Category: War

The classic war memoir, now a major Hollywood film, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Jake Gyllenhall and Jamie Foxx.Anthony Swofford's grandfather fought in WWII; his father fought in Vietnam; and he - a directionless, testosterone-battered teenager - became a scout/sniper in the marines and fought in the Gulf War. His account of that time is also part of a lineage - after Wilfred Owen, Norman Mailer, Michael Herr and Tim O'Brien, it brings the raw and searing tradition of soldiers' stories up to date.A harrowing yet inspiring portrait of a tormented consciousness struggling for recon... View more info

Surviving The Sword

By: Brian Macarthur

Price: $11.50

Publisher: Abacus: 2005

Seller ID: 0123647

ISBN: 0349119376

Condition: Good

During World War II, there were few fates that could befall a soldier so hellish as internment in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. To this day, many survivors-most of whom are in their eighties-still cannot talk about their experiences without unearthing terrible memories. Surviving the Sword gives voice to these tens of thousands of Allied POWs and offers us a powerful reminder of the terror and depravations of war and the resilience of the human spirit. In this important book, Brian MacArthur draws on the diaries of American, British, Dutch, and Australian Fepows (Far Eastern prisoners o... View more info

D-Day

By: Brigadier Peter Young

Price: $7.99

Publisher: Bison: 1981

Seller ID: 0107000

ISBN: 0861240340

Condition: Good

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The Fighters

By: C J Chivers

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: 2018

Seller ID: 0139523

ISBN: 1982109491

Condition: Very good

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Home of the Brave

By: Caspar W Weinberger

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Forge: 2007

Seller ID: 0125454

ISBN: 0765357038

Condition: Good

They are nineteen of the most highly decorated soldiers, sailors, pilots, and marines in the United States military, yet most Americans don't even know their names. In this riveting, intimate account, former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and Wynton C. Hall tell stories of jaw-dropping heroism and hope in Iraq and Afghanistan. Included are the amazing stories of: *Lieutenant Colonel Mark Mitchell, the Green Beret leader whose 15-man Special Forces team took 500 Al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners, and posthumously repatriated the body of the first American to die in combat in the War on... View more info

The Bridge At No Gun Ri

By: Charles J Hanley

Price: $11.98

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co: 2001

Seller ID: 0139763

ISBN: 0805071830

Condition: Good

In the fall of 1999, a team of Associated Press investigative reporters broke the news that U.S. troops had massacred a large group of South Korean civilians early in the Korean War. On the eve of that pivotal war's 50th anniversary, their reports brought to light a story that had been surpressed for decades, confirming allegations the U.S. military had sought to dismiss. It made headlines around the world. "In The Bridge at No Gun Ri," the team tells the larger, human story behind the incident through the eyes of the people who survived it. The American side, the green recruits of the "go... View more info