Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle of the Afghan War
by Bing West
In the fall of 2009, Taliban ambushed Afghan soldiers and Marines in a mountain village called Ganjigal. 21 year-old Corporal Dakota Meyer disobeyed orders and attacked to rescue his comrades.
This is a story of courage and cowardice, of crazy rules of engagement and coverup investigations, and of coming to terms with death.
We see it all through Dakota’s eyes, bullet-by-bullet, with raw honesty in telling both the errors and the resolve of American Solders, Marines and Afghan soldiers – abandoned and facing certain death.
The Snake Eaters
by Owen West
“Every deploying adviser, and every American interested in how we are fighting our wars, should read Owen West’s gripping and important book.” —Max Boot, Wall Street Journal
“A momentous page-turner about an unlikely group of Army reservists, Iraqi soldiers, and Marines who faced down a reign of terror in an Iraqi city. It will make you swell with pride at plain old American ingenuity and courage. Read it! You will never again hear the words ‘handing it over to the Iraqis’ in the same way.” —Karl Marlantes, bestselling author of Matterhorn
When a dozen unprepared American Army reservists are dropped off on an isolated Iraqi outpost with orders to be the military advisors, they have no idea that what they will really be doing is fighting. With no training to fall back on, this group —including a guitarist, a DEA agent, a plumber, and a postal worker — must somehow mentor the “Snake Eaters,” an Iraqi Battalion locked in a deadly struggle over an insurgent-infested town along the Euphrates River. The battle becomes so personal that the combatants know each others’ names…
The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy and the Way Out of Afghanistan
by Bing West
A history of the war, from the mountains in the north to the poppy fields in the south, combining the battles on the ground with a critique of the overall strategy.
“Shows in the most granular, detailed way how and why America’s counterinsurgency in Afghanistan is failing. shows in the most granular, detailed way how and why America’s counterinsurgency in Afghanistan is failing.”
– New York Times Book Review
The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics and the End Game in Iraq
by Bing West
A history of the Iraq War, from the grunt level to the generals.
“West calls it like he sees it, and there is probably no American not wearing a uniform who has seen more of this war.”
– Washington Post
No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah
by Bing West
The epic battle of the Iraq War: a year of savage fighting and bungled political negotiations.
“The finest chronicle of the strategy behind battle and the fighting during battle that I’ve ever read!”
– General Carl E. Mundy, former Commandant of the Marine Corps
The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the 1st Marine Division
by Bing West
A first-hand account of the 22-day attack from Kuwait to Baghdad in 2003.
“Cuts to the very bone to reveal the experience of the modern fighting infantryman.”
– General Tony Zinni
Four Days To Veracruz
by Owen West
With style and nonstop action, Owen West, winner of the Boyd literary award for best military novel of 2001, returns with Four Days to Veracruz – an adventure-thriller that sizzles with international intrigue, relentless suspense, and straight-from-the-headlines consequences.
“Darren Phillips, a major in the Marines, and his wife, Kate, never dreamed they would spend their Mexico honeymoon chasing down drug dealers and crooked federales, but that’s precisely what happens in this shoot-and-pursuit thriller. West (Sharkman Six) wastes no time piling up the bodies with gunfights, stabbings, torture and mutilation…” – Publishers Weekly
The Pepperdogs
by Bing West
A novel about a Marine recon team that fought its way across Serbia to rescue a comrade.
“Might be the suspense novel of the year… a story about warriors, told authoritatively and brilliantly.”
– Kirkus Starred Review
Sharkman Six
by Owen West
When his recon platoon lands on a Mogadishu beach under the glare of hundreds of news cameras, Lieutenant Gavin Kelly knows that his mission of mercy — Operation Restore Hope — is going to be anything but by the book. His doubts prove true after one of his men kills an armed Somali who may have been a newsperson’s bodyguard, touching off an international incident that has the press corps howling, his Marine superiors evading, and his men losing faith in their cause, their honor, and their lieutenant…
“Former Marine West shows staggering insight into the demoralizing dangers of Third World police duty in this powerful debut chronicling the clash of Marine vets and armed warlords in Somalia.”
– Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The Village
by Bing West
485 days of combat in a remote Vietnamese village. Fifteen Marines walked in; eight walked out.
“A minor classic about war… A superbly honest, readable piece of work that goes beyond journalism to become good literature.”
– Washington Post