16 must-read history books like Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II by Bruce Henderson

Cover of Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II by Bruce   Henderson

Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II

By: Bruce Henderson

4.49

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

One of the last, great untold stories of World War II--kept hidden for decades--even after most of …

If you liked the history plot in Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II by Bruce Henderson , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

1. Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency

By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard

4.50

Format: 24 pages,

From the team of Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, bestselling authors of the blockbuster Killingser… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • nonfiction
"He is himself again, more himself than at any time on this Earth." Nancy Reagan on her husband"

-Bill O'Reilly, Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency

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2. Mornings on Horseback

By: David McCullough

4.09

Format: 445 pages, Paperback

Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
"I feel that as much as I enjoy loafing, there is something higher for which to live."

-David McCullough, Mornings on Horseback

"A man who will steal for me will steal from me." Theodore Roosevelt, dismissing on the spot one of his best cowhands who was about to claim for his boss an unmarked animal."

-David McCullough, Mornings on Horseback

"To his own children he was at once the ultimate voice of authority and, when time allowed, their most exuberant companion. He never fired their imaginations or made them laugh as their mother could, …"

-David McCullough, Mornings on Horseback

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3. Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw

By: Mark Bowden

3.66

Format: None pages,

Killing Pablo is the inside story of the brutal rise and violent fall of the Colombian cocaine cart… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • nonfiction

4. The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau

By: Alex Kershaw

3.97

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The riveting true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War… read more

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5. Give Me Tomorrow: The Korean War's Greatest Untold Story

By: Patrick K. O'Donnell

4.00

Format: 191 pages,

'If I were God, what would you want for Christmas?'' With a thousand-yard stare, a haggard and bloo… read more

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6. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

By: Stacy Schiff

3.74

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, “Samuel Adams was the man… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

7. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • adult
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Cover of Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II by Alex Kershaw

8. Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decora… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center by Rhaina Cohen

9. The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center

By: Rhaina Cohen

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Why do we place romantic partnership on a pedestal? What do we lose when we expect one person to me… read more

Similar categories in Rhaina Cohen's The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center book and Bruce Henderson's Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II

  • adult
  • nonfiction
Cover of Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad by Matthew F. Delmont

10. Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad

By: Matthew F. Delmont

4.53

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective, written by civil righ… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World by Jen Psaki

11. Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

By: Jen Psaki

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons s… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"There was also a large crew of people who tried to nickname the previously mentioned Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework "BIF". If you would like your audience to start making fun of a big, serious, …"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

"I've spent time with a lot of very busy people - business leaders, prominent journalists, and multiple presidents. Despite the unusually high demands on their schedules, something they all have in co…"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

Cover of A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II by Harry H. Crosby

12. A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II

By: Harry H. Crosby

4.58

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

"Written from the unusual perspective of a navigator, this is a compelling account of the air war a… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Mark    Harmon

13. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

By: Mark Harmon

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • japan
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14. The Turtle House

By: Amanda Churchill

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Minnie and her granddaughter Lia are unforgettable protagonists, whose grit and grace will inspire … read more

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  • world war ii
  • japan
Cover of Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South by Elizabeth Varon

15. Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

By: Elizabeth Varon

4.15

Format: 516 pages, ebook

An authoritative biography of the controversial Confederate general, who later embraced Reconstruct… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • war
  • nonfiction
"I have some little reputation, but my men made it all for me. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Article in -Sumter Republican-, October 29, 1864."

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"...the power of battle is in generalship more than in the number of soldiers. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1876)"

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"[The] object of politics is to relieve the distress of the people and to provide for their future comfort. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Letter to the New Orleans Times, June 8, 1867."

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"It does not look like generalship to lose a battle and a cause and then lay the responsibility upon others. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1896)"

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

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16. Riverman: An American Odyssey

By: Ben McGrath

3.74

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The true story of Dick Conant, an American folk hero who, over the course of more than twenty years… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"No fleeting moment can bear the scrutiny that a lone voyager is able to give it."

-Ben McGrath, Riverman: An American Odyssey

Cover of Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960 by James D. Hornfischer

17. 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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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West by Will Grant

18. The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West

By: Will Grant

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“Spellbinding…an unforgettable journey across the American West.” - Douglas Preston For readers … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Taking of Jemima Boone: Colonial Settlers, Tribal Nations, and the Kidnap That Shaped America by Matthew Pearl

19. The Taking of Jemima Boone: Colonial Settlers, Tribal Nations, and the Kidnap That Shaped America

By: Matthew Pearl

3.64

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

On a quiet midsummer day in 1776, weeks after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, thirt… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II by Bruce   Henderson

20. Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II

By: Bruce Henderson

4.49

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

One of the last, great untold stories of World War II--kept hidden for decades--even after most of … read more

Similar categories in Bruce Henderson's Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II book and Bruce Henderson's Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • united states
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • japan
  • adult
Cover of Asian American Histories of the United States (ReVisioning History) by Catherine Ceniza Choy

21. Asian American Histories of the United States (ReVisioning History)

By: Catherine Ceniza Choy

3.99

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

An inclusive and landmark history, emphasizing how essential Asian American experiences are to any … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction

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