7 Top fiction books like Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict by Max Brooks

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Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict

By: Max Brooks

3.97

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The most successful film franchise of all time, Star Wars thrillingly depicts an epic multigenerati…

If you liked the fiction plot in Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict by Max Brooks , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

By: Donald L. Miller

4.18

Format: 671 pages, Hardcover

Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who bro… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

"In an equally fought battle of attrition both sides sometimes believe they are losing. With Overlord planned for the spring of 1944, Allied leaders became increasingly worried that their air forces w…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

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2. The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team

By: Wayne Coffey , Jim Craig , Ken Morrow

4.21

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

The true story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and the Miracle on Ice, which  Sports Illustrat… read more

Similar categories in Wayne Coffey's The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team book and Max Brooks's Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict

  • politics
"The most enduring heroes are people who don't try to be."

-Wayne Coffey, The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team

"You push on, do your best, and if you are really brave, you dream big, doubts and fears be damned. This is the stuff that miracles are made of, and the proof was there to see, on February 22, 1980."

-Wayne Coffey, The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team

"You can't look back. You can't dial up euphoria on demand, or try to recreate what happened a quarter century ago. You move forward and you live your life and try to be a better person every day than…"

-Wayne Coffey, The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team

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3. The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy

By: Adam Tooze

4.20

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

In this groundbreaking new history, Adam Tooze provides the clearest picture to date of the Nazi wa… read more

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  • politics
  • war
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4. Redwall (Redwall, #1)

By: Brian Jacques

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A quest to recover a legendary lost weapon by bumbling young apprentice monk, mouse Matthias. R… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I am that is, my sword shall wield for me."

-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)

"All work and no play makes Matthias a dull mouse."

-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)

"Err, sorry Father Abbot. I tripped y'see. Trod on my Abbot, Father Habit. Oh dear, I mean...."

-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)

"Who knows, my friend? Maybe the sword does have some magic. Personally, I think it's the warrior who wields it."

-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)

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5. Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America

By: Rick Perlstein

4.33

Format: 308 pages,

Politically insightful, Nixonland recaptures the turbulent 60s & early 70s, revealing how Dick Nixo… read more

Similar categories in Rick Perlstein's Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America book and Max Brooks's Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict

  • politics

6. The Armored Saint (The Sacred Throne #1)

By: Myke Cole

5.00

Format: 398 pages, Hardcover

In a world where any act of magic could open a portal to hell, the Order insures that no wizard wil… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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7. How the War Was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II

By: Phillips Payson O'Brien

3.71

Format: None pages, Hardcover

World War II is usually seen as a titanic land battle, decided by mass armies, most importantly tho… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
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8. Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

By: Ben Macintyre

4.25

Format: 127 pages,

In 1943, from a windowless London basement office, two intelligence officers conceived a plan that … read more

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  • military fiction
  • war

9. Huế 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam

By: Mark Bowden

3.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller "An extraordinary feat of journalism . . . full of emotion and color."--K… read more

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10. World Order

By: Henry Kissinger

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Henry Kissinger offers in World Ordera deep meditation on the roots of international harmony and gl… read more

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11. Ficciones

By: Jorge Luis Borges , Anthony Bonner , Anthony Kerrigan

3.53

Format: 320 pages,

The seventeen pieces in Ficcionesdemonstrate the whirlwind of Borges's genius and mirror the precis… read more

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12. History of the Peloponnesian War

By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner

3.94

Format: 648 pages, Paperback

Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more

Similar categories in Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War book and Max Brooks's Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict

  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

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13. 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

Similar categories in Jack Carr's The Devil's Hand (Terminal List, #4) book and Max Brooks's Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict

  • military fiction
  • fiction
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14. True Believer (Terminal List, #2)

By: Jack Carr

4.34

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

In acclaimed author Jack Carr’s follow-up to The Terminal List, former Navy SEAL James Reece’s skil… read more

Similar categories in Jack Carr's True Believer (Terminal List, #2) book and Max Brooks's Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict

  • military fiction
  • fiction
"To those before us, to those amongst us, to those we'll see on the other side, Lord let me not prove unworthy of my brothers."

-Jack Carr, True Believer (Terminal List, #2)

"Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimum food or water, in austere conditions, day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon, and he made his web gear…"

-Jack Carr, True Believer (Terminal List, #2)

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15. The Song of Significance: A New Manifesto for Teams

By: Seth Godin

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A soulful re-envisioning of what work and leadership can be, from the visionary mind of renowned au… read more

Similar categories in Seth Godin's The Song of Significance: A New Manifesto for Teams book and Max Brooks's Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict

  • leadership
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16. 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
  • fiction
Cover of The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang by Tom Clavin

17. The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang

By: Tom Clavin

3.67

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

The definitive account of the Dalton Gang and the most brazen bank heist in history, by the multipl… read more

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18. Protector (Athenian #2)

By: Conn Iggulden

4.40

Format: 412 pages, Kindle Edition

TWO LEGENDARY BATTLES. ONE FEARLESS WARRIOR . . . ________ Themistocles stands as the battle-s… read more

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  • war
  • fiction
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19. Lawrence of Arabia

By: Ranulph Fiennes

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Pre-order the authoritative, illuminating biography of T. E. Lawrence - the man who inspired the ic… read more

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  • military fiction
Cover of The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China by Kevin Rudd

20. The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China

By: Kevin Rudd

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A war between China and the US would be catastrophic, deadly, and destructive. Unfortunately, it is… read more

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  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
Cover of Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict by Max Brooks

21. Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict

By: Max Brooks

3.97

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The most successful film franchise of all time, Star Wars thrillingly depicts an epic multigenerati… read more

Similar categories in Max Brooks's Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict book and Max Brooks's Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict

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  • fantasy
  • leadership

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4.21

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Adam Tooze

4.20

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Rick Perlstein

4.33

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4.01

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3.87

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