9 Best nonfiction books like Green Beach by James Leasor

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Green Beach

By: James Leasor

4.01

Format: None pages, None

In 1942 radar expert Jack Nissenthall volunteered for a suicidal mission to join a combat team who …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Green Beach by James Leasor , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.28

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate Cover Edition can be found here. Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and… read more

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"Above my pay grade!"

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

"Thank God for family. And than GOD for a couple of miles of distance."

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

"Um. Ways in which a sentence beginning with the word "missiles" could be a good thing... Nope. I got nuthin'."

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

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2. The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour

By: James D. Hornfischer

2.50

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

"This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do … read more

Similar categories in James D. Hornfischer's The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour book and James Leasor's Green Beach

  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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3. Starship Troopers

By: Robert A. Heinlein

4.01

Format: 264 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The historians can’t seem to settle whether to call this one "The Third Space War" (or the fourth),… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
"To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

"Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

"But, do you know, once you get used to it's rather cute. I mean, if a girl looks alright to start with, she still looks alright with her head smooth."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

"When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

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4. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

By: Erik Larson

4.30

Format: 546 pages, ebook

"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a f… read more

Similar categories in Erik Larson's The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz book and James Leasor's Green Beach

  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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5. Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth cen… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
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6. Armored (Armored, #1)

By: Mark Greaney

4.37

Format: 510 pages, Kindle Edition

A novel inspired by #1 New York Times best-selling author Mark Greaney’s Audible Original drama, Ar… read more

Similar categories in Mark Greaney's Armored (Armored, #1) book and James Leasor's Green Beach

  • military fiction
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7. Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.29

Format: 17 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 16 hours and 57 minutes Civil war looms in the Bobiverse in this brand-new, ep… read more

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"Subtlety: I no haz it."

-Dennis E. Taylor, Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)

"Sadly, it was like most political arguments. No one was willing to debate their base assumptions or justify them or compromise on them. The simple tactic being that if you repeated your assertion oft…"

-Dennis E. Taylor, Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)

"We'd gotten onto the concept or morality and Frida had just asked Theresa how she could have any sense of morality without a deity to define what was or was not moral. [...] "What deities give you ar…"

-Dennis E. Taylor, Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)

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8. Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day

By: James Holland

4.47

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated military historian James Holland chronicles the experiences in World War II of the legen… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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9. Sharpe's Assassin (Sharpe, #21)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe.SHA… read more

Similar categories in Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Assassin (Sharpe, #21) book and James Leasor's Green Beach

  • military fiction
  • war
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10. Rogue Force (Troy Stark Thriller #1)

By: Jack Mars

4.28

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

When elite Navy SEAL Troy Stark is forced into retirement for his dubious respect for authority, he… read more

Similar categories in Jack Mars's Rogue Force (Troy Stark Thriller #1) book and James Leasor's Green Beach

  • military fiction
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11. Red Metal

By: Mark Greaney

4.39

Format: 652 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Gray Man series comes a startlingly realistic nov… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
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12. Into the Silk: The Dramatic True Stories of Airmen Who Baled Out — And Lived (Developments in Aviation Book 1)

By: Ian Mackersey

4.24

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

From World War Two to the Jet Age, Ian Mackersey charts the thrilling and personal accounts of airm… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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13. The Submariners: Life in British Submarines, 1901-1999 (20th Century Naval Innovations)

By: John Winton

4.33

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

‘The entire span of British submarine history has been carefully recorded the tragedies in both pe… read more

Similar categories in John Winton's The Submariners: Life in British Submarines, 1901-1999 (20th Century Naval Innovations) book and James Leasor's Green Beach

  • nonfiction
Cover of Flame Thrower: Memoir of a Crocodile Tank Commander, D-Day to the Rhine by Andrew Wilson

14. Flame Thrower: Memoir of a Crocodile Tank Commander, D-Day to the Rhine

By: Andrew Wilson

4.41

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

Normandy, June 1944. Tank commander Andrew Wilson, a twenty-year-old lieutenant, is in charge of a … read more

Similar categories in Andrew Wilson's Flame Thrower: Memoir of a Crocodile Tank Commander, D-Day to the Rhine book and James Leasor's Green Beach

  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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15. First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11

By: Toby Harnden

4.36

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

This dramatic true story reveals the secret mission of the eight members of the CIA’s Team Alpha, t… read more

Similar categories in Toby Harnden's First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11 book and James Leasor's Green Beach

  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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16. Cross of Fire (Master of War #6)

By: David Gilman

4.62

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

Winter, 1362. After years of successful campaigning in France, Thomas Blackstone, a common archer k… read more

Similar categories in David Gilman's Cross of Fire (Master of War #6) book and James Leasor's Green Beach

  • military fiction
  • war
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17. Silver Wings, Iron Cross

By: Tom Young

4.37

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From air combat veteran Tom Young comes the explosive saga of two enemy combatants--an American pil… read more

Similar categories in Tom Young's Silver Wings, Iron Cross book and James Leasor's Green Beach

  • world war ii
  • military fiction
  • war
"U-boats were on the run. Radar, sonar, aircraft, and new tactics by American and British destroyers had turned predators into prey. The future offered little but death. To survive another patrol, the…"

-Tom Young, Silver Wings, Iron Cross

"At the far end of the taxiway, B-17s began to roll out of their hardstands and onto the perimeter track. Karl nudged the throttles up to 1500 RPM to exercise the turbos. One by one, he eased back the…"

-Tom Young, Silver Wings, Iron Cross

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18. Gentleman Jim: The Wartime Story of a Founder of the SAS & Special Forces

By: Lorna Almonds-Windmill

4.34

Format: 491 pages, Kindle Edition

This remarkable story of Jim Almonds (Gentleman Jim) is set in wartime England, the western desert,… read more

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19. Once a Hussar: A Memoir of Battle, Capture and Escape in the Second World War

By: Ray Ellis

4.50

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

This WWII memoir offers a vivid chronicle of combat in Egypt with the 107th Royal Horse Artillery a… read more

Similar categories in Ray Ellis's Once a Hussar: A Memoir of Battle, Capture and Escape in the Second World War book and James Leasor's Green Beach

  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
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20. Green Beach

By: James Leasor

4.01

Format: None pages, None

In 1942 radar expert Jack Nissenthall volunteered for a suicidal mission to join a combat team who … read more

Similar categories in James Leasor's Green Beach book and James Leasor's Green Beach

  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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21. Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.38

Format: 11 pages, Audiobook

The number one best-selling series that Audible listeners call “wonderfully entertaining”, “packed … read more

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James D. Hornfischer

2.50

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Erik Larson

4.30

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Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day

James Holland

4.47

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Ian Mackersey

4.24

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Marc Cameron

4.30

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Marc Cameron

4.49

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Don Bentley

4.35

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Brad Thor

4.39

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