9 Best military history books like Four Weeks in May: The Loss of "HMS Coventry" by David Hart Dyke

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Four Weeks in May: The Loss of "HMS Coventry"

By: David Hart Dyke

4.29

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In March, 1982, the guided-missile destroyer HMS Coventry was one of a small squadron of ships on e…

If you liked the military history plot in Four Weeks in May: The Loss of "HMS Coventry" by David Hart Dyke , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. HMS Ulysses

By: Alistair MacLean

4.07

Format: 467 pages, Paperback

The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers of act… read more

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  • historical
  • military fiction
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2. Red Storm Rising

By: Tom Clancy

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Audio Cassette

"Allah!"With that shrill cry, three Muslim terrorists blow up a key Soviet oil complex, creating a … read more

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  • military fiction
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3. Sniper One: The Blistering True Story Of A British Battle Group Under Siege

By: Dan Mills

4.29

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Sniper One is the gritty, awe-inspiring true story that takes you right into the heart of the Iraq … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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4. Hellfire

By: Ed Macy

4.30

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The true story of one man's determination to master the world's deadliest helicopter and of a split… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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5. Fields of Fire (Frontlines, #5)

By: Marko Kloos

3.72

Format: None pages,

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  • military fiction
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6. What It is Like to Go to War

By: Karl Marlantes

4.00

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Matterhorn, this is a powerful nonfiction book abo… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"Thinking you might be crazy can drive you crazy."

-Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War

"The time for debilitating fear is before and after the mission."

-Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War

"Quitting is unthinkable and pain is just weakness leaving the body"

-Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War

"Everything is touched by the holy when it is in the presence of death."

-Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War

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7. Vulcan 607

By: Rowland White

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

It was to be one of the most ambitious operations since 617 Squadron bounced their revolutionary bo… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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8. Phoenix Squadron

By: Rowland White

4.22

Format: None pages, Hardcover

HMS Ark Royalwas the most powerful warship the Royal Navy had ever put to sea.50,000 tons of Britis… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
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9. The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command

By: None , John Woodward

4.83

Format: 28 pages, Paperback

When published in hardcover in 1997, this book was praised for providing an engrossing education no… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • naval history
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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10. Das Boot

By: Lothar-Günther Buchheim , None

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

It is autumn, 1941, and a German U-boat commander and his crew set out on yet another hazardous pat… read more

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  • military fiction

11. War

By: Sebastian Junger

4.01

Format: 217 pages, Hardcover

In his breakout bestseller, The Perfect Storm,Sebastian Junger created "a wild ride that brilliantl… read more

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12. Sea Harrier Over The Falklands

By: Sharkey Ward

3.57

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

This volume is a controversial account of what really happened in the South Atlantic skies, by a Na… read more

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13. 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
  • biography
  • 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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14. Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2)

By: Jasper Fforde

4.50

Format: 459 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Shades of Grey—in an exclusive edition… read more

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"Choice," went the Word of Munsell, "leads only to dithering and unhealthy speculation over alternative outcomes. The choice to have no choice is the best choice of all."

-Jasper Fforde, Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2)

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15. Nothing But The Truth

By: The Secret Barrister

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Just how do you become a barrister? Why do only 1 per cent of those who study law succeed in joinin… read more

Similar categories in The Secret Barrister's Nothing But The Truth book and David Hart Dyke's Four Weeks in May: The Loss of "HMS Coventry"

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of SAS Bravo Three Zero: The Gripping True Story by Des Powell

16. SAS Bravo Three Zero: The Gripping True Story

By: Des Powell

4.17

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

'An incredible story, and so well told' Bear Grylls'Honesty, integrity and real experience that put… read more

Similar categories in Des Powell's SAS Bravo Three Zero: The Gripping True Story book and David Hart Dyke's Four Weeks in May: The Loss of "HMS Coventry"

  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
Cover of Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay by Craig L. Symonds

17. Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay

By: Craig L. Symonds

4.65

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From one of our most distinguished naval historians, the first wartime biography in a half-century … read more

Similar categories in Craig L. Symonds's Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay book and David Hart Dyke's Four Weeks in May: The Loss of "HMS Coventry"

  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • naval history
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
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18. Enemy Coast Ahead

By: Guy Gibson

4.38

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

ENEMY COAST AHEAD is Victoria Cross recipient Guy Gibson's action-packed memoir about his time in B… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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19. On Her Majesty's Nuclear Service

By: Eric Thompson

4.38

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

A journey inside the submarines that patrolled beneath the surface to keep the peace during the Col… read more

Similar categories in Eric Thompson's On Her Majesty's Nuclear Service book and David Hart Dyke's Four Weeks in May: The Loss of "HMS Coventry"

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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20. Escorting the Monarch

By: Chris Jagger

4.23

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

Escorting the Monarch is as close to an official history of the Metropolitan Police's 'Special Esco… read more

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Cover of Four Weeks in May: The Loss of "HMS Coventry" by David Hart Dyke

21. Four Weeks in May: The Loss of "HMS Coventry"

By: David Hart Dyke

4.29

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In March, 1982, the guided-missile destroyer HMS Coventry was one of a small squadron of ships on e… read more

Similar categories in David Hart Dyke's Four Weeks in May: The Loss of "HMS Coventry" book and David Hart Dyke's Four Weeks in May: The Loss of "HMS Coventry"

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • naval history
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • leadership

11 Top history books like Four Weeks in May: The Loss of "HMS Coventry" by David Hart Dyke

Transform Your Habits

Sniper One: The Blistering True Story Of A British Battle Group Under Siege

Dan Mills

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Hellfire

Ed Macy

4.30

Transform Your Habits

What It is Like to Go to War

Karl Marlantes

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Vulcan 607

Rowland White

4.04

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16 Best audiobook books like Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within by Rory Stewart

Transform Your Habits

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

Transform Your Habits

How They Broke Britain

James O'Brien

4.29

Transform Your Habits

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

David Mitchell

4.16

Transform Your Habits

How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't

Ian Dunt

4.45

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