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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
by Diane Ackerman  
Powells.com Staff Pick Ackerman's bestselling books, including A Natural History of the Senses and An Alchemy of Mind, are illuminating windows into the human condition, and are distinguished not only by Ackerman's graceful and exuberant prose but by her inclusion of her own...
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Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
by Ian W. Toll
Powells.com Staff Pick The birth of the U.S. Navy and its coming-of-age engagements are the subject of this richly told and intriguing history. More than a maritime account, this action-filled read skillfully relates the struggles of our country in its infancy. Recommended...
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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
by Chris Hedges
Powells.com Staff Pick "War is seductive," Hedges tells readers in this powerful and intelligent book. Throughout our history, it has appealed to the human mind by providing a false sense of purpose and the opportunity to rise above everyday life. Using examples from his...
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The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq
by John R. Crawford
Powells.com 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...
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1776
by David McCullough
Powells.com Staff Pick Staying in the territory of his acclaimed epic biography John Adams, David McCullough follows George Washington and the Continental Army through the tumultuous first year of war. An exceptional narrative historian, McCullough vividly examines the...
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Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone (Vintage)
by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Powells.com Staff Pick Not to be lost amid the many books on Iraq, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, former Baghdad bureau chief for the Washington Post, gives us a fascinating look at what life inside the Green Zone was like in the first year of post-Saddam Iraq. Here Chandrasekaran’s...
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Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945
by Max Hastings
Powells.com Staff Pick A meticulous, unprecedented account of the final year of WWII. History buffs beware: your time is not your own once Armageddon is in your hands. Recommended by Josephine...
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Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
by Anthony Swofford
Powells.com Staff Pick Excruciatingly direct and exceedingly well written, Anthony Swofford's memoir of Marine Corps life during the 1991 Gulf War is one of the most articulate, unflinching portrayals of military service the public has ever seen. "The individual soldier has...
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Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
by Robert Kurson
Powells.com Staff Pick Readers energized by the suspense and adventure of The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air will be captivated by this remarkable account of wreck diving and discovery. Interweaving the excitement of locating a previously undiscovered WWII German...
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Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
by Thomas E Ricks
Powells.com Staff Pick A book so timely, it should be required reading. Hardly a polemic, this detailed and well-researched book succinctly explains how we got into this war and how each touchpoint has been bungled along the way. Recommended by Ted...
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An Army at Dawn
by Rick Atkinson
Powells.com Staff Pick An Army at Dawn is a superbly written book on the Northern African campaign of World War II. This is a wonderful history of some of the first campaigns of the war; Atkinson maintains a balanced focus on everyone involved, from the generals down to the...
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Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point
by David Lipsky
Powells.com Staff Pick "David Lipsky spent four years at West Point with cadets and officers to learn about the teenagers who seek a university education provided by the U.S. Army. But Absolutely American doesn't aim to decide whether America should be engaged in foreign wars...
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Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the last Mysteries of World War II
by Robert Kurson
Powells.com Staff Pick Readers energized by the suspense and adventure of The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air will be captivated by this remarkable account of wreck diving and discovery. Interweaving the excitement of locating a previously undiscovered WWII German...
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Armageddon (05 Edition)
by Max Hastings
Powells.com Staff Pick A meticulous, unprecedented account of the final year of WWII. History buffs beware: your time is not your own once Armageddon is in your hands. Recommended by Josephine...
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One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
by Nathaniel Fick
Powells.com 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...
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My Detachment: A Memoir
by Tracy Kidder
Powells.com 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...
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The Men Who Stare at Goats
by Jon Ronson
Powells.com Staff Pick Military secrets are hard to come by, but when they reveal plans as bizarre as those of the U.S. Army's First Earth Battalion, just be grateful that Jon Ronson is doing the digging. His last book, Them, revealed Ronson to be an expert at revealing the...
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The Cat from Hué
by John Laurence
Powells.com Staff Pick An absorbing memoir by a CBS Vietnam War correspondent, Laurence's honest and articulate writing took me right to the front lines, revealing much of the confusion, terror and excitement. His on-the-ground point of view describes the day-to-day life of...
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Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
by Anthony Swofford
Powells.com Staff Pick Excruciatingly direct and exceedingly well written, Anthony Swofford's memoir of Marine Corps life during the 1991 Gulf War is one of the most articulate, unflinching portrayals of military service the public has ever seen. "The individual soldier has...
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On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of World War II
by Jack Hamann
Powells.com Staff Pick Returning to a forgotten incident in local WWII history, Jack Hamann reintroduces the story of a horrible injustice influenced by the racial prejudices of the American prosecution. Skillfully told, this gripping work of military history couldn?t come at...
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