True war and combat stories Books

Bold, brash, and full of ambition, George Brinton McClellan seemed destined for greatness when he assumed command of all the Union armies before he was 35. It was not to be. Ultimately deemed a failure on the battlefield by Abraham Lincoln, he was...

I love my country and I loved being a soldier, perhaps my destiny as it was a family tradition. I guess patriotism took over. Sounds silly as a Canadian to use the word patriotism, as we in the north associate that more with our neighbors to the south...

Brave Men, Gentle Heroes presents the honest, touching, and harrowing stories of men who served in World War II and of their sons who served in Vietnam -- fathers and sons bonded as deeply by their experience in war as by blood.Though World War II and...

"Into The Dragon's Jaws" details the exciting adventures and experiences of a young Canadian Red Cross combat casualty surgeon who volunteered to assist Vietnamese-war wounded following the Tet Offensive in South Vietnam in 1968. The intensity and drama...

Would you choose to leave the comforts of home and three meals a day to go to a faraway unknown destination, sleeping in tents or on the ground, eating food that was crawling with bugs, being lifted out of the water when your boat sank, or ducking to...

"As the Allied Invasion of Normandy launched in the pre-dawn hours of June 6, 1944, Henry Langrehr was among the thousands of Allies who parachuted into occupied France amid heavy anti-aircraft fire. Many of his fellow paratroopers died, but Henry...

The former commander of coalition forces in Iraq reports back from the front lines of the global war on terror to provide a comprehensive and chilling exploration of America's historic military and foreign-policy blunder.With unflinching candor,...

Novelist Anne Bernays and biographer Justin Kaplan -- both native New Yorkers -- came of age in the 1950s, when the pent-up energies of the Depression years and World War II were at flood tide. Written in two separate voices, Back Then is thecandid,...

This is not your father's warThis is Iraq, where a soldier's first duty is reinforcing his Humvee with sheet metal and sand bags. Or, in the absence of plumbing, burning barrels of human waste. Where any dead dog on the side of the road might be...

Windows on a War is the true story of a young man's experiences in the Air Force during the Korean War (1950-1953). In letters to his parents, Peter Koerner chronicles his journey from Portland, Oregon to Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, Japan, where he...

In September 1776, two men from Connecticut each embarked on a dangerous mission. One of the men, a soldier disguised as a schoolmaster, made his way to British-controlled Manhattan and began furtively making notes and sketches to bring back to the...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

""An Author In The Territorials: Experiences Humorous And Otherwise"" is a book written by Coulson Kernahan and published in 1908. The book is a collection of personal experiences of the author during his time serving in the Territorial Army, a part-time...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Recollections Of A Military Life is a memoir written by John Adye and published in 1895. The book documents Adye's life as a soldier in the British Army, including his experiences in various conflicts around the world. Adye served in the Crimean War, the...

The Memoirs Of An American V2 is a historical book written by Jacques-Vincent Delacroix in 1773. The book is a personal account of the author's experiences in the Kingdom of Prussia and the Island of St. Domingo. The author, who is an American, provides...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

""Napoleon Bonaparte and the Siege of Toulon"" is a historical book written by Charles James Fox in 1902. The book is a detailed account of the Siege of Toulon, a military campaign fought between September and December 1793 during the French...

""A United States Midshipman in China"" is a historical memoir written by Yates Stirling Jr. in 1909. The book is a first-hand account of Stirling's experiences as a midshipman in the United States Navy during his voyage to China in the late 19th century...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Share the experiences of a Despatch Rider during World War 1 by reading his own words written as a diary during his years on the Western Front. Oswald Harcourt Davis joined the Royal Engineers in 1916 and arrived in Abbeville, Somme, France in July that...

This book explores the memorializing practices of American veterans of the Vietnam War at several of the most significant contemporary sites of memory in the United States and Vietnam. These sites include veterans' memoirs, museum exhibits, replicas of...

United States Navy Fleet Marine Force Hospital Corpsman Nicholas Bertucci kept a handwritten journal of his 2010 deployment in Afghanistan.He shares that experience in ROLLING THROUGH AFGHANISTAN for the benefit of those who have wondered what it's like...

"With Jackie's second book-Iraq, Their Mission, Our Journey- Her vision is now global and her inner voice speaks to issues and concerns that are inter-personal and political." - David J. Berger, Mayor of Lima, Ohio"I appreciate Ms. Wilson for a wonderful...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This book is a must for all U.S. Marines. The stories are real life dramas which reveal the reason to live and the senseless reasons to die!