{"title":"Bing West","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"march-up-book-bing-west-9781844134250","title":"The March Up","description":"Taking us straight to the front lines, The March Up follows the famed 1st Marine Division on their decisive 1,184 kilometre trek to Baghdad, from first assault to the taking of the city. The 1st Marine Division, which had fought in Guadalcanal, Khe San, and Kuwait City, provided the critical force in Operation Iraqi Freedom. With unprecedented access to everyone from three-star generals to privates, authors West and Smith, men with 60 years of military and combat experience between them, trace the strategic war plans as they unfolded in battle, providing unflinching portrayals of what went well and what went poorly, and detailing power struggles and failures which have never before been reported. No other journalist had the mobility, battlefield knowledge or personal contacts as West or Smith. They were able to observe eighteen separate combat units in the division. What emerges is a dramatic, personal and human account of how the corporals fought and the generals plotted, revealing the men behind the guns and the brave and sometimes unorthodox actions that resulted in astonishing triumphs. Complete with a 16- page, four-colour photo insert and endpaper maps, The March Up is the behind-the-scenes story of how the men on the frontlines and the strategists in the backroom turned the march to Baghdad into a road to victory.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49509809127697,"sku":"GOR001293464","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49619343343889,"sku":"GOR005631985","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49958941425937,"sku":"CIN1844134253A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50392554504465,"sku":"CIN1844134253G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51764696973585,"sku":"GOR010249036","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1844134253.jpg?v=1751060139"},{"product_id":"no-true-glory-book-bing-west-9780553804027","title":"No True Glory","description":"There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.\u003cbr\u003e----General Dwight D. Eisenhower \u003cbr\u003eFor months author F. J. Bing West lived among the Marines who besieged the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, and interviewed members of the three US Army units that fought in that factious city before the Marines arrived. With access from frontline personnel to senior policymakers and negotiators, West's astonishing account takes us into strategy discussions between generals, on tense night patrols, and into fighting from rooftop to rooftop to tell the story that hasn't been told in the press or on the nightly news. \u003cbr\u003eThe Marines originally planned to slip into Fallujah as soft as fog. But in March 2004, after a mob killing and mutilating four American contractors was recorded in images that horrified the world, the Marines attacked. West recounts the ferocious street battles that followed, the stiff resistance and shocking violence that caught many in our military and government off guard, and the sweeping US counterattack that outraged the Arab world. \u003cbr\u003eWe go behind the scenes to the intense negotiations to persuade Iraqis to take charge and hunt down terrorists like al-Zarqawi, who were using the city as a sanctuary-negotiations whose ramifications will impact Iraq for years to come. But the real focus is upon the heroic, everyday efforts of the American fighting soldier and Marine confronting the key paradox of the war: that the Iraqis both wanted and didn't want Americans in their country. \u003cbr\u003eNo True Glory is a firsthand account of the gritty fighting, political maneuvering, and ongoing struggle in this crucial city-a microcosm of the confused and frustrating Iraqi war.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49519221866769,"sku":"GOR005158500","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49881372164369,"sku":"CIN0553804022G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49882544341265,"sku":"CIN0553804022VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51333671420177,"sku":"CIN0553804022A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0553804022.jpg?v=1751453694"},{"product_id":"march-up-book-bing-west-9780553382693","title":"The March Up","description":"With unprecedented access and previously unreported detail, here is a first hand account of the 22-day march to Baghdad that takes you behind the scenes and to the front line... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one reporting on the war in Iraq had the unique battlefield clearance afforded the authors of this dramatic eyewitness account. Unlike embedded journalists confined to a single unit, West and Smith acquired a captured yellow SUV and joined with whatever unit was leading the assault every day of the fight. The result is a report of what really happened from the heart of the action unlike anything you'll read anywhere else. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile we will move swiftly and aggressively against those who resist, we will treat all others with decency, demonstrating chivalry and soldierly compassion for people who have endured a lifetime under Saddam's oppression.--Major General J.N. Mattis, 1st Marine Division, Commanding \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is the story that can be told only by those who actually witnessed the action of the famed 1st Marine Division's march on Baghdad, from the shaky beginning of U.S. operations in southern Iraq to the capture of U.S. prisoners, the misreported fierce Iraqi resistance, and the aggressive assaults that led to a quick and decisive victory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith over a half century of military and combat experience between them, bestselling author F. J. Bing West and Major General Ray L. Smith, USMC (Ret.), combine expert military analysis with dramatic battlefield reporting. They bring the reader on a march that ended in victory--but was shadowed by second-guessing, unexpected reversals, and the threat of catastrophe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith access to three-star generals in the command centers and to privates in the field, the authors reveal how the strategic plan played out in battle, showing what went well and what failed, and detailing power struggles for military and political control never reported. The result is destined to become the definitive account of ground warfare in Iraq.