 | House to House: A Tale of Modern War by David Bellavia
Buy new: £8.49 / Used from: £6.99 I read this book in a matter of hours. It's pretty amazing stuff. The bloody Fallujah campaign up close and personal
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 | No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah by Bing West
Buy new: £6.41 / Used from: £4.64 True story of Fallujah. Gritty street fighting against Al-Qaeda/Baathist insurgency (a valuable corrective to the Al-Jazeera lies and propaganda)
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 | We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah by Patrick O'Donnell
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £3.95 Another first hand account of the Marines taking Fallujah.
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 | The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the 1st Marine Division by Ray Smith
Buy new: £0.01 / Used from: £0.01 The liberation of Iraq by the 1st Marine Division in 2003. Another great boots-on-the-ground Bing West book.
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 | Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War by Richard Holmes
Buy new: £14.00 / Used from: £2.95 The British experience in Southern Iraq. Easily the best volume written.
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 | Eight Lives Down by Chris Hunter
Buy used from: £4.95 One of the best books I've read this year.
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 | Sniper One: The Blistering True Story of a British Battle Group Under Siege by Dan Mills
Buy used from: £17.00 Another account of British soldiers in Iraq.
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 | Barefoot Soldier by Johnson Beharry
Buy new: £3.16 / Used from: £0.89 Remarkable story by a remarkable young man.
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 | Squaddie: A Soldier's Story by Steven McLaughlin
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £3.75 Brilliant description and picture of soldier's life - but its politics and foreign policy views are absurdly left-wing and naive.
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 | Soldier: The Autobiography by General Sir Mike Jackson
Buy new: £12.53 / Used from: £8.20 Superb memoir by an honest, honourable and admirable British patriot.
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 | Rules of Engagement: A Life in Conflict by Tim Collins
Buy new: £1.30 / Used from: £0.01 Another great memoir by one of the most respected and admired men in Britain today.
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 | Eye of the Storm: 25 Years in Action with the SAS by Peter Ratcliffe
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £3.30 SAS hero Ratcliffe tells the truth about the First Gulf War, and blows the lid on the nonsense of "McNab" "Spence" and "Ryan". Feet firmly on the ground.
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 | 3 Para by Patrick Bishop
Buy new: £10.00 / Used from: £3.97 Superb up-close and personal reporting of the Paras in Afghanistan in 2006
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 | Commando by Chris Terrill
Buy new: £10.16 / Used from: £8.96 If you enjoyed the TV series, then you'll love this. Much more detail and more personal -- terrific book.
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 | 3 Commando Brigade in the Falklands: No Picnic (Pen & Sword Military) by Julian Thompson
Buy new: £50.97 / Used from: £20.00 A classic. Major General Julian Thompson was Commander of 3 Commando Brigade in the Falklands.
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 | Goose Green: A Battle Is Fought to Be Won by Mark Adkin
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01 First, longest and hardest battle in the Falklands.
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 | H.Jones VC: The Life and Death of an Unusual Hero by John Wilsey
Buy new: £2.50 / Used from: £1.55 Excellent biography of a war hero.
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 | Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 A classic (and the film was not bad too).
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 | We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Harold G. Moore
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01 The best book ever written about Vietnam. What it was really like (contrary to all the liberal Hollywood b******s)
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 | Soldier: A Visual History of the Fighting Man by R.G. Grant
Buy new: £15.99 / Used from: £9.97 Comprehensive history of a warrior's life. Great pictures and details.
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 | Hard Corps: From Gangster to Marine Hero by Marco Martinez
Buy new: £7.59 / Used from: £17.14 Excellent recent memoir from Iraq veteran. It is really raw and opinionated stuff.
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 | One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer by Nathaniel Fick
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £1.68 Great book. Read it alongside "Generation Kill".
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 | Generation Kill by Evan Wright
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £3.32 A must read with the above volume. Simply superb.
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 | Imperial Grunts: On the Ground with the American Military, from Mongolia to the Philippines to Iraq and Beyond by Robert D. Kaplan
Buy new: £6.76 / Used from: £2.99 A classic boot-on-the-ground look at the US military. Kaplan is great writer.
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 | Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts: The American Military in the Air, at Sea, and on the Ground by Robert D. Kaplan
Buy new: £9.68 / Used from: £8.38 Last years superb follow-up to "Imperial Grunts". This is the real US Military and 9/11 generation -- not the vulgar Hollywood liberal/left caricature and portrayal.
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