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186) Guerrilla season
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Two fifteen-year-old boys in Missouri in 1863 find friendship and family loyalty tested by Quantrell's raiders, a Rebel guerrilla band who roamed under the black flag of "no quarter to be given by Union troops."
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"In 1898, in an era of racial terror at home and imperial conquest abroad, the United States sent its troops to suppress the Filipino struggle for independence, including three regiments of the famed African American "Buffalo Soldiers." Among them was David Fagen, a twenty-year-old private in the Twenty-Fourth Infantry, who deserted to join the Filipino guerrillas. He led daring assaults and ambushes against his former comrades and commanders--who...
190) The ground truth
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Documents the stories of American men and women who heeded the call for military service in Afghanistan and Iraq and the challenges they faced upon their return home.
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Polish
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Październikowy świt 1943 roku. Dom jeszcze śpi. Mama, już ubrana, karmi trzymięsczną Irenke. Za chwilę wychodzi, chce odebrać ubranka córeczki oddane na przechowanie znajomej z sąsiedniej wsi. Zalatwi to szybko, wróci przed nocą. O swojej wyprawnie nie mówi mężowi, nie puściłby jej samej.Ponad pięćdziesiąt lat po wojne dorosły syn wraca no Białoruś, do krainy dzieciństwa. Rozpoczyna reporterskie śledztwo i rusza śladem...
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"Dos kaibiles son enviados a un entrenamiento militar élite en Texas. Los adiestran para abatir el comunismo, la guerrilla y los pueblos originarios de Guatemala. Sus vidas no pertenecen a ellos mismos, sino a la patria; y si acaso al comandante kaibil Francisco Chinchilla, del servicio secreto guatemalteco, que está a cargo de su tortura, aquella que los dejará ciegos ante las atrocidades que presencian y perpetran durante la dictadura del militar...
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