North, Oliver

Contains the stories of real people who sacrifice their lives to secure freedom and repel oppression worldwide.

Collects stories of American war heroes from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, offering over two hundred and fifty full-color images illustrating their lives, families, and in some cases heroic sacrifices of limb and life in service to their country.

The story of Oliver North, once a young lieutenant in the United States Army in Vietnam, who returns to the country 25 years later to try and make sense of a war that divided the nation and alienated the veteran.

Ambitions in scope, American Heroes details the earliest terrorism faced by the United States in the 1800s at the hands of the Barbary Pirates, the major terrorist group developments of the 1970s and 80s, and, most vividly, the post-9/11 Iraq War era. Most inspiringly, North's up-close field notes highlight the core values of today's American soldier in relation to the fight at hand.

Details the life of Oliver North explaining why he became involved in the "Iran-contra" affair and covert operations of the government.