Bøger af Charles W. Sasser

From veteran military writer Charles Sasser comes a collection of inspiring personal accounts of American soldiers whose faith has guided them through the hardships of war.From the battlefields of the American Civil War through World Wars I and II, from Korea and Vietnam to the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan, soldiers of all faiths have struggled for understanding and called on a higher power when faced with the realities of combat. God in the Foxhole is a stunning collection of true personal accounts from generations of American soldiers whose faith, in the words of author Charles W. Sasser, "has been born, reborn, tested, sustained, verified, or transformed under fire." A renowned master of combat journalism and a former Green Beret, Sasser has gathered an immensely moving collection of war stories like no other—stories of spirituality, conversion, and miracles from the battlefield. Be they Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or atheist, churched since childhood or touched by the divine for the first time, here are the riveting experiences of army privates, bomber pilots, navy lieutenants, marines, prisoners of war, medics, nurses, chaplains, and others who, under desperate circumstances and with every reason to fear for their lives, found unknown strength, courage, and heroism through their remarkable faith. These inspiring accounts transcend the explainable to become stunning portraits of survival and belief: the angelic vision that brought inner peace to an exhausted helicopter door gunner in Vietnam; the makeshift full-immersion baptisms of eleven soldiers on Palm Sunday in Iraq, 2004; two enemies—a Nazi priest and an American G.I.—who served Communion Mass in a Belgian sanctuary in 1944; the prescient letter from a Civil War army major to his beloved wife, one week before his death at Bull Run; the 21st-century toddler with a jaw-dropping spiritual connection to a war hero of Iwo Jima, and dozens more. A war chronicle like no other, God in the Foxhole affirms, for military buffs and readers from all walks of life, the power of faith in the face of adversity.

"The searing true story of an obsessed detective's life with violent death--and his hunt for a brutal serial killer"--Cover.

to enter combat in WWII * Uncovers for the first time this important episode in history * Includes interviews with surviving members of the 716th Battalion From established military author Charles Sasser, comes the fascinating true story of the 761st Tank Battalion in World War II - the first African-American armoured unit to enter combat.

In this thrilling memoir, ';the father of the US Navy SEALs' tells his story of founding the most effective and feared fighting force ever conceived (Sedgwick Tourison Jr., author of Secret Army, Secret War). When President John F.Kennedy pressed Congress about America's ';urgent national needs' in 1961, two particular objectives would stand out in the ways they changed our nation: putting a man on the moon, and expanding the scope of US special operations forces. Cpt. William Hamilton was tasked with creating the finest unconventional warriors ever seen. With experience commanding Navy Underwater Demolition Teams as well as from Army Special Forces and the CIAand working with his subordinate, Roy Boehmhe cast the mold for sea, air, and land dispatched warriors capable of completing any mission anywhere. Initially, they were used to counter the potential of nuclear war, and later for counterterrorism and hostage rescue. Here, the man most responsible for modern American special operations and Charles W.Sasserthe bestselling author of One Shot One Killdeliver ';a most revealing documentary account and living history of the Special Ops... By the end, you will know and feel what it was like to be a night fighter from Korea all the way to SEAL Team 6' (Chimp Robertson, author of POW/MIA: America's Missing Men).

By 1945, Charles Kittleson was selected for the Alamo Scouts. While US forces were pushing back the Japanese in the Pacific, the Alamo scouts unleashed legendary raids deep behind enemy lines. For Kittleson, a career as a raider had just begun. This book chronicles the journey that was Kittleson's courageous life in the service of his country.