10 must-read nonfiction books like No Picnic by Julian Thompson

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No Picnic

By: Julian Thompson

4.08

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

A new edition of the classic Falklands War memoir “which many regard as the most perceptive descrip…

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1. Red Storm Rising

By: Tom Clancy

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Audio Cassette

"Allah!"With that shrill cry, three Muslim terrorists blow up a key Soviet oil complex, creating a … read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
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2. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill's Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops

By: Damien Lewis

3.79

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

When France fell to the Nazis in the winter of 1939, Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared that… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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3. The Korean War

By: Max Hastings

3.75

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met… read more

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

4. Harvey

By: Mary Chase

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

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5. A Drop Too Many

By: John Frost

3.81

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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6. Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth cen… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
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7. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

By: Michael Palin

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Massacre at Malmedy: The Story of Jochen Peiper's Battle Group, Ardennes, December, 1944 (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two) by Charles Whiting

8. Massacre at Malmedy: The Story of Jochen Peiper's Battle Group, Ardennes, December, 1944 (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

By: Charles Whiting

4.27

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of the most infamous massacre of American soldiers in World War Two.An ideal book for peo… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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9. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison

By: Ben Macintyre

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The definitive and surprising true story of one of history’s most notorious prisons—and the remarka… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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10. Erebus: The Story of a Ship

By: Michael Palin

4.29

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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11. SAS Bravo Three Zero: The Gripping True Story

By: Des Powell

4.17

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

'An incredible story, and so well told' Bear Grylls'Honesty, integrity and real experience that put… read more

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  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • war
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12. Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960

By: James D. Hornfischer

4.17

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A close-up, action-filled narrative about the crucial role the U.S. Navy played in the early years … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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13. Flame Thrower: Memoir of a Crocodile Tank Commander, D-Day to the Rhine

By: Andrew Wilson

4.41

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

Normandy, June 1944. Tank commander Andrew Wilson, a twenty-year-old lieutenant, is in charge of a … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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14. SBS: The Invisible Raiders

By: James D. Ladd

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Shrouded in secrecy, the Special Boats Squadron, the SBS, has always been the subject of much conje… read more

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15. No Picnic

By: Julian Thompson

4.08

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

A new edition of the classic Falklands War memoir “which many regard as the most perceptive descrip… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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16. Amphibious Assault Falklands: The Battle of San Carlos Water

By: Michael Clapp

4.15

Format: 544 pages, Kindle Edition

A British Naval commander’s eyewitness account of the 1982 war in the South Atlantic.   Since he wa… read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
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17. The Armed Rovers: Beauforts and Beaufighters Over the Mediterranean

By: Roy Conyers Nesbit

3.99

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

The little-known story of how the Royal Air Force kept supplies from reaching Rommel’s Afrika Korps… read more

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18. Gentleman Jim: The Wartime Story of a Founder of the SAS & Special Forces

By: Lorna Almonds-Windmill

4.34

Format: 491 pages, Kindle Edition

This remarkable story of Jim Almonds (Gentleman Jim) is set in wartime England, the western desert,… read more

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19. Penal Company on the Falklands: A Memoir of the Parachute Regiment at War 1982

By: Philip Neame

4.64

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

On 1 April 1982 the Argentinian junta invaded the Falkland Islands, while the 2nd Battalion the Par… read more

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20. Commando Medics in the Falkland War

By: Malcolm Hazell

3.90

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

This is a unique account of the Falkland War, told by former Commando Medic, Malcolm Hazell, who le… read more

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21. Hill 112: The Key to Defeating Hitler in Normandy

By: Tim Saunders

4.64

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

'He who holds Hill 112 holds Normandy' seemed an unlikely maxim when the hill is viewed from a dist… read more

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Craig L. Symonds

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