Radio Program - October 12, 2007 - Odd Books About War

The Trojan War by Barry Strauss (Regional Library)

Gunpowder by Jack Kelly

Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

Mimi and Toutou’s Big Adventure: The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika by Giles Foden

War is a Force that Gives us Meaning by Chris Hedges

Hitler’s Peace by Philip Kerr

The Plot Against America by Philip Roth

The Flying Tiger: The True Story of General Claire Chennault and the U.S. 14th Air Force in China by Jack Samson

The Rising Tide: A Novel of World War II by Jeff Shaara

My Detachment by Tracy Kidder

Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History by George Crile

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, From the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll

In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat by Rick Atkinson (956.7044)

The Unknown Soldier by Gerald Seymour (fiction)

DVDs

Warrior’s Women by Dorothy Tod

The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars: One Against the Nazis Abroad: One Against Racism at Home by PBS

The World at War (11 discs in 3 volumes)