cobra II describes in riveting detail how the American rush to Baghdad provided the opportunity for the virulent insurgency that followed. As Gordon and Trainor show, the brutal aftermath was not inevitable and was a surprise to t ..." |
 | | The Generals' War(1st Edition) The Inside Story of the Conflict in the Gulf by Michael R. Gordon, Bernard E. Trainor Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 1995 by Back Bay Books ISBN-13: 978-0-316-32100-6, ISBN: 0-316-32100-1 "Michael R. Gordon and General Bernard E. Trainor provide a definitive, behind-the-scenes account and anaylsis of the planning and execution of the Gulf War. While one war was being waged against Iraq, another was being fought among the generals themselves. "The Generals' War" offers unvarnished portraits of the top military commanders, challenges the performances of Powell, Schwarzkopf, and their generals, and provides disturbing inform ..." |
 | | The Generals' War(1st Edition) The Inside Story of the Conflict in the Gulf by Michael R. Gordon, Bernard E. Trainor Hardcover, 551 Pages, Published 1995 by Little Brown & Co ISBN-13: 978-0-316-32172-3, ISBN: 0-316-32172-9 "An account of the war in the Persian Gulf takes readers behind the scenes at the Pentagon and the White House to provide portraits of the top military commanders and to discuss what worked and what did not. 30,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo." |
 | | Degrade and Destroy The Inside Story of the War Against the Islamic State by Michael R. Gordon Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2019 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux ISBN-13: 978-0-374-27989-9, ISBN: 0-374-27989-6 "In 2014, President Obama overcame his longstanding aversion to large-scale military action in the Middle East, and took the United States to war against the Islamic State. Assembling a coalition of regional and European allies, the US military began a massive bombing campaign, and returned its advisors to Iraq. Three years later, the Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate straddling the Syria-Iraq border was apparently on the brink of ..." |
 | | Cobra II(1st Edition) The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq by Michael R. Gordon, Bernard E. Trainor, Cobra Ii Hardcover, 640 Pages, Published 2006 by Pantheon ISBN-13: 978-0-375-42262-1, ISBN: 0-375-42262-5 "Informed by unparalleled access to still–secret documents, interviews with top field commanders, and a review of the military’s own internal after–action reports, Cobra II is the definitive chronicle of America’s invasion and occupation of Iraq—a conflict that could not be lost but one that the United States failed to win decisively. From the Pentagon to the White House to the American command centers in the field, the book reveals the ..." |
 | | The Thames Torso Murders of Victorian London by R. Michael Gordon Paperback, 257 Pages, Published 2002 by Mcfarland & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-7864-1348-5, ISBN: 0-7864-1348-4 "The Thames Torso Murders have been overshadowed by Jack the Ripper and his crimes, but were just as brutal and gruesome. They began in 1887 in London's East End, just north of the Thames River in Rainham, England. The killer took one victim that year, another in 1888, and two more in 1889. He resumed his crimes in 1902, taking his last victim south of the Thames and leaving her body in a pile of dismembered parts as he had done with mos ..." |
 | | Alias Jack the Ripper Beyond the Usual Whitechapel Suspects by R. Michael Gordon Paperback, 363 Pages, Published 2000 by Mcfarland & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-7864-0898-6, ISBN: 0-7864-0898-7 "Over a century ago, a depraved killer skillfully moved through the dark and filthy slums of London's East End. Despite the increasingly watchful eyes of investigators, the serial murderer--known as -Jack the Ripper- from a signature on a piece of correspondence that has been attributed to him--was never certainly identified. R. Michael Gordon provides a comprehensive look at the crimes and the case evidence, and then discusses the life ..." |
 | | Murder Files from Scotland Yard and the Black Museum (Paperback) by R. Michael Gordon Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 2018 by Mcfarland Co Inc, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-4766-7254-0, ISBN: 1-4766-7254-7 "The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett for Murder, Held at the Central Criminal Court from Monday, April , to Saturday, April , . London: Stevens ... Fido, Martin. The Chronicle of Crime: The Infamous Villains of Modern History and Their Hideous Crimes. London: Carlton Books, 004. Gribble ... Unsolved Classic True Murder Cases." |
 | | The Infamous Burke and Hare(1st Edition) Serial Killers and Resurrectionists of Nineteenth Century Edinburgh by R. Michael Gordon Paperback, 273 Pages, Published 2009 by Mcfarland & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-7864-4403-8, ISBN: 0-7864-4403-7 "Body snatchers and grave robbers were the stuff of Victorian lore, but two real-life culprits took the crimes out of shadowy cemeteries and into criminal court. William Burke and William Hare aided Scottish surgeons competing for anatomical breakthroughs by experimenting on human corpses. As the duo evolved from petty theft to premeditated murder, they unwittingly brought attention to the medical practices of the era, leading to Burke's ..." |
