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25 Top Gifts for Your Soldier in the Gulf
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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell
Buy new: $14.61 / Used from: $5.99
4 Navy SEALs vs 150 Taliban. An unbelievable story of courage, comradeship, sacrifice and survival alone in the mountains of Afghanistan.
House to HouseHouse to House by David Bellavia
Buy new: $17.16 / Used from: $4.32
The battle for Fallujah as seen through the eyes of an Army squad leader.
Marines in the Garden of Eden: The Battle for An NasiriyahMarines in the Garden of Eden: The Battle for An Nasiriyah by Richard S. Lowry
Buy used from: $3.02
A behind the scenes look at the opening salvos at An Nasiriyah and the Jessica Lynch fiasco.
Adjust Fire: Transforming to Win in IraqAdjust Fire: Transforming to Win in Iraq by Michael A. Baumann
Buy new: $40.00 / Used from: $16.00
One year in the life of an artillery commander and his MLRS rocket battalion as they are asked to take on infantry duties in one of Baghdad's bloodiest neighborhoods.
America's Victories: Why the U.S. Wins Wars and Will Win the War on TerrorAmerica's Victories: Why the U.S. Wins Wars and Will Win the War on Terror by Larry Schweikart
Buy used from: $2.86
Inspirational stories about why we fight and how we have won. Unabashedly red, white and blue.
A Soldier's Promise: The Heroic True Story of an American Soldier and an Iraqi BoyA Soldier's Promise: The Heroic True Story of an American Soldier and an Iraqi Boy by First Sergeant Daniel Hendrex
Buy new: $25.00 / Used from: $0.01
An American soldier takes in an Iraqi boy who has nowhere to go when he turns in his Al-Queda father.
The Places In BetweenThe Places In Between by Rory Stewart
Buy new: $10.76 / Used from: $3.02
A close look at Afghani culture as a brain-dead Scotsman decides to take an unaccompanied tour of the war-torn country.
The Mammoth Book of Special Ops: The 40 Most Dangerous Special Operations of Modern Times (Mammoth Books)The Mammoth Book of Special Ops: The 40 Most Dangerous Special Operations of Modern Times (Mammoth Books)
Buy new: $11.92 / Used from: $2.86
The 40 most dangerous specops of modern times. Includes Blackhawk Down, Hunting Saddam and many more.
Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed KillsMarine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills by Charles Henderson
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $7.15
Timless. Sniper Tactics 101. Must-have reading for both the shooter and the target.
ChickenhawkChickenhawk by Robert Mason
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $6.05
Flying by the seat of your pants as a UH-1 Huey pilot in the fog of war that was Vietnam.
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang--The Battle That Changed the War in VietnamWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang--The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Harold G. Moore
Buy used from: $0.01
Story of the bloody baptism of Vietnam's 1st Air Cav Division during the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley.
Thud Ridge: F-105 Thunderchief missions over VietnamThud Ridge: F-105 Thunderchief missions over Vietnam by Jack Broughton
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $10.89
The Vietnam war from the fighter jocks who dropped the iron on the bad guys heads.
The Battle for the FalklandsThe Battle for the Falklands by Max Hastings & Simon Jenkins
Buy new: $17.95 / Used from: $0.79
See what the British had to go through fighting a war alone 1000s of miles from home.
50 Weapons That Changed Warfare50 Weapons That Changed Warfare by William Weir
Buy new: $18.24 / Used from: $8.95
From stirrups to the machine gun and beyond, see how nothing has changed in war except the tools.
The Big Red OneThe Big Red One by Samuel Fuller
Buy used from: $0.22
The magnificant saga of WWIIs incredible 1st Infantry Division.
A BRIDGE TOO FARA BRIDGE TOO FAR by RYAN CORNELIUS
Buy used from: $4.95
The 82nd Airborne gets stranded behind enemy lines during Operation Market Garden in WWII.
The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-DayThe Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day by Cornelius Ryan
Buy used from: $3.13
The bestest account of D-Day ever.
The Red Badge of CourageThe Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Buy new: $3.99 / Used from: $0.65
A civil war conscript deserts but later comes back a hero. Unflinching look at the hardships of war taken from the trench level.
Sherman Invades Georgia: Planning the North Georgia Campaign Using a Modern PerspectiveSherman Invades Georgia: Planning the North Georgia Campaign Using a Modern Perspective by John R. Scales
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $7.92
A top-down description of Gen. William Techumseh Sherman's conquest of Dalton, Georgia in easy to understand terms and descriptions.
The Christian Attitude Toward WarThe Christian Attitude Toward War by Loraine Boettner
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.14
An examination of the morals and ethics that conflict all soldier's minds when entering a combat zone.
Red Storm RisingRed Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
Buy used from: $0.01
The first of the war-thriller genre depicting America in a forehead-to-forehead global smackdown against the world.
Team YankeeTeam Yankee by Harold Coyle
Buy used from: $0.01
More WWIII armor action across the Fulda Gap.
The Third World War, August 1985: a Future HistoryThe Third World War, August 1985: a Future History by Sir John Winthrop Hackett; et al.
Buy used from: $1.51
The Russians overtake NATO in this depiction of WWIII through the turret basket of an M1 Abrams.
Foreign and Domestic: Campaign II--Battle for the Middle StatesForeign and Domestic: Campaign II--Battle for the Middle States by Michael Mannske
Buy new: $20.99 / Used from: $2.12
A ragtag army of patriots fight the French and Germans on US soil in this futuristic tale of the UN invasion of America. Finally, a war you can fight without leaving home!
Toby Keith - Unleashed (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook)Toby Keith - Unleashed (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) by Toby Keith
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $6.92
Sorry, it's not a book. But this list wouldn't be complete without the Voice of the Patriot. Contains "Beer for my Horses" as well as Keith's hallmark response to the 9/11 attacks, "The Angry American."