Tag Archives: Military/General
My War Gone By, I Miss It So
by Anthony LoydAnthony Loyd’s gripping depiction of the depravity of war in Bosnia and Chechnya “places him into the great tradition of Hemingway, Caputo, and Michael…
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…
