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Modern Warfare |
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| Fiction |
Sunrise
Over Fallujah by
Walter Dean Myers (F MYE)
Robin Perry, from Harlem, is sent to Iraq in 2003 as a member of
the Civilian Affairs Battalion, and his time there profoundly
changes him. |
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Purple
Heart
by Patricia McCormick (F MCC)
While recuperating in a Baghdad hospital from a traumatic brain
injury sustained during the Iraq War, eighteen-year-old soldier Matt
Duffy struggles to recall what happened to him and how it relates to
his ten-year-old friend, Ali. |
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Rogue
Forces by Dale Brown (F BRO)
When the new U.S. president vows to start pulling forces forces out
of Iraq immediately, a retired Air Force lieutenant general and
ex-president who have both entered the world of military contracting
embark on their own initiative to handle a new conflict involving an
attack on northern Iraq by Kurdish nationalists. |
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| Nonfiction |
Apache:
Inside the Cockpit of the World's Most Deadly Fighting Machine
by Ed Macy (623.74
MAC)
A cross between "Black Hawk Down" and "One Bullet Away," Apache
tells the fascinating story of the deadliest, most technologically
advanced fighting machine: the Apache helicopter. The author
describes his experiences in Afghanistan as a weapons officer flying
the Apache helicopter, his orders to go to the notorious Helmand
Province, one of the strongholds of the Taliban, and their
determination to bring home one of their own who was reported as
missing. |
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Joker
One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and
Brotherhood by
Donovan Campbell (956.7044
CAM)
A memoir covering the author's decision to join the Marines and
attend Marine Corps Officer Candidate School, which led to his role
as commander of a forty-man infantry platoon in Iraq, where he
fought insurgents and bonded with the men in his unit. |
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Ghosts
of War: The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI by
Ryan Smithson (956.7044 SMI)
Ryan Smithson recounts the experiences he had serving his first tour
of duty as an Army engineer in Iraq when he was only nineteen. |
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Lone
Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost
Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell (958.104
LUT)
American Navy SEAL and team leader Marcus Luttrell tells his story
of the loss of his teammates in July 2005 along the mountainous
Afghanistan-Pakistan border to al-Qaida insurgents. |
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Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles by
Anthony Swofford (956.7044 SWO)
Anthony Swofford's Jarhead is the first Gulf War memoir by a
frontline infantry marine, and it is a searing, unforgettable
narrative. When the marines -- or "jarheads," as they call
themselves -- were sent in 1990 to Saudi Arabia to fight the Iraqis,
Swofford was there, with a hundred-pound pack on his shoulders and a
sniper's rifle in his hands. Swofford weaves this experience of war
with vivid accounts of boot camp (which included physical abuse by
his drill instructor), reflections on the mythos of the marines, and
remembrances of battles with friends and family. |
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Inside
Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit by
Eric Haney (B
HAN)
Eric Haney, one of the founding members of Delta Force, provides an
inside look at the elite counterterrorist unit, explaining the
process by which men are selected for the unit, and telling of his
personal experiences with Delta Force in Beirut, Tehran, Honduras,
and other hot spots throughout the world. |
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Shadow
Warriors: Inside the Special Forces by
Tom Clancy (356 CLA)
Carl Stiner-the second commander of SOCOM, the U.S. Special
Operations Command-and Tom Clancy trace the transformation of the
Special Forces from the small core of outsiders of the 1950s,
through the cauldron of Vietnam, to the rebirth of the SF in the
late 1980s and 1990s, and on into the new century as the bearer of
the largest, most mixed, and most complex set of missions in the
U.S. military. These are the first-hand accounts of soldiers
fighting outside the lines: counterterrorism, raids, hostage
rescues, reconnaissance, counterinsurgency, and psychological
operations-from Vietnam and Laos to Lebanon to Panama, to Saudi
Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq, to the new wars of today. |
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Kill
Bin Laden: A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the
World's Most Wanted Man
by
Dalton Fury (B
DAL)
Provides a detailed account of the mission to kill Osama bin Laden,
a task assigned to Delta Force, America's supersecret
counterterrosit unit,with the assistance of members of the British
Queen's elite commandos, the Green Berets, and CIA operatives, and
looks at how and why their efforts failed. |
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Long
Rifle: One Man's Deadly Sniper Missions in Iraq and Afghanistan by
Joe LeBleu (956.7044
LEB)
A memoir of the author's reenlistment in the U.S. Army after the
attacks on September 11, 2001, covering his time as a sniper team
leader in the mountains of Afghanistan before returning home and
serving as an advisor for a major motion picture. |
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My War:
Killing Time in Iraq by
Colby Buzzell (956.7044
BUZ)
Presents the author's first-hand account of his tour of duty with
the Army in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. |
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Where
Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by
Jon Krakauer (796.332
KRA)
Presents a biographical discussion of professional football player Pat Tillman, covering the true
events and actions surrounding the death of this U.S. Army soldier by
friendly fire in Afghanistan in 2004, and examines the
misrepresentation of his story by the Bush administration before the
truth was revealed. |
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