All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque.
Classic World War I novel depicting the horrors and futility of armed conflict. Nineteen-year-old German private Paul Baumer relates the daily routine of ordinary soldiers in the trenches and tells how warfare affected him and his three classmates. Portrays young men who may have escaped bullets but were destroyed by their combat experience. RC 54896, BR 11984.

Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor.
Brooding, vivid chronicle of man's tragic inhumanity to man, based on events taking place in and around Georgia's Andersonville prison during the Civil War. The prison has been built on the land of humane planter Ira Claffey; together with his daughter he witnesses the misery, despair, heartache, and brutality of a wartime prison. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Pulitzer Prize 1955. RC 25241.

Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden.
Recreates the U.S. military operation in Mogadishu, Somalia, on October 3-4, 1993, when ninety-nine American soldiers were surrounded and trapped. Describes how the planned one-hour mission turned into an overnight fight for survival. Based on journalist’s interviews with the soldiers, helicopter pilots, and Somali clan leaders. Some strong language. RC 48028.

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.
Bombardier Yossarian desperately tries to stay alive during World War II. Military rules make it impossible for anyone to achieve the combat quota necessary to quit flying. Yossarian and his buddies concoct ways to avoid the ridiculous orders of their officers. Strong language and descriptions of sex. RC 48063, BR 11980.

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier.
A wounded Confederate soldier leaves the war on an arduous trek to his mountain home and the woman he aims to marry. Meanwhile, his intended struggles to work her deceased father's hardscrabble farm. Depicts hardship, peril, and courage in the wartime South. Strong language and violence. RC 44762. Also available as a descriptive video, DV 517.

The Dirty Dozen by E.M. Nathanson.
Europe, 1944. Twelve U.S. military renegades serving life sentences or facing execution are given a last-chance mission behind Nazi lines. Led by Captain John Reisman, the convicts endure a rigorous training, and are then dropped in France ahead of the Normandy invasion. Explicit descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. RC 56679.

From Here to Eternity by James Jones.
Army life in Hawaii before World War II, centering on the conflict and bond between two men: Private First Class Prewitt, a bugler and unwilling ex-boxer, and First Sergeant Warden, who risks his career for an affair with his commanding officer’s wife. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. National Book Award. RC 56319, BR 17261.

Going after Cacciato by Tim O'Brien.
A tough yet lyric novel relates the saga of an American soldier in Vietnam who goes AWOL and heads for Paris with the rest of his squad pursuing him. Strong language. RC 14424, BR 12371.

Guadalcanal Diary by Richard Tregaskis.
A day-by-day account of the landing of the American Marines on Guadalcanal Island where they fought one of the most critical battles of World War II. The author, a war correspondent, accompanied the troops. RC 22138.

The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer.
Classic novel of World War II. An American infantry platoon invades the Japanese-held island of Anopopei. Mailer explores the soldiers’ behavior and emotions under the extreme stress of jungle warfare. Strong language and some violence. RC 53839.

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carré.
After the last British agent behind the Iron Curtain has been killed by an East German agent, the British send a secret agent, posing as a defector, to trap the East German and destroy him. George Smiley series, book 3. RC 16772, BR 1605.

The Thin Red Line by James Jones.
A multi-level fictional chronicle of the amphibious military operation in the World War II Guadalcanal campaign. Explores the collective behavior of a wide and varied cross-section of American military men, from the Big Brass who observe the strategy to the fighting men who carry out the battle plans without knowing or caring about them. RC 14614.

To the White Sea by James Dickey.
Author of Deliverance (RC 25291) tells another terrifying adventure story, this time about Muldrow, an American gunner, who parachutes from his burning plane a day before the great bombing raid on Tokyo near the end of World War II. As an Alaskan woodsman, Muldrow possesses survival techniques, but nothing has prepared him for the danger he faces getting through enemy territory. Violence and some strong language. RC 37488.

Von Ryan's Express by David Westheimer.
In an Italian POW camp, the ranking officer among the American and British is a martinet named Ryan, who insists on maintaining military discipline. Under his direction, the prisoners take over the entire train that is transporting them to Germany. Von Ryan series, book 1. Violence. RC 17950.