8 Best biography books like Forged in Fire: An Australian commando's story of life and death on the frontline by Scott Ryder

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Forged in Fire: An Australian commando's story of life and death on the frontline

By: Scott Ryder

4.79

Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition

Forged in Fire takes us inside the secretive world of the Australian commandos.Garry made a report …

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1. SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper

By: Howard E. Wasdin , Stephen Templin

3.77

Format: 67 pages,

The New York Times best selling book that takes you inside SEAL Team Six - the covert squad that ki… read more

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2. 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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3. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

By: Marcus Luttrell , Patrick Robinson

3.67

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan fo… read more

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4. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

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"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

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5. Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.30

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, character-driven history of CIA covert operations and U.S. government-sponsored ass… read more

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6. 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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7. The Nurses' War

By: Victoria Purman

4.29

Format: 608 pages, ebook

There is more than one way to fight a war...An extraordinary story of grit, love and loss, based on… read more

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8. Fire in the Hole: Tales of Combat with the 1st Engineer Battalion in Vietnam

By: Mike Guardia

4.22

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

Combat Engineers. The Unsung Heroes of Vietnam.August 25, 1966. Specialist Dan Crowley was among t… read more

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9. HAVOC-06: A Combat Controller on Operations

By: Troy Knight

4.34

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

I received a target indication from one of the rear team members and observed movement coming from … read more

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10. FUN FEAR FRIVOLITY A tale of the Vietnam War by an Aussie Grunt

By: Ian Cavanough

4.48

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

Fifty years ago, Ian Cavanough was at the very tip of Australia’s involvement in Vietnam. After vol… read more

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11. Ghosts of Baghdad: Marine Corps Gunships on the Opening Days of the Iraq War

By: Eric Buer

4.64

Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition

Climb in the cockpit and join a Marine attack helicopter pilot in this authentic and compelling fir… read more

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12. Breaker Morant

By: Peter FitzSimons

3.99

Format: 547 pages, Hardcover

The epic story of the Boer War and Harry 'Breaker' Morant: drover, horseman, bush poet - murderer o… read more

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13. The Cop Who Fell to Earth

By: Craig Semple

4.64

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

Before eighteen-year-old Craig Semple joined the New South Wales Police Force in 1988, he was someo… read more

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14. Shadow of Doubt (Scot Harvath #23)

By: Brad Thor

4.59

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

In a world shrouded in shadows, where doubt is the only weapon, can one spy expose the truth? A… read more

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15. Forged in Fire: An Australian commando's story of life and death on the frontline

By: Scott Ryder

4.79

Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition

Forged in Fire takes us inside the secretive world of the Australian commandos.Garry made a report … read more

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Cover of The Kingpin and the Crooked Cop: The definitive inside story of Neddy Smith and Roger Rogerson, partners in crime by Neil Mercer

16. The Kingpin and the Crooked Cop: The definitive inside story of Neddy Smith and Roger Rogerson, partners in crime

By: Neil Mercer

4.34

Format: 589 pages, Kindle Edition

The life and crimes of our most corrupt policeman and most notorious gangster – featuring astonishi… read more

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17. The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World

By: Ben Macintyre

4.51

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue att… read more

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18. It Was What It Was: A Tale of the 1st Infantry Division in Iraq (2006-2008)

By: Daniel Pace

4.38

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

"...the timeless tale of a young leader and his soldiers on the ground seeking to find meaning and … read more

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19. Serviceman J: The Untold Story of an NZSAS Soldier

By: Jamie Pennell

4.52

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping memoir by a former NZSAS commander on serving in Afghanistan over five deployments and o… read more

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Cover of The Strong Man: A powerful story of life under fire and one man's journey back from the brink by Grant Edwards

20. The Strong Man: A powerful story of life under fire and one man's journey back from the brink

By: Grant Edwards

4.00

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful story of life under fire and one man's journey back from the brink  Grant Edwards was on… read more

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Cover of The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli: The many lives and tragic death of Harry Freame, the Anzac hero betrayed by his nation by Ryan Butta

21. The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli: The many lives and tragic death of Harry Freame, the Anzac hero betrayed by his nation

By: Ryan Butta

4.09

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Harry Freame was the first Australian to win the Distinguished Conduct Medal at Gallipoli. Raised a… read more

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