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Robin Moore, the Glossary

Robert Lowell Moore Jr. (October 31, 1925 – February 21, 2008) was an American writer who wrote The Green Berets, The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy, and with Xaviera Hollander and Yvonne Dunleavy, The Happy Hooker: My Own Story.^[1]

72 relations: Air Medal, Airborne forces, Al Dempsey, Al-Qaeda, Alexander N. Rossolimo, American volunteers in the Rhodesian Bush War, Battle of Inchon, Belmont Hill School, Biological warfare, Boston, Caribbean, Central Intelligence Agency, Concord, Massachusetts, Conspiracy against the United States, Depreciation, Dubai, European Theater of Operations, United States Army, Fidel Castro, Foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Security Forces, Fort Campbell, Gary L. Harrell, Harare, Harvard College, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, IMDb, Inchon (film), Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, John Wayne, Jonathan Idema, Kentucky Colonel, Korean War, Lyndon B. Johnson, Major general, Max Mermelstein, Middlesex School, Milt Machlin, Northern Alliance, Nose gunner, Random House, Rhodesia, Robert F. Kennedy, Saddam Hussein, Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Concord, Massachusetts), South Vietnam, Special Forces Association, Tales of the Green Beret, Taliban, ... Expand index (22 more) »
Belmont Hill School alumni
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Air Medal

The Air Medal (AM) is a military decoration of the United States Armed Forces.

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Airborne forces

Airborne forces are ground combat units carried by aircraft and airdropped into battle zones, typically by parachute drop.

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Al Dempsey

Al Dempsey is an American author of historical fiction.

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Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic caliphate.

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Alexander N. Rossolimo

Alexander N. Rossolimo is an American think tank executive, entrepreneur, and corporate director.

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American volunteers in the Rhodesian Bush War

There were a number of American volunteers in the Rhodesian Bush War who fought with the Rhodesian Security Forces. Robin Moore and American volunteers in the Rhodesian Bush War are American anti-communists.

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Battle of Inchon

The Battle of Inchon, also spelled Battle of Incheon, was an amphibious invasion and a battle of the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations Command (UN).

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Belmont Hill School

Belmont Hill School is an all-boys day and five-day boarding school in Belmont, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston.

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Biological warfare

Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, insects, and fungi with the intent to kill, harm or incapacitate humans, animals or plants as an act of war.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Caribbean

The Caribbean (el Caribe; les Caraïbes; de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are sometimes also included in the region.

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Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.

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Concord, Massachusetts

Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Conspiracy against the United States

Conspiracy against the United States, or conspiracy to defraud the United States,§ 923,, U.S. Department of Justice's United States Attorneys' Manual.

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Depreciation

In accountancy, depreciation is a term that refers to two aspects of the same concept: first, an actual reduction in the fair value of an asset, such as the decrease in value of factory equipment each year as it is used and wears, and second, the allocation in accounting statements of the original cost of the assets to periods in which the assets are used (depreciation with the matching principle).

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Dubai

Dubai (translit) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the country's seven emirates.

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European Theater of Operations, United States Army

The European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA) was a theater of Operations responsible for directing United States Army operations throughout the European theatre of World War II, from 1942 to 1945.

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Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008.

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Foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Security Forces

The Rhodesian government actively recruited white personnel from other countries from the mid-1970s until 1980 to address manpower shortages in the Rhodesian Security Forces during the Rhodesian Bush War.

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Fort Campbell

Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located astride the Kentucky–Tennessee border between Hopkinsville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Tennessee (post address is located in Kentucky).

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Gary L. Harrell

Major General Gary Lynn Harrell (June 1, 1951 – February 14, 2023) was a United States Army general.

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Harare

Harare, formerly known as Salisbury, is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.

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Harvard College

Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

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Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Hopkinsville is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Christian County, Kentucky, United States.

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IMDb

IMDb (an acronym for Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews.

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Inchon (film)

Inchon (also stylized as Inchon!) is a 1981 war film about the Battle of Inchon, considered to be the turning point of the Korean War.

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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

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Iraq War

The Iraq War, sometimes called the Second Persian Gulf War, or Second Gulf War was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition that overthrew the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.

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John Wayne

Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), professionally known as John Wayne and nicknamed "the Duke", was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films which were produced during Hollywood's Golden Age, especially in Western and war movies.

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Jonathan Idema

Jonathan Keith "Jack" Idema (May 30, 1956January 21, 2012) was an American mercenary and former United States Army reserve non-commissioned officer, known for his vigilante activities during the War in Afghanistan.

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Kentucky Colonel

Kentucky Colonel is the highest title of honor bestowed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

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Korean War

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Robin Moore and Lyndon B. Johnson are American anti-communists.

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Major general

Major general is a military rank used in many countries.

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Max Mermelstein

Max Mermelstein (November 1, 1942 – September 12, 2008) was an American drug smuggler for the Medellín Cartel in the late 1970s and early 80s, who later became a key informant against the organization.

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Middlesex School

Middlesex School (informally known as MX) is a coeducational, independent, and non-sectarian boarding secondary school located in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

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Milt Machlin

Milt Machlin (June 26, 1924 – April 3, 2004) was an American journalist, author and adventurer.

