Booklist
- War Through the Years
NON FICTION
MAYFLOWER: A STORY OF COURAGE, COMMUNITY AND WAR│ Nathaniel Philbrick │973.22 Phil, Q, CD, Cass
The author examines the history of our 17th c. Plymouth Colony by bringing to vivid life all of the hardships and struggles this small group of English Christian settlers endured after escaping persecution from their homes in England.
FOUNDING BROTHERS: THE REVOLUTIONARY GENERATION│Joseph J. Ellis│973.4 Elli, Q, CD, Cass, DVD 973.40922
Found in this unusual historical recall, Ellis takes us into the lives of some our most distinguished founding fathers to show us how all their different distinctive personalities came together to weave the birth and stability of our new nation.
THE COLDEST WINTER: AMERICA AND THE KOREAN WAR│ David Halberstam │951.9042 Halb, Q, CD
The Korean War is viewed through the eyes of a few front line soldiers that were left with all the misjudgments and agendas of some very powerful men.
BROTHERS IN BATTLE, BEST OF FRIENDS: TWO WORLD WAR II PARATROOPERS FROM THE ORIGINAL BAND OF BROTHERS TELL THEIR STORY│ William “Wild Bill” Guarnere and Edward “Babe” Heffron with Robyn Post│940.5412 Guar
Two paratroopers from Easy Company, the elite unit of the 101st Airborne Division, divulge some commemorative stories of how this distinguished unit executes the “high risk” operations of World War II and how these historical events still impact their lives today.
THE WAR: AN INTIMATE HISTORY 1941-45│ Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns│940.5373 Ward, CD
This informative chronicle, with maps and some never before published pictures, shows just how profoundly WWII affected the world. Narratives from a few of the soldiers and the loved ones left behind waiting in doubt, bring heartwarming and heart-wrenching truths to the most devastating war in our history.
LONE SURVIVOR: THE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF OPERATION REDWING AND THE LOST HEROES OF SEAL TEAM 10│ Rick Atkinson│956.7044 Atki, CD
Journalist, military historian and master storyteller, Atkinson gives us a thoroughly engrossing new view on modern war. From the safety and comfort of the U.S., to the ravaged roads of Baghdad, Atkinson let’s us observe how Major General David Petraeus and his senior commanders navigate our troops through the war in Iraq.
A FIST IN THE HORNET’S NEST: ON THE GROUD IN BAGHDAD BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE WAR│ Richard Engel│956.70443 Enge, Q
Moving to Cairo after graduating Stanford University, Engel educated himself in the Middle Eastern languages and customs and in turn, this necessary knowledge enabled him to become an extraordinary war commentator. He’s able to relay to us some incredible plights and personal stories from both the U.S. troops and the Iraqi citizens.
FICTION
DAYS OF INFAMY│ Harry Turtledove│ F
Ever wonder what life would have been like had the Japanese successfully occupied Pearl Harbor? Turtledove did. He gives us his intriguing alternative version of the Pearl Harbor invasion.
WE SHALL NOT SLEEP│ Anne Perry│ M, Q, Cass
In this 5th. and last book of Perry’s World War I series, Joseph and Judith Reavley will first need to solve the brutal murder of a young nurse in order to help their brother Matthew, a British intelligence officer. He needs to complete his 4-year-long mission to unmask the “Peacemaker”, an elusive high-ranking official who murdered their parents, and is now hindering England’s peace efforts with Germany.
EDGE OF BATTLE│ Dale Brown│ Fic
This book is a fast-action, international best seller about war on drugs, increased illegal immigration, Russian terrorists and the men executed to combat these threats. While the U.S. government attempts to ease the violence and tensions along the US-Mexican border, the Mexican president/drug kingpin tries to incite a new revolution to take back the territories that once belonged to Mexico. Instigating all this terror is a Soviet mastermind and US nemesis who is dead set on revenge until the very end.
THE KILLER ANGELS│ Michael Shaara │ Fic, Q, DVD Gett
This Pulitzer Prize winning novel takes us to one of the bloodiest battlefields in the U.S., the battlefield of Gettysburg. This historical battle is brought to vivid life through the hearts, minds, passions and regrets of a few a few major characters from both sides of this conflict. Shaara makes you feel you’re actually taking part in this historically accurate, action packed, very descriptive novel.
UP COUNTRY│ Nelson DeMille│ Fic, Cass
A recently discovered 30-year-old letter explains how a U.S. captain murdered a young army lieutenant. Chief Warrant Officer Paul Brenner travels to Vietnam and along with an expatriate American businesswoman search for the only living witness and author of the letter. With danger and violence surrounding them, they elude the secret police and find out who that murderous captain turns out to be 30 years later.
PRETTY BIRDS: A NOVEL│ Scott Simon│ Fic, Cass, CD
During the 1990s Sarajevo siege, in a city where jobs are scarce, Irena accepts a low-profile, duties-as-assigned job. With special tutelage and training, she goes from high school basketball star to teenage girl sniper who ends up thrust into the service of a Bosnian resistance cell. Her new vocation eventually leads her and the ones she loves into some intriguing, unfortunate scenarios.
THE GHOST│ Robert Harris│ Fic, Q, CD
Paid one of the largest cash advances in history, British Prime Minister, Adam Lang is up against a rigid deadline to get his memoirs published. Lang hires a ghostwriter to finish the project when he learns of his co-author’s possible homicide. By probing deeper than his predecessor, the ghostwriter unintentionally uncovers more information about Lang’s world altering political secrets involving al-Qaeda terrorists than he intended in this present day thriller.
ARTICLES OF WAR│ Nick Arvin│ Fic, Q
Arvin targets one of the most unexpressed emotions of war—fear. Through his character “Heck”, a naïve 18-year-old farm boy, we get to see how choices that would be made under normal circumstances would be considered cowardice in war-time situations. We feel all of Heck’s turmoil as he struggles to live up to the American ideal of a heroic soldier in war.
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