8 Top history books like Beirut Rules: The Murder of a CIA Station Chief and Hezbollah's War Against America by Fred Burton

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Beirut Rules: The Murder of a CIA Station Chief and Hezbollah's War Against America

By: Fred Burton

4.17

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling coauthors of Under Fire: The Untold Story of the Attack in Beng…

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1. Use of Force (Scot Harvath, #16)

By: Brad Thor

4.22

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

As a storm rages across the Mediterranean Sea, a terrifying distress call is made to the Italian Co… read more

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  • espionage
  • military fiction
"Slow is smooth and smooth is fast."

-Brad Thor, Use of Force (Scot Harvath, #16)

"The weapon’s rounds tore through it like an angry child stabbing a gingerbread house with a screwdriver."

-Brad Thor, Use of Force (Scot Harvath, #16)

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2. Path of the Assassin (Scot Harvath, #2)

By: Brad Thor

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

Navy SEAL turned Secret Service agent Scot Harvath follows bloody clues to silver-eyed elusive ruth… read more

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  • espionage
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3. The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower

By: Robert B. Baer

4.24

Format: 212 pages,

Over the past thirty years, while the United States has turned either a blind or dismissive eye, Ir… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • terrorism
  • iran

4. Relentless Strike: The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command

By: Sean Naylor

3.75

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times Bestseller and Winner of the 2015 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writi… read more

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5. Last of the Breed

By: Louis L'Amour

3.69

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Here is the kind of authentically detailed epic novel that has become Louis L'Amour's hallmark. It … read more

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6. Beyond Exile (Day by Day Armageddon,# 2)

By: J.L. Bourne

4.30

Format: 543 pages,

Armies of undead have risen up across the U.S. and around the globe;there is no safe haven from the… read more

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7. An Honorable Man (George Mueller #1)

By: Paul Vidich

4.12

Format: 440 pages,

A debut espionage novel in the style of Alan Furst and John le Carre, An Honorable Man is a chillin… read more

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8. The Shia Revival

By: Vali Nasr

3.93

Format: 512 pages,

"Historically incisive, geographically broad-reaching, and brimming with illuminating anecdotes." -… read more

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9. The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames

By: Kai Bird

4.08

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Good Spyis Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird's compelling portrait of the remarkable l… read more

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10. Diplomacy

By: Henry Kissinger

4.07

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

A brilliant, sweeping history of diplomacy that includes personal stories from the noted former Sec… read more

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11. Fearless: The Heroic Story of One Navy SEAL's Sacrifice in the Hunt for Osama Bin Laden and the Unwavering Devotion of the Woman Who Loved Him

By: Eric Blehm

4.34

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

Fearless takes you deep into SEAL Team Six, straight to the heart of one of it's most legendary ope… read more

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12. The Peacock and the Sparrow

By: I.S. Berry

3.81

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL • A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • AN NPR BEST B… read more

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  • espionage
"Jimmy dealt in one of two limitless departments within the CIA - money and suspicion."

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

"I was free from the tangle of mistakes, promises, and defeats that grips a man's heels, taunts him with flashes of its sinewy strength."

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

"Nobody in espionage could justify sympathy. Right and wrong existed on paper, but in reality all that existed were the amorphous masses of in-between."

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

"At the end of the road, I've learned, espionage turns into a profession of ghosts. The culmination of actions taken or not taken, ends swallowed by means. A place where, even after you disappear, you…"

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

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13. Dead Fall (Scot Harvath #22)

By: Brad Thor

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Lethal operative Scot Harvath is dispatched to avenge the killing of American citizens abroad in #1… read more

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"Swamp creatures prefer to work with their own."

-Brad Thor, Dead Fall (Scot Harvath #22)

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14. Near Dark (Scot Harvath, #19)

By: Brad Thor

4.24

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Scot Harvath returns in the newest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor.The… read more

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  • espionage
Cover of The Matchmaker: A Spy in Berlin by Paul Vidich

15. The Matchmaker: A Spy in Berlin

By: Paul Vidich

3.72

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice In the vein of Graham Greene and John le Carré, The M… read more

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  • espionage
Cover of Black Ice (Scot Harvath, #20) by Brad Thor

16. Black Ice (Scot Harvath, #20)

By: Brad Thor

4.29

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

The new Cold War is about to go hot. #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and #1 Publisher… read more

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  • espionage
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17. Only the Dead (Terminal List #6)

