17 Best war books like Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam by Richard R. Burns

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Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam

By: Richard R. Burns

4.46

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

December 1967: Richard Burns had just arrived in Vietnam as part of the fourteen-man 101st Pathfind…

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1. One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer

By: Nathaniel Fick

4.19

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

If the Marines are “the few, the proud,” Recon Marines are the fewest and the proudest. Nathaniel F… read more

Similar categories in Nathaniel Fick's One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer book and Richard R. Burns's Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam

  • history
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
"You need discipline most, when it’s hardest to muster."

-Nathaniel Fick, One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer

"Great Marine commanders, like all great warriors, are able to kill that which they love most -- their men."

-Nathaniel Fick, One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer

"Worst of all were the accolades and thanks from people "for what you guys did over there." Thanks for what, I wanted to ask—shooting kids, cowering in terror behind a berm, dropping artillery on peop…"

-Nathaniel Fick, One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer

"Strong combat leadership is never by committee. Platoon commanders must command, and command in battle isn't based on consensus. It's based on consent. Any leader wields only as much authority and in…"

-Nathaniel Fick, One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer

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2. 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

Similar categories in Stephen E. Ambrose's Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest book and Richard R. Burns's Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam

  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • 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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3. Chickenhawk

By: Robert Mason

3.75

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

A true story from the battlefield that faithfully portrays the horror, the madness, and the trauma … read more

Similar categories in Robert Mason's Chickenhawk book and Richard R. Burns's Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam

  • history
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
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4. Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior

By: Dick Couch

4.09

Format: 116 pages, Hardcover

IN combating terror, America can no longer depend on its conventional military superiority and the … read more

Similar categories in Dick Couch's Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior book and Richard R. Burns's Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam

  • history
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction

5. Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit

By: Eric L. Haney

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

Now the inspiration for the CBS Television drama, "The Unit." Delta Force. They are the U.S. Army's… read more

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6. Eyes Behind the Lines: L Company Rangers in Vietnam, 1969

By: Gary A. Linderer

4.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

In mid-December 1968, after recovering from wounds susatined in a murderous mission, Gary Linderer … read more

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7. Low Level Hell: A Scout Pilot In The Big Red One

By: Robert A. Anderson , None

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A Vietnam veteran describes his experiences in country, recounting his career as a scout pilot in t… read more

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8. Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War

By: Evan Wright

4.28

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

Another nameless town, another target for First Recon. It's only five in the afternoon, but a sandt… read more

Similar categories in Evan Wright's Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War book and Richard R. Burns's Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam

  • history
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
"Gentlemen, we just siezed an airfield. That was pretty ninja."

-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War

"You find surprising things about the privite life of a country when you invide it"

-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War

"You know what happens when you get out of the Marine Corps," Person continues. "you get you brains back."

-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War

"We're like America's little pit bull. They beat it, starve it, mistreat it, and once in a while they let it out to attack somebody."

-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War

9. We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam

By: Harold G. Moore , Joseph L. Galloway

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both releva… read more

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10. 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

Similar categories in Nick Brokhausen's Whispers In The Tall Grass book and Richard R. Burns's Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam

  • history
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
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11. The Eyes of the Eagle: F Company LRPs in Vietnam, 1968

By: Gary A. Linderer

4.34

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

When Gary Linderer reached Vietnam in 1968, he volunteered for training and duty with the F Company… read more

Similar categories in Gary A. Linderer's The Eyes of the Eagle: F Company LRPs in Vietnam, 1968 book and Richard R. Burns's Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam

  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of We Few: U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam by Nick Brokhausen

12. 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

Similar categories in Nick Brokhausen's We Few: U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam book and Richard R. Burns's Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam

  • history
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
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13. 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

Similar categories in Larry Chambers's Recondo: LRRPs in the 101st Airborne book and Richard R. Burns's Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam

  • history
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
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14. SOG Chronicles: Volume One

By: John Stryker Meyer

4.26

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

From 1964 to 1972, far beyond the battlefields of Vietnam and the glare of media distortions, Ameri… read more

Similar categories in John Stryker Meyer's SOG Chronicles: Volume One book and Richard R. Burns's Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam

  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
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15. Six Silent Men, Book Two (101st LRP Rangers 2)

By: Kenn Miller

4.36

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 1967, the good old days were ending for the hard-core 1st Brigade LRRPs of the 101… read more

Similar categories in Kenn Miller's Six Silent Men, Book Two (101st LRP Rangers 2) book and Richard R. Burns's Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam

  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • war
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16. Six Silent Men: 101st LRP/Rangers

By: Reynel Martinez

4.31

Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"No way in hell you could survive 'out there' with six men. You couldn't live thirty minutes 'out t… read more

Similar categories in Reynel Martinez's Six Silent Men: 101st LRP/Rangers book and Richard R. Burns's Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam

  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
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17. Phantom Warriors: Book I: LRRPs, LRPs, and Rangers in Vietnam

By: Gary A. Linderer

4.38

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

Here are some of the most courageous missions executed by six-man teams on their own deep behind en… read more

Similar categories in Gary A. Linderer's Phantom Warriors: Book I: LRRPs, LRPs, and Rangers in Vietnam book and Richard R. Burns's Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam

  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Phantom Warriors: Book 2: More Extraordinary True Combat Stories from LRRPS, LRPS, and Rangers in Vietnam by Gary A. Linderer

18. Phantom Warriors: Book 2: More Extraordinary True Combat Stories from LRRPS, LRPS, and Rangers in Vietnam

By: Gary A. Linderer

4.41

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

MORE GRIPPING, NO-HOLDS-BARRED LRRP ACCOUNTSFROM THE FRONT LINESDuring the Vietnam War, few combat … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Diary of an Airborne Ranger: A LRRP's Year in the Combat Zone by Frank Johnson

19. Diary of an Airborne Ranger: A LRRP's Year in the Combat Zone

By: Frank Johnson

3.96

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

Perhaps the most accurate story of LRRPs at warever to appear in print!When Frank Johnson arrived i… read more

Similar categories in Frank Johnson's Diary of an Airborne Ranger: A LRRP's Year in the Combat Zone book and Richard R. Burns's Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam

  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam by Richard R. Burns

20. Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam

By: Richard R. Burns

4.46

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

December 1967: Richard Burns had just arrived in Vietnam as part of the fourteen-man 101st Pathfind… read more

Similar categories in Richard R. Burns's Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam book and Richard R. Burns's Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam

  • history
  • memoir
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of Six Silent Men...Book Three: 101st LRP / Rangers (101st LRP Rangers 3) by Gary A. Linderer

21. Six Silent Men...Book Three: 101st LRP / Rangers (101st LRP Rangers 3)

By: Gary A. Linderer

4.39

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

"The Eyes and Ears of the Screaming Eagles . . ."By 1969, the NVA had grown more experienced at cou… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war

17 Best history books like Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam by Richard R. Burns

Transform Your Habits

One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer

Nathaniel Fick

4.19

Transform Your Habits

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

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Chickenhawk

Robert Mason

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior

Dick Couch

4.09

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14 best-selling history books like We Few: U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam by Nick Brokhausen

Transform Your Habits

The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon

Alex Kershaw

4.17

The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War

Frederick Downs

4.60

Transform Your Habits

Across The Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam (Expanded Edition)

John Stryker Meyer

4.49

Transform Your Habits

Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967

Doyle D. Glass

4.56

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