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Author Rail, Robert R

Title Surviving the international war zone : security lessons learned and stories from police and military peacekeeping forces / Robert R. Rail
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 327 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. My life's lessons -- 2. Adapting to the war zone environment -- 3. War zone experiences -- 4. French island hot sauce -- 5. Interrogation by torture -- 6. The bullet gift -- 7. Insurrection and conflict -- 8. Eternal hate -- 9. Eternal hope -- 10. War zone insanity -- 11. A matter of perspective -- 12. Children lost -- 13. Communicating -- 14. Day of the bull -- 15. Less becomes more -- 16. Red wine in Eastern Europe -- 17. The world of food -- 18. Bug out -- 19. Lifestyle of survival -- 20. Respect -- 21. The cargo net -- 22. The shared loss -- 23. Two promises of death -- 24. "Courtesy" -- 25. Returning back home -- 26. International sayings
Summary Few people are better able to describe how to survive in a war zone than those who have seen, experienced, and lived it first-hand. Presenting accounts written by military and police officers, this book offers an inside look at the lives of the officers and the local people living in the war zone environment. Covering many facets of daily life, the book examines topics such as surviving extreme temperatures and staying healthy, interacting with the Indigenous population and cultural awareness, adjusting to the challenges of limited technology and resources, and protecting oneself from the immi
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Subject Rail, Robert R
SUBJECT Rail, Robert R. fast
Subject Military history, Modern -- 20th century -- Anecdotes
Military history, Modern -- 21st century -- Anecdotes
Military police -- Biography
International police -- Biography
Peacekeeping forces -- Biography
Military biography.
War and society -- History -- 20th century -- Anecdotes
War and society -- History -- 21st century -- Anecdotes
International police
Military biography
Military history, Modern
Military police
Peacekeeping forces
War and society
Genre/Form Anecdotes
Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781439827956
1439827958
9781466547957
1466547952