15 Top nonfiction books like Mad Dog Killers: The Story of a Congo Mercenary by Ivan Smith

Cover of Mad Dog Killers: The Story of a Congo Mercenary by Ivan Smith

Mad Dog Killers: The Story of a Congo Mercenary

By: Ivan Smith

3.99

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

This soldier of fortune’s “superb [and] harrowing” memoir of joining the fight against Africa’s Sim…

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Cover of Soldier of the Mist (Latro, #1) by Gene Wolfe

1. Soldier of the Mist (Latro, #1)

By: Gene Wolfe

3.95

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

Gene Wolfe has turned to the fantastic historical world of Greece, in 479 B.C., when the gods walke… read more

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2. Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

By: Alexandra Fuller

2.86

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

In Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller remembers her African childhood with candor… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

3. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

By: Mary Beard

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics by Alastair Smith, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

4. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

By: Alastair Smith , Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For eighteen years, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith have been part of a team revolutioni… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain

By: Marc Morris

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king - a man born to rule … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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6. Mercenary

By: Mike Hoare

3.09

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Col. Mike Hoare's personal story of his astonishing and horrifying experiences in the Congo in 1965… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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7. I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)

By: Robert Graves

3.44

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54. Set in the… read more

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8. The Fifth Head of Cerberus

By: Gene Wolfe

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Back in print for the first time in more than a decade, Gene Wolfe's The Fifth Head of Cerberusis a… read more

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9. Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

By: James Clavell

4.41

Format: 1152 pages, Paperback

After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and e… read more

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"I can't use hope against swords."

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

"What is pain to a man? A privilege!"

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

"Tomorrow does not exist. There is only now ."

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

"Horses are far worse than men for treachery..."

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

Cover of The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066 by Marc Morris

10. The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066

By: Marc Morris

4.34

Format: 508 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Handful of Hard Men: The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia by Hannes Wessels

11. A Handful of Hard Men: The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia

By: Hannes Wessels

4.29

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

A biography of a Special Forces soldier who battled the forces of Mugabe and Nkomo, earning a reput… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay Dolin

12. Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World

By: Eric Jay Dolin

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812―a tale of… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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13. Infantry Life: Vietnam's Central Highlands, 1966 - 1967

By: Dennis M Witt

4.31

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

Firefights, mortar attacks, and friendly fire were all part of the experiences of an infantryman in… read more

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14. Death in the Fields: The IRA and East Tyrone

By: Jonathan Trigg

4.13

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

‘In Belfast the Provos were trying to make the 6 o’clock news, in East Tyrone they were trying to k… read more

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

15. 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 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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Cover of Convoy Escort Commander: A Memoir of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two) by Peter Gretton

17. Convoy Escort Commander: A Memoir of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)

By: Peter Gretton

4.12

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Vice Admiral Sir Peter Gretton's book is a brilliant account of his career in the navy through Worl… read more

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  • history
  • military history
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18. I'm Just a Supply Sgt.: My Life and Vietnam War Experience

By: Donald M Stout

4.36

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

I’m Just a Supply Sgt. is a compelling narrative of the Vietnam War with a very personal, psycholog… read more

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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 Jungle Man: The Autobiography Of Major P. J. Pretorius C.M.G. D.S.O. and Bar by P.J. Pretorius

20. Jungle Man: The Autobiography Of Major P. J. Pretorius C.M.G. D.S.O. and Bar

By: P.J. Pretorius

4.40

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of Major Jan Pretorius, a South African elephant hunter and adventurer, this is a tr… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Koevoet!: Experiencing South Africa's Deadly Bush War by Jim Hooper

21. Koevoet!: Experiencing South Africa's Deadly Bush War

By: Jim Hooper

4.40

Format: 601 pages, Kindle Edition

Koevoet! has been an global bestseller since its release over 20 years ago. This new edition goes f… read more

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  • history
"What they could tell from an imprint I could barely see was astonishing. “This one old man—short steps,"

