Going After Cacciato
Winner of the National Book Award, ‘Going After Cacciato’ captures the peculiar mixture of horror and hallucination that marked the Vietnam War, this strangest of wars.
Irregular or guerrilla forces and warfare
I Didn’t Do It For You: How the World Used and Abused a Small African Nation (Text Only)
One small East African country embodies the battered history of the continent: patronised by colonialists, riven by civil war, confused by Cold War manoeuvring, proud, colorful, with Africa’s best espresso and worst rail service. Michela Wrong brilliantly reveals the contradictions and comedy, past and present, of Eritrea.
War
From the author of The Perfect Storm, a gripping book about Sebastian Junger’s almost-fatal year with the 2nd battalion of the American Army.