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Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Language
English
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Description
When her husband, a star NFL running back-turned-soldier, is killed in Iraq, Abby Fitzgerald finds her world turned upside down by grief, loyalty, and betrayal as she deals with her own heartache while trying to comfort his family.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the midst of a bloody battle in the Iraq War, two soldiers, bound together since basic training, do everything to protect each other from both outside enemies and the internal struggles that come from constant danger.
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
Entering the U.S. army after fleeing the Great Famine in Ireland, seventeen-year-old Thomas McNulty and his brother-in-arms, John Cole, experience the harrowing realities of the Indian wars and the American Civil War between the Wyoming plains and Tennessee.
5) Redeployment
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Phil Klay's Redeployment takes readers to the frontlines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking us to understand what happened there, and what happened to the soldiers who returned. Interwoven with themes of brutality and faith, guilt and fear, helplessness and survival, the characters in these stories struggle to make meaning out of chaos. In "Redeployment", a soldier who has had to shoot dogs because they were eating human corpses must learn...
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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"In March 1865, the long and bitter War between the States is winding down. Till now, twenty-three-year-old Simon Boudlin has evaded military duty thanks to his slight stature, youthful appearance, and utter lack of compunction about bending the truth. But following a barroom brawl in Victoria, Texas, Simon finds himself conscripted, however belatedly, into the Confederate Army. Luckily his talent with a fiddle gets him a comparatively easy position...