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Close Quarter Battle volume 10
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A look at the teams in charge of protecting high-paying CEOs and heads of state.
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Close Quarter Battle volume 7
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How urban policing in the USA has become more heavily armed and violent since the 1960s.
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Close Quarter Battle volume 11
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English
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A look at the counter-terrorism tactics used by US cities after the September 11th attacks.
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Close Quarter Battle volume 12
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English
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A look at the unusual structure of the French Foreign Legion, an elite military force that encourages non-nationals to enlist.
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Close Quarter Battle volume 9
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English
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The practice of hiring private armies goes back to ancient times, but what does it look like today?
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Close Quarter Battle volume 6
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English
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Looks at the elite Canadian Forces Special Operations unit responsible for a broad range of missions, including counter-terrorism and armed assistance to other government departments.
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Close Quarter Battle volume 8
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English
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The Bosnian War was an extraordinarily complex event, with many layers of military involvement including NATO forces, national militaries, and mujahedeen revolutionaries.
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Close Quarter Battle volume 4
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The largely untold story of the the firefights exchanged between the provisional IRA, the British army and the elite SAS.
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Close Quarter Battle volume 3
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English
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In 1994 a bitter conflict broke out between the forces of the Chechnen independence movement and the Russian regular army.
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Close Quarter Battle volume 5
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In 1989, CIA operative Kurt Muse was imprisoned at the notorious Carcel Modelo in Panama for his role in organizing radio transmissions against dictator Manuel Noriega.
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Close Quarter Battle volume 2
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As warfare has evolved, many military techniques and technologies have been adapted for use in urban settings by police units around the world.
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Close Quarter Battle volume 1
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"Special Operations" are special divisions of military, police or intelligence services that are highly qualified in specific areas of urban warfare and in a variety of special weapons and technology.
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Close Quarter Battle volume 13
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This episode of CQB takes a close look at some of at how special operations were integrated into regular units to find and capture Saddam Hussein.
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Demon slayer volume 7
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[2019]
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English
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While under the care of the Demon Slayer Corps leaders, Shinobu, Tanjiro, Zenitusu, Inosuke and Zesuko have recovered. They have even learned a new and powerful technique--Total Concentration! They'll need this new power and all their skill on their next demon-hunting mission aborad the mysterious Infinity Train as it takes them into the dreams of demons!"--Provided by publisher
15) Close Quarters
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Barlo isn't looking to settle down. Like most male dwarves his age, he finds himself enjoying his bachelorhood.Narilga, on the other hand, has grown tired of Dwarvenhome's courting scene. She longs for someone who will take her seriously someone who will be there for her, and step up to the challenge when trouble comes their way.Nothing like a chance encounter and a life-or-death situation to make things interesting...A fantasy meet cute adventure...
16) Close Quarters
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Resourceful, ruthless, beautiful, apparently without fear, Scout Lieutenant Cassie Suthorn of Camacho's Caballeros is as consummately lethal as the giant BattleMechs she lives to hunt. Only one other person in the freewheeling mercenary regiment has a hint of the demons which drive her. When the Caballeros sign on to guard Coordinator Theodore Kurita's corporate-mogul cousin in the heart of the Draconis Combine, they think they've got the perfect...
17) Close Quarters
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A woman has been murdered in a professional hit. Now the only question is Why? At first glance, Jessica Turner seems every bit the typical London woman. Sure, she isn't in the perfect relationship, but she still loves her man, Alec. So why, one rainy evening, was she cruelly gunned down on her front steps in a professional hit? This is the question that will haunt Detective Inspector Aden Vanner. Close Quarters marks a rousing return to Jeff Gulvin's...
18) Close Quarters
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A widow goes house-hunting in Barsetshire in this witty, moving novel by an author of "graceful stories of upper-class English life" (The New York Times).
One rainy summer, amid the social and cultural changes of postwar England, Mrs. Macfadyen wrestles with the loss of her beloved husband after just five years of happiness. Life has left her uprooted-but where can she replant herself? The hunt for a new house (preferably not too close to her mother's)...
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Marc Portman novels volume 2
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The return of The Watchman - deep cover specialist Marc Portman. Close protection specialist Marc Portman is used to finding himself in hostile situations. But none can be more unpredictable than troubled Ukraine, teetering on the brink of civil war. When a US State Department official on a fact-finding mission to Ukraine is placed under house arrest, the CIA hire Portman (codename: Watchman) to get him safely out of the country. In that dangerous...
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Deep in the jungle, there is a new apex predator. His name is Breed.
Deep in the Amazon jungle, a tribe has attacked an isolated government outpost. A group of idealistic young volunteers enters the rain forest to prove the tribesmen were provoked. One is killed, and another, Fiadh Connor, goes missing.
Fiadh's father, billionaire Cuchulain Connor, hires Breed to find her. Connor helps Breed get a ride with Brazil's Minister of the Interior who...
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