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

The Padre

By: Barry D Rowland

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Amethyst: 1982

Seller ID: 0142976

ISBN: 092047425X

Condition: Good

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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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The Deserters

By: Charles Glass

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Penguin: 2014

Seller ID: 0143610

ISBN: 0143125486

Condition: Good

" A]n impressive achievement: a boot-level take on the conflict that is fresh without being cynically revisionist." --"The New Republic" A groundbreaking history of ordinary soldiers struggling on the front lines, "The Deserters" offers a completely new perspective on the Second World War. Charles Glass--renowned journalist and author of the critically acclaimed "Americans in Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation"--delves deep into army archives, personal diaries, court-martial records, and self-published memoirs to produce this dramatic and heartbreaking portrait of men overlooked ... 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