Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts

Lets readers experience up close the Amer. mil. worldwide in the air, at sea, and on the ground: flying in a B-2 bomber, living in a nuclear sub, and traveling with a Stryker brigade on missions around the world. Provides not only a ground-level portrait of the Global War on Terrorism, but also a firsthand account of how U.S. soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen are protecting sea-lanes, providing disaster relief, contending with the mil. rise of China, fighting the war in Iraq, and...
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Lets readers experience up close the Amer. mil. worldwide in the air, at sea, and on the ground: flying in a B-2 bomber, living in a nuclear sub, and traveling with a Stryker brigade on missions around the world. Provides not only a ground-level portrait of the Global War on Terrorism, but also a firsthand account of how U.S. soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen are protecting sea-lanes, providing disaster relief, contending with the mil. rise of China, fighting the war in Iraq, and crafting contingency plans for war with N. Korea and Iran. Focuses on the Pacific, where emerging Asian powers present diplomatic and strategic challenges to U.S. influence. ¿Shows us astonishing operations right as they unfold -- from the point of view of the troops themselves. Maps.