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The Good Soldiers
David Finkel - Picador; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new strategy for Iraq. It became known as "the surge." Among those called to carry it out were the young, optimistic army infantry soldiers of the 2-16, the battalion nicknamed... |
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Hue 1968
Mark Bowden - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Book
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Not since his #1 New York Times bestseller Black Hawk Down has Mark Bowden written a book about a battle. His most ambitious work yet, Hue 1968 is the story of the centerpiece of the Tet Offensive and a turning point in the American War in Vietnam. By January... |
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Invisible Wounds
Jess Ruliffson - Fantagraphics Books
Format: Paperback
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Over the past five years, Jess Ruliffson has traveled across the country interviewing veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, from kitchen tables in Georgia and libraries in New York City to dive bars in Mississippi and back porches in Vermont. Ruliffson shares the stories of men,... |
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The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat
Bob Drury - Atlantic Monthly Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Book
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November 1950, the Korean Peninsula After General MacArthur ignores Maos warnings and pushes his UN forces deep into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 Chinese soldiers near the Chosin Reservoir. Their only... |
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The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows
Brian Castner - Doubleday; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Michael Herr’s Dispatches and works by such masters of the memoir as Mary Karr and Tobias Wolff, a powerful account of war and homecoming.Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them as the commander of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal... |
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A Rumor of War
Philip Caputo - Holt Paperbacks; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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The classic Vietnam memoir, as relevant today as it was almost thirty years ago. In March of 1965, Marine Lieutenent Philip J. Caputo landed at Da Nang with the first ground combat unit deployed to Vietnam. Sixteen months later, having served on the line in one of modern history's... |
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Thank You for Your Service
David Finkel - Farrar Straus & Giroux
Format: Book
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From a MacArthur Fellow and the author of The Good Soldiers, a profound look at life after warThe wars of the past decade have been covered by brave and talented reporters, but none has reckoned with the psychology of these wars as intimately as the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist... |
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Laura Hillenbrand - Random House Trade Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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In boyhood, Louis Zamperini was an incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager, he channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics. But when World War II began, the athlete became an airman, embarking on a journey that led to a doomed... |
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Voices from the Vietnam War: Stories from American, Asian, and Russian Veterans
Xiaobing Li - The University Press of Kentucky; 1 edition
Format: Book
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The Vietnam War's influence on politics, foreign policy, and subsequent military campaigns is the center of much debate and analysis. But the impact on veterans across the globe, as well as the war's effects on individual lives and communities, is a largely neglected issue.
As... |
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Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America's Bravest Warriors
James Patterson - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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The sacrifices of service are indescribable -- except by those who have made them. Their personal stories of battlefield life reveal: - The goal to "be ready every day, every single day," -- and how that can quickly descend into chaos. - The realization that every solider must... |
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