The Veteran's Bookstore
House to House
by David Bellavia , John Bruning.
On the night of November 10, 2004, a U.S. Army infantry
squad under Staff Sergeant David Bellavia entered the heart
of the city of Fallujah and plunged into one of the most
sustained and savage urban battles in the history of
American men at arms.
A timeless portrait of the U.S. infantryman's courage,
House to House is a soldier's memoir that is destined to
rank with the finest personal accounts of men at war.
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McCoy's Marines: Darkside to Baghdad
by John Koopman.
They were the soldiers who pulled down the statue of Saddam Hussein — the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, led by Lt. Col. Bryan P. McCoy (radio call sign: Darkside). And this is the story of their war, seen from the inside by the reporter they called Paperboy. From the build-up in Kuwait to the first push into Basra, from the briefings to the heat of battles planned or stumbled upon, San Francisco Chronicle reporter John Koopman captures the war in Iraq as it was lived, fought, and felt. |
Ambush Alley : The Most Extraordinary Battle of
the Iraq War
by Tim Pritchard.
March 23, 2003: U.S. Marines from the Task Force
Tarawa are caught up in one of the most
unexpected battles of the Iraq War. What started
off as a routine maneuver to secure two key
bridges in the town of Nasiriyah in southern
Iraq degenerated into a nightmarish
twenty-four-hour urban clash in which eighteen
young Marines lost their lives and more than
thirty-five others were wounded.
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No True Glory : A Frontline Account of the
Battle for Fallujah
by Bing West
Fallujah: Iraq’s most dangerous city
unexpectedly emerged as the major battleground
of the Iraqi insurgency. For twenty months, one
American battalion after another tried to quell
the violence, culminating in a bloody,
full-scale assault. Victory came at a terrible
price: 151 Americans and thousands of Iraqis
were left dead.
The epic battle for Fallujah revealed the
startling connections between policy and combat
that are a part of the new reality of war.
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 Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
by Evan Wright.
In the tradition of Black Hawk Down andJarhead comes a searing portrait of young men fighting a modern-day war.
A powerhouse work of nonfiction, his narrative follows the twenty-three marines of First Recon who spearheaded the blitzkrieg on Iraq. This elite unit, nicknamed "First Suicide Battalion," searched out enemy fighters by racing ahead of American battle forces and literally driving into suspected ambush points.
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 The Iraq War
by John Keegan.
John Keegan is recognized as one of the top military writers of his day, having authored comprehensive analyses of both World Wars and other significant historical events. In The Iraq War, he takes on a situation that was still murky and volatile at the time of publication.
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 The Iraq War: A Military History
by Williamson Murray, Robert H., Jr. Scales.
The practice of "embedding" journalists in combat units provided a good deal of spectacular, timely footage, but tended to restrict insight to the frontline perspective of riflemen and vehicle crews. Murray and Scales provide a lucid and leavened look at the larger-scale forces shaping the war. Murray, is an eminent military historian, and Scales, a retired major general, is a familiar commentator on security issues.
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 The Iraq War Reader: History, Documents, Opinions
by Micah L. Sifry , Christopher Cerf.
A comprehensive guide "to the most urgent foreign policy questions of our time." Culled from a wide variety of sources, these essays, commentaries, and official documents cover the entire scope of the conflict with particular attention paid to the history and policies that led to the war. Divided into four sections and stretching from 1915 to the eve of war in 2003, the book offers viewpoints by pundits, politicians, professors, and journalists from every conceivable perspective and political persuasion, including many who participated directly in the events.
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 21 Days to Baghdad: A Chronicle of the Iraq War
by Journalists of Reuters.
Reuters, the international news agency, provides a historic and invaluable account of how the war against Saddam Hussein unfolded in its latest book,Twenty-One Days to Baghdad: A Chronicle of the Iraq War.
Award-winning photographers paint a unique and unbiased picture of the military campaign described by General Tommy Franks as "unlike any in history." Vivid text and precision graphics complete a compelling narrative of the conflict.
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The March Up : Taking Baghdad with the 1st Marine Division
by Ray L. Smith, Bing West.
No one reporting on the war in Iraq had the unique battlefield clearance afforded the authors of this dramatic eyewitness account. Unlike embedded journalists confined to a single unit, West and Smith acquired a captured yellow SUV and joined with whatever unit was leading the assault every day of the fight. The result is a report of what really happened from the heart of the action unlike anything you’ll read anywhere else.
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 I am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story
by Rick Bragg, Jessica Lynch.
On March 23, 2003, Private First Class Jessica Lynch was crossing the Iraqi desert with the 507th Maintenance Company when the convoy she was traveling in was ambushed, caught in enemy crossfire. All four soldiers traveling with her died in the attack. Lynch, perhaps the most famous P.O.W. this country has ever known, was taken prisoner and held captive in an Iraqi hospital for nine days. Her rescue galvanized the nation; she became a symbol of victory, of innocence and courage.
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 I Was Saddam's Son
by Latif Yahya, Karl Wendl (Contributor)
In Iraq, where political leaders have traditionally been the targets of assassination, there exists an institution called fidai (body double). The author, who bore a remarkable resemblance to Saddam Hussein's oldest son, Uday, was pulled out of the front lines during the Iran-Iraq War and transformed into an exact likeness of Uday. From that vantage point he was, he reports, privy to all the machinations and horrific excesses perpetrated on the Iraqi people by the family and government of Saddam Hussein.
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Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad by David Zucchino, Mark Bowden |
The Iraq War: Strategy, Tactics, and Military Lessons by Anthony H. Cordesman |