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Featured in Books

By Feb 25, 2021
Reviews

The best survival books that will make you harder to kill

Take your survival skills from Michael Scott to Hugh Glass (minus the bear incident).
By Feb 18, 2021
Culture

The acclaimed author of ‘The Things They Carried’ tells us what he carried in Vietnam and carries with him still

An M16, letters to a girl, fear, pride, love. He's left some burdens behind in exchange for others.
By Nov 25, 2020
Entertainment

11 of the best military books we read this year

Here's a brief list of some of the best military books we read here at Task & Purpose in the...
By Nov 2, 2020
Entertainment

The iconic Vietnam War novel ‘The Things They Carried’ is getting a film with a star-studded cast

Tom Hardy will embrace his third major military role after Black Hawk Down and Dunkirk as he leads an ensemble...
By Oct 21, 2020
Community

‘Starship Troopers’ is off the Marine commandant’s reading list, but ‘White Donkey’ by Terminal Lance is in

There are so many good f--king books in here.
By Oct 2, 2020
Entertainment

An Iraq War veteran has delivered a ‘beautiful, violent and almost perfect’ new novel about the American military machine

'Missionaries' is horrifying and refreshing, challenging us to reflect not just on the destruction of our own national institutions but...
By Sep 22, 2020
Mandatory Fun

A new memoir follows a Night Stalker pilot’s epic journey through the War on Terror

"This book is not about the 160th or me, they are stories about our tribe, trials, and tribulations on and...
By Sep 22, 2020
Mandatory Fun

A new memoir follows a Night Stalker pilot’s epic journey through the War on Terror

"This book is not about the 160th or me, they are stories about our tribe, trials, and tribulations on and...
By Jul 29, 2020
Analysis

The lies and mistakes that led the US into Iraq, laid out in a new book

President George W. Bush launched a ruinous war in Iraq based on an intelligence failure that saw the CIA, Pentagon...
By Jun 21, 2020
Entertainment

A Navy’s SEAL’s list of post-apocalyptic novels that should be movies

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