At the outset of the Vietnam War, the Army created an experimental fighting unit that became known as "
Tiger Force.
" The Tigers were to be made up of the cream of the crop—the very best and bravest soldiers the American military could offer. They would be given a long leash, allowed to operate in the field with less supervision. Their mission was to seek out enemy compounds and hiding places so that bombing runs could be accurately targeted. They were to go where no troops had gone, to become one with the jungle, to leave themselves behind and get deep inside the enemy's mind.
The experiment went terribly wrong.
What happened during the seven months
Tiger Force
descended into the abyss is the stuff of nightmares. Their crimes were uncountable, their madness beyond imagination—so much so that for almost four decades, the story of
Tiger Force
was covered up under orders that stretched all the way to the White House. Records were scrubbed, documents were destroyed, men were told to say nothing.
But one person didn't follow orders.
The product of years of investigative reporting, interviews around the world, and the discovery of an astonishing array of classified information,
Tiger Force
is a masterpiece of journalism. Winners of the
Pulitzer Prize
for their
Tiger Force
reporting,
Michael Sallah
and
Mitch Weiss
have uncovered the last great secret of the Vietnam War.
Written By : Stephen E. Ambrose
Narrator : Stephen E. Ambrose
Published By : Simon & Schuster
Length : 6 hours
Categories : American World 20th Century 21st Century
Our Price : $32.00 $15.95
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Written By : Adam Fowler
Narrator : Adam Fowler
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 30 minutes
Categories : Biography Social & Economic World
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Adam Fowler explores the plight of thousands of captive elephants in Asia and their historic and changing relationship with man. More...
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Written By : Helen Colijn
Narrator : Nadia May
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 7 hours
Categories : Military World
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Helen Colijn recounts her wartime experiences in a Japanese prison camp for women and children in Southeast Asia and how these prisoners of war used music to respond to their dire circumstances. Th... More...
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Written By : Jonathan Tucker
Narrator : Patrick Cullen
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 10 hours
Categories : World Health & Fitness
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Smallpox was a terrifying human scourge. It covered the skin with hideous, painful boils, killed a third of its victims, and left survivors disfigured for life. This riveting book tells the story o... More...
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Written By : Paul Cartledge
Narrator : John Lee
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 7 hours
Categories : Ancient Military World
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The valiant efforts of the Greek warriors against huge onrushing Persian army at the narrow pass at Thermopylae in 480 B.C. changed the way future generations would think about combat, courage, and death. Cartledge shows how the repercussions of this history-altering moment affect our culture... More...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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