The Fort Bragg Cartel
The Fort Bragg Cartel by Seth Harpby Seth Harp
Shares rank 36 of 152 nonfiction books by recommenders
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.
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.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Exposes misconduct by special operations soldiers
“I've just finished reading The Fort Bragg Cartel and the things some of those guys have been up to”
Comment from 24 Apr 2026 in “U.S. Soldier Charged with Using Classified Info to Profit from Prediction Market” “the US military and special ops were holding up the poppy industry in Afghanistan”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home” Explains why drugs are illegal
“Check out the book “The Fort Bragg Cartel” if you’re wondering why drugs are illegal”
Comment from 16 May 2026 in “The main thing about P2P meth is that there's so much of it (2022)” Rated good to great
“Fort Bragg Cartel (good/great)”
Comment from 27 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?”
Other nonfiction books people recommend
The four most recommended other nonfiction books, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cuckoo's Eggby Clifford Stoll | 40 | 0 | 100% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Amusing Ourselves to Deathby Neil Postman | 36 | 0 | 100% | 9 | 1 yr3 owners | Approved |
| The Anxious Generationby Jonathan Haidt | 24 | 12 | 67% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Bullshit Jobsby David Graeber | 20 | 12 | 63% | 8 | — | — |
| The Fort Bragg Cartelby Seth HarpThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the US military and special ops were holding up the poppy industry in Afghanistan”
“"Go read this book" ain't it.”
“Check out the book “The Fort Bragg Cartel” if you’re wondering why drugs are illegal”
“I've just finished reading The Fort Bragg Cartel and the things some of those guys have been up to”
“Fort Bragg Cartel (good/great)”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.