5 Top biography books like The Silence of War: An Old Marine in a Young Marine's War by Terry Mcgowan

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The Silence of War: An Old Marine in a Young Marine's War

By: Terry Mcgowan

3.89

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

With a Foreword by Bill O’Reilly, here is the incredible memoir of a former Marine who returns to c…

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1. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

4.16

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

"With its huge, scarred head halfway out of the water and its tail beating the ocean into a white-w… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"There was a saying on the island: "[I]t is a pity to spoil a good mate by making him a master."

-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

"Unable to sleep for the third night in a row, he continued to dwell obsessively on the circumstances of the ship's sinking. He could not get the creature out of his mind."

-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

"Many of the so-called American characteristics,’ a chronicler of the [WW2 University of Minnesota starvation] experiment wrote, ‘—abounding energy, generosity, optimism—become intelligible as the exp…"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

"How much of assumed national and personal character comes from the fact that we have never truly known need to the point of having our character tested? Willing conscientious objectors underwent cont…"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

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2. Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad

By: Mark Bowden , David Zucchino

4.75

Format: 144 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
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3. Dragon Teeth

By: Michael Crichton

3.50

Format: 142 pages, Hardcover

Michael Crichton's recently discovered novel--an adventure set in the Wild West during the golden a… read more

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4. Cutting for Stone

By: Abraham Verghese

4.21

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable journey into one man's remarkable life, and an epic story about the power, intimac… read more

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5. Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)

By: Ken Follett

3.65

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

This is an epic of love, hatred, war and revolution. This is a huge novel that follows five familie… read more

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6. A Christmas Far from Home: An Epic Tale of Courage and Survival during the Korean War

By: Stanley Weintraub

3.75

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The day after Thanksgiving, five months into the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur flew to Amer… read more

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7. The Prisoner in His Palace: Saddam Hussein, His American Guards, and What History Leaves Unsaid

By: None

3.73

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In the haunting tradition of In Cold Bloodand The Executioner's Song, this remarkably insightful an… read more

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8. No Country for Old Men

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN # - 9780375706677 In his blistering new novel, Cormac McCarthy ret… read more

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9. Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force

By: Dan Schilling

4.30

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling true account of John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient and Special O… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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10. Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists

By: Bill O'Reilly

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the eleventh book in the multimillion-selling Killing series, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard re… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
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11. The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II

By: Buzz Bissinger

3.81

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary, untold story of the Second World War in the vein of Unbroken and The Boys in the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America by Bill O'Reilly

12. Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America

By: Bill O'Reilly

4.25

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

O’Reilly and co-author Martin Dugard trace the brutal history of 20th Century organized crime in th… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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13. Shadows Reel (Joe Pickett, #22)

By: C.J. Box

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett’s job has many times put his wife and daughters in harm’s way. Now … read more

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14. Operation Pineapple Express: The Incredible Story of a Group of Americans Who Undertook One Last Mission and Honored a Promise in Afghanistan

By: Scott Mann

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An edge-of-your-seat thriller about a group of retired Green Bere… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Silence of War: An Old Marine in a Young Marine's War by Terry  Mcgowan

15. The Silence of War: An Old Marine in a Young Marine's War

By: Terry Mcgowan

3.89

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

With a Foreword by Bill O’Reilly, here is the incredible memoir of a former Marine who returns to c… read more

Similar categories in Terry Mcgowan's The Silence of War: An Old Marine in a Young Marine's War book and Terry Mcgowan's The Silence of War: An Old Marine in a Young Marine's War

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction

8 Top history books like The Silence of War: An Old Marine in a Young Marine's War by Terry Mcgowan

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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

Nathaniel Philbrick

4.16

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Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad

Mark Bowden , David Zucchino

4.75

Transform Your Habits

Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force

Dan Schilling

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists

Bill O'Reilly

4.19

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11 Top audiobook books like Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force by Dan Schilling

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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 Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan

Eric Blehm , None

4.31

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The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

Pete Blaber

4.33

The Chosen Few: A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan

Gregg Zoroya

3.92

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