12 Top nonfiction books like Charlie One: The True Story of an Irishman in the British Army and His Role in Covert Counter-Terrorism Operations in Northern Ireland by Sean Hartnett

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Charlie One: The True Story of an Irishman in the British Army and His Role in Covert Counter-Terrorism Operations in Northern Ireland

By: Sean Hartnett

4.19

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

Seán Hartnett grew up in Cork in the 1970s where he observed the worst of the northern Troubles wit…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Charlie One: The True Story of an Irishman in the British Army and His Role in Covert Counter-Terrorism Operations in Northern Ireland by Sean Hartnett , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. The Confession

By: John Grisham

3.91

Format: 418 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFirst time in paperbackAn innocent man is about to be executed.Only a g… read more

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"He counts votes before he decides what to have for breakfast."

-John Grisham, The Confession

"You need some coffee, don't you?" "Yes, I've only had a gallon."

-John Grisham, The Confession

"He had blown the trumpet for so long that no one heard it anymore."

-John Grisham, The Confession

"Good God, Keith." "Yes, I've talked to Him too and I'm still waiting on his Guidance..."

-John Grisham, The Confession

2. Task Force Black

By: Mark Urban

3.50

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

When British and American forces invaded Iraq in April 2003, their intelligence operations got to w… read more

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Cover of With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Paul Fussell, Eugene B. Sledge

3. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

By: Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge

4.47

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed "one of the finest memoirs to emer… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Kick him in the balls before he kicks you in yours"

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines."

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"War is such self-defeating, organized madness the way it destroys a nation's best."

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"Would the war dehumanize me so that I, too, could "field trip" enemy dead with such nonchalance?"

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

4. Secret Victory: The Intelligence War that Beat the IRA

By: None

3.51

Format: 352 pages,

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5. Act of Oblivion

By: Robert Harris

4.07

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbi… read more

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"He had no idea where they would go, or what they would do, or what dangers lay ahead. But with their love, and their Bible, with their absolute certainty in the power of the Lord and the protection o…"

-Robert Harris, Act of Oblivion

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6. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

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7. Triggers: Revenge Is Worth Waiting For

By: Stephen Leather

4.29

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

Marianne is an assassin. One of the best in the business.Except killing isn't her business - it's h… read more

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Cover of Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

8. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

By: Patrick Radden Keefe

4.46

Format: 441 pages, Hardcover

In December 1972, Jean McConville, a thirty-eight-year-old mother of ten, was dragged from her Belf… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • irish literature
  • ireland
"Like the revolution's going to wait until I finish my education."

-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

"Who should be held accountable for a shared history of violence? It was a question that was dogging Northern Ireland as a whole."

-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

"There was a discomfiting sense in Belfast that there was no place where you were truly secure: you would run inside to get away from a gun battle, only to run outside again for fear of a bomb."

-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

"His job, he felt, was to speak for the victims - to represent the next person who might be killed in the conflict. He had no particular party; his only allegiance was to those who had been (and would…"

-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

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9. French Foreign Legion Commando

By: Harry Dobson

4.38

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

A link to my website that contains a few pictures and blogs from my military LEGIO PATRIA NOSTRA -T… read more

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10. The Vanishing of Margaret Small

By: Neil Alexander

4.22

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet Margaret Small: 75, plain spoken and a Cilla Black super fan. Shortly after the death of her i… read more

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Cover of Double Agent: My Secret Life Undercover in the IRA by Kevin Fulton

11. Double Agent: My Secret Life Undercover in the IRA

By: Kevin Fulton

4.08

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

'"I am a British soldier," I told my reflection. "I am a British soldier and I'm saving lives. I'm … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
Cover of Fishers of Men - The Gripping True Story of a British Undercover Agent in Northern Ireland by Rob Lewis

12. Fishers of Men - The Gripping True Story of a British Undercover Agent in Northern Ireland

By: Rob Lewis

3.66

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

Fishers of Men is the true account of secret operations in Northern Ireland carried out by the Brit… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
Cover of Undercover War: Britain's Special Forces and their secret battle against the IRA by Harry McCallion

13. Undercover War: Britain's Special Forces and their secret battle against the IRA

By: Harry McCallion

4.20

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

When British troops first deployed to Northern Ireland in 1969, to halt the threat of a new rising … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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14. Regimental

By: Steve Brown

4.31

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

Steve Brown joined the army in 1993 as a troubled teenager and left as a respected sergeant-major i… read more

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15. The Yank - My Life as a Former US Marine in the IRA

By: John Crawley

4.01

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

April 1975. A young Irish-American from Long Island, NY, is on a mission to enlist in an elite unit… read more

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  • ireland
Cover of Salford Lads: The Rise and Fall of Paul Massey by Bernard O'Mahoney

16. Salford Lads: The Rise and Fall of Paul Massey

By: Bernard O'Mahoney

4.17

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

SALFORD LADS The Rise and Fall of Paul Massey; When legendary old school villain Paul Massey immers… read more

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17. Carl Frampton: My Autobiography

By: Carl Frampton

4.43

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Belfast’s Carl ‘The Jackal’ Frampton MBE is no ordinary boxer. One of only three fighters from the … read more

