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Michael Lee Lanning
Becoming Eisenhower is the story of a young man who pursued the army for its free education but found his calling as an officer, of an officer who was initially…
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Michael Lee Lanning tells the story of the courageous airmen who evaded capture and escaped to safety after being shot from the skies during World War II. Lanning covers the…
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Senseless Secrets is a military history of the United States through its intelligence operations, covering more than 200 years of intelligence breakdowns in every American war, from the Revolution’s Benedict…
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Serving under General John Pershing in the hunt for Pancho Villa in Mexico, Lieutenant George S. Patton learned leadership, logistics-and how to promote himself. These are the roots of the…
Any time Vietnam veterans get together–whether it’s two or twenty of them–war stories follow.
These are the stories Vietnam vets tell each other at reunions and over beers.
Since the creation of the Medal of Honor in 1861, sixty Americans of Hispanic heritage have been awarded the nation’s highest decoration for bravery and self-sacrifice in combat. In this…
Tells the story of the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols in Vietnam, explains how they were staffed and trained, and discusses their missions and tactics.
Final advice, thoughts, remembrances, and guide to life by a dying grandfather to his granddaughter. Its poignant information and guidance, delivered with honesty, humor, and affection that is thought-provoking for…
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From its inception, graduates of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, now Texas A&M University, have marched off to fight in every conflict in which the US has been…
Texas, home to more than 1.7 million living veterans (the second largest number of any state), is also home to six nationally run and four state-run veterans cemeteries. The Veterans…
Eleven years before Rosa Parks resisted going to the back of the bus, a young black second lieutenant, hungry to fight Nazis in Europe, refused to move to the back…
A fascinating history of soldiers of fortune –who earn their full-time living waging war–with emphasis on the current role of mercenaries in America’s war against terror, and their potential use…
A readable chronicle of the 100 greatest battles ever. Spanning 3,000 years, this book covers the entire spectrum of recorded military history, from Megiddo in 1479 B.C., to Operation Desert…
Michael Lanning
The biography of Tony Buzbee, a trial lawyer from Galveston Texas, successive multi-million dollar victories against mega-corporations, such as BP and the Ford Motor Company, FEMA and the Texas Windstorm…
Col. Michael Lee Lanning
The first thoroughly accurate book on the subject recounts the experiences of American snipers in Vietnam, their instructors, the founders of their program, and the generals to whom they reported…
The consistently selling military author continues the memoirs begun by The Only War We Had and Vietnam 1969-1970: A Company Commander’s Journal. Lanning tells how, in 18 months, Alpha Company…
Col Michael Lee Lanning
It has been eight years since Texas Tech University fired Mike Leach. Double T Double Cross released two years later, exposed the backroom deals behind his dismissal. Now Double Take…
Linda Moore-Lanning,Michael Lee Lanning
When diagnosed with Stage IV kidney cancer, LTC (Ret) Michael Lee Lanning faced a new and fearsome enemy that the doctors said would kill him in 6-18 months. Instead of…
Michael Lee Lanning,Bryan Mark Rigg
Jewish Americans have fought in every war and conflict to protect the liberties and freedoms of their country, despite anti-Semitism and prejudices they encountered. In Jewish Medal of Honor Recipients…
Michael Lanning,Ray Stubbe
Force Recon companies were the eyes and ears of the Marine Corps in Vietnam, venturing into the enemy’s backyard to conduct reconnaissance and launch deliberate strikes against the enemy. Inside…
Lieutenant Michael Lee Lanning went to Vietnam as an eager young patriot who was confident of surviving the war. Lanning and his men faced an enemy who was patient, elusive…
Provides an account of life of the author’s first tour of duty in Vietnam - the blood, fear, camaraderie, and tedium of combat and maneuver. First published in 1987, this…
