18 best-selling history books like What Now, Lieutenant? by Robert Babcock

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What Now, Lieutenant?

By: Robert Babcock

4.17

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

“Every now and then a work comes along that is so simple and refreshing in its originality that it …

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1. Beyond Good and Evil

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with a… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"The noble soul reveres itself"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"...all that is rare is for the rare."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"In music the passions enjoy themselves."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"One is punished most for one’s virtues."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

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2. The Last Train from Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back

By: Charles Pellegrino

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on the voices of atomic-bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology, Charles… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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3. The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

By: Pete Blaber

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

As a commander in Delta Force-the most elite counter-terrorist organization in the world-Pete Blabe… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"The ultimate goal of this book is to share what I consider to be life-saving and life-changing lessons that I was fortunate enough to learn as a key participant in many of recent history’s most impac…"

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

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4. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

As good a rifle company as any, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, US Army, kept getting tough … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace..."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"We can't make you do anything, but we can make you wish you had. - Army saying"

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"Chickenshit is so called - instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit - because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

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5. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien

2.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Unfinished Talesis a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth t… read more

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6. Enterprise: America's Fightingest Ship and the Men Who Helped Win World War II

By: Barrett Tillman

4.18

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

Offering a naval history of the entire Pacific Theater in World War II through the lens of its most… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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7. Seal Pointman

By: Dennis J. Cummings

3.00

Format: None pages,

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8. On Call In Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War Story

By: Thomas Hayden , Richard Jadick

3.65

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A riveting memoir from the Navy doctor praised as "Hero, M.D." on the cover of Newsweek. Cdr. Richa… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • memoir

9. The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War

By: Frederick Downs

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Among the best books ever written about men in combat, The Killing Zonetells the story of the plato… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • memoir

10. Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific

By: William Marvel , None , None

3.64

Format: 288 pages,

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11. Battle Cry of Freedom

By: James M. McPherson

3.91

Format: None pages, Paperback

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, B… read more

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12. Last Stand at Khe Sanh: The U.S. Marines' Finest Hour in Vietnam

By: Gregg Jones

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In a remote mountain stronghold in 1968, six thousand US Marines awoke one January morning to find … read more

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13. Give Me Tomorrow: The Korean War's Greatest Untold Story

By: Patrick K. O'Donnell

4.00

Format: 191 pages,

'If I were God, what would you want for Christmas?'' With a thousand-yard stare, a haggard and bloo… read more

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14. None Braver: U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen in the War on Terrorism

By: Michael Hirsh

3.64

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

From award-winning journalist and combat veteran Michael Hirsh comes the thrilling inside story of … read more

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15. Dead Fall (Scot Harvath #22)

By: Brad Thor

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Lethal operative Scot Harvath is dispatched to avenge the killing of American citizens abroad in #1… read more

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"Swamp creatures prefer to work with their own."

-Brad Thor, Dead Fall (Scot Harvath #22)

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16. Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

By: Jim Mattis

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A clear-eyed account of learning how to lead in a chaotic world, by … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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17. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
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18. Building a Non-Anxious Life

By: John Delony

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"Why are my anxiety alarms going off all the time?" "Why do I feel like I'm in an endless cycle … read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. A Village in the Third Reich

By: Julia Boyd

4.25

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

New from the author of Travellers in the Third Reich—the Sunday Times Top Three bestseller and Wate… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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20. Whispers In The Tall Grass

By: Nick Brokhausen

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

On his second combat tour, Nick Brokhausen served in Recon Team Habu, CCN. This unit was part of MA… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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21. You Are Worth It: Building a Life Worth Fighting For

By: Kyle Carpenter

4.65

Format: 320 pages, ebook

The youngest living Medal of Honor recipient delivers an unforgettable memoir that "will inspire ev… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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22. Für Volk and Führer: The Memoir of a Veteran of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

By: Erwin Bartmann

4.26

Format: 502 pages, Kindle Edition

Like many Germans, Berlin schoolboy Erwin Bartmann fell under the spell of the Zeitgeist cultivated… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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23. My War in the Jungle: The Long-Delayed Memoir of a Marine Lieutenant in Vietnam 1968–69

By: G.M. Davis

4.50

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

This memoir tells the story of a Marine rifle platoon commander’s time in the mountainous jungle of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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24. We Few: U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam

By: Nick Brokhausen

4.40

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

A Green Beret’s gripping memoir of American Special Forces in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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25. Run Through the Jungle: Real Adventures in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne Brigade

By: Larry J. Musson

4.17

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

An authentic account of combat with an airborne company in the waterlogged rice paddies and demandi… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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26. Death in the A Shau Valley: L Company LRRPs in Vietnam, 1969-70

By: Larry Chambers

4.15

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

"The enemy had a single purpose: kill me and my teammates."  Larry Chambers was still new to Vietna… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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27. Vietnam: A Tale Of Two Tours

By: James C. Mooney Jr.

4.48

Format: 427 pages, Kindle Edition

An Army helicopter pilot's memoirs and first-hand account of what he experienced personally during … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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28. Call Sign Dracula: My Tour with the Black Scarves April 1969 to March 1970

By: Joe Fair

3.96

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

"Call Sign Dracula" provides an outstanding, valuable and worthy in-depth look into the life of a U… read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. Recondo: LRRPs in the 101st Airborne

By: Larry Chambers

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Author Larry Chambers vividly describes the guts and courage it took to pass the though volunteer-o… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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30. Walking Point: An Infantryman's Untold Story

By: Michael H. Cunningham

4.02

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

Que Son Valley is actually a large area of hills and valleys just to the west of Da Nang, Viet Nam.… read more

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31. What Now, Lieutenant?

By: Robert Babcock

4.17

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

“Every now and then a work comes along that is so simple and refreshing in its originality that it … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • memoir

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Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

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4.17

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4.33

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4.43

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Dominic Sandbrook

4.34

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4.36

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David Mitchell

4.16

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Anna Keay

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