8 best-selling american history books like A Footsoldier for Patton: The Story of a "Red Diamond" Infantryman with the U.S. Third Army by Michael C. Bilder

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A Footsoldier for Patton: The Story of a "Red Diamond" Infantryman with the U.S. Third Army

By: Michael C. Bilder

4.20

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

A brutally honest depiction of day-to-day combat in World War II … A rarely frank account of the U.…

If you liked the american history plot in A Footsoldier for Patton: The Story of a "Red Diamond" Infantryman with the U.S. Third Army by Michael C. Bilder , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. To the Last Man: A Novel of the First World War

By: Jeff Shaara

4.25

Format: 636 pages, Paperback

Jeff Shaara has enthralled readers with his New York Times bestselling novels set during the Civil … read more

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  • american history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
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2. The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers

By: Gary Brozek , Nicholas Irving

3.43

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Groundbreaking, thrilling and revealing, The Reaper is the astonishing memoir of Special Operations… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of No Less Than Victory (World War II: 1939-1945, #3) by Jeff Shaara

3. No Less Than Victory (World War II: 1939-1945, #3)

By: Jeff Shaara

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

No Less Than Victoryis the crowning achievement in master storyteller Jeff Shaara's soaring World W… read more

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  • world war ii
  • american history
  • military fiction
  • war

4. The Night Stalkers

By: Michael J. Durant , Steven Hartov

3.90

Format: 77 pages,

From the authors of the bestselling In the Company of Heroes come the thrilling, never-before-heard… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction

5. 109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos

By: Jennet Conant

3.27

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

In 1943, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant, charismatic head of the Manhattan Project, recruited… read more

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6. Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission

By: Hampton Sides

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. T… read more

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7. China Marine: An Infantryman's Life after World War II

By: Stephen E. Ambrose , Eugene B. Sledge

4.28

Format: None pages,

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8. Above the Bay of Angels

By: Rhys Bowen

4.19

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

A single twist of fate puts a servant girl to work in Queen Victoria’s royal kitchen, setting off a… read more

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"The new century is coming. Young women should have a chance to make something of themselves. Heaven knows that most of the cooks in the great houses around the country are women. It's a natural art f…"

-Rhys Bowen, Above the Bay of Angels

"It is Jean-Paul Lepin. Chef Lepin." I could not stifle a grin. I thought he had said lapin , which is the French word for rabbit. "For a rabbit, you seem quite fearless." This made the other chefs ch…"

-Rhys Bowen, Above the Bay of Angels

"And on that table was the most impressive assortment of food: salmon mousse in the shape of a salmon; cold chickens; quail; a huge platter of oysters, shrimp and lobster claws; all kinds of salads; f…"

-Rhys Bowen, Above the Bay of Angels

"Her Majesty's daughter Princess Helena and her granddaughter Princess Thora are visiting. Here's the menu: consommé aux fines herbes, cheese croutons, poached fillet of sole with parsley sauce and po…"

-Rhys Bowen, Above the Bay of Angels

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9. The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Liberator and Avenue of Spies returns with an utterly … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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10. Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decora… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific by Robert Leckie

11. Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

By: Robert Leckie

4.22

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Now the inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFIC Here is one of the most riveting first-per… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"It was a darkness without time. It was an impenetrable darkness. To the right and left of me rose those terrible formless things of my imagination, which I could not see because there was no light. I…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

"And now to that Victim whose Sign rose above the world two thousand years ago, to be menaced now by that other sign now rising, I say a prayer of contrition. I, whom you have seen as irreverent and i…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

"There was no feeling of dedication because it was absolutely involuntary. I do not doubt that if the Marines had asked for volunteers for an impossible campaign such as Guadalcanal, almost everyone n…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

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12. A Very Punchable Face

By: Colin Jost

4.21

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

If there’s one trait that makes someone well suited to comedy, it’s being able to take a punch—meta… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"As Lorne says, 'Careers are made by choices."

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

"Every public golf course on Staten Island has a secret alter ego."

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

"When you go to auditions and you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.' -Paula Abdul"

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

"I now hate the phrase ‘That will work.’ It’s such a mediocre goal to set for yourself."

