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A Novel
by Biyi Bandele
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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.
After the Fire, a Still Small Voice
by Evie Wyld
Published Nov 2010
Read ReviewsSet in the haunting landscape of eastern Australia, this is a stunningly accomplished debut novel about the inescapable past: the ineffable ties of family, the wars fought by fathers and sons, and what goes unsaid.
by Ron Leshem
Published Feb 2009
Read ReviewsA searing coming-of-age story and a novel for our timesone of the most powerful, visceral portraits of the horror, camaraderie, and absurdity of war in modern fiction.
by Ishmael Beah
Published Aug 2008
Read ReviewsThe devastating story of war through the eyes of a child soldier. Beah tells how, at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, hed been picked up by the government army, and became a soldier.
by Robert Cowley, Stephen Ambrose
Published Mar 2002
Read ReviewsEssays written by some of the most respected and well-known military historians of our time (Stephen Ambrose, John Keegan, Caleb Carr, William Manchester etc.), describe the horror and heroism of World War II.
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