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Description
When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever. Bonus features included.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Afghanistan, immediately post-9/11. Small teams of Green Berets arrive on a series of secret missions to overthrow the Taliban. What happens next is equal parts war origin story and cautionary tale, illuminating the nature and impact of fifteen years of constant combat, with unprecedented access to U.S. Special Forces.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
In the midst of war in Afghanistan, Cody Cullen is touched by a lovely Christmas card sent to him by Faith Spelman. Faith lives in the small, picturesque town of Nevada City, California. As months pass, the card never leaves Cody's side, giving him the strength to survive and setting him on a mission for find her.
Special features: Edward Asner: a veteran's view; "Heart of a soldier: actor John Newton" featurette; Karene and Jeff: a real-life "Christmas...
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Description
American Empire is at its apex. We are the sole superpower with no potential challenger for a generation. We can reach any point on the globe with our cruise missiles and smart bombs and our culture penetrates every nook and cranny of the global village. Yet we are now the most hated country on earth, buried beneath a mountain of debt and morally bankrupt.
Where the Right Went Wrong chronicles how the Bush administration and Beltway conservatives...
5) Indivisible
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Upon returning from Iraq, an Army chaplain experiences a faith crisis that threatens to derail his marriage.
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
After an unsuccessful and bloody raid in Istanbul, two Turkish anti-terrorist agents are sent to New York City on a mission to capture a notorious terrorist known only as "Dejjal" (Arabic for Anti-Christ). Working with the FBI and NYPD, the agents orchestrate the arrest of a suspect who may or not be the notorious Dejjal, but when events escalate, the foreign agents must take things in their own hands to avert disaster.
Pub. Date
2008?]
Description
"Focuses on suppressed historical & modern information about currently dominant social institutions, while also exploring what could be in store for humanity if the power structures at large continue their patterns of self-interest, corruption, and consolidation" -- http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/statement.htm.
Part I, The greatest story ever told: Denounces the originality of many world religions, arguing they are mainly derived from astrological...
10) Lone Survivor
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Four Navy SEALs enter Afghanistan to neutralize a high-level al-Qaeda member and find themselves in an enemy ambush alone, fighting for their lives.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"German intelligence agent Gunther Bachmann (Philip Seymour Hoffman, in his final starring role) must race against time to solve a perilous mystery: Is the half-Chechen, half-Russian Muslim who's surfaced in Hamburg a victim seeking refuge, or a terrorist seeking revenge?"--Container.
12) Afghan Luke
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
After his expose on a government cover-up in Afghanistan is buried by his editors, a battlefield journalist returns with his opium-fueled best friend in search of the truth. They embark on a perilous mission that includes gun fights, parties with soldiers, and getting kidnapped, all on the way to discovering that the country is more dangerous than ever. Wildly entertaining, Afghan Luke sheds new light on the war with a thrilling balance of action...
13) Out of Gitmo
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
The dramatic story of a Gitmo detainee released from the controversial US prison after fourteen years.
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Discusses how the USA PATRIOT Act has taken away checks on law enforcement and continues to endanger the civil liberties of all Americans under the guise of being part of the war on terrorism, and how paranoia, fear and racial profiling have led to gross infringements on freedom and democracy without strengthening national security
15) Shock and awe
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
A story of four reporters who challenge the government narrative about weapons of mass destruction of Saddam Hussein as a pretext for the invasion of Iraq.
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
In today's post-9/11 world, search for the rationale behind the war in Iraq, exploring the failed policies of several administrations. What is presented, is a raw, provocative look into America's 'War on Terror' an its effects on our society, our credibility, and most importantly, our security.
17) Camp X-ray
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
A young soldier is stationed as a guard at Guantanamo Bay where she strikes up an unusual and potentially dangerous friendship with a detainee who has been imprisoned for eight years.
18) Rumsfeld's war
Pub. Date
2004
Description
With the United States Army deployed in a dozen hotspots around the world, on constant alert in Afghanistan, and taking casualties every day in Iraq, some current and former officers now say the army is on the verge of being "broken." The program digs into the aggressive attempts to assert civilian control and remake the military by the Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and his allies.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
On May 2, 2011 Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the 9/11 bombings, was killed by American special forces, marking an end to the longest, most expensive manhunt in American history. Witness the 20-year search for the most wanted man on Earth, as counter-terrorism experts in the White House, the CIA, and the FBI divulge their firsthand accounts.
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