Best Iraq and Afghanistan War Books

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War
War 4.25 avg rating — 23,756 ratings
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Unspoken Abandonment: Sometimes the hardest part of going to war is coming home
Unspoken Abandonment: Sometimes the hardest part of going to war is coming home 4.19 avg rating — 658 ratings
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Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan
Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan 4.40 avg rating — 12,901 ratings
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House to House: An Epic Memoir of War
House to House: An Epic Memoir of War 4.32 avg rating — 7,460 ratings
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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 4.34 avg rating — 99,167 ratings
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American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History 4.03 avg rating — 138,796 ratings
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No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
by: Mark Owen
4.03 avg rating — 56,928 ratings
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Redeployment
Redeployment
by: Phil Klay
3.96 avg rating — 24,885 ratings
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Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War 4.29 avg rating — 20,086 ratings
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Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor
Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor 4.59 avg rating — 8,339 ratings
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Lions of Kandahar: How the Special Forces and Their Afghan Allies Saved Southern Afghanistan
Lions of Kandahar: How the Special Forces and Their Afghan Allies Saved Southern Afghanistan 4.33 avg rating — 5,381 ratings
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 4.31 avg rating — 18,331 ratings
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The Yellow Birds
The Yellow Birds 3.74 avg rating — 26,457 ratings
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The Good Soldiers
The Good Soldiers 4.22 avg rating — 8,593 ratings
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Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War 4.20 avg rating — 5,889 ratings
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Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan
Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan 4.15 avg rating — 8,711 ratings
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One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer 4.20 avg rating — 11,561 ratings
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The Forever War
The Forever War 4.13 avg rating — 11,315 ratings
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From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava (Lava #1)
From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava (Lava #1) 4.10 avg rating — 7,724 ratings
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The Watch
The Watch 3.57 avg rating — 1,362 ratings
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The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander
The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander 4.33 avg rating — 5,727 ratings
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The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor
The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor 4.34 avg rating — 6,301 ratings
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Fobbit
Fobbit 3.53 avg rating — 2,143 ratings
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Living with Honor: A Memoir
Living with Honor: A Memoir 4.31 avg rating — 783 ratings
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Not A Good Day To Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda
Not A Good Day To Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda 4.15 avg rating — 3,813 ratings
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Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman 4.09 avg rating — 42,515 ratings
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Sniper One: The Blistering True Story Of A British Battle Group Under Siege
Sniper One: The Blistering True Story Of A British Battle Group Under Siege
by: Dan Mills
4.29 avg rating — 5,940 ratings
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The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan
The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan 4.32 avg rating — 4,471 ratings
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Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown
Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown 4.57 avg rating — 21,585 ratings
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Service: A Navy SEAL at War
Service: A Navy SEAL at War 4.30 avg rating — 7,312 ratings
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The Little Guy (or The Motor Scooter): The story of a diminutive soldier in the rear with the gear
The Little Guy (or The Motor Scooter): The story of a diminutive soldier in the rear with the gear 4.36 avg rating — 61 ratings
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My War: Killing Time in Iraq
My War: Killing Time in Iraq 3.97 avg rating — 1,380 ratings
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No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah
No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah
by: Bing West
4.15 avg rating — 2,520 ratings
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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 4.36 avg rating — 36,106 ratings
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Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force
Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force 4.31 avg rating — 6,136 ratings
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The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows
The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows 3.96 avg rating — 1,997 ratings
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All the Memories That Remain: War, Alzheimer’s, and the Search for a Way Home
All the Memories That Remain: War, Alzheimer’s, and the Search for a Way Home 4.46 avg rating — 67 ratings
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Roberts Ridge: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan
Roberts Ridge: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan 4.23 avg rating — 3,223 ratings
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 3.79 avg rating — 30,887 ratings
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We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah
We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah 4.28 avg rating — 1,916 ratings
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Civilianized: A Young Veteran's Memoir
Civilianized: A Young Veteran's Memoir really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 143 ratings
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Khost
Khost 3.71 avg rating — 113 ratings
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The Crossroad
The Crossroad 4.44 avg rating — 1,373 ratings
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Mass Casualties: A Young Medic's True Story of Death, Deception, and Dishonor in Iraq
Mass Casualties: A Young Medic's True Story of Death, Deception, and Dishonor in Iraq 3.66 avg rating — 365 ratings
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Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War
Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War 3.94 avg rating — 544 ratings
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Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War
Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War 3.87 avg rating — 626 ratings
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Apache: Inside the Cockpit of the World's Most Deadly Fighting Machine
Apache: Inside the Cockpit of the World's Most Deadly Fighting Machine
by: Ed Macy
4.34 avg rating — 2,211 ratings
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The Little Guy (or The Motor Scooter): The Story of a Diminutive Soldier in the Rear with the Gear
The Little Guy (or The Motor Scooter): The Story of a Diminutive Soldier in the Rear with the Gear 4.36 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Iraq War 2003: What Really Happened Behind The Political Scenes
Iraq War 2003: What Really Happened Behind The Political Scenes 4.15 avg rating — 27 ratings
