7 Best war books like I'm No Hero: A Pow Story As Told to Glen DeWerff by Charlie Plumb

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I'm No Hero: A Pow Story As Told to Glen DeWerff

By: Charlie Plumb

4.18

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

ISBN: 1881886026 'I'm No Hero' is the story of Charlie Plumb, but it is also the story of all PO…

If you liked the war plot in I'm No Hero: A Pow Story As Told to Glen DeWerff by Charlie Plumb , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior

By: Ward Just , David H. Hackworth , Julie Sherman

4.36

Format: 875 pages, Hardcover

Called “everything a twentieth century war memoir could possibly be” by The New York Times, this na… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
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2. A Wanted Man (Jack Reacher, #17)

By: Lee Child

4.05

Format: 427 pages, Paperback

When you're as big and rough as Jack Reacher - and you have a badly set, freshly busted nose, patch… read more

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"Some old guy once said that the meaning of life is that it ends."

-Lee Child, A Wanted Man (Jack Reacher, #17)

"Resolute, responsible, determined, knowledgeable, and perceptive"

-Lee Child, A Wanted Man (Jack Reacher, #17)

"A handgun at two hundred feet is the same thing as crossing your fingers and making a wish."

-Lee Child, A Wanted Man (Jack Reacher, #17)

"As a general rule. it's a comfort issue, literally and metaphorically. And intimacy issue. It's a big step, putting on foreign underwear. Like betrayal, or emigration."

-Lee Child, A Wanted Man (Jack Reacher, #17)

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3. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
"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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4. The Poacher's Son (Mike Bowditch, #1)

By: Paul Doiron

3.84

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

Game warden Mike Bowditch returns home one evening to find a cryptic message on his answering machi… read more

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"Nature will forgive humankind just about anything, and what it won’t forgive I hope never to witness."

-Paul Doiron, The Poacher's Son (Mike Bowditch, #1)

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5. 61 Hours (Jack Reacher, #14)

By: Lee Child

4.12

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Jack Reacher is back.   The countdown has begun. Get ready for the most exciting 61 hours of your l… read more

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  • military fiction
"I'm not afraid of death. Death's afraid of me."

-Lee Child, 61 Hours (Jack Reacher, #14)

"Never forgive, never forget. Do it once and do it right. You reap what you sow. Plans go to hell as soon as the first shot is fired. Protect and serve. Never off duty."

-Lee Child, 61 Hours (Jack Reacher, #14)

"To fill a small bag means selecting,and choosing, and evaluating. There's no logicial end to that process. Pretty soon I would have a big bag, and then two or three. A month later I'd be like the res…"

-Lee Child, 61 Hours (Jack Reacher, #14)

"Anecdotally his fitness reports rated him well above average in the classroom, excellent in the field, fluently bilingual in English and French, passable in Spanish, outstanding on all man-portable w…"

-Lee Child, 61 Hours (Jack Reacher, #14)

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6. Steel My Soldiers' Hearts: The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of U.S. Army, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, Vietnam

By: David H. Hackworth , Eilhys England

3.70

Format: 168 pages,

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
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7. The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East

By: Alistair Urquhart

3.80

Format: 245 pages,

Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders captured by the Japanese in Singapore. He… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction

8. Jackdaws

By: Ken Follett

4.13

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

In his own bestselling tradition of Eye of the Needleand The Key to Rebecca, Ken Follett once again… read more

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9. Flags of Our Fathers

By: James D. Bradley , Ron Powers

3.50

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

Captures the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag … read more

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10. 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
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • 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

11. John Adams

By: David McCullough

3.71

Format: 435 pages,

The enthralling, often surprising story of John Adams, one of the most important and fascinating Am… read more

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12. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

By: Walter Isaacson

4.33

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Benjamin Franklin is the Founding Father who winks at us. An ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose … read more

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13. Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual

By: Jocko Willink

4.30

Format: 373 pages,

FIND YOUR WILL, FIND YOUR DISCIPLINE - AND YOU WILL FIND YOUR FREEDOM Jocko Willink's methods for s… read more

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14. Island of the Blue Dolphins

By: Scott O'Dell

3.87

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, … read more

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"They were black like a lizard's and very large and, like the eyes of a lizard, could sometimes look sleepy."

-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

"Everyone in our tribe had two names, the real one which was secret and was seldom used, and one which was common, for if people use your secret name it becomes worn out and loses its magic."

-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

"Below me Rontu was running along the cliffs barking at the screaming gulls. Pelicans were chattering as they finished the blue water. But suddenly I thought of Tutok, and the island seemed very quiet."

-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

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15. Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect

By: Will Guidara

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

National Bestseller Essential lessons in hospitality for every business, from the former co-owner … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • leadership
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16. Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam

By: Vivek Ramaswamy

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this New York Times bestseller, a young and successful entrepreneur makes the case that politics… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Diversity"

-Vivek Ramaswamy, Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam

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

By: John Stryker Meyer

4.49

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

For eight years, far beyond the battlefields of Vietnam and the glare of media distortions, America… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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18. Grpc: Up and Running: Building Cloud Native Applications with Go and Java for Docker and Kubernetes

By: Kasun Indrasiri

3.60

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Get a comprehensive understanding of gRPC fundamentals through real-world examples. With this pract… read more

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19. The Hard Parts: A Memoir of Courage and Triumph

By: Oksana Masters

4.62

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A memoir from the United States’s most decorated winter Paralympic or Olympic athlete, The Hard Par… read more

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  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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20. Learning Go: An Idiomatic Approach to Real-World Go Programming

By: Jon Bodner

4.47

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

Go is rapidly becoming the preferred language for building web services. While there are plenty of … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of I'm No Hero: A Pow Story As Told to Glen DeWerff by Charlie Plumb

21. I'm No Hero: A Pow Story As Told to Glen DeWerff

By: Charlie Plumb

4.18

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

ISBN: 1881886026 'I'm No Hero' is the story of Charlie Plumb, but it is also the story of all PO… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • psychology
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • leadership

8 Best history books like I'm No Hero: A Pow Story As Told to Glen DeWerff by Charlie Plumb

Transform Your Habits

About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior

Ward Just , David H. Hackworth , Julie Sherman

4.36

Transform Your Habits

One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer

Nathaniel Fick

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Steel My Soldiers' Hearts: The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of U.S. Army, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, Vietnam

David H. Hackworth , Eilhys England

3.70

Transform Your Habits

The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East

Alistair Urquhart

3.80

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15 best-selling history books like Across The Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam (Expanded Edition) by John Stryker Meyer

Transform Your Habits

About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior

Ward Just , David H. Hackworth , Julie Sherman

4.36

SOG: Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam

John L. Plaster

3.93

Transform Your Habits

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge

4.47

Transform Your Habits

On Full Automatic: Surviving 13 Months in Vietnam

William V. Taylor Jr.

4.60

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