Korea Military

Devotion is the gripping story of the US Navy's most famous aviator duo–Tom Hudner, a white, blue-blooded New Englander, and Jesse Brown, a black sharecropper's son from Mississippi. Against all odds, Jesse beat back racism to become the Navy's first black aviator. Against all expectations, Tom passed up a free ride at Harvard to fly fighter planes for his country. Barely a year after President Truman ordered the desegregation of the military, the two became wingmen in Fighter Squadron 32 and went on to fight side-by-side in the Korean War.

North Korea has achieved a breakthrough with nuclear warheads and is about to arm their strategic missiles - weapons that could set the world ablaze. The Echo Six unit commander, Abe Talley, is ordered to take his men across the 38th Parallel. Their mission is to locate and destroy the nukes, as well as their creators. They must enter the heart of the most secretive, repressive, and brutal nation on Earth - and somehow find a way back.

Da Koreakrigen udbryder i 1950, flokkes alverdens krigskorrespondenter til landet for at rapportere om grusomhederne. Den danske forfatter, læge og eventyrer Aage Krarup Nielsen tager dertil for at se krigen fra et andet synspunkt. Han har rejst meget i Asien og kender lokalbefolkningen. Han røres dybt af koreanernes sorger og krigens rædsler, men også af de amerikanske soldaters omsorg for de tusindvis af forældreløse børn, der flakker omkring i ruinerne.

The Korean Peninsula, a warzone divided between North and South. An uneasy peace has reigned since the truce of 1953, yet the communists see no reason to give up their efforts to conquer and seize the rich assets of the south. Lieutenant Kyle Nolan’s Team Bravo are on a training mission in the South when they uncover a North Korean tunnel, a clandestine route beneath the heavily guarded border. In the blink of an eye everything changes. The politicians and generals say a fresh invasion is impossible. But when the SEALs encounter the enemy, they are in no doubt the communists are preparing...

In 1985 a U.S. Navy P-3 Orion crashes while on a sensitive recon mission in the Sea of Japan just off the coast of North Korea. Their classified mission and crash location mean that they cannot expect any help from their government. Complicating the situation is Admiral Evans, a passenger on the mission who recently came from classified duty in the Pentagon. If he is captured by the North Koreans the security of the United States is at risk. The crew must now use their training in survival, evasion, resistance and escape to get home. This story is based on real missions flown by the Navy ...

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of Train Wreckers and Ghost Killers by Leo J. Daugherty III. During the Korean war from 1950 to 1953 the U.S. Marines fought shoulder to shoulder with the allied Marine forces of the United Kingdom and Korea. In this book the author examines the allied forces in detail, and the valuable contribution they made to the war effort.

Iran has nukes. We have stealth.... And David Alexander, bestselling master of action, adventure and intrigue, has written Black Manta to deliver a mindblowing high-tech thriller with the shattering impact of a precision-guided weapon which takes the reader closer to the limits of suspense than ever before. This action-packed technothriller features characters and developments that revolve around a plot that's fast-paced, believable and frightening because it might conceivably happen. Iran has developed a lethal arsenal of lethal nuclear warheads and long-range missiles that can be launched...

25 июня 1950 года началась Корейская война с фактическим участием двадцати пяти государств из всех частей света. Вооруженные силы Организации Объединенных Наций быстро продвигались на север, встречая лишь незначительное сопротивление отступающей Северокорейской армии. Солдаты и их командиры были настроены оптимистично и считали, что война может закончиться к Рождеству, 25 декабря. Но, как известно этого не произошло, и война продлилась еще без малого три года.

USMC Camp Pendleton, 1951. Jackson Joseph MacKenzie, a seventeen-year-old with a calling, enlists in the US Army. He finds himself hip-deep in the muddy trenches, machine gun nests, human wave attacks, and artillery barrages in the Korean War. Does he have the resiliency to keep moving toward his dream after watching his friends die? Is he a leader or a follower? Will he fold under pressure? Or rise to the top? Questions he must answer before reaching for that coveted prize, an appointment to West Point.

In King of Spies, prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14, Blaine Harden, reveals one of the most astonishing – and previously untold – spy stories of the twentieth century. Donald Nichols was 'a one man war', according to his US Air Force commanding general. He won the Distinguished Service Cross, along with a chest full of medals for valor and initiative in the Korean War. His commanders described Nichols as the bravest, most resourceful and effective spymaster of that forgotten war. But there is far more to Donald Nichols' story than first meets the eye . . .

