Valor & Honor: Two Audio Books, One Low Price

by Amy Waters Yarsinske, John T. Carney Jr.

Valor & Honor 2 Audio Books - 8 Audio CD's - Approx 9 Hours SEALED IN RETAIL BOX  Two spellbinding narratives blending investigative reporting with undercover exploits, Valor & Honor on audio compact discs initiates the listener into the restricted underbelly of modern warfare.  No One Left The Lt. Comdr. Michael Scott Speicher Story From Pulitzer Prize nominated author Amy Waters Yarsinske comes the extraordinary true story of the first American pilot shot down during Gulf War I and declared dead by his government, only to be found alive, in Iraqi custody, 11 years later. In January 1991, Lt. Cmdr. Michael Scott Speicher, piloting his plane as part of the initial air strike force of Gulf War I, engaged an Iraqi MIG-25 over Baghdad. His plane was never seen again. It took Secretary of State Dick Cheney and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Colin Powell only one day to publicly announce Speicher as the conflicts first casualty, listing him as KI - killed in action, but Speicher wasn't dead. What followed was Yarsinske's explosive, single-minded investigation eight years in the making, documented here in riveting audio format. Whether interviewing top military officials and Iraqi defectors, or wading through the journalistic minefields of cover-ups and categorical denial, Yarsinske provides an ear-opening exploration of patriotism and propaganda.  No Room for The Covert Operations of America's Special Tactics Units, from Iran to Afghanistan Born in the late 1970s to work with special operations forces, the United States Air Force Special Tactics units have since circumnavigated the globe, engaging in clandestine missions unknown to those without the highest military security clearances. Now, the man who started it all blows the lid off these elite units whose members suffer 18 times the casualty rate of conventional armed US forces. Join Colonel John T. Carney as he

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First published January 1, 2004

About the author

A nationally known, award-winning author of 56 books of narrative nonfiction, including the widely read, award-winning No One Left Behind: The Lt. Comdr. Michael Scott Speicher Story for Dutton/NAL, Amy Waters Yarsinske received her master of planning degree from the University of Virginia School of Architecture and her bachelors of arts degrees in English and economics from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College. She is a former president of the Norfolk Historical Society, cofounder of the Norfolk Historical Foundation and a 1998 graduate of CIVIC Leadership Institute. Yarsinske has over two decades of experience in the publishing industry as an author and editor and has made repeated appearances as a guest and commentator for major media, including American and foreign networks and international, national and regional radio markets. She is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), Authors Guild, American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), and WriterHouse.