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Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill Staff Pick Enter the secretive world of the most powerful private army on the planet. Here Scahill exposes the disturbing story of Blackwater, a shadowy private company offering specialized military services for hire. A dark study of both the organization and the... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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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Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor / Hiroshima / 9-11 / Iraq by John W Dower Publisher Comments Over recent decades, John W. Dower, one of America’s preeminent historians, has addressed the roots and consequences of war from multiple perspectives. In War Without Mercy (1986), winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, he described and... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War by Anthony Shadid Publisher Comments Winner of the 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize A Washington Post Book World Top Five Nonfiction Book of the Year A Seattle Times Top Ten Best Book of the Year A New York Times Notable Book of the Year In 2003, The Washington Post's Anthony... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives by Jim Sheeler Publisher Comments They are the troops that nobody wants to see, carrying a message that no military family ever wants to hear. Since the start of the war in Iraq, Marines like Major Steve Beck found themselves charged with a mission they never asked for and one for which... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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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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No Surrender: A World War II Memoir by James J. Sheeran Publisher Comments No Surrender is the true story of an American WWII soldier who escaped a Nazi POW train and fought in the French Resistance, rivetingly told by the man himself. A paratrooper in the 101st Airborne, James Sheeran was just a kid when he floated into... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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A Soldier's Dream: Captain Travis Patriquin and the Awakening of Iraq by William Doyle Publisher Comments The incredible true story of a fallen American hero who was instrumental in turning the tide of violence in the Iraq War. Travis Patriquin, a young Special Forces officer, had already won a Bronze Star in Afghanistan before being transferred to Iraq. An... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.95 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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Aftermath (10 Edition) by Nir Rosen Publisher Comments Nir Rosen’s Aftermath, an extraordinary feat of reporting, follows the contagious spread of radicalism and sectarian violence that the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the ensuing civil war have unleashed in the Muslim world. Rosen—who the... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $18.00 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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Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood by Donovan Campbell Publisher Comments After graduating from Princeton, Donovan Campbell, motivated by his unwavering patriotism and commitment, decided to join the service, realizing that becoming a Marine officer would allow him to give back to his country, engage in the world, and learn to... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Why Do You Kill?: The Untold Story of the Iraqi Resistance by Jurgen Todenhofer Publisher Comments Jürgen Todenhöfer’s book sheds light on the other side of the story, reporting on how Iraqi people talk about the war when there are no heavily armed GIs in the vicinity, and when neither helicopters nor Humvees have been &ldquo... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lethal Warriors: When the New Band of Brothers Came Home by David Philipps Publisher Comments Pulitzer Prize finalist David Philipps brings to life the chilling story of how todays American heroes are slipping through the fingers of society—with multiple tours of duty and inadequate mental-health support creating a crisis of PTSD and a... (read more) Your price: $17.00 New - Trade Paper
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Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq by Kirsten Holmstedt Publisher Comments Now available in paperback Winner of the 2007 American Authors Association Golden Quill Award Winner of the 2007 Military Writers Society of America Founder's Award In Iraq, the front lines are everywhere - and everywhere in Iraq, no matter what their... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.50 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 $16.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Nightcap at Dawn: American Soldiers' Counterinsurgency in Iraq by J. B. Walker Publisher Comments A group of U.S. soldiers emailed their observations and experiences from Iraq and their candid opinions on fighting an insurgency. This book is the result. This startling collection of emails is a thoughtful and compelling narrative that carries the... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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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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