Thursday, January 18, 2018

Afghanistan War Books That Tell The Real Story

By Donald Fisher


Dakota Meyer is a hero who defied orders and risked his own life to save the lives of many others. He tells his amazing story in one of the most thrilling Afghanistan war books, Into The Fire, in which Taliban insurgents viciously ambushed him and many of his comrades. Instead of waiting by the vehicles as he was commanded to, he led a barrage of attacks that left the enemy stunted and rescued many of his comrades from death.

For a book that is full of action and raw emotion, look no further than Outlaw Platoon. In this book, which has been called the Band of Brothers of our time, Sean Parnell tells the story of one of the most difficult fights that happened in this country. The setting of this story is in the Afghan mountains in an area called Hindu Kesh, where the 10th Mountain Division was forced into a very hard fight that went on almost continuously for sixteen months.

Pat Tillman is someone who many people know as a legend, but there is a much more human story behind the legend that is there to be told. That is what Jon Krakauer wrote about in Where Men Win Glory, which goes beyond Pat throwing away an NFL contract to be in the Army. He died in combat, but his story will live on.

Dexter Filkins served as New York Times foreign correspondent for a long and successful career, giving him a unique perspective on the rise of the Taliban. He saw and reported on the September 11th attack, the wars in this country, as well as those in Iraq. His book called The Forever War has so much information and amazing stories that make the long turn of events easier to understand.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll wrote Ghost Wars, which goes into detail about some of the covert wars that were going on in this country leading up to the September 11th attack. According to his book, this attack was directly related to these covert wars because it caused the Islamic militancy that then occurred. This book also explores why bin Laden's capture took so long.

For people who are interested in paratroopers, The Chosen Few might be the right book to try. Greg Zoroya tells the story of what was called the worst battle in this country. These paratroopers thought they would have an easy mission, but instead found themselves in a struggle they were unable to withdraw from.

For a controversial tale that not everyone will want to see, Dog Company is a book that has many negative claims about how the Army treats their own soldiers. This book was written by Lynn Vincent and Captain Roger Hill, and they both believe that spies and enemy soldiers are treated better than their own. Captain Hill describes a time that he had to defy orders just to prevent his friends from being killed.

Lions of Kandahar was written by Major Rusty Bradley and Kevin Maurer. The battle that is described is one of the most critical, when the South was slipping away. In Rusty's third tour of duty, he gives an inside account of Operation Medusa that stopped the Taliban from reclaiming the critical Kandahar Province.




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