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One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer by Nathaniel Fick Publisher Comments Fick unveils the process that makes Marine officers such legendary leaders and shares his hard-won insights into the differences between military ideals and military practice. In this deeply thoughtful account of what it's like to fight on today's front... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Soft Spots (09 Edition) by Clint Van Winkle Publisher Comments A powerful, haunting, provocative memoir of a Marine in Iraq—and his struggle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in a system trying to hide the damage done Marine Sergeant Clint Van Winkle flew to war on Valentines Day 2003. His battalion was among... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Dust to Dust: A Memoir by Benjamin Busch Publisher Comments Dust to Dust is an extraordinary memoir about ordinary things: life and death, peace and war, the adventures of childhood and the revelations of adulthood. Benjamin Busch—a decorated U.S. Marine Corps infantry officer who served two combat tours... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell Publisher Comments Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was to document the activity of an al Qaeda leader rumored to be very close to Bin Laden with a small... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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War by Sebastian Junger Staff Pick When the author of The Perfect Storm writes, "War is insanely exciting," you have to assume he knows what he's talking about. Sure enough, Junger's new book offers a thrilling account of the sustained adrenaline rush that is modern warfare, coupled with... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan by Sean Parnell Publisher Comments In combat, men measure up. Or don't. There are no second chances. In this vivid account of the U.S. Army's legendary 10th Mountain Division's heroic stand in the mountains of Afghanistan, Captain Sean Parnell shares an action-packed and highly emotional... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Good Soldiers by David Finkel Publisher Comments A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: THE NEW YORK TIMES CHICAGO TRIBUNE SLATE.COM THE BOSTON GLOBE THE KANSAS CITY STAR THE PLAIN DEALER (CLEVELAND) THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITORWINNER OF THE HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM It was the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Shade It Black: Death and After in Iraq by Jessica Goodell Staff Pick I first heard Jessica Goodell's haunting voice on NPR and immediately knew I had to read her book. Goodell served in the Marines in Iraq in the Mortuary Affairs Unit and was responsible for retrieving and organizing the remains and personal effects of... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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Generation Kill by Evan Wright Publisher Comments Visit HBO’s Generation Kill website here. The New York Times bestseller—"one of the best books to come out of the second Iraq war." (Financial Times) Within hours of 9/11, America's war on terrorism fell to those like the 23 Marines of the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer Publisher Comments This edition has been updated to reflect new developments and includes new material obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. Pat Tillman walked away from a multimillion-dollar NFL contract to join the Army and became an icon of post-9/11... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles by Anthony Swofford From Powells.com War is one of the few great literary topics. Since Homer immortalized the Trojan War 3,000 years ago, legions of writers have been glorifying, lamenting, dissecting, and parodying the soldier's life. So, can the world really bear yet another... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Mass Market
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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell Publisher Comments Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was to document the activity of an al Qaeda leader rumored to be very close to Bin Laden with a small... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent Into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death by Jim Frederick Publisher Comments This is the story of a small group of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division’s fabled 502nd Infantry Regiment—a unit known as “the Black Heart Brigade.” Deployed in late 2005 to Iraq’s so-called Triangle of Death, a... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Devil's Sandbox: With the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry at War in Iraq by John R. Bruning Publisher Comments It is well known that substantial numbers of the Army National Guard have been deployed to Iraq for extended tours of duty. Less appreciated is the fact that these National Guardsmen are primarily combat soldiers. The Devil’s Sandbox tells their... (read more) Your price: $23.95 New - Hardcover
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Last Journey: A Father and Son in Wartime by Darrell Griffin Publisher Comments A tribute to the 'great conversation' between a father and his son, an Iraq staff sergeant who died in combat.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Under the Gun in Iraq: My Year Training the Iraqi Police by Robert Cole Publisher Comments In this book, a retired California police officer hired by DynCorp as an international police trainer presents a vivid account of the challenges of training the Iraqis to handle their own security.... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the New Face of American War by Evan Wright Publisher Comments A powerhouse work of nonfiction, Generation Kill expands on Evan Wright's acclaimed three-part series that appeared in Rolling Stone during the summer of 2003. His narrative follows the twenty-three marines of First Recon who spearheaded the blitzkrieg... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Last Journey: A Father and Son in Wartime by Darrell Griffin, Sr. Publisher Comments Staff Sergeant Darrell "Skip" Griffin Jr. was killed in action on March 21, 2007, during his second tour of duty in Iraq. Prior to his death, Skip was writing a book tentatively titled The Great Conversation, an attempt to rationalize the destruction he... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Sutras of Abu Ghraib: Notes from a Conscientious Objector by Aidan Delgado Publisher Comments In chronicling the struggles of military life and the dehumanizing effects of war, former soldier Delgado examines the attitudes that make prisoner abuse possible and explores his own developing Buddhist beliefs against a brutal backdrop.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.98 Used - Hardcover
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Kill or Capture: How a Special Operations Task Force Took Down a Notorious Al Qaeda Terrorist by Matthew Alexander Publisher Comments The electrifying true story of the pursuit for the man behind al Qaedas suicide bombing campaign in Iraq Kill or Capture is a true-life thriller that tells the story of senior military interrogator Matthew Alexanders adrenalinefilled, “outside the... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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