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1) Extreme ownership: how U.S. Navy SEALs lead and win
Willink, Jocko
NYT - Audio Nonfiction
NYT - Business
2017. St. Martin's Press
xxiii, 322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
xvii, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
10 copies, 7 people are on the wait list.
Jocko Willink and Leif Babin served together in SEAL Task Unit Bruiser, the most highly decorated Special Operations unit from the war in Iraq. Through difficult months of sustained combat, Jocko, Leif and their SEAL brothers learned that leadership -- at every level -- is the most important thing on the battlefield. They started Echelon Front to teach these same leadership principles to companies across industries throughout the business world that...
2) American sniper: the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history
Kyle, Chris
NYT - Combined Hardcover & Paperback Nonfiction
B K993a
Donelson - Adult Biography
North - Adult Biography
c2012 W. Morrow
Edmondson Pike - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO B K993a
c2012 Harper Audio
9 sound discs (10 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
The astonishing autobiography of SEAL Chief Chris Kyle, whose record 150 confirmed kills make him the most deadly sniper in U.S. military history.
3) The dichotomy of leadership: balancing the challenges of extreme ownership to lead and win
Edmondson Pike - Adult Non-Fiction
658.4092 W733
Goodlettsville - Adult Non-Fiction
[2018] St. Martin's Press
xviii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER
From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Extreme Ownership comes a new and revolutionary approach to help leaders recognize and attain the leadership balance crucial to victory.
With their first book, Extreme Ownership (published in October 2015), Jocko Willink and Leif Babin set a new standard for leadership, challenging readers to become better leaders, better followers,
4) The trident: the forging and reforging of a Navy SEAL leader
Redman, Jason
Bordeaux - Adult Non-Fiction
359.984 R318t
Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction
[2013] William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
xviii, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
"A Navy SEAL's highly-charged account of his combat missions in Iraq and his miraculous recovery from wounds that might have killed him--if it were not for his grit and the devotion of his wife and family"--Provided by publisher.
5) On all fronts: the education of a journalist
Ward, Clarissa
B W257o
2020. Penguin Press
"The recipient of multiple Peabody and Murrow awards, Clarissa Ward is a world-renowned conflict reporter. In this strange age of crisis where there really is no front line, she has moved from one hot zone to the next. With multiple assignments in Syria, Egypt, and Afghanistan, Ward, who speaks seven languages, has been based in Baghdad, Beirut, Beijing, and Moscow. She has seen and documented the violent remaking of the world at close range. With...
6) Viper pilot: a memoir of air combat
Hampton, Dan
B H2322v
c2012 William Morrow
From 1986 to 2006, Lt. Col. Dan Hampton was a leading member of the Wild Weasels, the elite Air Force fighter squadrons whose mission is recognized as the most dangerous job in modern air combat. Weasels are the first planes sent into a war zone, flying deep behind enemy lines purposely seeking to draw fire from surface-to-air missiles and artillery. They must skillfully evade being shot down--and then return to destroy the threats, thereby making...
7) The long road home: a story of war and family
Raddatz, Martha
956.7044 R125L
Green Hills - Adult Non-Fiction
c2007 G. P. Putnam's Sons
310 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 24 cm.
ABC News' Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz shares remarkable tales of heroism, hope, and heartbreak in her account of "Black Sunday"—a battle during one of the deadliest periods of the Iraq War.
The First Cavalry Division came under surprise attack in Sadr City on Sunday April 4, 2004. Over 7,000 miles away, their families awaited the news for forty-eight hellish hours—expecting...
8) Service: a Navy SEAL at war
Luttrell, Marcus
956.7044 L974s
c2012 Little, Brown and Co
xv, 364 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
The author, a Navy SEAL, returned from his star-crossed mission in Afghanistan with his bones shattered and his heart broken. So many had given their lives to save him, and he would have readily done the same for them. As he recuperated, he wondered why he and others, from America's founding to today, had been willing to sacrifice everything, including themselves, for the sake of family, nation, and freedom. In this book, we follow the author to...
9) Thank you for my service
Best, Mat
B B5613t
[2019] Bantam Books
210 pages, unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations (color) ; 24 cm.
"Mat Best may be the only man alive known for both crazy-intense military ops and crazy-funny YouTube videos. In Thank you for my service, he uses the gallows humor and ribald sensibility that earned him over a million Facebook followers to tell his personal story of military service and the bumpy transition to civilian life and successful entrepreneurship. Beginning as a teenager in a military family dealing with 9/11, continuing through the intensity...
