Imperial Life in the Emerald City: In...
Rajiv ChandrasekaranAn unprecedented account of life in Baghdad's Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of towering plants, posh villas, and sparkling swimming pools that was the headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq. The Washington Post's forme...
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On April 6th, 2003, twenty-six Green Berets, including those of Sergeant 1st Class Frank Antenori's Special Forces A-team (call sign Roughneck Nine-One), confronted a vastly superior force—one that included battle tanks and more tha...
The Gamble: General Petraeus and the ...
Thomas E. RicksThomas E. Rick's news-breaking follow up to the #1 New York Times bestseller Fiasco Now updated to fully document the inside story of the Iraq war since late 2005, The Gamble is the definitive account of the insurgency within the U.S...
None Left Behind: The 10th Mountain D...
Charles W. SasserA devastating ambush in Iraq, kidnapped soldiers, and the men who wouldn't leave their comrades behindThe 10th Mountain Division is known as the most deployed unit in the U.S. Army. Today, the War on Terror has drawn it to Afghanis...
Fiasco: The American Military Adventu...
Thomas E. RicksThe definitive military chronicle of the Iraq war and a searing judgment on the strategic blindness with which America has conducted it, drawing on the accounts of senior military officers giving voice to their anger for the first tim...
The Prisoner in His Palace: Saddam Hu...
Will BardenwerperIn the tradition of In Cold Blood and The Executioner's Song, this haunting, insightful, and surprisingly intimate portrait of Saddam Hussein provides "a brief, but powerful, meditation on the meaning of evil and power" (USA...
Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story o...
Donovan CampbellAfter graduating from Princeton, Donovan Campbell wanted to give back to his country, engage in the world, and learn to lead. So he joined the service, becoming a commander of a forty-man infantry platoon called Joker One. Campbell ha...
Zero Footprint: The True Story of a P...
Simon ChaseNATIONAL BESTSELLERA dramatic insider account of the world of private military contracting.Armored cars, burner phones, top-notch weaponry and top-secret missions--this is the life of today's private military contractor. Like author S...
"A revealing, real-life courtroom drama, reminiscent of A Few Good Men."--Hunter R. Clark, Director, International Law and Human Rights Program, Drake University Law School In 2007, U.S. Army Specialist Jorge G. Sandoval Jr. was charg...
Taking Baghdad: Victory in Iraq With ...
Aaron Michael GrantIf you only read one book on the Iraq invasion THIS IS IT!" -- Command Sergeant Major Dennis Woods, author of Black Flag JournalsTAKING BAGHDAD is one of the few histories of Operation Iraqi Freedom written by a Marine who actual...
Based on "Blood Brothers," the award-nominated series that ran in Army Times, this is the remarkable story of a courageous military unit that sacrificed their lives to change Adhamiya, Iraq from a lawless town where insurg...
Islamic State: The Coming Storm
III H. Edward PhillipsIslamic State: The Coming Storm is a critical analysis of the missteps made by the United States and Western Europe in managing and carrying out the war against radical Islam and the ramifications of our nation's failure to act in a m...
The Long Road Home (TV Tie-In): A Sto...
Martha RaddatzNOW A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MINISERIES EVENTABC News' Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz shares remarkable tales of heroism, hope, and heartbreak in her account of "Black Sunday"—a battle during one of the dea...
Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished L...
Jim SheelerBased on Sheeler's Pulitzer Prize-winning story, 'Final Salute' is a stunning tribute to the brave troops who have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to the families who continue to mourn them.
The Mirror Test: America at War in Ir...
Kael WestonA New York Times Editors' ChoiceA Military Times Best Book of the YearJ. Kael Weston spent seven years on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan working for the U.S. State Department. Upon returning home, traveling throughout the United...