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The Long Walk
The Long Walk
Written by Brian Castner
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307950871
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The Long Walk
A Story of War and the Life That Follows
Written by Brian Castner


Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $15.00

Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them in Iraq as the head of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit. Whenever IEDs were discovered, he and his men would lead the way in either disarming the deadly devices or searching through rubble and remains for clues... Read more >
The Endgame
The Endgame
Written by Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307388940
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The Endgame
The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama
Written by Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor


Format: Trade Paperback, 832 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $18.00

A Wall Street Journal Best Nonfiction Book of 2012

In this follow-up to their national bestseller Cobra II, Michael Gordon and General Bernard E. Trainor deftly piece together the story of the most widely reported but least understood war in American history. This stunning account of the political and military struggle between...

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AH-64 Apache Units of Operations Enduring Freedom & Iraqi Freedom

Written by Jonathan Bernstein
Illustrated by Jim Laurier


Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $15.95

After the attacks on 11 September 2001, Apache units made significant contributions to the Coalition campaign against Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan. Functioning as the 'killer' part of US Army Hunter-killer teams, Apaches sought out and brought overwhelming firepower to bear on Taliban and al-Qaeda forces, as well as providing... Read more >
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US Marine Corps and RAAF Hornet Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom

Written by Tony Holmes
Illustrated by Chris Davey


Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $15.95

Some 84 of the 250 Hornets committed by Central Command to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) proudly bore MARINE titling on their rear fuselages. A further 14 were marked with the distinctive kangaroo roundel of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The exploits achieved by the units that flew these jets into... Read more >
US Navy F-14 Tomcat Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom

Written by Tony Holmes
Illustrated by Jim Laurier


Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $15.95

Since the limited Desert Fox campaign against Iraq in December 1998, the Tomcat has been integral to virtually all combat operations involving the US Navy in the Arabian Gulf. Indeed, on every carrier deployment to the Persian Gulf since Desert Fox, the F-14 unit(s) on station has ventured into ‘The Sand... Read more >
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US Navy Hornet Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom (Part Two)

Written by Tony Holmes
Illustrated by Chris Davey


Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $15.95

The second installment examining the US Navy Hornet Units' participation in Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-present). These units were the first Navy Reserve unit to be mobilized since the Korean War, and their attacks were launched from carriers off the coast of Turkey. The conflict for these squadrons was very different from the... Read more >
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US Navy Hornet Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom (Part One)

Written by Tony Holmes
Illustrated by Chris Davey


Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $15.95

The first installment examining the US Hornet Units' participation in Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-present). The F/A-18 Hornet in its various guises was the 'universal soldier' of OIF, with around 250 seeing combat. Flown by various squadrons and groups, the Hornet attacked a range of targets including tanks of the various Iraqi... Read more >
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Iraq Full Circle
Iraq Full Circle
Written by Darron Wright
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781849088121
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Iraq Full Circle
From Shock and Awe to the Last Combat Patrol in Baghdad and Beyond
Written by Darron Wright


Format: Hardcover, 392 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $25.95

Col. Wright served three tours of duty in the Iraq War, commanding the last active combat brigade to withdraw from Operation Iraqi Freedom. His book personalizes the broader operational conflict we’ve all heard so much about, giving us a previously unknown insider command perspective that will fundamentally change how our nation...

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Iraq Full Circle
From Shock and Awe to the Last Combat Patrol in Baghdad and Beyond
Written by Darron Wright


Format: eBook, 392 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $9.95

Col. Wright served three tours of duty in the Iraq War, commanding the last active combat brigade to withdraw from Operation Iraqi Freedom. His book personalizes the broader operational conflict we’ve all heard so much about, giving us a previously unknown insider command perspective that will fundamentally change how our nation...

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The Endgame
The Endgame
Written by Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307377227
Our Price: $35.00
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The Endgame
The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama
Written by Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor


Format: Hardcover, 800 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2012
Price: $35.00

Eagerly anticipated in the wake of their national best seller Cobra II (“The superb, must-read military history of the invasion of Iraq”—Thomas L. Friedman), The Endgame is Michael R. Gordon and General Bernard E. Trainor’s most ambitious and news-breaking book to date. A peerless work of investigative journalism and historical recreation...

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The Endgame
The Endgame
Written by Michael R. Gordon
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307906977
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The Endgame
The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama
Written by Michael R. Gordon


Format: eBook, 832 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2012
Price: $13.99

Wall Street Journal Best Nonfiction Book of 2012

In this follow-up to their national bestseller Cobra II, Michael Gordon and General Bernard E. Trainor deftly piece together the story of the most widely reported but least understood war in American history. This stunning account of the political and military struggle between American...

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The Endgame
The Endgame
Written by Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor, Read by Rob Shapiro
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780307970787
Our Price: $32.50

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The Endgame
The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama
Written by Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor
Read by Rob Shapiro


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 25, 2012
Price: $32.50

Eagerly anticipated in the wake of their national best seller Cobra II (“The superb, must-read military history of the invasion of Iraq”—Thomas L. Friedman), The Endgame is Michael R. Gordon and General Bernard E. Trainor’s most ambitious and news-breaking book to date. A peerless work of investigative journalism and historical recreation...

