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Jake Tapper

Jake Tapper is the anchor and chief Washington correspondent for CNN and the author of The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor, which is available in paperback on October 22.

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Battle Lit

5 War Books You Must Read

<p>Anyone interested in war has read Michael Herr’s <i>Dispatches</i>, <i>Matterhorn</i>, and others, but what about these five books recommended by Jake Tapper? Doubt it.</p>

Jake Tapper

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Heroes

SSG Ty Carter and the Battle of Kamdesh, an Excerpt From The Outpost

SSG Ty Carter and the battle of Kamdesh, an excerpt from Jake Tapper’s The Outpost

Jake Tapper

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