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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Under the persimmon tree Under the persimmon tree Suzanne Fisher Staples During the 2001 Afghan War, the lives of Najmal, a young refugee from Kunduz, Afghanistan, and Nusrat, an American-Muslim teacher who is awaiting her huband's return from Mazar-i-Sharif, intersect at… OL115620W
Thanksgiving Daddy Thanksgiving Daddy Rachel Lee "Honor, duty and loyalty drove Major Edith Clapton to risk her life flying Combat Search and Recovery in Afghanistan. Hunger, desire and lust drove her into the arms of Seth Hardin, a gorgeous navy S… OL17794995W
A prior engagement A prior engagement Karina Bliss "After two years as a POW presumed dead, SAS soldier Lee Davis is finally going home. Back to his family, friends and ... fiance e? He doesn't have a fiance e ... the night before his last deployment… OL17796252W
Pashtun Pashtun Ron Lealos The Company has a special secret operation planned for one of their top agents: the leaders of the Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorist groups are hiding out in Pashtun country, and they must be eliminated… OL17886375W
Swimming with warlords Swimming with warlords Kevin Sites "In this electrifying first-person account, journalist and author Kevin Sites goes deep into the geopolitical morass of Afghanistan to emerge with critical insights into both a people and a war that … OL17895994W
Close pursuit Close pursuit Cindy Dees Providing medical relief in a war-torn region helps Alex Peters forget his past and focus on the job, delivering babies. Less easy to overlook is his blonde comrade-at-arms, who knows nothing of the … OL17906459W
Battle heroes Battle heroes Allan Zullo Ten stories of American heroes who have risked their lives for their country while fighting in the Afghan War. OL18176678W
Sardar Sardar Abdullah Sharif In 1976 Abdullah Sharif departed Afghanistan first for France and then the United States, leaving behind a viable nation state. Thirty-five years later he returned as a US diplomat. The country he re… OL18178133W
Wynne's war Wynne's war Aaron Gwyn "An elite platoon of Special Forces soldiers infiltrates a forbidding Afghan war zone on horseback in search of vast treasure in this lyrical, thrilling blend of military fiction and Western"-- OL19977815W
Brothers forever Brothers forever Tom Sileo "Four weeks after Navy SEALs had killed Osama bin Laden, President Obama stood in Arlington National Cemetery to deliver his Memorial Day address. He extolled the heroism and sacrifice of the two men… OL19980157W
Soldier girls Soldier girls Helen Thorpe Describes the experiences of three women soldiers deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq to reveal how their military service has affected their friendship, personal lives and families, detailing the reali… OL19982001W
The age of jihad The age of jihad Patrick Cockburn,Patrick Cockburn "Presented in ... diary form, this substantial volume draws together a careful selection of Cockburn's writings from the frontlines of the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria, intersperse… OL20037439W
The burn pits The burn pits Joseph Hickman Draws on government documents and hundreds of case studies to reveal the devastating impact of the use of burning pits in Afghanistan and Iraq has on the armed forces serving there. OL20091828W
Down Range Down Range Dick Couch In America's battle against al-Qaeda and their allies, the goal of the Navy SEALs is to be the best guns in the fight--stealthy, effective, professional, and lethal. Here for the first time is a SEAL… OL2981459W
Lone Survivor Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader… OL9247039W