My War: Killing Time in Iraq
5 best books like My War: Killing Time in Iraq (Colby Buzzell): Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles, Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills, Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan, Making the Corps
Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
Another nameless town, another target for First Recon. It's only five in the afternoon, but a sandtorm has plunged everything into a hellish twilight of murky, red dust. On rooftops, in alleyways lurk militiamen with machine guns, AK rifles and the odd rocket-propelled grenade. Artillery bombardment...
Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
| Author | Anthony Swofford |
| ISBN | 0743287215 |
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...
Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills
| Author | Charles Henderson |
| ISBN | 0425181650 |
This is an incredibly whitewashed, essentially jingoistic quasi-novel rather than a genuine biography. In the preface, the author freely admits that he ”took the liberty of inventing dialogue for Hathcock’s North Vietnamese and Viet Cong opponents.” He also invents their thoughts, and,...
Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan
Former Army officer Parnell and collaborator Bruning (Shadow of the Sword) reprise Parnell’s 16 months as an infantry platoon leader in Afghanistan in this heartfelt memoir. In 2006, Parnell and his 10th Mountain Division platoon, the self-styled Outlaws, arrived in Afghanistan’s Bermel...
| Author | Thomas E. Ricks |
| ISBN | 0684848171 |
The bestselling, compelling insider’s account of the Marine Corps from the lives of the men of Platoon 3086—their training at Parris Island, their fierce camaraderie, and the unique code of honor that defines them.
The United States Marine Corps, with its proud tradition of excellence...
