Best Iraq and Afghanistan War Books
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Taliban: The True Story of the World's Most Feared Guerrilla Fighters
by:
James Fergusson
3.81 avg rating — 264 ratings 199. 
Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib
by:
Seymour M. Hersh
3.97 avg rating — 1,202 ratings 199. 
Shooting Ghosts: A U.S. Marine, a Combat Photographer, and Their Journey Back from War 4.42 avg rating — 326 ratings
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Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein
by:
John Nixon
3.77 avg rating — 2,393 ratings 206. 
Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016
by:
Steve Coll
4.21 avg rating — 4,312 ratings 206. 
War Against the Taliban: Why It All Went Wrong in Afghanistan
by:
Sandy Gall
3.70 avg rating — 92 ratings 
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One Hundred Victories: Special Ops and the Future of American Warfare
by:
Linda Robinson
3.78 avg rating — 197 ratings 
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Find, Fix, Finish: Inside the Counterterrorism Campaigns that Killed bin Laden and Devastated Al Qaeda
by:
Aki Peritz
3.72 avg rating — 64 ratings 
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The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State
by:
Lawrence Wright
4.03 avg rating — 1,567 ratings 219. 
The Fighters: Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq
by:
C.J. Chivers
4.33 avg rating — 1,386 ratings 
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Hunting in the Shadows: The Pursuit of al Qa'ida since 9/11
by:
Seth G. Jones
4.06 avg rating — 244 ratings 
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War Front to Store Front: Americans Rebuilding Trust and Hope in Nations Under Fire
by:
Paul Brinkley
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings 227. 
How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq 4.04 avg rating — 920 ratings
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The Confrontation: Winning the War Against Future Jihad
by:
Walid Phares
3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings 230. 
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Kill Bin Laden: A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man
by:
Dalton Fury
4.06 avg rating — 3,002 ratings 232. 
After We Kill You, We Will Welcome You Back as Honored Guests: Unembedded in Afghanistan
by:
Ted Rall
3.84 avg rating — 159 ratings 234. 
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Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq
by:
Michael Scheuer
3.63 avg rating — 215 ratings 236. 
Lions of Kandahar: The Story of a Fight Against All Odds
by:
Rusty Bradley
4.33 avg rating — 5,381 ratings 
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The Sheriff of Ramadi: Navy SEALS and the Winning of al-Anbar
by:
Dick Couch
3.84 avg rating — 243 ratings 
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Seal of Honor: Operation Red Wings and the Life of Lt. Michael P. Murphy, USN
by:
Gary Williams
4.34 avg rating — 2,894 ratings 242. 
War Footing: 10 Steps America Must Take to Prevail in the War for the Free World 3.38 avg rating — 16 ratings
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A Bloody Business: America's War Zone Contractors And the Occupation of Iraq
by:
Gerry Schumacher
3.68 avg rating — 78 ratings 244. 
Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror
by:
Michael Scheuer
3.81 avg rating — 1,533 ratings 245. 
Fighting The War On Terror: A Counterinsurgency Strategy
by:
James S. Corum
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings 246. 
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Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama bin Laden, Radical Islam, and the Future of America
by:
Michael Scheuer
3.93 avg rating — 291 ratings