19 must-read history books like First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance by Annie Jacobsen

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First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.16

Format: 399 pages, ebook

An urgent investigation into warfare, good, and evil in the age of biometrics, the technology that …

If you liked the history plot in First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance by Annie Jacobsen , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

By: None , Robert O'Neill

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Stirringly evocative, thought-provoking, and often jaw-dropping, The Operator ranges across SEAL T… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The troop commander's name was Rich...[and] he was one of the best leaders I've ever known. His motto, which I've stolen from him, is, 'Nobody ever worked for me. They worked with me."

-None, The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

"...the daily morning muster began beneath a sign that said, 'Are you ready for war today? You should be.' SEALs hadn't fired a shot in anger for years. But nobody ever admitted that around civilians,…"

-None, The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

Cover of The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy—What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny by Neil Howe, William Strauss

2. The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy—What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny

By: Neil Howe , William Strauss

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

NATIONAL BESTSELLER. Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past g… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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3. The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government

By: David Talbot

4.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the mo… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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4. The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today

By: Thomas E. Ricks

3.49

Format: 16 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 bestselling author of Fiasco and The Gamble, an epic history of the decline of American… read more

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

5. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

By: None , Ben R. Rich

3.83

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind the high… read more

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6. The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

By: Jim Sciutto

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The essential new book by CNN Chief National Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto, reporting from the… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
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7. The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses

By: Dan Carlin

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The creator of the wildly popular award-winning podcast Hardcore History looks at some of the apoca… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"But it's never wise to bet against any of the four horsemen long term. Their historical track record is horrifyingly good."

-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses

"It may seem strange to suggest that high levels of illness might make human beings tougher, but the effect on a society of relatively regular and lethal epidemics and the mortality they cause certain…"

-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses

"The human ripples of pain are still heartbreaking when made visible to us now. Our friend Agnolo the Fat wrote: “Father abandoned child, wife husband, one brother another; for this illness seemed to …"

-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses

"History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up,' Voltaire reportedly said. The observation refers to the argument that fortunes of nations or civiliza…"

-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses

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8. Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control

By: Stephen Kinzer

4.09

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of All the Shah's Men and The Brothers tells the astonishing story of the ma… read more

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  • american history
  • science
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II by Alex Kershaw

9. 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
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

By: Steve Coll

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Jeff Shaara

11. The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By: Jeff Shaara

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara brings alive the heart-stopping days and nights of th… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • war
  • audiobook
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12. G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

By: Beverly Gage

4.37

Format: 864 pages, Hardcover

A major new biography of J. Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a grou… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Watergate: A New History

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.49

Format: 832 pages, Hardcover

From Garrett​ Graff, comes the first definitive narrative history of Watergate, exploring the full … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior by Ric Prado

14. Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior

By: Ric Prado

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Explosive National Bestseller A memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West

By: David E. Sanger

4.37

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adv… read more

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  • history
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  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Fourth Turning Is Here:

By: Neil Howe

3.96

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Twenty-five years ago, Neil Howe and the late William Strauss dazzled the world with a provocative … read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett M. Graff

17. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.59

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever

By: Joseph Cox

4.12

Format: None pages, None

The inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI made its own… read more

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  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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19. Remember the Ramrods: An Army Brotherhood in War and Peace

By: David Bellavia

4.60

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Iraq War’s only living Medal of Honor recipient reveals the untold story of the remarkable brot… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.16

Format: 399 pages, ebook

An urgent investigation into warfare, good, and evil in the age of biometrics, the technology that … read more

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  • audiobook
  • american history
  • science
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • technology
Cover of At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House by H.R. McMaster

21. At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House

By: H.R. McMaster

4.08

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

A revealing account of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster’s turbulent and consequential thirte… read more

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16 Top audiobook books like First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance by Annie Jacobsen

Transform Your Habits

The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

None , Robert O'Neill

4.42

Transform Your Habits

The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses

Dan Carlin

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control

Stephen Kinzer

4.09

Transform Your Habits

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

Alex Kershaw

4.32

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8 Top audiobook books like Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control by Stephen Kinzer

Transform Your Habits

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

Tim Weiner

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

Tom O'Neill

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion

Gary Webb

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Nuclear War: A Scenario

Annie Jacobsen

4.47

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