Books

Think of it as a supplement to the Commandant’s Professional Reading list, only Marines may actually want to read these items.

Here’s a brief list of some of the best books we read here at Task & Purpose in the last year.

An M16, letters to a girl, fear, pride, love. He's left some burdens behind in exchange for others.

If there is such a thing as literary justice, you will eventually find Tellessen’s truth shelved alongside Sledge and Leckie and O’Brien.

Take your survival skills from Michael Scott to Hugh Glass (minus the bear incident).

Here's a brief list of some of the best military books we read here at Task & Purpose in the last year

Tom Hardy will embrace his third major military role after Black Hawk Down and Dunkirk as he leads an ensemble cast in 'The Things They Carried', a new movie based on Pultizer Prize-finalist Tim O'Brien's short story collection of the same name about his experiences during Vietnam

There are so many good f--king books in here.

'Missionaries' is horrifying and refreshing, challenging us to reflect not just on the destruction of our own national institutions but also on the ugly and ongoing consequences of American power abroad

"This book is not about the 160th or me, they are stories about our tribe, trials, and tribulations on and off the battlefield."

"This book is not about the 160th or me, they are stories about our tribe, trials, and tribulations on and off the battlefield."

President George W. Bush launched a ruinous war in Iraq based on an intelligence failure that saw the CIA, Pentagon and other agencies effectively make up the evidence that the White House sought to justify invading a country that had not attacked — or even threatened to attack — the United States

All five of these books could do with a modern-day cinematic treatment, on either the big screen or small.

​With his new memoir, "Attention Servicemember" Army veteran and former conflict photographer Ben Brody shows war the way he saw it.

Boyfriends can do some really weird shit, but this...this is adorable

Former defense secretary James Mattis plans on dropping a book in July, and we couldn't be more excited

Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter announced a new book on Thursday that he believes "will truly help people" when it comes out in October.

Gary Sinise just published a new memoir called Grateful American, and it's every bit as modest as anyone who has followed his years of support for the veteran community would expect

had a small group of pro-British conspirators had their way, the American Revolution might have lost its essential leader — George Washington — to imprisonment, execution or assassination.

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