-Jim Hooper, Koevoet!: Experiencing South Africa's Deadly Bush War

"I climbed over the machine gun and into the Casspir. Clearing my throat respectfully, I mentioned these minor points to Brand, wondering what the plan was if the bad guys slipped on down tonight and …"

-Jim Hooper, Koevoet!: Experiencing South Africa's Deadly Bush War

Cover of Mad Dog Killers: The Story of a Congo Mercenary by Ivan Smith

22. Mad Dog Killers: The Story of a Congo Mercenary

By: Ivan Smith

3.99

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

This soldier of fortune’s “superb [and] harrowing” memoir of joining the fight against Africa’s Sim… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of We Dared to Win: The SAS in Rhodesia by Hannes Wessels

23. We Dared to Win: The SAS in Rhodesia

By: Hannes Wessels

4.28

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

A memoir from a Special Forces fighter about his experiences in the Rhodesian War and how combat ha… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of The New Mercenaries by Siegfried Mueller

24. The New Mercenaries

By: Siegfried Mueller

2.75

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

"It is a strange fate for these mercenaries, rejected by the world, slandered by the civilized, who… read more

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Cover of Bush Brothers: Life and Death Across the Border by Steve De Witt

25. Bush Brothers: Life and Death Across the Border

By: Steve De Witt

4.38

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

Bush Brothers is not about special forces or heroic, secret missions. Instead, it is an intimate lo… read more

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26. Mike West: Special Forces Super-Soldier

By: Hannes Wessels

4.21

Format: 261 pages, Paperback

Born poor, he battled on the streets of the mining towns near Johannesburg; from orphanage to refor… read more

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Cover of Fire Force: A Trooper's War In The Rhodesian Light Infantry by Chris  Cocks

27. Fire Force: A Trooper's War In The Rhodesian Light Infantry

By: Chris Cocks

4.32

Format: 482 pages, Kindle Edition

Fire Force is the compelling, brutal account of Chris Cocks' service in 3 Commando, the Rhodesian L… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of Four Ball, One Tracer: Commanding Executive Outcomes in Angola and Sierra Leone by Roelf Van Heerden

28. Four Ball, One Tracer: Commanding Executive Outcomes in Angola and Sierra Leone

By: Roelf Van Heerden

3.90

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Brutally honest and devoid of hyperbole, this is Roelf van Heerden's Executive Outcomes. / Unapolog… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of Shadows of a Forgotten Past: To the Edge with the Rhodesian SAS and Selous Scouts by Paul     French

29. Shadows of a Forgotten Past: To the Edge with the Rhodesian SAS and Selous Scouts

By: Paul French

3.80

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

This all-new work chronicles the experiences of Paul French who, upon leaving the British Army's 21… read more

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Cover of Skuzapo: The untold story by Andrew Balaam

30. Skuzapo: The untold story

By: Andrew Balaam

4.53

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

A covert group of highly-trained soldiers infiltrates the terrorist units behind enemy lines.Source… read more

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"In Africa only the strong survive"

-Andrew Balaam, Skuzapo: The untold story

"Propaganda is a deadly weapon when used against the uneducated"

-Andrew Balaam, Skuzapo: The untold story

"Both good and bad were destroyed and thrown on the rubbish dump of war"

-Andrew Balaam, Skuzapo: The untold story

"To beat or destroy your enemy, you’ll have to first find him and bring him to battle"

-Andrew Balaam, Skuzapo: The untold story

Cover of The MiG Diaries: Fighter pilot memoirs & accounts of Cuban, SAAF and Angolan air combat in Southern African skies by Lionel Reid

31. The MiG Diaries: Fighter pilot memoirs & accounts of Cuban, SAAF and Angolan air combat in Southern African skies

By: Lionel Reid

4.61

Format: 524 pages, Kindle Edition

What was it like to fly a MiG or Mirage in combat over Angola?Most books on the Angolan Bush War, e… read more

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3.59

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4.82

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