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NONFICTION
Released: June 7, 2011
A SOLDIER'S DREAM: CAPTAIN TRAVIS PATRIQUIN AND THE AWAKENING OF IRAQ
by William Doyle
"Impressive feats from an important soldier, but the book has the ring of an official military account."
The inspiring story of one soldier in Iraq in 2006 determined to make peace with warring tribal factions. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 6, 2011
WHAT IT IS LIKE TO GO TO WAR
by Karl Marlantes
"A valiant effort to explain and make peace with war's awesome consequences for human beings."
A manual for soldiers or anyone interested in what can happen to mind, body and spirit in the extreme circumstances of war. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 24, 2012
ALL IN: THE EDUCATION OF GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS
by Paula Broadwell, Vernon Loeb
"The narrative is difficult to track because of shifting time elements and sporadic sections of battleground details, but Broadwell provides a first-rate education about the modern American military for outsiders."
A semi-authorized biography of Army Gen. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: April 1, 2012
Kirkus Star NIGHTCAP AT DAWN: AMERICAN SOLDIERS' COUNTERINSURGENCY IN IRAQ
by J.B. Walker
"A bracing cooperative effort taking readers as close to war as humanly possible."
Iraq war experiences from those who were there. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: May 1, 2012
THOSE WHO HAVE BORNE THE BATTLE: A HISTORY OF AMERICA'S WARS AND THOSE WHO FOUGHT THEM
by James Wright
"An astute view of America's enthusiastic but often-unrealistic attitude toward those who fight its wars."
Despite the title this is not a battle history but a thoughtful account of how America treats its soldiers. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: May 8, 2012
SERVICE: A NAVY SEAL AT WAR
by Marcus Luttrell, James D. Hornfischer
"An action-packed, occasionally reflective saga of contemporary military service."
A Navy combat veteran showcases the deadly operations in Iraq, promoting American military duty as ennobling in the service of humanity. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: May 8, 2012
BASIC: SURVIVING BOOT CAMP AND BASIC TRAINING
by Jack Jacobs, David Fisher
"Will appeal mostly to readers considering a career in the military or veterans wondering if their memories exaggerate the intense eccentricity of the experience."
Anecdotal overview of basic training, the great social leveler of military service. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: May 8, 2012
COUNTING THE DAYS: POWS, INTERNEES, AND STRAGGLERS OF WORLD WAR II IN THE PACIFIC
by Craig B. Smith
"Readers can take comfort knowing that all six subjects survived, perhaps the only good news in these gripping though mostly painful stories about one of the many grim aspects of WWII."
A retired engineer who has taken up writing delivers fascinating accounts of six Japanese and Americans who passed the war in enemy hands. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: May 22, 2012
Kirkus Star THE LAST FULL MEASURE: HOW SOLDIERS DIE IN BATTLE
by Michael Stephenson
"A first-rate addition to the military history canon."
A military history about the central fact of all wars: death in battle. Read full book review >