8 must-read nonfiction books like Legion of the Lost: The True Experience of an American in the French Foreign Legion by Jaime Salazar

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Legion of the Lost: The True Experience of an American in the French Foreign Legion

By: Jaime Salazar

3.67

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

"Since 1831, the French Foreign Legion has become a renowned symbol of discipline and solidarity. M…

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Cover of Legionnaire: Five Years in the French Foreign Legion by Simon Murray

1. Legionnaire: Five Years in the French Foreign Legion

By: Simon Murray

3.65

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

The French Foreign Legion-mysterious, romantic, deadly-is filled with men of dubious character, and… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Ghosts of K2: The Epic Saga of the First Ascent by Mick Conefrey

2. The Ghosts of K2: The Epic Saga of the First Ascent

By: Mick Conefrey

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

"Downright thrilling; [Conefrey] really gives us a sense of what it must have been like, battling e… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Fighting for the French Foreign Legion by Alex Lochrie

3. Fighting for the French Foreign Legion

By: Alex Lochrie

4.49

Format: 288 pages, ebook

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction

4. Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front

By: Günter K. Koschorrek

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

For the German soldier fighting under Hitler, keeping a diary was strictly forbidden. So Gunter Kos… read more

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5. The Real Odessa: How Peron Brought the Nazi War Criminals to Argentina

By: None

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

Drawing on American and European intelligence documents, Uki Goni shows how from 1946 onward a Nazi… read more

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Cover of A Few Deeds Short of a Hero: A candid account of life in the Armed Forces from one of the few men alive to have served in all three branches. by Robert Widders

6. A Few Deeds Short of a Hero: A candid account of life in the Armed Forces from one of the few men alive to have served in all three branches.

By: Robert Widders

4.15

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

Robert Widders is one of the very few men to have served in all three branches of the armed the Ro… read more

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7. French Foreign Legion Commando

By: Harry Dobson

4.38

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

A link to my website that contains a few pictures and blogs from my military LEGIO PATRIA NOSTRA -T… read more

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Cover of Finding Hildasay: How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness by Christian Lewis

8. Finding Hildasay: How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness

By: Christian Lewis

4.40

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

Join Christian Lewis as he walks the entire coastline of the UK – his dog Jet in tow – and rebuilds… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Fire in the Hole: Tales of Combat with the 1st Engineer Battalion in Vietnam by Mike Guardia

9. Fire in the Hole: Tales of Combat with the 1st Engineer Battalion in Vietnam

By: Mike Guardia

4.22

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

Combat Engineers. The Unsung Heroes of Vietnam.August 25, 1966. Specialist Dan Crowley was among t… read more

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Cover of Flight Quack: The true story of the Vietnam War’s most decorated flight surgeon, who became a CIA assassin by Alan S. Levin

10. Flight Quack: The true story of the Vietnam War’s most decorated flight surgeon, who became a CIA assassin

By: Alan S. Levin

4.53

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

"Why do I need a gun? I'm a doctor!" Over fifty years ago, I was a Harvard-trained pediatrician … read more

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  • history
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11. The Lighthouse Keeper

By: Alan K. Baker

3.73

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

A terrifying mystery of the sea In December 1900, three lighthouse keepers vanished without trace f… read more

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Cover of The Art of Dying (Ray Hanley Crime Thriller, #1) by Derik Cavignano

12. The Art of Dying (Ray Hanley Crime Thriller, #1)

By: Derik Cavignano

4.12

Format: 330 pages, ebook

When the bizarre death of a mob foot soldier sparks an escalating war between Boston’s Irish and It… read more

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Cover of SAS: Sierra Leone – Deliver A Blow The True SAS Story of Operation Barras by Andy Pacino

13. SAS: Sierra Leone – Deliver A Blow The True SAS Story of Operation Barras

By: Andy Pacino

4.15

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

While the ten-year long the bloody civil war of Sierra Leone raged throughout the 1990s and early 2… read more

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Cover of The Regiment: 15 Years in the SAS by Rusty Firmin

14. The Regiment: 15 Years in the SAS

By: Rusty Firmin

4.22

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

From its early beginnings in World War II, the Special Air Service (SAS) has won renown in some of … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
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15. The Last Storm

By: Sam Sisavath

4.26

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

THE GOOD. THE BAD. AND THE EVIL. The storm of the century. A ghost city. Law enforcement all but… read more

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Cover of Di Di Mau: A True Story About Tigers, Rock Apes, the Jungle, and War by Darren Walton

16. 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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17. Regimental

By: Steve Brown

4.31

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

Steve Brown joined the army in 1993 as a troubled teenager and left as a respected sergeant-major i… read more

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Cover of One Green Beret: Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and beyond: 15 Extraordinary years in the life - 1996-2011 by Mark Giaconia

18. One Green Beret: Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and beyond: 15 Extraordinary years in the life - 1996-2011

