Books written by David Axe

  • War is Boring: Bored Stiff, Scared to Death in the World's Worst War Zones

    Loosely based on the web comic of the same name, with extensive new material, War Is Boring takes us to Lebanon and Somalia; to arms bazaars across the United States; to Detroit, as David tries to reconnect with his family-and to Chad, as ...

  • Army 101: Inside ROTC in a Time of War

    Using interviews with cadets and trainers of the Gamecock Battalion at the University of South Carolina, traces the experiences of a mix of students in the U.S. Army's ROTC program and looks at what the author believes to be some of the ...

  • Shadow Wars: Chasing Conflict in an Era of Peace

    In relying on the armies of other nations to do the fighting and dying in its expanding shadow wars, the United States took the chance that these ... That meant less training, less oversight, less United States in its own proxy war.

  • Drone War Vietnam

    Drone aircraft spotted targets for manned US bombers, jammed North Vietnamese radars and scattered propaganda leaflets, among other missions. This book explores that obscure chapter of history.

  • Shadow Wars: Chasing Conflict in an Era of Peace

    The evolution of war, up close and personal

  • War Fix

    David, a small-town journalist, reports on the war in Iraq and struggles to cope with the violence and destruction he witnesses every day. Contains adult content.

  • Army of God: Joseph Kony's War in Central Africa

    Drawn from on-the-ground reporting by war correspondent David Axe and starkly illustrated by Tim Hamilton, Army of God is the first-ever graphic account of the global phenomenon surrounding Kony -- from the devastation he has left behind to ...

  • Army of God: Joseph Kony's War in Central Africa

    Army of God tells the rest of the story, from the chaos Kony has left behind to the long campaign to defeat him for good.