The Chosen Few: A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan
By: Gregg Zoroya
3.92
Format: 98 pages,
In a Band of Brothers-like narrative, the never-before-told story of one of the Afghanistan war's m…
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1. No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
By: Mark Owen , Kevin Maurer
4.02
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
From the streets of Iraq to the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean, and from th… read more
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"Just get to lunch,"-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
"There is no honor in sending men to die for something you won't even fight for yourself"-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
"I had no idea if the photos [of Osama bin Laden's dead body] would ever be made public, and I didn't care."-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
"Before I left, I noticed a shelf that ran above the door. It was just above where he [bin Laden] was standing when we got to the third deck. I slid my hand up and felt two guns, which urned out to be…"-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
2. The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior
By: None , Robert O'Neill
4.42
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Stirringly evocative, thought-provoking, and often jaw-dropping, The Operator ranges across SEAL T… read more
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"The troop commander's name was Rich...[and] he was one of the best leaders I've ever known. His motto, which I've stolen from him, is, 'Nobody ever worked for me. They worked with me."-None, The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior
"...the daily morning muster began beneath a sign that said, 'Are you ready for war today? You should be.' SEALs hadn't fired a shot in anger for years. But nobody ever admitted that around civilians,…"-None, The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior
3. The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan
By: Eric Blehm , None
4.31
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Eric Blehm, author of the award-winning The Last Season, is back with another true adventure story,… read more
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4. The Forgotten Soldier
By: Guy Sajer
4.38
Format: 465 pages, Paperback
Forgotten Soldier recounts the horror of World War II on the eastern front, as seen through the ey… read more
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"The problems I had existed before I did, and I discovered them."-Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier
"No time to spare: the expression assumed its full significance, as so many expressions do in wartime."-Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier
"Then there was the war, and I married it because there was nothing else when I reached the age of falling in love."-Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier
"And I can remember a tear running down my frozen cheek—a tear neither of pain nor of joy but of emotion created by intense experience."-Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier
5. Not A Good Day To Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda
By: Sean Naylor
4.15
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
At dawn on March 2, 2002, the first major battle of the 21st Century began. Over 200 soldiers of th… read more
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6. Matterhorn
By: Karl Marlantes
3.30
Format: 107 pages,
A big, powerful saga of men in combat, written over the course of thirty-five years by a highly dec… read more
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7. SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper
By: Howard E. Wasdin , Stephen Templin
3.77
Format: 67 pages,
The New York Times best selling book that takes you inside SEAL Team Six - the covert squad that ki… read more
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8. 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi
By: Mitchell Zuckoff
3.44
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
The harrowing, true account from the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of B… read more
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9. The Chosen Few: A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan
By: Gregg Zoroya
3.92
Format: 98 pages,
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10. The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor
By: Jake Tapper
2.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
At 6:00 a.m. on the morning of October 3, 2009, Combat Outpost Keating was viciously attacked by Ta… read more
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11. Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit
By: Eric L. Haney
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
Now the inspiration for the CBS Television drama, "The Unit." Delta Force. They are the U.S. Army's… read more
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12. War
By: Sebastian Junger
4.01
Format: 217 pages, Hardcover
In his breakout bestseller, The Perfect Storm,Sebastian Junger created "a wild ride that brilliantl… read more
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13. Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor
By: Clinton Romesha
3.97
Format: 179 pages, Hardcover
The only comprehensive, firsthand account of the thirteen hour firefight at the Battle of Keating b… read more
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14. Lions of Kandahar: The Story of a Fight Against All Odds
By: Kevin Maurer , None
4.36
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
One of the most critical battles of the Afghan War is now revealed as never before.Lions of Kandaha… read more
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15. We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
By: Harold G. Moore , Joseph L. Galloway
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both releva… read more
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16. House to House: An Epic Memoir of War
By: John R. Bruning , David Bellavia
3.92
Format: None pages,
One of the great heroes of the Iraq War, Staff Sergeant David Bellavia captures the brutal action a… read more
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17. Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan
By: Sean Parnell , John R. Bruning , Sean Parnell
4.40
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
Former Army officer Parnell and collaborator Bruning (Shadow of the Sword) reprise Parnell’s 16 mon… read more
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18. Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
By: Dakota Meyer , None
4.19
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
“The story of what Dakota did . . . will be told for generations.” — President Barack Obama, from r… read more
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19. Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force
By: Dan Schilling
4.30
Format: 333 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling true account of John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient and Special O… read more
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20. Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists
By: Bill O'Reilly
4.19
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In the eleventh book in the multimillion-selling Killing series, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard re… read more
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21. On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle
By: Hampton Sides
4.57
Format: 394 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and In the Kingdom of Ice, a chronicle… read more
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