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49530494877969,"sku":"CIN0553382691G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50517716861201,"sku":"CIN0553382691VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52104213627153,"sku":"CIN0553382691A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0553382691.jpg?v=1751230874"},{"product_id":"no-true-glory-book-bing-west-9780553383195","title":"No True Glory","description":"\"This is the face of war as only those who have fought it can describe it.\"-Senator John McCain\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Fallujah- Iraq's most dangerous city unexpectedly emerged as the major battleground of the Iraqi insurgency. For twenty months, one American battalion after another tried to quell the violence, culminating in a bloody, full-scale assault. Victory came at a terrible price- 151 Americans and thousands of Iraqis were left dead.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The epic battle for Fallujah revealed the startling connections between policy and combat that are a part of the new reality of war.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Marines had planned to slip into Fallujah \"as soft as fog.\" But after four American contractors were brutally murdered, President Bush ordered an attack on the city-against the advice of the Marines. The assault sparked a political firestorm, and the Marines were forced to withdraw amid controversy and confusion-only to be ordered a second time to take a city that had become an inferno of hate and the lair of the archterrorist al-Zarqawi.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Based on months spent with the battalions in Fallujah and hundreds of interviews at every level-senior policymakers, negotiators, generals, and soldiers and Marines on the front lines-\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo True Glory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a testament to the bravery of the American soldier and a cautionary tale about the complex-and often costly-interconnected roles of policy, politics, and battle in the twenty-first century.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49536495354129,"sku":"GOR002393539","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50354853609745,"sku":"CIN0553383191A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50809210175761,"sku":"CIN0553383191VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50818092368145,"sku":"GOR001914977","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51767839719697,"sku":"GOR006869040","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52104225095953,"sku":"CIN0553383191G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52508829417745,"sku":"NIN9780553383195","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0553383191.jpg?v=1751293842"},{"product_id":"strongest-tribe-book-bing-west-9780812978667","title":"The Strongest Tribe","description":"In Iraq, the United States made mistake after mistake. Many Americans gave up on the war. Then two generals--David Petraeus and Raymond Odierno--displayed the leadership America expected. Bringing the reader from the White House to the fighting in the streets, combat journalist and bestselling author Bing West explains this astounding turnaround by U.S. forces. In the course of fifteen extended trips over five years, West embedded with more than sixty front-line units, discussing strategy with generals and tactics with corporals. Disposing of myths, he provides an expert's account of the counterinsurgency. This is the definitive study of how American soldiers actually fought.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49553234264337,"sku":"GOR009888716","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50508635635985,"sku":"CIN0812978668VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51008001999121,"sku":"NIN9780812978667","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51416409309457,"sku":"CIN0812978668G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":53505474330897,"sku":"CIN0812978668A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0812978668.jpg?v=1751170277"},{"product_id":"wrong-war-book-bing-west-9781400068739","title":"The Wrong War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this definitive account of the conflict, acclaimed war correspondent and bestselling author Bing West provides a practical way out of Afghanistan. Drawing on his expertise as both a combat-hardened Marine and a former assistant secretary of defense, West has written a tour de force narrative, rich with vivid characters and gritty combat, which shows the consequences when strategic theory meets tactical reality. Having embedded with dozens of frontline units over the past three years, he takes the reader on a battlefield journey from the mountains in the north to the opium fields in the south. A fighter who understands strategy, West builds the case for changing course. His conclusion is sure to provoke debate: remove most of the troops from Afghanistan, stop spending billions on the dream of a modern democracy, and insist the Afghans fight their own battles. Bing West's book is a page-turner about brave men and cunning enemies that examines our realistic choices as a nation.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49608756298001,"sku":"GOR006426513","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50011382808849,"sku":"CIN1400068738VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50373723554065,"sku":"CIN1400068738G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1400068738.jpg?v=1751145858"},{"product_id":"pepperdogs-book-bing-west-9780743235891","title":"The Pepperdogs","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Serbs behind them were preparing to attack, and in front of them lay open ground, flat and white as a shroud. We've run a hundred miles, \u003c\/i\u003e Lang thought, \u003ci\u003eto come up a football field short.