True war & combat stories books

Nothing had prepared them for the vicious cold of the desert winter, and after a blizzard and a desperate search...  Read More >>

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This engaging memoir relays the life story of a famed pilot who flew supersonic jets for the United States Air Force...  Read More >>

General Sir Richard Dannatt's distinguished career in the army has spanned thirty-eight years and seen him serve...  Read More >>

Operation Market Garden: a plan to capture the bridge over the Rhine at Arnhem and outflank the German front. As...  Read More >>

Gritty description of life and death on the front line in Afghanistan, by the bestselling author of BULLET MAGNET....  Read More >>

The name Gurkha is justly famed throughout the World for the soldierly qualities of the men that bear it. This historical...  Read More >>

Based on four interviews conducted by John T. Mason, Jr., from February 1975 through June 1975. The volume contains...  Read More >>

In photography and haiku, Jock Cobb recollects his service as a World War II ambulance driver in the Middle East,...  Read More >>

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From the author of The Perfect Storm, a gripping book about Sebastian Junger's almost fatal year with the 2nd battalion...  Read More >>

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Using original Republic photos, data, and artwork, the author reveals never-before-published information about the...  Read More >>

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Presents a soldier's understanding of the war in Helmand in the winter of 2008.  Read More >>

A collection of firsthand stories of the rare individuals who have been baptised by rocket fire, pushed beyond the...  Read More >>

""[A]moving commentary on the power of war to transform.""--Publishers Weekly  Read More >>

The true story of the cowboy who became a WWI ace and the first pilot to fly the American colors over enemy...  Read More >>

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE 2012. The inside story of one of the most notorious tours of duty of the current Afghan...  Read More >>

From the Boer War to the war in Vietnam, Bravest tells the story of 15 Australian war heroes and how they won the...  Read More >>

A fast-paced and thrilling account of Chris Hunter's career working as a counter-terrorist bomb disposal operator...  Read More >>

Navigating the Seven Seas is an account of the leadership experiences two high-achieving African-Americans in the...  Read More >>

The international bestselling story of one British soldier's brave choice to exchange places with a Jewish prisoner...  Read More >>

From the authors of the runaway hit Halsey's Typhoon comes this gripping, moment-by-moment account of the heroic...  Read More >>