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Band of sisters : American women at war in Iraq
by Kirsten A. Holmstedt
Profiles twelve women soldiers who have served in the Iraq War, describing their experiences in the war, discussing the pressures of the job, and touching on the difficulties of being a woman in the military
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Bringing Mulligan home : the other side of the good war
by Dale Maharidge
After the death of his father, who held on to a black-and-white photograph of himself and another soldier--the only sign that he served in the war--a journalist embarks on a 12-year quest to understand his father's preoccupation with the photo, what had happened during the battle for Okinawa, and why his father had never talked about his war experiences.
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Code talker
by Chester Nez
A retired Marine and Navajo Indian describes his experiences as one of 29 top-secret code talkers during World War II and how his life growing up on the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo Reservation prepared him for his service. 30,000 first printing.
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Forgotten : the untold story of D-Day's Black heroes, at home and at war
by Linda Hervieux
Reveals the story of the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, discussing how the all Black battalion faced prejudice both at home and at war due to Jim Crow laws that made them second class citizens, and allowed their crucial contributions to the D-Day invasion go unnoticed
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The Hello Girls : America's first women soldiers
by Elizabeth Cobbs
In World War I, telephones linked commanding generals with soldiers in muddy trenches. A woman in uniform connected almost every one of their calls, speeding the orders that won the war. Like other soldiers, the "Hello Girls" swore the Army oath and stayed for the duration. A few were graduates of elite colleges. Most were ordinary, enterprising young women motivated by patriotism and adventure, eager to test their mettle and save the world.
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The Korean War : a history
by Bruce Cumings
A succinct account of the controversial war examines perspectives on both sides of the conflict while assessing its cultural contradictions and lasting influence, placing particular focus on the roles of McCarthyism and the media.
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Operation Homecoming : Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front, in the Words of U.s. Troops and Their Families
by Andrew Carroll
Written by U.S. troops and their families during the combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, a compilation of one hundred never-before-published letters, poems, memoirs, journals, e-mails, and stories offers a firsthand, front-line account of the conflict from the perspective of the soldiers who participated and the family members left at home. 75,000 first printing.
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Places and Names : On War, Revolution and Returning
by Elliot Ackerman
The decorated Marine and author of the National Book Award finalist, Dark at the Crossing, draws on five tours of duty to assess the nature of combat and the human cost of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria
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Red Platoon : a true story of American valor
by Clinton Romesha
A comprehensive account of the 13-hour firefight at the Battle of Keating by a Medal of Honor recipient describes the harrowing events of the October 3, 2009 attack and how the sacrifices and victories of heroic men raised questions about whether the strategically vulnerable outpost should ever have been built.
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Sacred duty : a soldier's tour at Arlington National Cemetery
by Tom Cotton
The conservative Arkansas senator presents an intimate and uplifting portrait of Arlington National Cemetery's Old Guard, in a historical memoir that draws on his tradition-inspired service as a unit platoon leader in wartime. 150,000 first printing.
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Thank you for your service
by David Finkel
"From a MacArthur Fellow and the author of The Good Soldiers, a profound look at life after war No journalist has reckoned with the psychology of war as intimately as David Finkel. In The Good Soldiers, his bestselling account from the front lines of Baghdad, Finkel shadowed the men of the 2-16 Infantry Battalion as they carried out the infamous surge, a grueling fifteen-month tour that changed all of them forever. Now Finkel has followed many of those same men as they've returned home and struggled to reintegrate--both into their family lives and into American society at large.
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Thirteen soldiers : a personal history of Americans at war
by John McCain
The coauthors of Faith of My Fathers present an evocative history of Americans at war through the personal accounts of 13 remarkable soldiers who fought in major military conflicts, from the Revolutionary War to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 150,000 first printing.
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Tribe : on homecoming and belonging
by Sebastian Junger
Explores the historical, psychological and anthropological roles of tribal societies to examine the human instinct to belong to small, purposeful groups and how regaining tribal connections may be essential to mental survival in the modern world. By the best-selling author of The Perfect Storm and War. 150,000 first printing.
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The Vietnam War : the definitive illustrated history
by Inc. Dorling Kindersley
An authoritative reference and full-color remembrance of the Vietnam War, produced in association with the Smithsonian Institution, looks back at one of the most complicated and haunting wars in U.S. history.
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