18 Top history books like Dragon's Jaw: An Epic Story of Courage and Tenacity in Vietnam by Stephen Coonts

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Dragon's Jaw: An Epic Story of Courage and Tenacity in Vietnam

By: Stephen Coonts

4.03

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

A riveting Vietnam War story--and one of the most dramatic in aviation history--told by a New York …

If you liked the history plot in Dragon's Jaw: An Epic Story of Courage and Tenacity in Vietnam by Stephen Coonts , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

By: Donald L. Miller

4.18

Format: 671 pages, Hardcover

Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who bro… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

"In an equally fought battle of attrition both sides sometimes believe they are losing. With Overlord planned for the spring of 1944, Allied leaders became increasingly worried that their air forces w…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

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2. Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, #11)

By: Lee Child

4.22

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

From a helicopter high above the empty California desert, a man is sent free-falling into the night… read more

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"Now they broke my toothbrush, I don't own anything."

-Lee Child, Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, #11)

"Slippery slope. I carry a spare shirt, pretty soon I'm carrying spare pants. Then I'd need a suitcase. Next thing I know, I've got a house and a car and a savings plan and I'm filling out all kinds o…"

-Lee Child, Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, #11)

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3. Forever Flying

By: R.A. Hoover

3.85

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Barnstormer, World War II fighter, pioneering test pilot, aerobatic genius--Bob Hoover is a true Am… read more

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  • aviation
  • history
  • nonfiction
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4. Black Hawk Down

By: Mark Bowden

3.75

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

On October 3, 1993, about a hundred U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into a teeming market … read more

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

5. Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds

By: Robin Olds , Ed Rasimus , Christina Olds

3.41

Format: 32 pages,

The widely anticipated memoir of legendary ace American fighter pilot, Robin Olds Robin Olds was a… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War by Bruce   Henderson

6. Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War

By: Bruce Henderson

3.65

Format: None pages,

The true story made famous in Werner Herzog's acclaimed film Rescue Dawn---the incredible drama of … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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7. The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe

By: Stephen Harding

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

May 1945. Hitler is dead, and the Third Reich little more than smoking rubble. No GI wants to be th… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer

8. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

By: William L. Shirer

4.21

Format: 1147 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Hitler boasted that The Third Reich would last a thousand years. It lasted only 12. But those 12 ye… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"One of them was Fritz Thyssen, one of the earliest and biggest contributors to the party. Fleeing the "Nazi regime has ruined German industry." And to all he met abroad he proclaimed, "What a fool ( …"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"To some Germans and, no doubt, to most foreigners it appeared that a charlatan had come to power in Berlin. To the majority of Germans Hitler had — or would shortly assume — the aura of a truly chari…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come, will be launched by suicidal little madmen pressing an electr…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"Adolf Hitler is probably the last of the great adventurer-conquerors in the tradition of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon, and the Third Reich the last of the empires which set out on the path taken ea…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

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9. 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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  • 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

10. Low Level Hell: A Scout Pilot In The Big Red One

By: Robert A. Anderson , None

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A Vietnam veteran describes his experiences in country, recounting his career as a scout pilot in t… read more

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11. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

By: Chris Kyle , Scott McEwen , Jim DeFelice

4.03

Format: 502 pages, Paperback

From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"But real life doesn't travel in a perfect straight line; it doesn't necessarily have that 'all lived happily ever after' bit. You have to work on where you're going."

-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

"In my experience, Marines are gung ho no matter what. They will all fight to the death. Everyone of them just wants to get out there and kill. They are bad-ass, hard-charging mothers."

-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

"The joke was that President Bush only declared war when Starbucks was hit. You can mess with the U.N. all you want, but when you start interfering with the right to get caffeinated, someone has to pa…"

-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

12. To Fly and Fight: Memoirs Of A Triple Ace

By: Chuck Yeager , None , None

3.75

Format: 320 pages,

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13. Team Yankee

By: Harold Coyle

3.82

Format: 4 pages, Mass Market Paperback

NATO and the Soviet bloc are at war. The awesome Russian invasion force smashes across the West Ger… read more

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14. Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice

By: Adam Makos

3.87

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For readers of Unbrokenand The Boys in the Boatcomes an unforgettable tale of courage from America'… read more

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15. War For the Hell of It: A Fighter Pilot's View of Vietnam

