 | House to House by David Bellavia
Buy new: $17.16 / Used from: $4.33 I read this book in a matter of hours. It's pretty amazing stuff. The bloody Fallujah campaign up close and personal.
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 | No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah by Bing West
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $6.11 True story of Fallujah. Gritty street fighting against Al-Qaeda/Baathist insurgency (a valuable corrective to the Al-Jazeera lies and propaganda).
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 | We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah by Patrick K. O'Donnell
Buy used from: $4.95 Another first hand account of the Marines taking Fallujah.
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 | The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the United States Marines by Bing West
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $2.50 The liberation of Iraq by the 1st Marine Division in 2003. Another great boots-on-the-ground Bing West book.
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 | Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War by Richard Holmes
Buy used from: $9.68 The British experience in Southern Iraq. Easily the best volume written.
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 | Eight Lives Down by Chris Hunter
Buy used from: $5.00 One of the best books I've read this year.
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 | Barefoot Soldier: A Story of Extreme Valour by Johnson Beharry VC
Buy new: $11.86 / Used from: $0.02 Remarkable story by a remarkable young man.
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 | Squaddie: A Soldier's Story by Steven McLaughlin
Buy new: $22.95 / Used from: $9.20 Brilliant description and picture of soldier's life - but its politics and foreign policy views are absurdly left-wing and naive.
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 | Soldier: The Autobiography by Mike Jackson
Buy used from: $0.16 Superb memoir by an honest, honourable and admirable British patriot.
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 | Rules of Engagement by Tim Collins
Buy used from: $0.02 Another great memoir by one of the most respected and admired men in Britain today.
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 | Eye of the Storm: 25 Years in Action With the Sas by Peter Ratcliffe
Buy used from: $4.87 SAS hero Ratcliffe tells the truth about the First Gulf War, and blows the lid on the nonsense of "McNab" "Spence" and "Ryan". Feet firmly on the ground.
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 | Commando by Chris Terrill
Buy new: $27.95 / Used from: $10.10 If you enjoyed the TV series, then you'll love this. Much more detail and more personal -- terrific book.
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 | 3 COMMANDO BRIGADE IN THE FALKLANDS: No Picnic (Pen & Sword Military) by Julian Thompson
Buy used from: $19.18 A classic. Major General Julian Thompson was Commander of 3 Commando Brigade in the Falklands.
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 | Goose Green: A Battle is Fought to be Won (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Mark Adkin
Buy used from: $2.55 First, longest and hardest battle in the Falklands.
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 | H.Jones VC: The Life and Death of an Unusual Hero by Wilsey, John by John Wilsey
Buy used from: $1.69 Biography of a war hero.
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 | Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.01 A classic (and the film was not bad too).
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 | We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - the Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Harold G. Moore
Buy new: $9.50 / Used from: $5.24 The best book ever written about Vietnam. What it was really like (contrary to all the liberal Hollywood BS).
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 | Hard Corps: From Gangster to Marine Hero by Marco Martinez
Buy used from: $3.18 Recent memoir from Iraq veteran. It is really raw and opinionated stuff.
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 | One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer by Nathaniel C. Fick
Buy new: $9.72 / Used from: $2.24 Great book. Read it alongside "Generation Kill".
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 | Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War by Evan Wright
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.02 A must read with the above volume. Superb.
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 | Imperial Grunts: On the Ground with the American Military, from Mongolia to the Philippines to Iraq and Beyond by Robert D. Kaplan
Buy new: $8.78 / Used from: $2.23 A classic boot-on-the-ground look at the US military. Kaplan is great writer.
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 | Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts: The American Military in the Air, at Sea, and on the Ground by Robert D. Kaplan
Buy used from: $0.18 Last years superb follow-up to "Imperial Grunts". This is the real US Military and 9/11 generation -- not the vulgar Hollywood liberal/left caricature and portrayal.
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 | Warrior: A Visual History of the Fighting Man by R. G. Grant
Buy used from: $18.00 Comprehensive history of a warrior's life. Great pictures and details.
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