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18. The Solitary Man (Stephen Leather Thrillers)

By: Stephen Leather

4.24

Format: 580 pages, Kindle Edition

Chris Hutchison is a man on the run.Imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, Hutch escapes from a B… read more

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19. Bandit Country (SAS Operation)

By: Peter Corrigan

4.12

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission. But will the SAS be able to find an IRA sniper, before he finds… read more

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20. The Operators: On The Street with Britain's Most Secret Service

By: James Rennie

4.10

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

A rare look inside the British Army’s elite special forces unit and its counter-terrorism surveilla… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • ireland
Cover of Soldiering Against Subversion: The Irish Defence Forces and Internal Security During the Troubles, 1969–1998 by Dan Harvey

21. Soldiering Against Subversion: The Irish Defence Forces and Internal Security During the Troubles, 1969–1998

By: Dan Harvey

4.09

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

During a time of high tension, terror and fear, the Irish Defence Forces faced the very real threat… read more

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Cover of Long Road to Libya: Danger, excitement, tenacity, resilience, opportunity and success by Jason Woods

22. Long Road to Libya: Danger, excitement, tenacity, resilience, opportunity and success

By: Jason Woods

4.08

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

‘RIVETING. INSPIRING. UTTERLY AUTHENTIC.’ - Damien Lewis From boy soldier to paratrooper, private … read more

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23. Born Fearless: From Kids' Home to SAS to Pirate Hunter - My Life as a Shadow Warrior

By: Phil Campion

4.02

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition with Audio/Video

Meet ‘Big’ Phil Campion. To his fellow operators he’s a private military contractor. To you or me h… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of A Force Like No Other: The Last Shift: The final selection of real stories from the RUC men and women who policed the Troubles by Colin Breen

24. A Force Like No Other: The Last Shift: The final selection of real stories from the RUC men and women who policed the Troubles

By: Colin Breen

4.77

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

In this final part to his bestselling A Force Like No Other series, Colin Breen brings together mor… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of A Force Like No Other : The real stories of the RUC men and women who policed the Troubles, Book 1 by Colin Breen

25. A Force Like No Other : The real stories of the RUC men and women who policed the Troubles, Book 1

By: Colin Breen

4.33

Format: 165 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1983, Interpol named Northern Ireland the most dangerous place in the world to be a police offic… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
Cover of A Force Like No Other: The Next Shift by Colin Breen

26. A Force Like No Other: The Next Shift

By: Colin Breen

4.71

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

In this follow-up to his bestselling "A Force Like No Other", Colin Breen brings together more comp… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • ireland
Cover of Charlie One: The True Story of an Irishman in the British Army and His Role in Covert Counter-Terrorism Operations in Northern Ireland by Sean Hartnett

27. Charlie One: The True Story of an Irishman in the British Army and His Role in Covert Counter-Terrorism Operations in Northern Ireland

By: Sean Hartnett

4.19

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

Seán Hartnett grew up in Cork in the 1970s where he observed the worst of the northern Troubles wit… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • irish literature
  • ireland
Cover of The Sunday Service: PIRA take on the SAS - An Intense Psychological Thriller Set in 1980s Belfast (Straker Series Book 1) by Hugh McManners

28. The Sunday Service: PIRA take on the SAS - An Intense Psychological Thriller Set in 1980s Belfast (Straker Series Book 1)

By: Hugh McManners

4.06

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping new thriller delving into the dark heart of Northern Ireland’s turbulent history, from t… read more

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Cover of Scotland’s Wildest Bank Robber: Guns, Bombs and Mayhem in Glasgow’s Gangland by Ian 'Blink' MacDonald

29. Scotland’s Wildest Bank Robber: Guns, Bombs and Mayhem in Glasgow’s Gangland

By: Ian 'Blink' MacDonald

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

As a young man in Glasgow’s underworld, Ian ‘Blink’ MacDonald earned a reputation for fighting and … read more

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Cover of The Tax Man: The True Story of the Hardest Man in Britain by Brian Cockerill

30. The Tax Man: The True Story of the Hardest Man in Britain

By: Brian Cockerill

3.57

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Over the last two decades, Brian Cockerill has ruled his world with an iron fist. Using nothing but… read more

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Cover of NEVER ABOVE, NEVER BELOW: AN ADVENTUROUS PURSUIT OF WAR, ESCAPE & DARKNESS by L.G. West

31. NEVER ABOVE, NEVER BELOW: AN ADVENTUROUS PURSUIT OF WAR, ESCAPE & DARKNESS

By: L.G. West

4.76

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

War, Escape, Darkness. The Unique True Story of a relentless pursuit of Special Forces Warfare, Lon… read more

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8 best-selling history books like Charlie One: The True Story of an Irishman in the British Army and His Role in Covert Counter-Terrorism Operations in Northern Ireland by Sean Hartnett

Transform Your Habits

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge

4.47

Transform Your Habits

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

4.46

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Double Agent: My Secret Life Undercover in the IRA

Kevin Fulton

4.08

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Rory Stewart

4.36

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James O'Brien

4.29

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Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

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4.45

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