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Northern Alliance

The Northern Alliance (ائتلاف شمال E'tilāf Šumāl or اتحاد شمال Ettehād Šumāl), officially known as the United Islamic National Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan (جبهه متحد اسلامی ملی برای نجات افغانستان Jabha-ye Muttahid-e Islāmī-ye Millī barāye Najāt-e Afğānistān), was a military alliance of groups that operated between early 1992 and 2001 following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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Nose gunner

A nose gunner or front gunner is a crewman on a military aircraft who operates a machine gun or autocannon turret in the front, or "nose", of the airplane.

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Random House

Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House.

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Rhodesia

Rhodesia (Rodizha), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979.

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Robert F. Kennedy

Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also known by his initials RFK, was an American politician and lawyer. Robin Moore and Robert F. Kennedy are military personnel from Massachusetts.

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Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003.

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Sheraton Hotels and Resorts

Sheraton Hotels and Resorts is an American international hotel chain owned by Marriott International.

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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Concord, Massachusetts)

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a rural cemetery located on Bedford Street near the center of Concord, Massachusetts.

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South Vietnam

South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; Việt Nam Cộng hòa; VNCH, République du Viêt Nam), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of the Cold War after the 1954 division of Vietnam.

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Special Forces Association

The Special Forces Association (SFA) is a non-profit fraternal organization for current and retired U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers, also known as "Green Berets." Established in 1964, the association is based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, with 84 chapters located in the United States as well as Panama, South Korea, Germany, Thailand, Philippines and Okinawa.

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Tales of the Green Beret

Tales of the Green Beret is an American comic strip created by the nonfiction author Robin Moore and artist Joe Kubert.

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Taliban

The Taliban (lit), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is an Afghan militant movement with an ideology comprising elements of Pashtun nationalism and the Deobandi movement of Islamic fundamentalism.

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Tax credit

A tax credit is a tax incentive which allows certain taxpayers to subtract the amount of the credit they have accrued from the total they owe the state.

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Tax evasion

Tax evasion is an illegal attempt to defeat the imposition of taxes by individuals, corporations, trusts, and others.

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Tax shelter

Tax shelters are any method of reducing taxable income resulting in a reduction of the payments to tax collecting entities, including state and federal governments.

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The Ballad of the Green Berets

"The Ballad of the Green Berets" is a 1966 patriotic song in the ballad style about the United States Army Special Forces.

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The French Connection (book)

The French Connection, also known as The French Connection: The World's Most Crucial Narcotics Investigation and The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy, is a nonfiction book by Robin Moore first published in 1969 about the notorious "French Connection" drug-trafficking scheme.

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The Green Berets (book)

The Green Berets is a book written by Robin Moore about the Green Berets during the Vietnam War.

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The Green Berets (film)

The Green Berets is a 1968 American war film directed by John Wayne and Ray Kellogg, and starring Wayne, David Janssen and Jim Hutton, based on the 1965 novel by Robin Moore.

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The Happy Hooker

The Happy Hooker: My Own Story is a best-selling memoir by Xaviera Hollander, a call girl, published in 1971.

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The Khaki Mafia

The Khaki Mafia is a novel about the Vietnam War by Robin Moore and June Collins, published by Crown in 1971.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).

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United States Army Special Forces

The United States Army Special Forces (SF), colloquially known as the "Green Berets" due to their distinctive service headgear, is the special operations branch of the United States Army.

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United States Army Special Forces in popular culture

Members of the U.S. Army Special Forces will emphatically assert that the "Green Beret" is a hat and not the man who wears it.

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United States Army Special Forces selection and training

The Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC) or, informally, the Q Course is the initial formal training program for entry into the United States Army Special Forces.

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United States Special Operations Command

The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM or SOCOM) is the unified combatant command charged with overseeing the various special operations component commands of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force of the United States Armed Forces.

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Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, is a doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia.

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Victor J. Hugo Jr.

Victor Joseph Hugo Jr. (28 May 1931 – 11 May 2020) was a major general in the United States Army.

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War on terror

The war on terror, officially the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), is a global counterterrorist military campaign initiated by the United States following the September 11 attacks and is the most recent global conflict spanning multiple wars.

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William P. Yarborough

Lieutenant General William Pelham Yarborough (May 12, 1912 – December 6, 2005) was a senior United States Army officer.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Xaviera Hollander

Xaviera Hollander (born 15 June 1943) is a Dutch former call girl, madam and author.

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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east.

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5th Special Forces Group (United States)

The 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (5th SFG (A), 5th Group) is one of the most decorated active duty United States Army Special Forces groups.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Moore

Also known as Robin L. Moore, Jr..

, Tax credit, Tax evasion, Tax shelter, The Ballad of the Green Berets, The French Connection (book), The Green Berets (book), The Green Berets (film), The Happy Hooker, The Khaki Mafia, United States Army Air Forces, United States Army Special Forces, United States Army Special Forces in popular culture, United States Army Special Forces selection and training, United States Special Operations Command, Uzbekistan, Victor J. Hugo Jr., War on terror, William P. Yarborough, World War II, Xaviera Hollander, Zimbabwe, 5th Special Forces Group (United States).

Robin Moore, the Glossary

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See also

Belmont Hill School alumni

Middlesex School alumni

Non-fiction writers about the French Connection

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