By: Mark Giaconia

4.11

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

3rd Edition. Before the Iraq war in 2003, Green Beret teams infiltrated Northern Iraq, linked up wi… read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of Sunday Bloody Sunday: A Soldier's War in Northern Ireland, Rhodesia, Mozambique and Iraq by Gregory Michael Budd

19. Sunday Bloody Sunday: A Soldier's War in Northern Ireland, Rhodesia, Mozambique and Iraq

By: Gregory Michael Budd

4.40

Format: 509 pages, Kindle Edition

Gold is forged in fire. Men in the furnace of adversity…Step into the extraordinary life of Jake Ha… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Desperate Journey: Escape from Burma in 1942, through 900 miles of arduous, Japanese-occupied territory by Francis Clifford

20. Desperate Journey: Escape from Burma in 1942, through 900 miles of arduous, Japanese-occupied territory

By: Francis Clifford

4.48

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

“This is a story of escape; a true account of how a dwindling group of soldiers made their way to s… read more

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Cover of SAS Bravo Three Zero: The Explosive True Story of the SAS Patrol That Got Away by Des Powell

21. SAS Bravo Three Zero: The Explosive True Story of the SAS Patrol That Got Away

By: Des Powell

4.15

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

The untold story of an elite SAS patrol behind enemy lines during the Persian Gulf War is vividly r… read more

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  • military fiction
Cover of SIERRA WHISKEY Ten Years in South African Special Forces by SW Fourie

22. SIERRA WHISKEY Ten Years in South African Special Forces

By: SW Fourie

4.20

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the story of Schalk W Fourie’s ten years in the elite South African Army Special Forces, co… read more

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23. Escaping the Amazon

By: Alex De Bruyn

3.72

Format: 285 pages, ebook

Alex de Bruyn was still in his early twenties as he stared out forlornly into the vast Atlantic Oce… read more

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Cover of Legion of the Lost: The True Experience of an American in the French Foreign Legion by Jaime Salazar

24. Legion of the Lost: The True Experience of an American in the French Foreign Legion

By: Jaime Salazar

3.67

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

"Since 1831, the French Foreign Legion has become a renowned symbol of discipline and solidarity. M… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
Cover of My Camp: Life in the French Foreign Legion by J.R. Lawrence

25. My Camp: Life in the French Foreign Legion

By: J.R. Lawrence

4.30

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

Follow the story of a young man, who, through a chance encounter in prison, leaves his life of crim… read more

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Cover of Diary of a Legionnaire. My Life in the French Foreign Legion by Gareth Carins

26. Diary of a Legionnaire. My Life in the French Foreign Legion

By: Gareth Carins

4.14

Format: 187 pages, Kindle Edition

After finishing university but not ready to settle down, Gareth Carins joined the French Foreign Le… read more

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  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Spanish Foreign Legion: My Time as a 'Bridegroom of Death' by Mark Gee

27. The Spanish Foreign Legion: My Time as a 'Bridegroom of Death'

By: Mark Gee

3.69

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

In the 1980’s a young Englishman enlists in the brutal Spanish Foreign Legion looking for adventure… read more

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28. Oh, for a life on the rolling sea! (Small Town Adventures to Far Flung Horizons Book 2)

By: Robert Moon

4.05

Format: 159 pages, Kindle Edition

The further adventures of a young man from the North of England, escaping home and joining the Merc… read more

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Cover of Kilo 3: The True Story of a Marine Rifleman’s Tour from the Intense Fighting in Vietnam to the Superficial Pageantry of Washington, DC by Richard W. Foster Jr.

29. Kilo 3: The True Story of a Marine Rifleman’s Tour from the Intense Fighting in Vietnam to the Superficial Pageantry of Washington, DC

By: Richard W. Foster Jr.

4.52

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the true story of a 17-year-old kid who quit high school in his junior year to join the Mar… read more

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Cover of Valley of the Purple Hearts (The Vietnam War #3) by Rick DeStefanis

30. Valley of the Purple Hearts (The Vietnam War #3)

By: Rick DeStefanis

4.60

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

The Vietnam experience, up close and personal. When eighteen-year-old Buck Marino first meets Rolle… read more

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Cover of Hitler's Winter (The Second World War Series Book 16) by Stuart Minor

31. Hitler's Winter (The Second World War Series Book 16)

By: Stuart Minor

4.42

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

1944.After months of bitter fighting the Allies are exhausted.The long battles of the Autumn have f… read more

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Simon Murray

3.65

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Mick Conefrey

3.86

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Fighting for the French Foreign Legion

Alex Lochrie

4.49

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Alan S. Levin

4.53

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Bravo Two Zero

Andy McNab

4.11

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Levison Wood

4.14

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Sniper One: The Blistering True Story Of A British Battle Group Under Siege

Dan Mills

4.29

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First in Action

Duncan Falconer

4.32

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