History - Military

If I Die in a Combat Zone

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If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home By Tim O'Brien Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780767904438
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Published: Crown - September 1st, 1999

This story is more directly personal, political and novel-like than The Things They Carried, which was a collection of stories originally published in periodicals. It gives a soldier’s perspective of combat in My Lai. ~ Reviewed by Bonnie Naumann


The Deserters

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The Deserters: A Hidden History of World War II By Charles Glass Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780143125488
Published: Penguin Books - May 27th, 2014

More than 150,000 British and American soldiers deserted during WWII but the subject gets little attention from most historians. This smoothly written work raises sobering and disturbing questions about the stress of continual combat and the limits of individual endurance. Who's a coward? Who's a casualty? ~ Reviewed by Bill Lewis


Unbroken

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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption By Laura Hillenbrand Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781400064168
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Published: Random House - November 16th, 2010

Author of Seabiscuit, Laura Hillenbrand seamlessly weaves the tale of Louis Zamperini. A juvenile delinquent turned Olympic track star, Zamperini enlists in the Army Air Corps as a bombardier. He must survive after he is stranded in the shark-filled Pacific and captured as a POW in Japan. If you liked Life of Pi or the film Rescue Dawn, you could enjoy Unbroken. ~ Reviewed by Bonnie Naumann


The Sleepwalkers

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The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 By Christopher Clark Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780061146664
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Published: Harper Perennial - March 18th, 2014

Rejecting the theory that the Great War was somehow inevitable, Clark dramatically and meticulously recreates a time when human decisions in response to a volatile and fast-moving chain of events could have produced any number of different outcomes...not necessarily including the first great catastrophe of the 20th century. A brilliant, compelling, and extremely important book. Highest Recommendation. ~ Reviewed by Bill Lewis


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