personal narratives, american

This astonishing new book tells the story of how a handful of CIA agents led the initial post-September 11 charge against al Qaeda and its Taliban patrons, far outstripping the agency's lumbering competitor, the U.S. military.

"Moments after Desert Storm began, attack pilot Pete Hunt was in the air over the Persian Gulf. Hunt saw it all, and thisis his electrifying account."--back cover.

An extraordinary memoir by a Marine rifleman of the last great amphibious campaign against Japan in World War II.