 | | The Space Shuttle Program How Nasa Lost Its Way by R. Michael Gordon Paperback, 354 Pages, Published 2008 by Mcfarland ISBN-13: 978-0-7864-3434-3, ISBN: 0-7864-3434-1 "This critical study of NASA's space shuttle program provides an in-depth examination of the events, decisions, and policies that may have contributed to the horrific destruction of the shuttles Challenger and Columbia. It first traces the early development of NASA's shuttle program, specifically examining the problems associated with the designs of shuttles OV-099 (which was to become Challenger) and OV-102 (which was to become Columbia ..." |
 | | The American Murders of Jack the Ripper by R. Michael Gordon Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2003 by Praeger ISBN-13: 978-0-275-98155-6, ISBN: 0-275-98155-X "For the first time, the American murders of Jack the Ripper are revealed in the 1891 and 1892 crimes of Severin Klosowski (a.k.a. George Chapman, the Borough Poisoner), a prime suspect in the Ripper case. After his narrow escape from Scotland Yard, the killer would travel to the New York City area where four high-profile murders took place soon after his arrival. With Victorian era New York as his backdrop, Gordon recounts the gruesome ..." |
 | | Degrade and Destroy The Inside Story of the War Against the Islamic State, from Barack Obama to Donald Trump by Michael R. Gordon 272 Pages, Published 2019 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux ISBN-13: 978-0-374-71445-1, ISBN: 0-374-71445-2 "... Becca Wasser et al . , The Air War Against the Islamic State : The Role of Airpower in Operation Inherent Resolve ( Santa Monica , CA : RAND Corporation , 2021 ) , 188 , https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA388-1.html . Marine ..." |
 | | The Endgame The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama by Michael R. Gordon, Bernard E. Trainor Paperback, 800 Pages, Published 2013 by Atlantic Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84354-782-2, ISBN: 1-84354-782-1 "Eagerly anticipated in the wake of their national best seller Cobra II (“The superb, must-read military history of the invasion of Iraq”—Thomas L. Friedman), The Endgame is Michael R. Gordon and General Bernard E. Trainor’s most ambitious and news-breaking book to date. A peerless work of investigative journalism and historical recreation ranging from 2003 to 2012, it gives us the first comprehensive, inside account of arguably the most ..." |
 | | Cobra II(1st Edition) The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq by Michael R. Gordon, Bernard E. Trainor Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2006 by Atlantic Books Import ISBN-13: 978-1-84354-352-7, ISBN: 1-84354-352-4 "In the inner circles of the United States government men of ambition seized on the opportunity suggested by 9/11 with alacrity. Far from fearing a 'global war on terror', they welcomed it, certain of their ability to bend war to their purposes. Although the ensuing conflict has not by any means run its course, we are now in a position to begin evaluating the results of their handiwork. To that effort, this very fine book makes an import ..." |
 | | The Generals' War The Inside Story of the First Gulf War by Michael R. Gordon, Bernard E. Trainor Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2006 by Atlantic Books Import ISBN-13: 978-1-84354-354-1, ISBN: 1-84354-354-0 "The Generals' War offers unvarnished portraits of the top military commanders,challenges the performances of Colin Powell, Norman Schwarzkopf and their ..." |
 | | The Endgame(1st Edition) The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama by Michael Richard Gordon, Bernard E. Trainor Hardcover, 800 Pages, Published 2012 by Pantheon ISBN-13: 978-0-307-37722-7, ISBN: 0-307-37722-9 |
 | | Cobra II The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq by Michael R. Gordon, Bernard E. Trainor 416 Pages, Published 2006 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-375-42424-3, ISBN: 0-375-42424-5 "The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq Michael R. Gordon, Bernard E. Trainor. 19. Interview, Major General Buford Blount. Also see Lieutenant General William S. Wallace, Operation ... Also, interview, Lieutenant Colonel Philip “Flip” DeCamp: “Our job was initially to seize the bridge, attack across the bridge and put almost two tank companies on the other side of the bridge.” 20. Fontenot, Degen, and Tohn, On Point ..." |
 | | The Infamous Burke and Hare Serial Killers and Resurrectionists of Nineteenth Century Edinburgh by R. Michael Gordon 273 Pages, Published 2009 by Mcfarland ISBN-13: 978-0-7864-5456-3, ISBN: 0-7864-5456-3 "Testimony. of. William. Hare. LORD MEADOWBANK: Now, we observe that you are at present a prisoner in the Tolbooth [jail] of Edinburgh; and from what we know, the court understands that you must have had some concern in the transaction now under investigation. It is, therefore my duty to inform you, that whatever share you might have had in that transaction, if you now speak the truth, you can never afterwards be questioned in a cou ..." |
 | | The American Murders of Jack the Ripper(1st Edition) Tantalizing Evidence of the Gruesome American Interlude of the Prime Ripper Suspect by R. Michael Gordon Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2005 by Lyons Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59228-675-1, ISBN: 1-59228-675-5 "Four American women dead at the hands of a prime suspect in the Jack the Ripper case. The most notorious serial murderer in the annals of British crime may have actually set foot on American soil during the late nineteenth century. In 1891 and 1892, four women were brutally mutilated and killed in New York and New Jersey. Because they were murdered in the same general area and time frame, the circumstances point to the possibility that ..." |
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