# The Fort Bragg Cartel by Seth Harp

6 Hacker News commenters recommended The Fort Bragg Cartel by Seth Harp and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Readers recommend this book for its account of misconduct by Fort Bragg special operations soldiers and its look at the drug trade, and rate it good to great.

## Why people recommend it

- Exposes misconduct by special operations soldiers (2 comments): "I've just finished reading The Fort Bragg Cartel and the things some of those guys have been up to" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47885550)) "the US military and special ops were holding up the poppy industry in Afghanistan" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48307889))
- Explains why drugs are illegal (1 comments): "Check out the book “The Fort Bragg Cartel” if you’re wondering why drugs are illegal" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155980))
- Rated good to great (1 comments): "Fort Bragg Cartel (good/great)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46398554))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cuckoo-s-egg.md): 40 recommend
- [Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amusing-ourselves-to-death.md): 36 recommend
- [The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/anxious-generation.md): 24 recommend
- [Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bullshit-jobs.md): 20 recommend
- [Enshittification by Cory Doctorow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/enshittification.md): 19 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593655087?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780593655085) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Fort Bragg Cartel by Seth Harp", https://hackerapproved.com/p/fort-bragg-cartel/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).