The Book of Honor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Book of Honor write by Ted Gup. This book was released on 2001-05-01. The Book of Honor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A national bestseller, this extraordinary work of investigative reporting uncovers the identities, and the remarkable stories, of the CIA secret agents who died anonymously in the service of their country. In the entrance of the CIA headquarters looms a huge marble wall into which seventy-one stars are carved-each representing an agent who has died in the line of duty. Official CIA records only name thirty-five of them, however. Undeterred by claims that revealing the identities of these "nameless stars" might compromise national security, Ted Gup sorted through thousands of documents and interviewed over 400 CIA officers in his attempt to bring their long-hidden stories to light. The result of this extraordinary work of investigation is a surprising glimpse at the real lives of secret agents, and an unprecedented history of the most compelling—and controversial—department of the US government.
Honor
Honor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Honor write by Thrity Umrigar. This book was released on 2022-01-04. Honor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The story of two Indian women, one a victim of a brutal crime and the other an Americanized journalist returning to India to cover the story, and the courage they inspire in each other"--
Pursuit of Honor
Pursuit of Honor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pursuit of Honor write by Vince Flynn. This book was released on 2009-10-13. Pursuit of Honor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Deadly and charismatic hero Rapp wages a war against a new enemy, in this devastatingly intense thriller by "New York Times"-bestselling author Flynn.
Honor
Honor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Honor write by James Bowman. This book was released on 2007. Honor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "From the earliest records of human civilization until the dawn of the twentieth century, and in widely separated cultures throughout the world, the story of honor was inseparable from the story of mankind. Today, an acquaintance with the concept of honor is indispensable to understanding the culture of the Islamic world and its sense of grievance against the West, where honor has been disregarded or actively despised for three-quarters of a century." "James Bowman draws from an wealth of sources across many centuries to illuminate honor's curious history in our own culture, and he discovers that Western honor was always different from that found elsewhere. Its idiosyncratic qualities derived partly from the classical tradition but mainly from the Judeo-Christian heritage, whose emphases on individual morality and, more recently, on sincerity and authenticity in private and personal life have acted as continual challenges to the traditional notion of honor as it is still maintained in other parts of the world. These challenges to honor and the accommodations with it that they ultimately produced are a fundamental theme in our own culture's distinctive history; and the eventual collapse of the honor culture in the West is the background against which the War on Terror and the Clash of Civilizations ought to be seen."--Jacket.
The Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Medal of Honor write by The Editors of Boston Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-10. The Medal of Honor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A comprehensive history of America's highest award for military valor. The Medal of Honor chronicles the creation, evolution, and awarding of the Medal, from the battlefields of the Civil War to the jungles of Vietnam, through a wealth of illustrations and hundreds of authoritative, action-filled accounts of heroism in America's conflicts. This wonderfully detailed and beautifully designed history book puts the Medal and its recipients into the context of their times, with brief and accessible introductions explaining each war and conflict for which the Medal was awarded. It also includes photo essays, intriguing stories of the Medal's sometimes quirky personalities, effects on surviving recipients, and the Medal's preeminent place in the American story. Whether you're an avid reader on the history of the Medal of Honor or simply intrigued by its place in our history, you're certain to want to flip through the pages of The Medal of Honor again and again.
