Home of the Brave
One soul. Fourteen wars. The story of America.
The Home of the Brave novels are fiction, but the history in them is real. These are the histories, memoirs and period military manuals used to research each book.
Book 1: The Revolution
- 1776 by David McCullough
- Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer
Book 2: The War of 1812
- Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll
- A Most Fortunate Ship: A Narrative History of Old Ironsides by Tyrone G. Martin
- The Dawn's Early Light by Walter Lord
- Naval Laws, or A Digest of the Laws Relating to the Navy of the United States (1808 edition)
Book 3: The Mexican-American War
- So Far from God: The U.S. War with Mexico, 1846–1848 by John S. D. Eisenhower
- The Mexican War, 1846–1848 by K. Jack Bauer
- Guns Along the Rio Grande: Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma by Stephen A. Carney (U.S. Army Center of Military History)
- U.S. Army Instruction for Field Artillery (1845)
Book 4: The Civil War
- Berdan's United States Sharpshooters in the Army of the Potomac by Capt. C. A. Stevens
- Shock Troops of the Union: The Story of Berdan's Sharpshooters by Fred L. Ray
- Revised Regulations for the Army of the United States (1861)
Book 5: The Spanish-American War
- The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt
- The War Lovers by Evan Thomas
- U.S. Army Cavalry Drill Regulations (1896 edition)
Book 6: World War I
- Eyes of Artillery: The Origins of Modern U.S. Army Aviation in World War I by Edgar F. Raines Jr.
- The Balloonatics: The History of the Balloon Observer Corps by Ian Castle
- The U.S. Army Balloon Corps in World War I by James Shock
- U.S. Army Signal Corps Manual No. 3: Instructions for the Use of Spherical Balloons (1917)
Book 7: World War II
- The Second World War by Antony Beevor
- A Higher Call by Adam Makos
- Big Week by James Holland
- Thunderbolt! by Robert S. Johnson
- To Fly and Fight by Clarence “Bud” Anderson
- Pilot Training Manual for the F-51 Mustang
Book 8: The Korean War
- The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam
- On Desperate Ground by Hampton Sides
- Sabres Over MiG Alley by Kenneth P. Werrell
- The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950–1953 by Robert F. Futrell (USAF official history)
- USAF Air-to-Ground Operations Manual (circa 1950)
Book 9: The Vietnam War
- A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
- The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
- Medic! How I Fought World War II with Morphine, Sulfa, and Iodine by Robert “Doc” Franklin
- FM 21-11: First Aid for Soldiers
Book 10: Operation Desert Storm
- The Generals' War by Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor
- Crusade by Rick Atkinson
- Strike Eagle by William L. Smallwood
- Air Power in the Gulf by Diane T. Putney (USAF historical study)
- USAF Tactical Employment Manual: F-15E Strike Eagle
Book 11: Operation Gothic Serpent
- Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
- In the Company of Heroes by Michael J. Durant
- USAF Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) and Air Liaison Officer doctrine manuals (1990s editions)
Book 12: Operation Enduring Freedom
- Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton
- Not a Good Day to Die by Sean Naylor
- Roberts Ridge by Malcolm MacPherson
- USAF Air Liaison Officer and TACP doctrine manuals (2001–2003 editions)
Book 13: Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq by Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor
- Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad by David Zucchino
- On Point: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom by Gregory Fontenot, E. J. Degen and David Tohn
- USAF Air Liaison Officer and TACP doctrine manuals (2003 editions)
Book 14: Operation Freedom's Sentinel
- The Outpost by Jake Tapper
- The Hardest Place by Wesley Morgan
- The Good Soldiers by David Finkel
- U.S. Army infantry field manuals: FM 3-21.8 and FM 3-21.10