By: Ed Cobleigh

4.43

Format: 250 pages,

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16. Baa Baa Black Sheep

By: Gregory Boyington

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

The World War II air war in the Pacific needed tough men like Colonel Pappy Boyington and his Black… read more

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17. In the Company of Heroes: The Personal Story Behind Black Hawk Down

By: Michael J. Durant , Steven Hartov

3.53

Format: 349 pages,

Piloting a U.S. Army Special Operations Blackhawk over Somalia, Michael Durant was shot down with a… read more

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18. Ambush (Michael Bennett, #11)

By: James Patterson

4.05

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An anonymous tip about a crime in Upper Manhattan proves to be a set-up, taking an officer down-and… read more

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19. Holy Ghost (Virgil Flowers, #11)

By: John Sandford

4.16

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

Wheatfield, Minnesota - a metropolis of seven hundred souls. The word "moribund" might have been in… read more

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20. Luck of the Draw

By: Frank Murphy

4.22

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “In the pursuit of authenticity, of accurate history and und… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
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21. Snake Driver! Cobras in Vietnam

By: Bob Rosenburgh

4.31

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Filled with action-packed eyewitness accounts of the development, fielding and Vietnam battle exper… read more

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  • aviation
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
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22. Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II

By: James Holland

4.30

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy l… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
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23. Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II

By: Adam Makos

4.53

Format: 395 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the international bestseller A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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24. Dragon's Jaw: An Epic Story of Courage and Tenacity in Vietnam

By: Stephen Coonts

4.03

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

A riveting Vietnam War story--and one of the most dramatic in aviation history--told by a New York … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Heavy Metal: The Hard Days and Nights of the Shipyard Workers Who Build America's Supercarriers by Michael Fabey

25. Heavy Metal: The Hard Days and Nights of the Shipyard Workers Who Build America's Supercarriers

By: Michael Fabey

3.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary story of American can-do, an inside look at the building of the most dangerous air… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
Cover of Stingers: Vietnam War - Helicopter Gunships by Fred  Allen

26. Stingers: Vietnam War - Helicopter Gunships

By: Fred Allen

4.47

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE VIDEO OF A VIETNAM HELICOPTER GUNSHIP IN LIVE COMBAT Experience intense comba… read more

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Cover of Going Downtown: The US Air Force over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, 1961–75 by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

27. Going Downtown: The US Air Force over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, 1961–75

By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

This vivid narrative history tells the full story of the US Air Force’s involvement in the wars in … read more

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  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • history
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28. SCOUTS OUT!: A Kiowa Warrior Pilot’s Perspective of War in Afghanistan

By: Ryan Robicheaux

4.29

Format: 525 pages, Kindle Edition

The OH-58D Kiowa Warrior-a deep reconnaissance scout and attack aircraft-was legendary to those it … read more

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  • aviation
Cover of The Hooligans (WWII) by P.T. Deutermann

29. The Hooligans (WWII)

By: P.T. Deutermann

4.41

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping and authentic World War II naval adventure by a master storytellerThe Hooligans fictiona… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
Cover of Scream of Eagles: The Dramatic Account of the U.S. Navy's Top Gun Fighter Pilots and How They Took Back the Skies Over Vietnam by Robert K. Wilcox

30. Scream of Eagles: The Dramatic Account of the U.S. Navy's Top Gun Fighter Pilots and How They Took Back the Skies Over Vietnam

By: Robert K. Wilcox

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Become the most skilled, highly-trained, and deadliest fighter pilots in the world. The TOP G… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway by N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss

31. Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway

By: N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss

4.45

Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition

Hailed as "the single most effective pilot at Midway" (World War II magazine), Dusty Kleiss struck … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • aviation
  • nonfiction

17 Best nonfiction books like Dragon's Jaw: An Epic Story of Courage and Tenacity in Vietnam by Stephen Coonts

Transform Your Habits

Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Donald L. Miller

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Forever Flying

R.A. Hoover

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Black Hawk Down

Mark Bowden

3.75

Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds

Robin Olds , Ed Rasimus , Christina Olds

3.41

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9 best-selling historical books like Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II by Adam Makos

Transform Your Habits

Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Donald L. Miller

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon

Alex Kershaw

4.17

Transform Your Habits

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge

4.47

Transform Your Habits

The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII

Bob Drury

4.34

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