Caputo, Philip

A complete history of America's longest and most controversial war.

A group of men and women fighting the civil war in Sudan find themselves thrown into a well of moral corruption that tries to turn their strengths into weaknesses, forcing them to make ethical compromises in order to survive.

The author recalls his personal feelings and experiences as a young reporter from the Chicago Tribune covering the student uprising at Kent State University on May 4, 1970, and includes a DVD of the 2001 documentary "Kent State--The Day the War Came Home.".

Philip Caputo describes his experiences as part of a photography and research safari mounted to unlock the secrets of the man-eating lions of the Tsavo area of East Africa, a region known for its abnormally large, maneless lions with a taste for human prey.

The author recounts his experiences during the sixteen months he spent as a Marine infantry officer in the Vietnam war.

Sybil, determined to learn the truth about the mysterious and perilous journey her grandfather forced his three teenage sons to undertake at the beginning of the twentieth century, makes discoveries that force her to change the way she thinks about herself, her family, and her country.

Philip Caputo chronicles his experiences as a war correspondent, describing his dangerous encounters with the Chicago Mafia, Islamist extremists, Beirut snipers, and Middle Eastern terrorists.

Philip J. Caputo's memories of the sixteen months he served in Vietnam, from 1965-66, and the emotional devastation he suffered from it, written a decade after his return home.

After losing his wife on September 11, 2001, Gil Castle retreats to his family's isolated Arizona ranch, where he tries to cope with his own grief while learning about the hardships his father and grandfather faced throughout the twentieth century.