11 must-read nonfiction books like Grey Wars: A Contemporary History of U.S. Special Operations by N.W. Collins

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Grey Wars: A Contemporary History of U.S. Special Operations

By: N.W. Collins

3.48

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

WAR ON THE ROCKS SELECTED BOOK "Fascinating and deeply researched, covering the defining moments…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Grey Wars: A Contemporary History of U.S. Special Operations by N.W. Collins , here is a list of 11 books like this:

1. The Great War of Our Time: The CIA's Fight Against Terrorism--From al Qa'ida to ISIS

By: Bill Harlow , Michael Morell

4.20

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

THE GREAT WAR OF OUR TIME offers an unprecedented assessment of the CIA while at the forefront of o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war

2. The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

By: Lawrence Wright

4.16

Format: 208 pages,

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3. The Warrior Ethos

By: Steven Pressfield

3.16

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

WARS CHANGE, WARRIORS DON'T We are all warriors. Each of us struggles every day to define and defen… read more

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4. The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America

By: Douglas Brinkley

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

"Douglas Brinkley brings to this magnificent story of Theodore Roosevelt's crusade on behalf of Ame… read more

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5. The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2)

By: Rick Atkinson

4.90

Format: None pages,

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLERIn the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in … read more

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6. No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEAL

By: Mark Owen , Kevin Maurer

4.24

Format: 185 pages, Hardcover

The second book by former Navy SEAL Mark Owen, following his multimillion-copy classic about the bi… read more

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7. War: How Conflict Shaped Us

By: Margaret MacMillan

3.57

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Is peace an aberration? The bestselling author of Paris 1919 offers a provocative view of war as an… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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8. 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
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9. 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
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10. Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.30

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, character-driven history of CIA covert operations and U.S. government-sponsored ass… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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11. 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
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12. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

By: Mark Harmon

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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13. Shadow of the Sith (Star Wars)

By: Adam Christopher

3.93

Format: 465 pages, Hardcover

Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian return in this essential novel set between Return of the Jedi a… read more

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" Let the Force guide you. Let it flow through you as it flows through me. Use that power, and your instincts, for they are one and the same. "

-Adam Christopher, Shadow of the Sith (Star Wars)

"The Force... was a living thing, in the crudest terms an energy field that bound the universe together. The Force was not a power, not something to be wielded, or used, or manipulated. Rather, it was…"

-Adam Christopher, Shadow of the Sith (Star Wars)

"Vader had been a fire, a twisting sun-dragon that curled in the core of a star about to go nova. The Emperor, Palpatine, had been the exact opposite – he was ice, the terrifying cold of the bottom of…"

-Adam Christopher, Shadow of the Sith (Star Wars)

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14. The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare

By: Christian Brose

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For generations of Americans, our country has been the world's dominant military power. How the US … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"Defense companies spent less money on research and development and more on armies of lawyers, lobbyists, accountants, and consultants to help them comply with the Pentagon's growing acquisition burea…"

-Christian Brose, The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare

"These were the very same systems that Marshall wrote in 1992 would be "progressively less central to military operations" because they would become large, vulnerable targets as US adversaries develop…"

-Christian Brose, The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare

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15. HAVOC-06: A Combat Controller on Operations

By: Troy Knight

4.34

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

I received a target indication from one of the rear team members and observed movement coming from … read more

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16. A Few Bad Men: The True Story of U.S. Marines Ambushed in Afghanistan and Betrayed in America

By: Fred Galvin

4.40

Format: 353 pages, Audible Audio

A Few Bad Men is the incredible true story of an elite team of U.S. Marines set up to take the fall… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
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17. Seapower States: Maritime Culture, Continental Empires and the Conflict That Made the Modern World

By: Andrew D. Lambert

3.58

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Andrew Lambert, author of The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812—winner of… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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18. Hunting the Caliphate: America's War on ISIS and the Dawn of the Strike Cell

By: Wes J. Bryant

3.99

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

See America’s campaign against ISIS through the eyes of the men on the ground. In this vivid fir… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
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19. Grey Wars: A Contemporary History of U.S. Special Operations

By: N.W. Collins

3.48

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

WAR ON THE ROCKS SELECTED BOOK "Fascinating and deeply researched, covering the defining moments… read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. Undercover Agent: How one of SOE's youngest agents helped defeat the Nazis

By: Mark Seaman

3.96

Format: 535 pages, Kindle Edition

Tony Brooks was unique. He was barely out of school when recruited in 1941 by the Special Operation… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • war
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21. The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World

By: Ben Macintyre

4.51

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue att… read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history

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The Great War of Our Time: The CIA's Fight Against Terrorism--From al Qa'ida to ISIS

Bill Harlow , Michael Morell

4.20

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Margaret MacMillan

3.57

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Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins

Annie Jacobsen

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

Mark Harmon

3.75

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American Assassin (Mitch Rapp, #1)

Vince Flynn

4.25

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Mark Greaney

4.41

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Brad Thor

4.62

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Mark Greaney

3.80

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