10) The fighters: Americans in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq
Chivers, C. J
Bellevue - Adult Non-Fiction
956.7044 C5439f
xxiii, 374 pages : maps ; 25 cm
"Almost 2.5 million Americans have served in Afghanistan or Iraq since September 11, 2001. C.J. Chivers has reported from both fronts from the beginning, walking side by side with combatants for more than a dozen years. He describes the experience of war today as it is endured by those most at risk--the camaraderie and profound sense of purpose, alongside courage, frustration, and moral confusion mixed with technical precision. In these remote places...
11) Drone warrior: an elite soldier's inside account of the hunt for America's most dangerous enemies
Velicovich, Brett
956.7044348 V443d
[2017] Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
xiii, 318 pages ; 24 cm
"For nearly a decade Brett Velicovich was at the center of America's new warfare: using unmanned aerial vehicles--drones--to take down the world's deadliest terrorists across the globe. One of an elite handful in the entire military with the authority to select targets and issue death orders, he worked in concert with the full human and technological network of American intelligence--assets, analysts, spies, informants--and the military's elite operatives,...
12) A journal for Jordan: a story of love and honor
Canedy, Dana
956.70443 C221j
Edgehill - Adult Non-Fiction
Hermitage - Adult Non-Fiction
2008 Crown Publishers
279 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
In a poignant memoir of love and war, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist presents the journal of her fiancé, a dedicated career soldier killed in Iraq, in which he records the events of the war, his grief over losing men in battle, and advice to his infant son on every aspect of life.
13) Duty: memoirs of a Secretary at war
Gates, Robert Michael
B G2595d
x, 618 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
CD AUDIO B G2595d
20 audio discs (1530 min.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
The former Secretary of Defense offers a candid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
14) Smoke the donkey: a marine's unlikely friend
Folsom, Cate
Old Hickory - Adult Non-Fiction
636.182 F671s
2016. Potomac Books
xvi, 243 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Smoke the Donkey recounts the strong friendship between Colonel Folsom and this stray donkey and the massive challenges of reuniting Smoke with Folsom in the United States following Folsom's retirement.
15) Why we lost: a general's inside account of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
Bolger, Daniel P
A three-star general offers a gripping insider account of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and how it all went wrong. Over a thirty-five year career, Daniel Bolger rose through the army infantry to become a three-star general, commanding in both theaters of the U.S. campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. He participated in meetings with top level military and civilian players, where strategy was made and managed. At the same time, he regularly...
16) The long walk: a story of war and the life that follows
Castner, Brian
956.70443 C3539L
c2012 Doubleday
[xi], 222 p. ; 22 cm.
This work is a powerful account of war and homecoming. The author served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them as the commander of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in Iraq. Days and nights he and his team, his brothers, would venture forth in heavily armed convoys from their Forward Operating Base to engage in the nerve-racking yet strangely exhilarating work of either disarming the deadly improvised explosive devices that had been...
17) The last punisher: a SEAL Team THREE sniper's true account of the Battle of Ramadi
Lacz, Kevin
B L152L
2016. Threshold Editions
First Threshold Editions hardcover edition.
xv, 301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
2016 Threshold Editions
"A first-person account of the Iraq War, from a Navy SEAL who was part of SEAL Team 3 with American Sniper Chris Kyle, describes their legendary unit, 2The Punishers,3 and provides gripping details of their missions in Ramadi,"--NoveList.
18) Hunter killer: inside America's unmanned air war
McCurley, T. Mark
B M1338h
xiii, 349 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
PLAYAWAY B M1338h
1 audio media player : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
"The first-ever inside look at the US military's secretive Remotely Piloted Aircraft program--equal parts techno-thriller, historical account, and war memoir."--Amazon.com.
19) Civilianized: a young veteran's memoir
Anthony, Michael
Madison - Adult Biography
B A6287c
2016. Zest Books
"After twelve months of military service in Iraq, Michael Anthony stepped off a plane, seemingly happy to be home--or at least back on US soil. He was twenty-one years old, a bit of a nerd, and carrying a pack of cigarettes that he thought would be his last. Two weeks later, Michael was stoned on Vicodin, drinking way too much, and picking a fight with a very large Hell's Angel. At his wit's end, he came to an agreement with himself: If things didn't...
20) The Mirror Test: America at War in Iraq and Afghanistan
Weston, J. Kael
956.7044 W535m
xix, 585 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
A powerfully written firsthand account of the human costs of conflict. J. Kael Weston spent seven years on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan working for the U.S. State Department in some of the most dangerous frontline locations. Upon his return home, while traveling the country to pay respect to the dead and wounded, he asked himself: When will these wars end? How will they be remembered and memorialized? What lessons can we learn from them? These...