15 best-selling history books like Across The Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam (Expanded Edition) by John Stryker Meyer

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Across The Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam (Expanded Edition)

By: John Stryker Meyer

4.49

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

For eight years, far beyond the battlefields of Vietnam and the glare of media distortions, America…

If you liked the history plot in Across The Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam (Expanded Edition) by John Stryker Meyer , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior

By: Ward Just , David H. Hackworth , Julie Sherman

4.36

Format: 875 pages, Hardcover

Called “everything a twentieth century war memoir could possibly be” by The New York Times, this na… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction

2. SOG: Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam

By: John L. Plaster

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Major John L. Plaster, a three-tour veteran of Vietnam tells the story of the most highly classifie… read more

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  • history
  • asia
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction

3. 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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4. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

By: Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge

4.47

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed "one of the finest memoirs to emer… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"Kick him in the balls before he kicks you in yours"

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines."

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"War is such self-defeating, organized madness the way it destroys a nation's best."

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"Would the war dehumanize me so that I, too, could "field trip" enemy dead with such nonchalance?"

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

5. Eclipse of Reason

By: Max Horkheimer

3.67

Format: 350 pages,

"Max Horkheimer (1895-1973) was a leading figure in The Frankfurt School, a renowned body of philos… read more

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6. We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam

By: Harold G. Moore , Joseph L. Galloway

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both releva… read more

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7. House to House: An Epic Memoir of War

By: John R. Bruning , David Bellavia

3.92

Format: None pages,

One of the great heroes of the Iraq War, Staff Sergeant David Bellavia captures the brutal action a… read more

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8. Butter Bar (Miles to Vietnam #1)

By: William Peter Grasso

4.46

Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition

Vietnam 1967: Jif Miles may be a military legacy, descended from proven warriors—his father is a re… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
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9. The FNG: A Prequel to the Iron Triangle

By: Douglas L Edwards

4.72

Format: 498 pages, Kindle Edition

This is a prequel to my first novel, 'The Iron Triangle'. In reading my reviews, I realized many re… read more

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10. Holt's Ward: A Novel of the Vietnam War

By: Douglas L. Edwards

4.57

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

This book is a continuation of my first two books, The Iron Triangle and The Hobo Woods. It is mean… read more

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11. 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
  • asia
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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12. 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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13. Whispers In The Tall Grass

By: Nick Brokhausen

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

On his second combat tour, Nick Brokhausen served in Recon Team Habu, CCN. This unit was part of MA… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Across The Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam (Expanded Edition) by John Stryker Meyer

14. Across The Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam (Expanded Edition)

By: John Stryker Meyer

4.49

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

For eight years, far beyond the battlefields of Vietnam and the glare of media distortions, America… read more

Similar categories in John Stryker Meyer's Across The Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam (Expanded Edition) book and John Stryker Meyer's Across The Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam (Expanded Edition)

  • american history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • history
  • asia
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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15. Things I'll Never forget: Memories of a Marine in Viet Nam

By: James M. Dixon

4.39

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

Things I’ll never forget is the story of a young high school graduate in 1965 who faces being draft… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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16. The Iron Triangle: A Novel of the Vietnam War

By: Douglas L. Edwards

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The Iron Triangle, tells the story of a ill conceived mission that goes horribly wrong. It is a cha… read more

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  • military fiction
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17. Abandoned: A Novel of the Vietnam War

By: Douglas L. Edwards

4.54

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

The 1970 Cambodia Campaign know as the Cambodia Incursion was a series of military operations condu… read more

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18. Whisky Tango Foxtrot

By: Lynne M. Black Jr.

4.26

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

"Whisky Tango Foxtrot" is a memoir about the early life of a unique man who was part of an exceptio… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Operation Tailwind: Memoirs of a Secret Battle in a Secret War by Barry D Pencek

19. Operation Tailwind: Memoirs of a Secret Battle in a Secret War

By: Barry D Pencek

4.47

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

The Studies and Observations Group was a covert American military unit in Vietnam that specialized … read more

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20. Di Di Mau: A True Story About Tigers, Rock Apes, the Jungle, and War

By: Darren Walton

4.21

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

“A revealing, sometimes gut-wrenching war memoir that examines virtually every aspect of his tour o… read more

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  • war
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21. We Few: U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam

By: Nick Brokhausen

4.40

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

A Green Beret’s gripping memoir of American Special Forces in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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22. Goodbye, My Darling; Hello, Vietnam!

By: MICHAEL Lazares

4.32

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the true story of a young kid who became a man while serving two tours of duty as a combat … read more

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23. A Thousand Chances: Air Cavalry in Vietnam's Bloodiest Year

By: Dan Hickman

4.60

Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition

A Thousand Chances is a true story of discovery and survival during the decisive year of the Vietna… read more

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24. SOG Kontum: Top Secret Missions in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, 1968–1969

By: Joe Parnar

4.50

Format: 519 pages, Kindle Edition

The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was a highly cla… read more

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  • history
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25. 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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26. 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
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27. Six Silent Men, Book Two (101st LRP Rangers 2)

By: Kenn Miller

4.36

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 1967, the good old days were ending for the hard-core 1st Brigade LRRPs of the 101… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • war
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28. Six Silent Men: 101st LRP/Rangers

By: Reynel Martinez

4.31

Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"No way in hell you could survive 'out there' with six men. You couldn't live thirty minutes 'out t… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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29. The Dying Place

By: David A. Maurer

4.38

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

At twenty-five yards the front sight of the machine gun nearly covered the back of the reclining so… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
Cover of Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines with the Elite Warriors of SOG by John L. Plaster

30. Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines with the Elite Warriors of SOG

By: John L. Plaster

4.58

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

SOG was a secret operations force in Vietnam, the forerunner of today's Delta Force and Navy SEALs.… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
"The more I recognized these tactical styles, the more I saw the ideal as a balance. Despite the contradiction, a recon [team leader] had to be part wolf and part rabbit--selectively bold or cautious-…"

-John L. Plaster, Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines with the Elite Warriors of SOG

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31. 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

14 best-selling nonfiction books like Across The Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam (Expanded Edition) by John Stryker Meyer

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About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior

Ward Just , David H. Hackworth , Julie Sherman

4.36

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John L. Plaster

3.93

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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge

4.47

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On Full Automatic: Surviving 13 Months in Vietnam

William V. Taylor Jr.

4.60

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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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Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins

Annie Jacobsen

4.30

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Whispers In The Tall Grass

Nick Brokhausen

4.11

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Across The Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam (Expanded Edition)

John Stryker Meyer

4.49

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