Imagine a late summer night in July, where Lt. Colonel Dan Preston is wrapping up a grueling day at work. But Lt. Colonel Preston's "office" is unlike any other - he's a pilot of the Lockheed U-2 aircraft, soaring above 70,000 feet along the highly fortified DMZ that divides North and South Korea. As night falls, missiles begin to fly. He faces a daunting enemy, fighting to survive alone and deep behind enemy lines. With no immediate help from his country, Lt. Colonel Preston must navigate his way back to safety.

Of the many aircraft carriers built by the United States since World War II, none have been successfully attacked by an aggressor. Not yet, that is. It is the final port call during the first deployment of a new US Navy aircraft carrier. There is no better place for a week of shore leave than an allied port way down south on the 42nd parallel. It’s quiet, friendly, out-of-the-way—perfect—because nothing ever happens here. But the location is ideal for another nation too—a superpower with strategic ambitions. It is perfect for an unthinkable attack where the Americans would not ...

The onset of COVID-19 has coincided with the dramatic rise of a young woman called Kim Yo Jong in North Korea. Stomping the world stage from the shadows of her secretive state, she is creating headlines and fevered speculation about her role and her future. She is the sister of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, and as her murderous regime’s chief propagandist, internal administrator and foreign policymaker, she is the most powerful woman in North Korea’s history.

The Korean CIA Director is killed by a North Korean assassin. Counterfeiting, drugs, and weapons of terror finance the North Korean government. Three Air Force Pararescuemen and a CIA Officer join with the South Korean 707th Brigade and a team of female assassins to form a team known only by President Reagan and CIA Director Casey, as "the Silent Six". Their task: the destruction of the North Korean gangster regime. "The Silent Six" is the ultimate Special Operations Team.

Colton Smith, US Army veteran, country music star, and Occupy Wall Street anti-one-percenter terrorist. While inside prison, his singing made him a YouTube phenomenon, catching the eye of North Korean Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un. Three young Americans visiting North Korea on holiday are jailed and tortured, and it’s up to Mr. Smith to pave the way for their escape. On this rare occasion, the CIA and the FBI work together to penetrate the hermit kingdom and bring the Americans home, all under the leader’s nose. Just when he thinks it’s all pizza and karaoke.

Keith grew up one of 13 children in the shadow of the Great Depression and the Second World War. After seeing his father come home wounded from war, Keith joined the army. He was sent to fight in Korea at just 18 years old, the bloody beginning to decades of military service across the world. Keith's life was defined by one night in 1969. In the dark jungle of Vietnam, under heavy enemy fire, Keith returned to a fled battlefield to rescue 40 of his soldiers. For his extreme act of bravery in leading his men to safety, Keith became the last Australian to earn the VC for 40 years.

Tre anni di combattimenti, centinaia di migliaia di perdite tra i militari dei Paesi belligeranti e almeno un milione e mezzo tra i civili; un Paese devastato, il mondo sospinto a un passo da un conflitto nucleare; una pace mai firmata e dunque una crisi irrisolta, che ancora oggi, a tratti, fa salire la tensione internazionale al livello di guardia: ciò nonostante la guerra di Corea è per eccellenza "la guerra dimenticata" del XX secolo.

Author David Joseph brings his most intriguing thriller yet - a terrifying story about terrorism and rescue - brilliantly paced with superb nonstop action. While tracking the 9/11 terrorist hijackers at the "Kuala Lumpur Summit", the Silent Six team are redirected on a rescue mission of sheer audacity and nerve - rescue a group of children being transported from Camp 14 in North Korea.

His first case as a Seraph marshal may be his last. When Seraph’s head marshal calls in Miles Kim to help investigate a triple murder, Miles finds three bodies with no simple answers. Why were a water baron, a militia leader, and an information broker meeting in a remote junkyard away from their bodyguards? With no witnesses and no survivors, the case will thrust Miles into the center of a power struggle between the militia and Seraph’s underworld. And no one wants an ex-Meridian police officer prying into their business. Learning the truth will put Miles in the crosshairs of Seraph’s...

이 소설의 주인공은 '버즈'란 별명으로 알려진 미국 상원의원 버질리어스 윈드립이다. 그는 대통령 선거에 출마해 가난하고 성난 유권자들에게 미국을 다시 한 번 자랑스럽고 번성하는 나라로 만들겠다고 약속한다. 국민의 지지를 얻고 대통령에 선출된 그는 권력을 잡자마자 공약을 모두 폐기한 것처럼 군사법을 제정한다. 통치를 용이하게 하기 위해 국가의 행정구역을 재편하고, 언론과 대학을 장악한 후 의회와 사법부의 견제를 무력화시킨다. 이렇게 윈드립은 온 나라를 점점 어두운 나락으로 떨어뜨린다.