Books of Interest
Iraq/Operation Iraqi Freedom
Abrams, David. Fobbit. Grove Press, 2012. (Novel)
Anderson, Terry. Bush’s Wars.
Anthony, Michael. Mass Casualties: A Young Medic’s True Story of Death, Deception,
and Dishonor in Iraq. Adams Media Corp., 2009.
Babylon.
Baker, James, et. al. The Iraq Study Group Report: The Way Forward – A New
Approach. New York: Vintage Books, 2006.
Bellavia, David. House to House: An Epic Memoir of War. New York: Free Press,
2007.
Braude, Joseph. The New Iraq: Rebuilding the Country for Its People, The Middle East,
and the World. Basic Books, 2003.
Bremmer, L. Paul. My Year in Iraq.
Buzzell, Colby. My War: Killing Time in Iraq. Berkley Trade, 2006.
Castner, Brian. The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life that Follows. New York:
Doubleday, 2012.
Castner, Brian. Phantom Noises. (Poems)
Chandrasekaran, Rajiv. Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside the Green Zone. New
York: Vintage Books, 2006.
Chasing Ghosts.
Conklin, Ryan A. An Angel from Hell. Berkley Hardcover, 2010.
Ehrenberg, John, J. Patrice McSherry, Jose Ramon Sanchez and Caroleen Marji Sayej,
eds. The Iraq Papers. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Ferth, Douglas.
Filkins, Dexter. The Forever War.
Finkel, David. The Good Soldiers.
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Flick, Nathaniel. One Bullet Away.
Foutain, Ben. Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk: A Novel. Ecco, 2012. (Novel)
Franks, Tommy R. American Soldier.
Gallagher, Matt. Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War. Da Capo
Press, 2010.
Goodell, Jess with John Hearn. Shade It Black: Death and After in Iraq.
Gordon, Michael R. and Bernard E. Trainor. The Endgame: The Inside Story of the
Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama. New York:
Pantheon Books, 2012.
Guttman, Matthew and Catherine Lutz. Breaking Ranks: Iraq Veterans Speak Out
Against the War. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003.
Helms, Nathaniel R. My Men are My Heroes: The Brad Kasal Story. Meredith Books,
2007.
Isikoff, Michael. Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq
War.
Jadick, Richard. On Call in Hell: A Doctor’s Iraq War Story. New York: NAL
Caliber, 2007.
Lowry, Richard S. Marines in the Garden of Eden: The True Story of Seven Bloody
Days in Iraq.
Lowry, Richard S. New Dawn: The Battles for Fallujah. New York: Savas Beatie,
2010.
Middleton, Thomas A. Saber’s Edge: A Combat Medic in Ramadi, Iraq. 2009.
Mills, Dan. Sniper One: The Blistering True Story of a British Battle Group Under
Siege. London: Penguin Books, 2008.
Minear, Larry. Through Veterans’ Eyes: The Iraq and Afghanistan Experience. Dulles,
Va: Potomac Books, Inc., 2010.
Myers, Richard.
Nicol, Mark. Last Round: The Red Caps, the Paras and the Battle of Majar.
Cassell, 2005. (British)
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O’Donnell, Patrick K. We Were One: Shoulder-to-Shoulder with the Marines Who
Took Fallujah. Cambridge, MA: De Capo Press, 2006.
Powers, Kevin. The Yellow Birds. New York: Little, Brown, 2012.
Ricks, Thomas. Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq. New York:
Penguin Books, 2006.
Ricks, Thomas. The Gamble.
Sanchez, Ricardo. Wiser in Battle.
Scholl-LaTour, Peter. Koloss Auf Tonernen Fussen Amerikas Spagat Zwischen
Nordkorean Und Irak. Ullstein, 2005. (German journalist)
Shadid, Anthony. Night Draws Near. New York: Picador, 2005. (journalist)
Sharp, Phillip. Not in the Wind, Earthquake, or Fire. CreateSpace, 2012.
Sifry, Micah L. and Christopher Cerf, eds. The Iraq War Reader: History, Documents,
Opinions. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003.
Snively, Sheri. Heaven in the Midst of Hell: A Quaker Chaplain’s View of the War in
Iraq. Jamul, CA: Raven Oaks Press, 2010.
Turner, Brian. Here Bullet. (poetry)
Urban, Mark. Task Force Black. Little Brown and Co., 2011.
West, Bing. The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq. New York:
Random House, 2008.
West, Francis J. No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah. New
York: Bantam Dell, 2005.
West, Francis J. and Ray L. Smith. The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the United
States Marines. New York: Bantam Dell, 2003.
Williams, Kayla. Love My Rifle More Than You.
Wood, Trish. What Was Asked of Us: An Oral History of the Iraq War by the Soldiers
Who Fought It. New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2006.
Woodward, Bob. Bush at War. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.
Woodward, Bob. Plan of Attack. Simon and Schuster, 2004.
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