Customer Review: I am in a bookclub, so when it was my turn choose a book, I asked some friends for recommendataions, and they told me that Three Cups of Tea was next on their list of books to read. None of them had actually read it, but they all indicated that wanted to read it. When I looked it up on Amazon, it... more info
Customer Review: This is by far one of the best of the books I have read on the War on Terror. And I have read close to 100 so far. We all neeed to thank him and the families of the men who paid the ultimate price that day in Afganistan. A action packed story that will keep you reading from strt to finish without... more info
Customer Review: It has been said that real life can sometimes be more exciting and intriguing than some of the most action-packed fiction novels or movies. Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton portrays such a story. Set just prior to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, Horse Soldiers tells the... more info
Customer Review: This is an outstanding book detailing the US involvement with Afghanistan. Read in combination with Ahmed Rahsid's "Descent into Chaos" (See review) , it forms a powerful duo. The main strengths of Coll's book is its thoroughness from the American point of view. He has researched well the... more info
Customer Review: Excellent book on how we ended with the current situation in Afghanistan. Although more contemporary than Steve Coll's Ghost Wars or Ahmed Rashid's "Descent in Chaos", I don't think I learned any more than these two books. If anything, it reinforces the recurrent mistakes the US and the West has... more info
Customer Review: Political bias aside, the author constantly goes out of his way to portray poorly supported conspiracy theories as undeniable fact. While there is a good deal of legitimate information in the book, it is, at times, difficult to differentiate from the half-truths present throughout. An example:... more info
Customer Review: "Not a Good Day to Die" by Sean Naylor is the story of how American forces planned and executed OPERATION ANACONDA, a major battle to dislodge Taliban and Al Qaida forces from the Shahikot Valley in Afghanistan. Naylor tells the story with the sensationalist flair of a seasoned journalist, which is... more info
Customer Review: I can't believe this book got all these good reviews, here is the truth - The book offers nothing new, the first chapter gets you really excited, as they capture a guy who might have had a wounded bin laden at his house, hoping for some inside information or new facts on how bin laden escaped tora... more info
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