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Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Outside the Wire: Follow the captivating journey of filmmaker, reporter and former Marine J.D. Johannes in this poignant and in-depth look at the war in Iraq. Witness actual battle scenes and testimonies from soldiers on why they fight and what it is like to go outside the wire and into combat. Sniper: The Unseen Warrior: From the American Revolution to the modern wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the American sniper has been the most efficient weapon...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Today, America has nearly eighteen million living military veterans, from the Greatest Generation to men and women coming home from recent tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. They join the now-silent ranks of American veterans reaching back to our earliest conflict, the Revolutionary War.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
An insider's look at the decisions that led to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and the handling of the occupation. Based on over 200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officals, as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers and prominent analysts. Examines the manner in which the principal errors of U.S. policy - the use of insufficient troop levels, allowing the...
5) Dirty wars
Publisher
Distributed by MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
It's the dirty little secret of the War on Terror: all bets are off, and almost anything goes. The rules of the game and of engagement have fundamentally changed. Today drone strikes, night raids, and U.S. government targeted killings occur in corners across the globe, killing untold numbers of civilians. Investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill traces the rise of the Joint Special Operations Command, the most secret fighting force in U.S. history, exposing...
Series
Criterion collection volume 773
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers. Based on a play and true story.
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Meet the Army wives--four women and one man--who share the common bond of loving someone enlisted in the U.S. Army and get a glimpse into the lives of everyday Americans as they struggle to understand honor, friendship and loyalty to their country.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
An insider's look at the decisions that led to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and the handling of the occupation. Based on over 200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officals, as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers and prominent analysts. Examines the manner in which the principal errors of U.S. policy--the use of insufficient troop levels, allowing the...
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Follows the deepening conflicts and complications of the wives as the Army fights its battles abroad and the wives fight the battle at home. Claudia Joy's series of devastating personal tragedies may color her perception of military life. Roxy faces a whole new set of life's challenges. Husbands and wives are torn apart and families struggle to stay together. Discover a sisterhood of loyalty and strength.
13) The last post
Series
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
War and romance collide in the sweltering heat and political unrest of 1960's Aden--a port city in today's Yemen--where the British Royal Military Police battle local militia in an intense struggle to control the strategically important port. The officers know only too well that a lapse in luck or judgment risks death. But do they know what their wives are risking at the local country club, where the swinging '60s are in full swing?
14) Dogfights
Publisher
The History® Channel
Language
English
Description
Harnessing the technology from the latest CGI video game flight simulators this puts the viewers behind the cockpit pitted against enemy aircraft in some of modern history's greatest air battles.
15) The Bomb
Publisher
Visit Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
THE BOMB explores the immense power of nuclear weapons, the perverse appeal they have, and the profound death wish at the very heart of them. The 55 minute film takes you through the strange, compelling, and unsettling reality of nuclear weapons today. An exploration of the immense power of nuclear weapons, the perverse appeal they have, and the profound death wish at the very heart of them.
16) Hunting Hitler
Publisher
HISTORY
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In "HUNTING HITLER," an FBI cold case that has laid dormant for 70 years leads a group of world-renown investigators on the ultimate manhunt to finally answer the question: Did Adolf Hitler survive World War II?
17) The Civil War
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Ken Burns's Emmy Award-winning documentary brings to life America's most destructive and defining conflict. The Civil War is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one.
18) Private Benjamin
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A pampered, spoiled upper-middle class widow joins the army. The army will never be the same.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Continue your study of America's rebuild of its war-fighting capability in the 1980s. Then see how this expertise was put to use in 1991 to eject Iraq from Kuwait, which it had invaded the previous year. With Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf in command, U.S. and coalition forces executed a classic envelopment of the Iraqi army, in the process fighting the largest armored engagement in military history.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The continental U.S. reached its present span due to the Mexican-American War, which also served as a proving ground for future commanders on both sides of the Civil War. Explore the superb strategy and tactics of generals Zachary Taylor (later elected president) and Winfield Scott. Both showed what disciplined and bold maneuvers conducted by a professional army could accomplish.
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