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1) The drifter
Author
Series
Peter Ash volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Lots of characters get compared to my own Jack Reacher, but Petries Peter Ash is the real deal."--Lee Child. An explosive thriller debut introducing Peter Ash, a veteran who finds that the demons of war arent easily left behind... Peter Ash came home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with only one souvenir: what he calls his “white static,” the buzzing claustrophobia due to post-traumatic stress that has driven him to spend a year roaming...
Author
Series
Starfist volume 14
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
It may be the twenty-fifth century, but the Marines are still looking for a few good men. The Confederation has finally disclosed the existence of Skinks, fierce aliens bent on wiping out humankind. While the rest of the universe grapples with the news, the Skink-savvy Marines of the Confederation’s Thirty-fourth Fleet Initial Strike Team (FIST) have their own worries: they’ve just learned they can’t transfer out of the unit. Who else has the...
Author
Publisher
Knox Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Wall Street Journal Bestseller USA Today Bestseller Publishers Weekly Bestseller As Seen on Tucker Carlson Combat-decorated Marine officer Stuart Scheller speaks out against the debacle of the Afghan pullout as the culmination of a decades-long and still-ongoing betrayal of military members by top leadership, from generals to the commander in chief, comes to light. Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller was the perfect Marine. Battle tested. A leader....
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company/Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Abe, a young Marine recruit who experiences the ugly, pedestrian, and often meaningless side of military service in rural Iraq. He enlists in hopes of finding that missing something in his life but comes to find out that it's not quite what he expected. Abe gets more than he bargained for when his journey takes him to the Middle East in war-torn Iraq.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Always Faithful entwines the stories of Marine Major Tom Schueman, and his friend and Afghan interpreter, Zainullah "Zak" Zaki, as they describe their parallel lives, converging paths, and unbreakable bond in the face of overwhelming danger, culminating in Zak and his family's harrowing escape from Kabul. In August of 2021, just days shy of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, America ended its longest war. The speed of the Afghanistan’s fall was so stunning...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A rifleman's account of the Pacific War shares his experiences as a member of the fabled 1st Marine Division, describing the loss of his sister in childhood, the brush with the law that led to his enlistment and the harsh lessons he learned about bravery, death and survival.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"James Webb, author of Fields of Fire, the classic novel of the Vietnam War--former U.S. Senator; Secretary of the Navy; recipient of the Navy Cross, Silver Star and Purple Heart as a combat Marine; and a self-described "military brat"--has written an extraordinary memoir of his early years, "a love story--love of family, love of country, love of service," in his words. Webb's mother grew up in the poverty-stricken cotton fields of Eastern Arkansas....
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