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Sunday, January 14, 2018

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By Donald Fisher


Into The Fire is a book that was written by Dakota Meyer. In it, he describes how a group of Afghan soldiers were brutally ambushed by insurgents of the Taliban in the autumn of 2009. Meyer defied orders to stay with the vehicles, and instead led a series of attacks and rescued as many as he could. This is one of the many Afghanistan war books that goes beyond the soldier's time at war.

Sean Parnell has a strong sense of emotion and action, and he delivers on both of these things in his book Outlaw Platoon. This is the story of the 10th Mountain Division, and their difficult fight for sixteen months straight. This all happened in a mountainous region called the Hindu Kesh, known for being deadly and dangerous.

Pat Tillman is someone who many people know as a legend, but there is a much more human story behind the legend that is there to be told. That is what Jon Krakauer wrote about in Where Men Win Glory, which goes beyond Pat throwing away an NFL contract to be in the Army. He died in combat, but his story will live on.

As a New York Times foreign correspondent, Dexter Filkins saw a lot of things over the course of his career that filled in a detailed perspective of the conflict in this country. He witnessed the Taliban's rise, 9/11, the Afghan wars, and he also saw and reported on Iraq. He put all of his experience into the book The Forever War, which has a wealth of information and memorable stories.

Ghost Wars is a book that was written by Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. His novel goes into the covert wars that were taking place in this country which may have caused the rise of militancy that was seen amongst the Islamic people. His book explores the reasons why September 11th happened, pointing to these covert affairs, and questioning why bin Laden avoided being captured for so long.

There are not many stories as desperate and bloody as the Chosen Few by Greg Zoroya. This is the tale of a group of paratroopers who found themselves in a much different fight than they expected. Instead of winning over some mountain people and exploring the wilderness, they were fighting for their lives with no way of escaping.

Lynn Vincent and Captain Roger Hill both teamed up to tell a story that they claim the Army would not want people to see. The book called Dog Company sheds a negative light on the way the US Army treats its own soldiers. Hill reveals how he had to decide whether to disobey orders or let his comrades be killed.

Operation Medusa was what stopped the Taliban from reclaiming the Kandahar Province, which was all the stopped the southern Afghan regions from gaining control. Major Rusty Bradley gives his inside account of what really happened. His book, Lions of Kandahar, is co-authored by Kevin Maurer, who seamlessly weaves together this remarkable account.




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