# Looking for books. . .

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 18, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-books/518058 "2009-11-18T19:26:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Superfreaknduper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Superfreaknduper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfreaknduper)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-books/518058/1 "2009-11-18T19:26:36Z")

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I’ve recently been reading some modern war non-fiction, mainly fueled by my new obsession with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Either way I’ve recently read One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer, Generation Kill, and watched and read Jarhead. Anybody know of some books or movies in a similar vein that give accurate (or mostly) accounts of the USMC?

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**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-books/518058/2 "2009-11-19T14:14:10Z")

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You might want to take a look at “Shooter: The Autobiography of the Top-Ranked Marine Sniper” by Jack Coughlin.

Another one that I haven’t read but might meet your criteria is “Making the Corps” by Thomas Ricks.

Enjoy!