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01799aam a2200277 4500 001 0514250A99C211EBB5A91D6626ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210410010007 008 201008s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1075103746 020 $a 9781075103742 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Corley, David Lee. 245 1 $a Battle of the Casbah / $c The Airmen Series. 264 1 $a Monee, IL : $b David Lee Corley, $c 2019. 300 $a 306 pages ; $c 15 cm. 490 1 $a Airmen ; $v 7 520 $a A desperate nation. A daring plan. Can France survive an astonishing betrayal? After three long years of fighting with no end in sight, bombs continue to explode on the streets and in the cafés of Paris and Algiers. French paratroopers led by Colonel Bruno Bigeard lay siege to the Casbah in the Algerian capital. Their mission is to root out the rebels hidden among the civilians no matter the cost. Itâs Urban warfare at its worst. Tom Coyle, an American pilot flying for the French military, is driven by one desire â keep Brigitte Friang safe. A task far from simple as Brigitte goes deep into the Algerian mountains seeking the truth. What she finds shakes her to the core and alters the course of the war. Battle of the Casbah is an historic war novel packed with action and intrigue. Itâs about the men and women that struggle and die for their country, the morality of war, and the cost of freedom. Itâs about lessons learned and forgotten⦠only to be repeated. 541 $d 20201008. 650 7 $a HISTORICAL FICTION. 650 1 $a War $x History. 651 $a France $x History $v Fiction. 830 $a Airmen ; $v 7. 941 $a 1 952 $l SKPC094 $d 20210410010400.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0514250A99C211EBB5A91D6626ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search