iraq war, 2003-2011

Chronicles Jason Dunham's experiences fighting in Iraq, culminating in Dunham's heroic actions when an Iraqi soldier threw a grenade at Dunham's troops.

Ambitions in scope, American Heroes details the earliest terrorism faced by the United States in the 1800s at the hands of the Barbary Pirates, the major terrorist group developments of the 1970s and 80s, and, most vividly, the post-9/11 Iraq War era. Most inspiringly, North's up-close field notes highlight the core values of today's American soldier in relation to the fight at hand.

John Crawford, a Florida National Guardsman called up in autumn 2002, tells the story of his tour of duty in Iraq, a stint that was supposed to be three to six months but lasted over a year, discussing his experiences dealing with everything from supply inadequacies and command mismanagements to cleaning up dismembered people on the streets and other realities of the war.

Examines the reasons why President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair decided to invade Iraq in 2003.

The author recalls his experience as an embedded reporter with the Third Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment as the invasion of Iraq began in March 2003, and describes the action he witnessed under Lt. Col. Bryan McCoy's command.

Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL, recounts his life and military experiences, discusses his record for the most career sniperkills in United States military history and the bounty placed on his head by Iraqi insurgents, provides an eye-witness account of war in Iraq, shares the strains of war on his marriage and family, and honors his fellow soldiers. Includes a section of remembrances by those whose lives he touched personally.

Chronicles the friendship between Marine Major Brian Dennis and Nubs, a pack leader of wild dogs in Iraq who bonded with Dennis, but when Dennis was relocated seventy miles away and could not bring the dog with him, Nubs traveled across the freezing desert to find his human friend.

Presents a memoir in which Tommy Franks, Commander in Chief of the United States Central Command from July 2000 through July 2003, recalls his life, discussing his childhood and military career, and providing a behind-the-scenes look at the War on Terrorism.

The author, a Navy SEAL, returned from his star-crossed mission in Afghanistan with his bones shattered and his heart broken. As he recuperated, he wondered why he and others, from America's founding to today, had been willing to sacrifice everything, including themselves, for the sake of family, nation, and freedom. In this book, we follow the author to Iraq, where he returns to the battlefield as a member of SEAL Team 5 to help take on the most dangerous city in the world, Ramadi, the capital of war-torn Al Anbar Province. There, in six months of high-intensity urban combat, he would be part of what has been called the greatest victory in the history of U.S. Special Operations forces.