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

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13. Only the Brave

By: Danielle Steel

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A powerful new novel from Danielle Steel, whose countless #1 New York Times bestselling novels have… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
Cover of Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes by Tim  Brady

14. Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes

By: Tim Brady

4.01

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing WWII true story of a trio of fearless female resisters whose youth and innocence be… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Death on a Distant Frontier: A Lost Victory, 1944 (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two) by Charles Whiting

15. Death on a Distant Frontier: A Lost Victory, 1944 (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

By: Charles Whiting

4.17

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

“a provocative and stimulating addition to the study of World War II.” HistoryNetPerfect for reader… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

By: A.J. Baime

4.55

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman’s first four months in office, when this unlikel… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"After a few minutes Truman went back inside the White House, so he could call his mother and personally deliver the news: World War II was over. ("That was Harry," ninety-two-year-old Mamma Truman sa…"

-A.J. Baime, The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

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17. On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle

By: Hampton Sides

4.57

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and In the Kingdom of Ice, a chronicle… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Oath of Loyalty (Mitch Rapp, #21) by Kyle Mills

18. Oath of Loyalty (Mitch Rapp, #21)

By: Kyle Mills

4.48

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Mitch Rapp confronts a very different kind of killer in the explosive new thriller in Vince Flynn’s… read more

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Cover of A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II by Harry H. Crosby

19. A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II

By: Harry H. Crosby

4.58

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

"Written from the unusual perspective of a navigator, this is a compelling account of the air war a… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
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Cover of Sniper on the Eastern Front: The Memoirs of Sepp Allerberger, Knights Cross by Albrecht Wacker

20. Sniper on the Eastern Front: The Memoirs of Sepp Allerberger, Knights Cross

By: Albrecht Wacker

4.20

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

Josef “Sepp” Allerberger was the second most successful sniper of the German Wehrmacht and one of t… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Churchill's Band of Brothers: WWII's Most Daring D-Day Mission and the Hunt to Take Down Hitler's Fugitive War Criminals by Damien Lewis

21. Churchill's Band of Brothers: WWII's Most Daring D-Day Mission and the Hunt to Take Down Hitler's Fugitive War Criminals

By: Damien Lewis

4.39

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

On the night of June 13th, 1944, a twelve-man SAS unit parachuted into occupied France. Their objec… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Combat Diaries: True Stories from the Frontlines of World War II by Mike Guardia

22. The Combat Diaries: True Stories from the Frontlines of World War II

By: Mike Guardia

4.40

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

From the beaches of Normandy to the shores of Iwo Jima. Harrowing tales of combat…as told by the me… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Desperate Venture: The Story of Operation Torch, the Allied Invasion of North Africa (The Face of Battle Book 2) by Norman Gelb

23. Desperate Venture: The Story of Operation Torch, the Allied Invasion of North Africa (The Face of Battle Book 2)

By: Norman Gelb

4.18

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

The year is 1942 In the dark, early-morning hours of November 8th, an armada larger and mightier t… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Legend of White 19 (The Watson Saga #3) by Roger Maxim

24. The Legend of White 19 (The Watson Saga #3)

By: Roger Maxim

4.22

Format: 67 pages, Kindle Edition

Pilot Dave Watson returns from England hoping to join a Corsair squadron in the Pacific. He does, b… read more

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Cover of Iron Spy: The True Story of the Greatest Double Agent in World War II (Espionage) by Ethan Quinn

25. Iron Spy: The True Story of the Greatest Double Agent in World War II (Espionage)

By: Ethan Quinn

3.81

Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition

Known as Fritz to his German spy-handlers and Zig-Zag to the British secret service, Eddie Chapman … read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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26. A Footsoldier for Patton: The Story of a "Red Diamond" Infantryman with the U.S. Third Army

By: Michael C. Bilder

4.20

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

A brutally honest depiction of day-to-day combat in World War II … A rarely frank account of the U.… read more

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The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers

Gary Brozek , Nicholas Irving

3.43

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Michael J. Durant , Steven Hartov

3.90

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The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II

Alex Kershaw

4.29

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Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

Alex Kershaw

4.32

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No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden

Mark Owen , Kevin Maurer

4.02

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The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

None , Robert O'Neill

4.42

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The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen

Marcus Luttrell , Brandon Webb , John David Mann

3.86

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SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper

Howard E. Wasdin , Stephen Templin

3.77

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