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a fellow Marine is kidnapped, Captain Mark Lang and his recon team, the Pepperdogs, disobey orders and cross into snowbound Serbia to rescue him. A leader who can't quit, Lang is urged on by his team members. Five New York City reservists -- a trader, a fireman, an auto mechanic, a fitness trainer and a computer geek -- set out on an impossible odyssey. Superbly fit and equipped, they employ speed, ambush and the Internet to close in on their target. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter a team member sends back e-mails describing their firefights, the Pepperdogs become front-page news. Once Weekend Warriors, by the end of their mission they are the most feared unit in Europe, fighting anyone who stands in their way. The press calls them \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Bunch\u003c\/i\u003e on technological steroids. Lang, haunted by memories of his missing buddy's dying mother, knows the horrific costs they are inflicting but won't turn back. Their rescue mission, condemned by the military, slowly escalates into a standoff between the Oval Office and NATO Europe with the world watching. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA razor-sharp storyteller and Pentagon insider, Bing West unleashes a blistering techno thriller that probes the limits of physical and mental endurance. Drawing on firsthand knowledge of combat, West fuses the grit of \u003ci\u003eBlackhawk Down\u003c\/i\u003e with the behind-the-scenes intrigue of \u003ci\u003eThe West Wing, \u003c\/i\u003e showing how in the near future a squad can become wired to the White House, to the dismay of the traditional chain of command. \u003ci\u003eThe Pepperdogs\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping story about American reserves, conflicting loyalties and devotion to comrade. What price will a nation pay to save one life?","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49619632521489,"sku":"GOR013394160","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50337537327377,"sku":"CIN0743235894VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51422702829841,"sku":"CIN0743235894G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0743235894.jpg?v=1750785014"},{"product_id":"wrong-war-book-bing-west-9780812980905","title":"The Wrong War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this definitive account of the conflict, acclaimed war correspondent and bestselling author Bing West provides a practical way out of Afghanistan. Drawing on his expertise as both a combat-hardened Marine and a former assistant secretary of defense, West has written a tour de force narrative, rich with vivid characters and gritty combat, which shows the consequences when strategic theory meets tactical reality. Having embedded with dozens of frontline units over the past three years, he takes the reader on a battlefield journey from the mountains in the north to the opium fields in the south. A fighter who understands strategy, West builds the case for changing course. His conclusion is sure to provoke debate: remove most of the troops from Afghanistan, stop spending billions on the dream of a modern democracy, and insist the Afghans fight their own battles. Bing West's book is a page-turner about brave men and cunning enemies that examines our realistic choices as a nation.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49657587335441,"sku":"GOR011355233","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50191744827665,"sku":"GOR013884308","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50363349336337,"sku":"CIN0812980905G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50369116045585,"sku":"CIN0812980905A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50369120043281,"sku":"CIN0812980905VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0812980905.jpg?v=1751329076"},{"product_id":"one-million-steps-book-bing-west-9781400068746","title":"One Million Steps","description":"Battalion 3\/5 suffered the highest number of casualties in the war in Afghanistan. This is the story of one platoon in that distinguished battalion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAware of U.S. plans to withdraw from the country, knowing their efforts were only a footprint in the sand, the fifty Marines of 3rd Platoon fought in Sangin, the most dangerous district in all of Afghanistan. So heavy were the casualties that the Secretary of Defense offered to pull the Marines out. Instead, they pushed forward. Each Marine in 3rd Platoon patrolled two and a half miles a day for six months--a total of one million steps--in search of a ghostlike enemy that struck without warning. Why did the Marines attack and attack, day after day? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Every day brought a new skirmish. Each footfall might trigger an IED. Half the Marines in 3rd Platoon didn't make it intact to the end of the tour. \u003ci\u003eOne Million Steps\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the fifty brave men who faced these grim odds and refused to back down. Based on Bing West's embeds with 3rd Platoon, as well as on their handwritten log, this is a gripping grunt's-eye view of life on the front lines of America's longest war. Writing with a combat veteran's compassion for the fallen, West also offers a damning critique of the higher-ups who expected our warriors to act as nation-builders--and whose failed strategy put American lives at unnecessary risk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Each time a leader was struck down, another rose up to take his place. How does one man instill courage in another? What welded these men together as firmly as steel plates? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This remarkable book is the story of warriors caught between a maddening, unrealistic strategy and their unswerving commitment to the fight. Fearsome, inspiring, and poignant in its telling, \u003ci\u003eOne Million Steps\u003c\/i\u003e is sure to become a classic, a unique and enduring testament to the American warrior spirit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eOne Million Steps\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWest shows the reality of modern warfare in a way that is utterly gripping.