RECOMMENDED READING FROM THE U.S. MILITARY

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This is a sampling of recommended reading from various U.S. military organizations.  Click for more SEALs reading.

Band of Brothers, Stephen E. Ambrose (Army)

Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War, Mark Bowden (SEALS)

Flags of Our Fathers, James Bradley (Marines)

The Finishing School, Dick Couch (SEALS)

The Forever War, Dexter Filkins (Air Force)

My Men Are My Heroes: The Brad Kasal Story, Nathaniel R. Helms (Marines)

Rescue Warriors: The U.S. Coast Guard, America's Forgotten Heroes, David Helvarg (Coast Guard)

West with the Night, Beryl Markham (Air Force)

Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal, James D. Hornfischer (Navy)

Counterstrike, Eric Schmitt (Air Force)

Grunts: Inside the American Combat Experience, World War II through Iraq, John C. McManus (Army)

Dressmaker of Khair Khana, Gail Tzemach Lemmon   (Air Force)

The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education, Craig M. Mullaney (Army)

The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us & What We Can Do About It, Joshua Cooper Ramo (Army)

Wired for War, P.W. Singer (Navy)

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