Two spellbinding narratives blending investigative reporting with undercover exploits, Valor & Honor on audio CD initiates the listener into the restricted underbelly of modern air warfare. 8 audio CDs provide approximately 9 hours of fascinating non-fiction. No One Left Behind The Unabridged Lt. Comdr. Michael Scott Speicher Story as written by Pulitzer Prize nominated author Amy Waters Yarsinske. It is the true story of the first American pilot shot down during Gulf War I who was declared dead by his government, only to be found alive in Iraqi custody 11 years later. In January 1991, Lt. Cmdr. Michael Scott Speicher, piloting his plane as part of the initial air strike force of Gulf War I, engaged an Iraqi MIG-25 over Baghdad. His plane was never seen again. It took Secretary of State Dick Cheney and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Colin Powell only one day to publicly announce Speicher as the conflicts first casualty, listing him as KIA. But Speicher wasn't dead. What followed was Yarsinske's explosive, single-minded investigation--eight years in the making, documented here in riveting audio book format. Whether interviewing top military officials and Iraqi defectors, or wading through the journalistic minefields of cover-ups and categorical denial, Yarsinske provides an ear and mind opening exploration of patriotism and propaganda. No Room for Error: The Covert Operations of America's Special Tactics Units, from Iran to Afghanistan Born in the late 1970s to work with special operations forces, the United States Air Force Special Tactics units have since circumnavigated the globe, engaging in clandestine missions unknown to those without the highest military security clearances. Now, the man who started it all blows the lid off these elite units whose members suffer 18 times the casualty rate of conventional armed US forces. Join Colonel John T. Carney as he leads the listener on some of the United States military's most secretive and dangerous operations. From overthrowing Third World dictators to quelling riots and combating terrorism, USAF Special Tactics has been at the forefront of contemporary strategic warfare. For the first time on audio, Covert Ops blows its cover. |