Query: Books about the United States Army that are Non-fiction
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne
Where Men Win Glory
Absolutely American
Into the Storm: On the Ground in Iraq
Ghost Soldiers
An Army at Dawn
Citizen Soldiers
A Bright Shining Lie
Outlaw Platoon
We Were Soldiers Once… and Young
Band of Brothers (book)
Top Sergeant (book)
Evidence from documents: Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne: '''''Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne''''' is a biography of Alvin York by Douglas V. Mastriano published in 2014 by the University Press of Kentucky.
Where Men Win Glory: '''''Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman''''', a 2009 book written by Jon Krakauer, is a biography of Pat Tillman, an American football player who left his professional career and enlisted in the United States Army after the September 11 attacks. He subsequently was killed in 2004 in the US war in Afghanistan by friendly fire, an incident which the US government attempted to cover up. To write the book, Krakauer drew heavily upon Tillman's journals, interviews with the Tillman family, ''Boots On the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman'' by Mary Tillman, and extensive research on the ground in Afghanistan.
Absolutely American: '''''Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point''''' is a 2003 book by American author David Lipsky. It was placed on several top book lists, including Amazon's Best Books of the Year (2003). The work became a ''New York Times'' Notable Book and a ''New York Times'' bestseller.
The book recounts four years in the lives of students at the United States Military Academy.
Portions of ''Absolutely American'' were published in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine and were broadcast on National Public Radio's ''All Things Considered''. An audio excerpt aired on ''This American Life''.
The book's genesis was a piece Lipsky wrote for ''Rolling Stone''—the longest article published in that magazine since Hunter S. Thompson's ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas''. The book follows cadets in one West Point company, G-4, from their arrival to graduation. As ''Newsweek'' noted, composition of the book required "14,000 pages of interview transcripts, 60 notebooks and four pairs of boots." As ''The New York Times'' wrote, Lipsky was not initially well disposed toward the military: "He was, like most young people, entirely cut off from military life. The Army was the one profession his father absolutely refused to let him consider."
Into the Storm: On the Ground in Iraq: '''''Into the Storm''''' (1997) is Tom Clancy's first book in his study of command series. Clancy traces the organizational success story of the U.S. Army's rise since the Vietnam War.
Ghost Soldiers: '''''Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission''''' (Doubleday, 2001) is a non-fiction book written by Hampton Sides. It is about the World War II Allied prison camp raid at Cabanatuan in the Philippines.
In late January 1945, 121 Ranger volunteers set out to attempt a rescue of over 513 Allied prisoners of war in a Japanese camp near the Philippine city of Cabanatuan.
An Army at Dawn: '''''An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942–1943''''' is a Pulitzer Prize–winning book written in 2002 by long-time ''Washington Post'' correspondent Rick Atkinson. The book is a history of the North African Campaign, particularly focused on the role of the United States military. The book follows the early planning stages of the Allied invasion (Operation Torch) of North Africa, the landings in Casablanca, Oran, and Algiers, and finally the back and forth struggle for dominance in Tunisia. Atkinson constructs his narrative from letters, newspaper articles, and personal diaries of commanders, soldiers, and others on the ground in northern Africa.
Citizen Soldiers: '''''Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany''''' is a non-fiction book about World War II written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published in 1997.
A Bright Shining Lie: a book by Neil Sheehan, a former ''New York Times'' reporter, about U.S. Army lieutenant colonel John Paul Vann (killed in action) and the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War.


Sheehan was awarded the 1988 National Book Award for Nonfiction and the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for the book.
Outlaw Platoon: ''''Outlaw Platoon''''' is a 2012 war story memoir written by Captain Sean Parnell and author John R. Bruning. The book details Parnell's 2006–2007 experiences as an infantry platoon leader during the War in Afghanistan.
We Were Soldiers Once… and Young: We Were Soldiers Once… and Young''''' is a 1992 book by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and war journalist Joseph L. Galloway about the Vietnam War. It focuses on the role of the First and Second Battalions of the 7th Cavalry Regiment in the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley, the United States' first large-unit battle of the Vietnam War
Band of Brothers (book): The book rests upon interviews Ambrose conducted with former members of E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division.
Top Sergeant (book): '''''Top Sergeant: The Life and Times of Sergeant Major of the Army William G. Bainbridge''''' () is the autobiography of American soldier William G.