12 Best history books like Point Man by James Watson

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Point Man

By: James Watson

4.27

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

Chief Petty Officer James "Patches" Watson was there at the start. One of the first to come out of …

If you liked the history plot in Point Man by James Watson , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Seal Pointman by Dennis J. Cummings

1. Seal Pointman

By: Dennis J. Cummings

3.00

Format: None pages,

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2. Dead Center: A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War

By: Ed Kugler

4.48

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

WHEN YOU'RE IN THE DEATH BUSINESS, EACH DAWN COULD BE YOUR LAST. Raw, straightforward, and powerful… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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3. Red Cell (Rogue Warrior, #2)

By: Richard Marcinko , John Weisman

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Richard Marcinko wrote his bestselling autobiography, Rogue Warrior, he and co-writer John Wei… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war

4. Men in Green Faces: A Novel of U.S. Navy SEALs

By: None , None

2.00

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

"Full of ambushes and firefights...From page one I knew I wanted to be a SEAL. The more I read, the… read more

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Cover of On Full Automatic: Surviving 13 Months in Vietnam by William V. Taylor Jr.

5. On Full Automatic: Surviving 13 Months in Vietnam

By: William V. Taylor Jr.

4.60

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

Vietnam 1967-68 Eighteen-year-old Marine recruit William V. Taylor Jr. and his brother Marines a… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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6. Point Man

By: James Watson

4.27

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

Chief Petty Officer James "Patches" Watson was there at the start. One of the first to come out of … read more

Similar categories in James Watson's Point Man book and James Watson's Point Man

  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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7. Project Omega: Eye of the Beast: SOG: My Tour

By: James Acre

4.49

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the Kindle edition of my book, published in 1999, and now out of print. It is my memoir of … read more

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Cover of Nam Sense: Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division by Arthur Wiknik Jr.

8. Nam Sense: Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division

By: Arthur Wiknik Jr.

4.22

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

A candid memoir of being sent to Vietnam at age nineteen, witnessing the carnage of Hamburger Hill,… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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9. LRRP (Provisional) 2nd Bde 4th Infantry Division Vietnam 1966-67

By: Frank Camper

4.45

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

True story of the 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division's small, ragtag "provisional" long range patro… read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Good to Go: The Life And Times Of A Decorated Member of the U.S. Navy's Elite Seal Team Two by Harold Constance

10. Good to Go: The Life And Times Of A Decorated Member of the U.S. Navy's Elite Seal Team Two

By: Harold Constance

4.40

Format: 477 pages, Kindle Edition

"Fractions of a second in time. What amazing violence can be meted out in the blink of an eye." In… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Two Years to Serve: Recollections of a Drafted Marine: Half a Century after the Vietnam War by Thomas Elliott

11. Two Years to Serve: Recollections of a Drafted Marine: Half a Century after the Vietnam War

By: Thomas Elliott

4.52

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

In 1966, at the age of 20, Thomas Elliott was drafted into the U.S. Marine Corps. The transformatio… read more

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12. Special Men: A LRP's Recollections

By: Dennis Foley

4.46

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

A recipient of two Purple Hearts gives readers an inside view of US Army special forces through his… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of The Element of Surprise: Navy SEALS in Vietnam by Darryl Young

13. The Element of Surprise: Navy SEALS in Vietnam

By: Darryl Young

4.18

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

It used to be said that the night belonged to Charlie. But that wasn't true where SEALs patrolled. … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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14. Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

By: Dale Hanson

4.60

Format: 484 pages, Kindle Edition

“Dale Hanson takes us from a northern Minnesota boyhood to the incredible stresses of U.S. special … read more

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15. Walking Point: A Vietnam Memoir

By: Robert E Kunkel

4.44

Format: 515 pages, Kindle Edition

Robert "Bob" Kunkel entered the U.S. Army as a young farm boy from Minnesota. He spent a year in Vi… read more

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16. SOG Chronicles: Volume One

By: John Stryker Meyer

4.26

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

From 1964 to 1972, far beyond the battlefields of Vietnam and the glare of media distortions, Ameri… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of 15 Months in SOG: A Warrior's Tour by Thom Nicholson

17. 15 Months in SOG: A Warrior's Tour

By: Thom Nicholson

4.06

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

"When we cross the no ID, and it's kiss yourself good-bye if Charlie gets ahold of you." In Vietna… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of War Paint: The 1st Infantry Division's LRP/Ranger Company in Fierce Combat in Vietnam by Bill Goshen

18. War Paint: The 1st Infantry Division's LRP/Ranger Company in Fierce Combat in Vietnam

By: Bill Goshen

4.00

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

The men who served with in the 1st Infantry Division with F company, 52nd Infantry, (LRP) later red… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • war
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19. Phantom Warriors: Book I: LRRPs, LRPs, and Rangers in Vietnam

By: Gary A. Linderer

4.38

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

Here are some of the most courageous missions executed by six-man teams on their own deep behind en… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Shadow of Doubt (Scot Harvath #23) by Brad Thor

20. Shadow of Doubt (Scot Harvath #23)

By: Brad Thor

4.59

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

In a world shrouded in shadows, where doubt is the only weapon, can one spy expose the truth? A… read more

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Cover of Tom Clancy Shadow State (A Jack Ryan Jr. Novel Book 12) by M.P. Woodward

21. Tom Clancy Shadow State (A Jack Ryan Jr. Novel Book 12)

By: M.P. Woodward

4.57

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

Surviving a helicopter crash in the Vietnamese Highlands is only the start of the challenges facing… read more

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11 must-read nonfiction books like Point Man by James Watson

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Dead Center: A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War

Ed Kugler

4.48

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On Full Automatic: Surviving 13 Months in Vietnam

William V. Taylor Jr.

4.60

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Point Man

James Watson

4.27

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Nam Sense: Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division

Arthur Wiknik Jr.

4.22

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16 must-read history books like 15 Months in SOG: A Warrior's Tour by Thom Nicholson

SOG: Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam

John L. Plaster

3.93

Transform Your Habits

On Full Automatic: Surviving 13 Months in Vietnam

William V. Taylor Jr.

4.60

Transform Your Habits

Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967

Doyle D. Glass

4.56

Transform Your Habits

LRRP (Provisional) 2nd Bde 4th Infantry Division Vietnam 1966-67

Frank Camper

4.45

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