\u003cb\u003e--Max Boot, author of \u003ci\u003eInvisible Armies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A gripping, boot-level account of Marines in Afghanistan during the bloody struggle with Taliban fighters.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOne Million Steps\u003c\/i\u003e transcends combat narrative: It is an epic of contemporary small-unit combat.\u003cb\u003e--Eliot A. Cohen, author of \u003ci\u003eSupreme Command\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A blistering assault on America's senior military leadership.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A heart-pounding portrayal . . . a compelling account of what these men endured.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stunning, sobering, and brilliantly written.\u003cb\u003e--Newt Gingrich\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One of the most intrepid military journalists, Bing West, delivers a heart-wrenching account of one platoon's fight.\u003cb\u003e--Bill Bennett, host of \u003ci\u003eMorning in America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bing West has reconfirmed his standing as one of the most intrepid and insightful observers of America's wars. . . . \u003ci\u003eOne Million Steps\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the essence of small-unit combat, the very soul of war.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Weekly Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A searing read, but it is one that all Americans should undertake. We send our sons into battle, and few know what our warriors experience.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Washington Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49863453868305,"sku":"CIN1400068746G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50379230511377,"sku":"CIN1400068746VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51824106832145,"sku":"GOR009708464","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1400068746.jpg?v=1750755508"},{"product_id":"strongest-tribe-book-bing-west-9781400067015","title":"The Strongest Tribe","description":"In Iraq, the United States made mistake after mistake. Many Americans gave up on the war. Then two generals--David Petraeus and Raymond Odierno--displayed the leadership America expected. Bringing the reader from the White House to the fighting in the streets, combat journalist and bestselling author Bing West explains this astounding turnaround by U.S. forces. In the course of fifteen extended trips over five years, West embedded with more than sixty front-line units, discussing strategy with generals and tactics with corporals. Disposing of myths, he provides an expert's account of the counterinsurgency. This is the definitive study of how American soldiers actually fought.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49863807893777,"sku":"GOR007735854","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50379097014545,"sku":"CIN1400067014A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50379100684561,"sku":"CIN1400067014G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50972471787793,"sku":"CIN1400067014VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1400067014.jpg?v=1751304875"},{"product_id":"march-up-book-bing-west-9780553803761","title":"The March Up","description":"The Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 contains the world's most comprehensive collection of records and briefs brought before the nation's highest court by leading legal practitioners - many who later became judges and associates of the court. It includes transcripts, applications for review, motions, petitions, supplements and other official papers of the most-studied and talked-about cases, including many that resulted in landmark decisions. This collection serves the needs of students and researchers in American legal history, politics, society and government, as well as practicing attorneys. This book contains copies of all known US Supreme Court filings related to this case including any transcripts of record, briefs, petitions, motions, jurisdictional statements, and memorandum filed. This book does not contain the Court's opinion. The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping ensure edition identification: U. S. v. the PanoilTranscript of Record \/ U.S. Supreme Court \/ 1924 \/ 139 \/ 266 U.S. 433 \/ 45 S.Ct. 164 \/ 69 L.Ed. 366 \/ 8-2-1923U. S. v. the PanoilAppellee's Brief \/ GEORGE H TERIBERY \/ 1924 \/ 139 \/ 266 U.S. 433 \/ 45 S.Ct. 164 \/ 69 L.Ed. 366 \/ 11-17-1924U. S. v. the PanoilAppellant's Brief \/ U.S. Supreme Court \/ 1924 \/ 139 \/ 266 U.S. 433 \/ 45 S.Ct. 164 \/ 69 L.Ed. 366 \/ 11-7-1924","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49947537211665,"sku":"CIN055380376XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50058956243217,"sku":"GOR005693719","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51549277782289,"sku":"CIN055380376XA","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51694147469585,"sku":"CIN055380376XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/055380376X.jpg?v=1751104408"},{"product_id":"village-book-bing-west-9780743457576","title":"The Village","description":"A classic memoir of the Vietnam War written by a Marine captain. He recalls the work of Combined Action Platoons (CAPs), and describes how 15 US Marines worked with the inhabitants of the small village of Binh Nghia to battle against the Viet Cong.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49982829953297,"sku":"CIN0743457579G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50094815248657,"sku":"CIN0743457579A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50306296381713,"sku":"CIN0743457579VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52108490342673,"sku":"GOR004014466","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53148443017489,"sku":"GOR004897976","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0743457579.jpg?v=1750848707"},{"product_id":"last-platoon-book-bing-west-9781642936735","title":"The Last Platoon","description":"\u003cb\u003eAs seen on \u003ci\u003eCBS This Morning Saturday \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBing West is the grunt's Homer. --\u003ci\u003eL.A. Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA platoon of Marines and CIA operatives clash in a fight to the death with the drug lords and the Taliban, while in Washington, the president seeks a way out.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA small team of CIA operatives and Marines commanded by Captain Diego Cruz are protecting a tiny base in Helmand--the most violent province in Afghanistan. In a series of escalating fights, Cruz must prove he is a combat leader, despite the growing disapproval of the colonel in overall charge. At the same time, the president has ordered the CIA to capture a drug lord. But with a fortune in heroin at stake, the Taliban joins with the drug lord to wipe out the base. As the president negotiates a secret deal, Cruz must rally the Marines to make a last stand. Bringing you into America's longest war with vivid immediacy, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Platoon\u003c\/i\u003e portrays how leaders rise or wilt under intense pressure. A searing, timeless story of moral conflict, savage combat, and feckless politics.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50276882776337,"sku":"CIN1642936731VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51417567953169,"sku":"CIN1642936731G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1642936731.jpg?v=1750763853"},{"product_id":"one-million-steps-book-bing-west-9780812980912","title":"One Million Steps","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50363352350993,"sku":"CIN0812980913G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51007964676369,"sku":"NIN9780812980912","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51465749397777,"sku":"CIN0812980913VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51694844117265,"sku":"CIN0812980913A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52857164366097,"sku":"GOR014643795","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0812980913.jpg?v=1750946878"},{"product_id":"pepperdogs-book-bing-west-9781416577928","title":"The Pepperdogs","description":"The Serbs behind them were preparing to attack, and in front of them lay open ground, flat and white as a shroud. We've run a hundred miles, Lang thought, to come up a football field short.  When a fellow Marine is kidnapped, Captain Mark Lang and his recon team, the Pepperdogs, disobey orders and cross into snowbound Serbia to rescue him. A leader who can't quit, Lang is urged on by his team members. Five New York City reservists -- a trader, a fireman, an auto mechanic, a fitness trainer and a computer geek -- set out on an impossible odyssey. Superbly fit and equipped, they employ speed, ambush and the Internet to close in on their target.   After a team member sends back e-mails describing their firefights, the Pepperdogs become front-page news. Once Weekend Warriors, by the end of their mission they are the most feared unit in Europe, fighting anyone who stands in their way. The press calls them \"The Wild Bunch on technological steroids.\" Lang, haunted by memories of his missing buddy's dying mother, knows the horrific costs they are inflicting but won't turn back. Their rescue mission, condemned by the military, slowly escalates into a standoff between the Oval Office and NATO Europe with the world watching.   A razor-sharp storyteller and Pentagon insider, Bing West unleashes a blistering techno thriller that probes the limits of physical and mental endurance. Drawing on firsthand knowledge of combat, West fuses the grit of Blackhawk Down with the behind-the-scenes intrigue of The West Wing, showing how in the near future a squad can become wired to the White House, to the dismay of the traditional chain of command. The Pepperdogs is a gripping story about American reserves, conflicting loyalties and devotion to comrade. What price will a nation pay to save one life?","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51024923427089,"sku":"NIN9781416577928","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51323318370577,"sku":"CIN1416577920VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52350422941969,"sku":"NLS9781416577928","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1416577920.jpg?v=1750713289"},{"product_id":"cat-5-book-bing-west-9798895656525","title":"Cat 5","description":"\u003cb\u003eLearn from losing three wars--or lose the next one in 2033.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bing West is the only historian to serve on the front lines in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan--and at the highest levels of government. He fought in the battles he writes about, and he explains with firsthand insight why our grunts won the fights, but our presidents lost the wars. The cause, he argues, was hubris. Presidents and policymakers believed the nation was too powerful to fail. That same conceit now threatens America itself. Our elected leaders have hollowed out the military while expanding entitlements to buy votes. The result is a weakened defense and a debt approaching collapse.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e By 2033, two forces--our unsustainable debt and China's ambition--will collide in a Category 5 storm. Drawing on six decades of combat and policy experience, West shows how America arrived at this perilous moment and how to deal with a disaster of our own making. \u003ci\u003eCat 5: The 2033 War\u003c\/i\u003e is a soldier's warning and a historian's verdict--an unflinching account of national pride, political failure, and the storm closing in. For the first time in our history, we face economic convulsion and confrontation with a mortal adversary--before a single shot is fired.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":53613276004625,"sku":"NGR9798895656525","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9798895656525.jpg?v=1780317137"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-bing-west.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}