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Mr. Galloway Goes To Washington by George Galloway Publisher Comments A lively, rousing account from the Briton who took DC by storm. "As a matter of fact, I have met Saddam Hussein exactly the same number of times as Donald Rumsfeld. The difference is Donald Rumsfeld met him to sell him guns and to give him maps the... (read more) List Price $13.50 Your price: $1.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah by Bing West Publisher Comments “There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.” ——General Dwight D. Eisenhower For months author F. J. “Bing” West lived among the Marines who besieged the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, and interviewed... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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A War Against Truth: An Intimate Account of the Invasion of Iraq by Paul Willia Roberts Publisher Comments An acclaimed journalist who has covered the Middle East for decades ? and one of the few to have interviewed Saddam Hussein ? Paul William Roberts knows Iraq better than most. This is his exposé of the politics behind the recent war ? and the brutal... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army by Kayla Williams Publisher Comments "A woman soldier has to toughen herself up" writes Kayla Williams in this fiercely honest account of what it's like to be part of the female 15% of today's Army. "Not just for the enemy, for battle, for death. I mean to toughen herself to spend months... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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My War: Killing Time in Iraq by Colby Buzzell Publisher Comments A raw, edgy, yet intimate new voice from the front lines in Iraq-the most authentic we have had yet from the war, heralding this generation's Catch-22. Like many of his generation, Colby Buzzell was jumping from one dead-end job to another, a... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib by Seymour M Hersh Publisher Comments Since September 11, 2001, Seymour M. Hersh has riveted readers -- and outraged the Bush Administration -- with his explosive stories in The New Yorker, including his headline-making pieces on the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Now, Hersh brings... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground by Robert D Kaplan Publisher Comments In this landmark book, Robert D. Kaplan, veteran correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly and author of Balkan Ghosts, shows how American imperialism and the Global War on Terrorism are implemented on the ground, mission by mission, in the most exotic... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq by Larry Jay Diamond Publisher Comments "Chilling--and often scathing--detail . . . Should be read by anyone interested in understanding why the United States' quick military victory has given way to an increasingly virulent insurgency."--The New York Times In the fall of 2003, Stanford... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq by George Packer Publisher Comments Named one of the Best Books of 2005 by The New York Times, The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, The New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Time,... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer by Nathaniel Fick Staff Pick Possibly unequaled in its detail and candor, One Bullet Away takes readers to the depths of Marine life, in peacetime and in war, all the while avoiding the clichés generally associated with military memoirs. Nathaniel Fick's bracing and... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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My Detachment: A Memoir by Tracy Kidder Staff Pick A notable addition to the literature of war, Kidder's aptly named memoir is a candid self-portrait of his coming of age during Vietnam. Looking back on the everyday reality of his year-long command of a small intelligence detachment, Kidder reflects on... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq by John F. Crawford Staff Pick John Crawford, like many others, joined the National Guard for college money, not to fight a war. Just short of graduating, he found himself called to active duty to serve in Baghdad during the Iraq invasion. A view of the war not portrayed on national... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Fall of Baghdad by Jon Lee Anderson Publisher Comments For every great historical event, there is seemingly always one reporter whose eyewitness accounts are infused with such power and literary impact that they become joined with the subject in our minds. Widely considered the on-the-ground authority by... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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War Reporting for Cowards by Chris Ayres Publisher Comments With the gonzo style of Hunter S. Thompson and the biting wit of P. J. O'Rourke, an unlikely reporter recounts how he got the opportunity of a lifetime — and ends up between Iraq and a hard place. Chris Ayres is a small-town boy, a hypochondriac,... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global by Fawaz A Gerges Publisher Comments 'Analyses the rift in the jihadist movement that led to the events of 9/11.'... (read more) List Price $32.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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