6 must-read biography books like We Dared to Win: The SAS in Rhodesia by Hannes Wessels

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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…

If you liked the biography plot in We Dared to Win: The SAS in Rhodesia by Hannes Wessels , here is a list of 6 books like this:

1. Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa

By: Peter Godwin

3.43

Format: 42 pages,

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2. Devil's Guard

By: George Robert Elford

4.61

Format: 313 pages, Mass Market Paperback

WHAT THEY DID IN WORLD WAR II WAS HISTORY'S BLOODIEST NIGHTMARE. The ashes of World War II were sti… read more

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3. The Centurions

By: Jean Lartéguy , Xan Fielding

4.50

Format: 60 pages, Hardcover

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4. Legend: The Incredible Story of Green Beret Sergeant Roy Benavidez's Heroic Mission to Rescue a Special Forces Team Caught Behind Enemy Lines

By: Eric Blehm

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The unforgettable account and courageous actions of the U.S. Army's 240th Assault Helicopter Compan… read more

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5. Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War

By: Evan Wright

4.28

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

Another nameless town, another target for First Recon. It's only five in the afternoon, but a sandt… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"Gentlemen, we just siezed an airfield. That was pretty ninja."

-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War

"You find surprising things about the privite life of a country when you invide it"

-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War

"You know what happens when you get out of the Marine Corps," Person continues. "you get you brains back."

-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War

"We're like America's little pit bull. They beat it, starve it, mistreat it, and once in a while they let it out to attack somebody."

-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War

6. When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa

By: Peter Godwin

3.57

Format: 432 pages,

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7. Last Stand at Khe Sanh: The U.S. Marines' Finest Hour in Vietnam

By: Gregg Jones

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In a remote mountain stronghold in 1968, six thousand US Marines awoke one January morning to find … read more

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8. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

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9. 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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  • military fiction
  • audiobook
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10. 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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  • military fiction
  • audiobook
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11. The Devil's Hand (Terminal List, #4)

By: Jack Carr

4.45

Format: 524 pages, Hardcover

It’s been 20 years since 9/11. Two decades since the United States was attacked on home soil and em… read more

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  • military fiction
  • audiobook
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12. 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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  • military fiction
  • audiobook
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13. 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
  • audiobook
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14. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism

By: Jeffrey Toobin

4.16

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh… read more

Similar categories in Jeffrey Toobin's Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism book and Hannes Wessels's We Dared to Win: The SAS in Rhodesia

  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Bush War Operator: Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and beyond

By: A.J. Balaam

3.72

Format: 540 pages, Kindle Edition

From the searing heat of the Zambezi Valley to the freezing cold of the Chimanimani Mountains in Rh… read more

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  • africa
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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16. The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class

By: Joel Kotkin

3.61

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

Following a remarkable epoch of greater dispersion of wealth and opportunity, we are inexorably ret… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Call Sign Dracula: My Tour with the Black Scarves April 1969 to March 1970

By: Joe Fair

3.96

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

"Call Sign Dracula" provides an outstanding, valuable and worthy in-depth look into the life of a U… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • war
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18. 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

Similar categories in Hannes Wessels's We Dared to Win: The SAS in Rhodesia book and Hannes Wessels's We Dared to Win: The SAS in Rhodesia

  • africa
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. 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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  • africa
  • biography
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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20. Maybe Tomorrow

By: Michael Wood

4.14

Format: 9 pages, Audiobook

Only available from Audible, a gripping psychological thriller from the author of the DCI Matilda D… read more

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  • audiobook
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21. Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia: The Controversial History and Legacy of the British Colonies in the 20th Century

By: Charles River Editors

3.67

Format: 73 pages, Kindle Edition

*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents The m… read more

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  • africa

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