By: Jack Carr

4.55

Format: 562 pages, Kindle Edition

Navy SEAL James Reece faces a devastating global conspiracy in this high-adrenaline thriller that i… read more

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  • espionage
  • military fiction
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18. Spymaster (Scot Harvath, #17)

By: Brad Thor

4.23

Format: 337 pages, ebook

Across Europe, a secret organization has begun attacking diplomats. Back in the United States, a fo… read more

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  • espionage
Cover of In the Blood (Terminal List, #5) by Jack Carr

19. In the Blood (Terminal List, #5)

By: Jack Carr

4.50

Format: 459 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling Terminal List series continues as James Reece embarks on a global… read more

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  • espionage
  • military fiction
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20. Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016

By: Steve Coll

4.21

Format: 779 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • Nominated for the National Book A… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • terrorism
Cover of Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations by Ronen Bergman

21. Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations

By: Ronen Bergman

4.40

Format: 784 pages, Hardcover

The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF’s targeted killing programs, from… read more

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  • history
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  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • terrorism
"The divide between the combat-sated generals, who once had "a knife between their teeth" but later grasped the limits of force, and the majority of the people of Israel, is the sad reality in which M…"

-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations

"Finally, a recruit would undergo one last test. The agency would send him home, to his own neighborhood and his own social circle, in disguise and with his alias. If he could circulate there, among t…"

-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations

"Indeed, in many respects the story of Israel’s intelligence community as recounted in this book has been one of a long string of impressive tactical successes, but also disastrous strategic failures.…"

-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations

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22. Moscow X (Damascus Station #2)

By: David McCloskey

4.30

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin. But can Langley trust the Russian at its cen… read more

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  • espionage
  • politics
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23. The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War

By: Craig Whitlock

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A Washington Post Best Book of 2021 The #1 New York Times bestselling investigative story of how th… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
"To reinforce the message, Obama administration officials touted statistics that distorted what was really happening on the ground. The Bush administration had done the same, but Obama staffers in the…"

-Craig Whitlock, The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War

"Ryan Crocker, who served as the top U.S. diplomat in Kabul under both Bush and Obama, said the gusher of contracts to support U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan virtually guaranteed that extortion, …"

-Craig Whitlock, The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War

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24. Red Sky Mourning (Terminal List #7)

By: Jack Carr

4.54

Format: 576 pages, Kindle Edition

You think you know James Reece. Think again. A storm is on the horizon. America’s days are numbe… read more

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  • espionage
  • military fiction
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25. Savage Son (Terminal List #3)

By: Jack Carr

4.50

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

In this third high-octane thriller in the “seriously good” (Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestsellin… read more

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  • military fiction
Cover of Backlash (Scot Harvath, #18) by Brad Thor

26. Backlash (Scot Harvath, #18)

By: Brad Thor

4.43

Format: 467 pages, Kindle Edition

In ancient texts, there are stories about men who struck from the shadows, seemingly beyond the rea… read more

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  • espionage
"The Chief made several more notes. "Any PTSD?" McGee shook his head. "The joke in our industry is that guys like Harvath don't get PTSD, they give it."

-Brad Thor, Backlash (Scot Harvath, #18)

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27. Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence

By: Amy B. Zegart

3.96

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating and authoritative account of espionage for the digital age, from one of America’s lea… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
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28. By All Means Available: Memoirs of a Life in Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy

By: Michael G. Vickers

4.17

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

A vivid narrative of a life in intelligence and special operations, from the Cold War to the war on… read more

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  • espionage
  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
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29. Beirut Rules: The Murder of a CIA Station Chief and Hezbollah's War Against America

By: Fred Burton

4.17

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling coauthors of Under Fire: The Untold Story of the Attack in Beng… read more

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  • espionage
  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • terrorism
  • iran
Cover of American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race by Douglas Brinkley

30. American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

By: Douglas Brinkley

4.17

Format: 576 pages, ebook

Instant New York Times Bestseller As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approache… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Shadow of Doubt (Scot Harvath #23) by Brad Thor

31. 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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  • espionage

8 best-selling politics books like Beirut Rules: The Murder of a CIA Station Chief and Hezbollah's War Against America by Fred Burton

Transform Your Habits

The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower

Robert B. Baer

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016

Steve Coll

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations

Ronen Bergman

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Moscow X (Damascus Station #2)

David McCloskey

4.30

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19 Top history books like The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower by Robert B. Baer

Transform Your Habits

The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi

Neal Bascomb

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

Tim Weiner

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy

David E. Hoffman

4.26

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Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent

None

3.50

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