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The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA
The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA 4.11 avg rating — 3,889 ratings
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 4.39 avg rating — 352,770 ratings
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Weapons of Mass Destruction
Weapons of Mass Destruction really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen
The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen 4.24 avg rating — 5,087 ratings
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The Last Punisher: A SEAL Team Three Sniper's True Account of the Battle of Ramadi
The Last Punisher: A SEAL Team Three Sniper's True Account of the Battle of Ramadi 4.40 avg rating — 3,348 ratings
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Bravo Two Zero
Bravo Two Zero 4.12 avg rating — 15,827 ratings
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Sikander
Sikander 3.87 avg rating — 254 ratings
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Wynne's War
Wynne's War 3.93 avg rating — 305 ratings
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The Wax Bullet War: Chronicles of a Soldier & Artist (OpenBook)
The Wax Bullet War: Chronicles of a Soldier & Artist (OpenBook) 4.62 avg rating — 79 ratings
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Echo in Ramadi: The Firsthand Story of US Marines in Iraq's Deadliest City
Echo in Ramadi: The Firsthand Story of US Marines in Iraq's Deadliest City 4.38 avg rating — 681 ratings
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Into the Killing Zone: Dispatches from the Frontline in Afghanistan
Into the Killing Zone: Dispatches from the Frontline in Afghanistan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden
The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden 3.85 avg rating — 3,361 ratings
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The Gift of Valor: A War Story
The Gift of Valor: A War Story 4.31 avg rating — 587 ratings
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The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq
The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq 4.05 avg rating — 3,181 ratings
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Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden--from 9/11 to Abbottabad
Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden--from 9/11 to Abbottabad 4.11 avg rating — 4,506 ratings
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Fives and Twenty-Fives
Fives and Twenty-Fives 4.06 avg rating — 2,320 ratings
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time 3.66 avg rating — 358,689 ratings
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Bush at War
Bush at War 3.52 avg rating — 4,282 ratings
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Plan of Attack: The Definitive Account of the Decision to Invade Iraq
Plan of Attack: The Definitive Account of the Decision to Invade Iraq 3.70 avg rating — 5,765 ratings
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Love My Rifle More than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army
Love My Rifle More than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army 3.63 avg rating — 1,125 ratings
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Winning Paktika: Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
Winning Paktika: Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
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No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes
No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes 4.47 avg rating — 4,015 ratings
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Bullets and Train
Bullets and Train 4.47 avg rating — 32 ratings
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The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies
The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies 3.62 avg rating — 597 ratings
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American Cipher: Bowe Bergdahl and the U.S. Tragedy in Afghanistan
American Cipher: Bowe Bergdahl and the U.S. Tragedy in Afghanistan 4.28 avg rating — 393 ratings
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The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the 1st Marine Division
The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the 1st Marine Division
by: Bing West
3.86 avg rating — 333 ratings
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The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East
The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East 4.41 avg rating — 5,520 ratings
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My Men Are My Heroes: The Brad Kasal Story
My Men Are My Heroes: The Brad Kasal Story 4.18 avg rating — 609 ratings
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Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War
Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War 4.30 avg rating — 11,661 ratings
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Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story
Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story 3.89 avg rating — 114 ratings
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The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan
The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan 3.93 avg rating — 2,628 ratings
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Task Force Helmand: A Soldier's Story of Life, Death and Combat on the Afghan Front Line
Task Force Helmand: A Soldier's Story of Life, Death and Combat on the Afghan Front Line 4.16 avg rating — 128 ratings
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A Nightmare's Prayer: A Marine Harrier Pilot's War in Afghanistan
A Nightmare's Prayer: A Marine Harrier Pilot's War in Afghanistan 4.03 avg rating — 298 ratings
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An Angel from Hell: Real Life on the Front Lines
An Angel from Hell: Real Life on the Front Lines 4.11 avg rating — 175 ratings
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Band of Sisters
Band of Sisters 3.77 avg rating — 963 ratings
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Top Dog: The Story of Marine Hero Lucca
Top Dog: The Story of Marine Hero Lucca 4.41 avg rating — 1,321 ratings
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You Are Worth It: Building a Life Worth Fighting For
You Are Worth It: Building a Life Worth Fighting For 4.64 avg rating — 2,452 ratings
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Level Zero Heroes: The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan
Level Zero Heroes: The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan 4.31 avg rating — 2,139 ratings
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500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars
500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars 4.09 avg rating — 1,148 ratings
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Flashes of War
Flashes of War 4.35 avg rating — 162 ratings
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After Action: The True Story of a Cobra Pilot's Journey
After Action: The True Story of a Cobra Pilot's Journey 4.28 avg rating — 282 ratings
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The Burden of the Desert
The Burden of the Desert 4.49 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Love Me When I'm Gone: The true story of life, love and loss for a Green Beret in post-9/11 war
Love Me When I'm Gone: The true story of life, love and loss for a Green Beret in post-9/11 war 4.17 avg rating — 159 ratings
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Combat Ready
Combat Ready 4.10 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Mass Deception: Moral Panic and the U.S. War on Iraq
Mass Deception: Moral Panic and the U.S. War on Iraq 3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Ibil
Ibil 4.19 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq 4.09 avg rating — 7,790 ratings
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The Scriptwriter
The Scriptwriter 4.35 avg rating — 31 ratings
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The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War 4.25 avg rating — 6,409 ratings
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The Ragged Edge: A US Marine’s Account of Leading the Iraqi Army Fifth Battalion
The Ragged Edge: A US Marine’s Account of Leading the Iraqi Army Fifth Battalion 4.62 avg rating — 80 ratings
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12 Strong
12 Strong 3.92 avg rating — 3,011 ratings
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