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US Marine Infantry Combat Uniforms and Equipment 2000-12
US Marine Infantry Combat Uniforms and Equipment 2000-12
Written by Kenneth Ewald, Illustrated by J. Eward
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781849087995
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US Marine Infantry Combat Uniforms and Equipment 2000-12

Written by Kenneth Ewald
Illustrated by J. Eward


Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $18.95

The US Marine Corps has been a key part of the US presence in a host of combat zones in the first years of the 21st century, from Iraq to Afghanistan. With a front-line strength of over 200,000 active-duty personnel, the USMC is significantly larger than the entire armed forces of... Read more >
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US Marine Infantry Combat Uniforms and Equipment 2000-12

Written by Kenneth Ewald
Illustrated by J. Eward


Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $14.95

The US Marine Corps has been a key part of the US presence in a host of combat zones in the first years of the 21st century, from Iraq to Afghanistan. With a front-line strength of over 200,000 active-duty personnel, the USMC is significantly larger than the entire armed forces of... Read more >
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The Long Walk
The Long Walk
Written by Brian Castner
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780385536202
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The Long Walk
A Story of War and the Life That Follows
Written by Brian Castner


Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $25.95

In the tradition of Michael Herr’s Dispatches and works by such masters of the memoir as Mary Karr and Tobias Wolff, a powerful account of war and homecoming.

Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them as the commander of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in... Read more >
The Long Walk
The Long Walk
Written by Brian Castner
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780385536219
Our Price: $11.99
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The Long Walk
A Story of War and the Life That Follows
Written by Brian Castner


Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $11.99

In the tradition of Michael Herr’s Dispatches and works by such masters of the memoir as Mary Karr and Tobias Wolff, a powerful account of war and homecoming.

Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them as the commander of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in... Read more >
The Long Walk
The Long Walk
Written by Brian Castner, Read by Brian Castner
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
ISBN: 9780449806401
Our Price: $35.00
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The Long Walk
A Story of War and the Life That Follows
Written by Brian Castner
Read by Brian Castner


Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $35.00

In the tradition of Michael Herr’s Dispatches and works by such masters of the memoir as Mary Karr and Tobias Wolff, a powerful account of war and homecoming.

Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them as the commander of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in... Read more >
The Long Walk
The Long Walk
Written by Brian Castner, Read by Brian Castner
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780449806418
Our Price: $17.50

For more information about downloading this audiobook
visit our Audiobook Download FAQ page.

The Long Walk
A Story of War and the Life That Follows
Written by Brian Castner
Read by Brian Castner


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $17.50

In the tradition of Michael Herr’s Dispatches and works by such masters of the memoir as Mary Karr and Tobias Wolff, a powerful account of war and homecoming.

Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them as the commander of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in... Read more >
Also available as an unabridged audio CD, eBook, hardcover and a trade paperback.
Captivity
Captivity
Written by James Loney
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307399281
Our Price: $18.00
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Captivity
118 Days in Iraq and the Struggle for a World Without War
Written by James Loney


Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2012
Price: $18.00

The powerful account of the remarkable peace activist kidnapped while leading a peace delegation and held for ransom by Iraqi insurgents until his paradoxical release by a crack unit of special forces commandos.

In November 2005, James Loney and three other men — Canadian Harmeet Singh Sooden, British citizen Norman Kember and... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
US Army Soldier
Baghdad 2003-04
Written by Kenneth Estes
Illustrated by Howard Gerrard


Format: eBook, 113 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $13.99

Osprey's survey of US Army soldiers' participation in the war in Iraq. In April 2003, after a month of heavy bombardment, Baghdad fell under coalition forces' control. The forces established the Coalition Provisional Authority and in the heart of the city, an 8km square mile "Green Zone" was formed to maintain... Read more >
Special Operations Patrol Vehicles
Afghanistan and Iraq
Written by Leigh Neville
Illustrated by Richard Chasemore


Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $13.95

The patrol vehicles used by Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq vary quite dramatically between the theaters as well as amongst the Coalition members, and have been developed and upgraded to meet the demands of the deployment. Covering all the major Coalition nations, Leigh Neville continues his look at the... Read more >
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Special Operations Patrol Vehicles
Special Operations Patrol Vehicles
Written by Leigh Neville, Illustrated by Richard Chasemore
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781849081870
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Special Operations Patrol Vehicles
Afghanistan and Iraq
Written by Leigh Neville
Illustrated by Richard Chasemore


Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $17.95

The patrol vehicles used by Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq vary quite dramatically between the theaters as well as amongst the Coalition members, and have been developed and upgraded to meet the demands of the deployment. Covering all the major Coalition nations, Leigh Neville continues his look at the... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Captivity
Captivity
Written by James Loney
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307399274
Our Price: $27.95
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Captivity
118 Days in Iraq and the Struggle for a World Without War
Written by James Loney


Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
On Sale: April 19, 2011
Price: $27.95

The powerful account of the remarkable peace activist kidnapped while leading a peace delegation and held for ransom by Iraqi insurgents until his paradoxical release by a crack unit of special forces commandos.

In November 2005, James Loney and three other men — Canadian Harmeet Singh Sooden, British citizen Norman Kember and... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.
Captivity
Captivity
Written by James Loney
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307399298
Our Price: $13.99
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Captivity
118 Days in Iraq and the Struggle for a World Without War
Written by James Loney


Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: April 19, 2011
Price: $13.99

The powerful account of the remarkable peace activist kidnapped while leading a peace delegation and held for ransom by Iraqi insurgents until his paradoxical release by a crack unit of special forces commandos.

In November 2005, James Loney and three other men — Canadian Harmeet Singh Sooden, British citizen Norman Kember and... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.
Acts of Aggression
Policing Rogue States
Written by Noam Chomsky, Edward W. Said and Ramsey Clark


Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $6.95

In Acts of Aggression three distinguished activist scholars examine the background and ramifications of the U.S. conflict with Iraq. Through three separate essays, the pamphlet provides an in-depth analysis of U.S./Arab relations, the contradictions and consequences of U.S. foreign policy toward "rogue states," and how hostile American actions abroad conflict with... Read more >
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