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by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya
Published Mar 2013
Read ReviewsJoydeep Roy-Bhattacharya's heartbreaking and haunting novel, The Watch, takes a timeless tragedy and hurls it into present-day Afghanistan, giving us a gripping tour through the reality of this very contemporary conflict, and our most powerful expression to date of the nature and futility of war.
by David Abrams
Published Sep 2012
Read ReviewsDarkly humorous and based on the author's own experiences in Iraq, Fobbit is a fantastic debut that shows us a behind-the-scenes portrait of the real Iraq war.
by David Grossman
Published Aug 2011
Read ReviewsFrom one of Israels most acclaimed writers comes a novel of extraordinary power about family lifethe greatest human dramaand the cost of war.
by Karl Marlantes
Published May 2011
Read ReviewsA big, powerful saga of men in combat, written over the course of thirty-five years by a highly decorated Vietnam veteran.
by Biyi Bandele
Published Apr 2009
Read ReviewsTaut and immediate, at once somber and exhilarating, The King's Rifle is the first novel to depict the experiences of black African soldiers fighting in Asia in the Second World War.
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by Elizabeth D. Samet
Published Sep 2008
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by Denis Johnson
Published Sep 2008
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by Rawi Hage
Published Aug 2008
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by Michael Weisskopf
Published Sep 2007
Read ReviewsMichael Weisskopf, a journalist, was riding through Baghdad with a US Army patrol when they were attacked and his hand was destoyed by a grenade. This book is the story of his treatment and rehabilitation as an amputee, and the stories of the three soldiers who recovered alongside him.
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