Tag Archives: Military/General
Killing Pablo
by Mark Bowden“The story of how U.S. Army Intelligence and Delta Force commandos helped Colombian police track down and kill Pablo Escobar. . . . A…
Honorable Treachery
by G. J. A. O'TooleA reissue of the first comprehensive history of American intelligence, espionage, and covert action—a book poised to capture a new audience in the wake…
The Hidden War
by Artyom Borovik“[A] remarkable book . . . Borovik manages to convey an intimate sense of the war in Afghanistan with the novelist’s eye for the…
The Dressing Station
by Jonathan Kaplan‘refreshingly unsentimental . . . His descriptions of surgery are unflinching. . . . Kaplan gives us a remarkable self-portrait of the war junkie….
The Deserter’s Tale
by Joshua Key“Destined to become part of the literature of the Iraq war . . . Key’s clear voice rings out . . . with anguish…
Contact Wounds
by Jonathan KaplanFrom the author of the critically acclaimed New York Times Notable Book, The Dressing Station, comes an electrifying memoir of a doctor’s education in…
Charlie Wilson’s War
by George Crile“Americans often ask: ‘Where have all the heroes gone?’ Well a lot of them come roaring through in this tour de force of reporting…
Black Hawk Down
by Mark Bowden“Amazing . . . One of the most intense, visceral reading experiences imaginable. . . . The individual stories are woven together in such…
Barrow’s Boys
by Fergus Fleming“An engrossing and moving story of high endeavour and frustrated hope. . . . Get hold of this book and read it.” –Barry Unsworth,…
