Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. The best books on afghanistan recommended by thomas barfield. Its one of the best books about the war so far this year. Afghanistan war, 2001personal narratives, afghanistan war. By 1979 guerrilla opposition forces, popularly called mujahidin islamic warriors, were active in much of the country, fighting both soviet forces and the sovietbacked afghan government. The number grows even more when taking into account increases in the base budgets for the department of defense and the department of veterans affairs. Dark secrets about our war in afghanistan fabius maximus.
The study of war is the study of life, because war is life in the rawest sense. Afghanistan war, 2001, individual wars, nook books. A slew of war memoirs stand with the best writing of that genre. There are several books that are excellent in covering different aspects of afghanistans history. Sometimes the hardest part of going to war is coming home by. Some 58,602 bombs were dropped on afghanistan since 2001 the statistics were first compiled in 2006 and 2019 was the latest record year for the number of munitions dropped. It is the definitive history of the us civil war it gives equal treatment to both sides, and is more than one million words, but is never boring. Winner of the 2016 pulitzer prize for fiction, this debut novel could fit into half a dozen genres of vietnam war books from war narrative to immigrant story, from mystery to political, from metafiction to historical and even dark comedy.
Best afghanistan books list of top books about afghanistan. Afghanistan war, 2001personal narratives, afghanistan. This is one of the best books about the war in afghanistan for anyone interested in learning the history of how the area became so radicalized. On may 8th, many countries celebrate ve or victory in europe day, the day the allies accepted germanys unconditional surrender at the end of world war ii. Best iraq and afghanistan war books 228 books goodreads. Maley examines the sovietafghan war, the afghan civil war and the ongoing conflict in 2002 in the context of afghanistans cultural, social, political and. It is death, fear, power, love, adrenaline, sacrifice, glory, and the will to survive. The written recorded history of the land presently constituting afghanistan can be traced back to around 500 bce when the area was under the achaemenid. A reading list of modern war stories the new york times.
According to an investigative reporter from the washington post, the failures of the war in afghanistan were consistently followed by dishonesty from policymakers and. Key numbers behind the war in afghanistan statista. Jun 30, 2016 but the best book about the iraq war isnt actually about the iraq war. A new generation has come home and has written and is still writing powerful books about the counterinsurgency in iraq and afghanistan. From the day to day life of the good soldiers and marines on the front lines to the quest to find osama bin laden, there are books that tell the true story from the people who fought al qaeda and other forces while serving in afghanistan. Against a backdrop of book recommendations, five books editor sophie roell reflects on family members lost, and those who survived. In pumpkinflowers, matti friedman tells the story of a small outpost called the pumpkin, thus the title flowers refers to the code word for wounded soldiers during the unnamed israeli occupation of lebanons security zone in the 1990s. Discover the best afghan war military history in best sellers. Apr 14, 2017 15 great books about iraq, afghanistan indispensible from the familiar to the obscure, novelist and military man jesse goolsby runs down the poetry, fiction, memoir and history you need to make. This epic threevolume masterpiece is to war what gibbons decline and fall of the roman empire was to history.
Online shopping for special forces from a great selection at books store. Among the most positive is an abundance of topnotch books, many written by veterans of the conflict. War in afghanistan and iraq teaching childrens literature. My lists are not based on my own personal favorites.
Rain, the new afghanistan war novel from former british army soldier barney campbell, is brutally honest and unforgiving in its realism. The us has repeatedly misdiagnosed the war in afghanistan. The views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of west point, the department of the army, the. The viet cong fighter, viet cong and nva tunnels and fortifications of the vietnam war, the seminole wars 181858, tribes of the sioux nation, apache tactics. The best book about the iraq war isnt about the iraq war. Not including the fictions we were told by the bush administration.
Sometimes the hardest part of going to war is coming home by bryan a. Persia and afghanistan in 19334 being recognised as the greatest of all prewar travel books. To understand afghan society, read before taliban and heroes of the age by david edwards, and afghanistan. Among the most positive is an abundance of top notch books, many written by veterans of the conflict.
Trump administration drops bombs at record pace in. Afghanistan war, international conflict beginning in 2001 that was triggered by the september 11 attacks. The first phasetoppling the taliban the ultraconservative political and religious faction that ruled afghanistan and provided sanctuary for alqaeda, perpetrators of the september 11 attackswas brief, lasting just two months. Former soldier, andrew exum, tells us about flawed policy, unhappy outcomes and what could and should have been different. Dec 26, 2014 a selection of books related to the wars in iraq and afghanistan. War in afghanistan 2001present part of the larger afghanistan conflict, and the global war on terrorism. These include winners of national book awards and pulitzer prizes, both fiction and nonfiction. This book details both the war in afghanistan as well as the war in iraq by giving geographic information of the two countries, explaining why the wars began, describing what soldiers do on a daily basis, and giving an. The reason i chose this book is that it had a revolutionary effect on the way social scientists think about civil wars in general.
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These are complexities with which policy makers, journalists, students and scholars must now come to terms. Best nonfiction war books, around the world one book from each country, best iraq and afghanistan war books, best books on special forces m. Jul, 2016 top 10 books about the iraq war ranging from forensic intelligence reports to biting reportage and searing fiction and memoir, these books lay bare the mistakes that drove the war, and reveal. To me, accuracy when making a top 10 top 100 all time list is extremely important. While the book was later made into a movie, its wellworth reading if only for the stories of rick rescorla, the platoon leader featured on the cover of the book whose nickname was hard core. William maley offers an insight into afghanistans wars and the domestic, regional and international politics that have exposed the population of what was once one of the most stable states in asia to enormous damage.
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A darkly comic satire set at a forward operating base in iraq, by a veteran who served in the army for 20. Jan 09, 2017 there are several books that are excellent in covering different aspects of afghanistans history. Andrew exum recommends the best books for understanding the war in afghanistan. The best books on understanding the war in afghanistan. Max brooks is an author, public speaker, nonresident fellow with the modern war institute at west point, and senior resident fellow at the atlantic councils art of future warfare project. One of them was my friend, who in 2009 was killed by ied improvised explosive device. Best books about war so war is one of the most recurring themes in human history, as such scores of books have been written on the topi, what are your favorite books about it.
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