12 best-selling biography books like America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War by H.W. Brands

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America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

By: H.W. Brands

4.37

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands narrates the fierce debate over Amer…

If you liked the biography plot in America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War by H.W. Brands , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland

By: Troy Senik

4.16

Format: 384 pages, ebook

“A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable” (National Review) biography of Grover Cleveland—the honest, p… read more

Similar categories in Troy Senik's A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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2. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.59

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist… read more

Similar categories in Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • american history
  • history
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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3. Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World

By: David L. Roll

4.44

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating story behind the most consequential presidential transition in US history, from Fra… read more

Similar categories in David L. Roll's Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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4. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

By: John Ganz

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more

Similar categories in John Ganz's When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics

By: Elle Reeve

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This tour de force of investigative journalism—in the vein of The Next Civil War and Why We’re Pola… read more

Similar categories in Elle Reeve's Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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6. Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation

By: Brenda Wineapple

4.40

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

A magnificent history of the 1925 Scopes trial and how the teaching of evolution in public schools … read more

Similar categories in Brenda Wineapple's Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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7. At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House

By: H.R. McMaster

4.08

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

A revealing account of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster’s turbulent and consequential thirte… read more

Similar categories in H.R. McMaster's At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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8. Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich

By: Richard J. Evans

4.27

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

Through a connected set of biographical portraits of key Nazi figures that follows power as it radi… read more

Similar categories in Richard J. Evans's Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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9. Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King

By: Dan Jones

4.61

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author returns with a biography examining the dramatic life and unpa… read more

Similar categories in Dan Jones's Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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10. Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden

By: Bill O'Reilly

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times and USA Today Nonfiction Bestseller! Authors of the acclaimed Killing books,… read more

Similar categories in Bill O'Reilly's Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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11. On Freedom

By: Timothy Snyder

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant exploration of freedom—what it is, how it’s been misunderstood, and why it’s our only c… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Snyder's On Freedom book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War by H.W. Brands

12. America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

By: H.W. Brands

4.37

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands narrates the fierce debate over Amer… read more

Similar categories in H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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13. Targeted: Beirut — The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror

By: Jack Carr

4.65

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The first in a new in-depth nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that chan… read more

Similar categories in Jack Carr's Targeted: Beirut — The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • military history
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14. Reagan: His Life and Legend

By: Max Boot

4.32

Format: 880 pages, Hardcover

Son of the Midwest, movie star, and mesmerizing politician—America’s fortieth president comes to th… read more

Similar categories in Max Boot's Reagan: His Life and Legend book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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15. Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future

By: Jason F. Stanley

4.19

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From Yale professor and bestselling author of How Fascism Works, a searing confrontation with the a… read more

Similar categories in Jason F. Stanley's Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi

By: Wright Thompson

4.51

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A shocking and revelatory account of the murder of Emmett Till that lays bare how forces from aroun… read more

Similar categories in Wright Thompson's The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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17. War

By: Bob Woodward

4.43

Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three … read more

Similar categories in Bob Woodward's War book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"President Trump had secretly sent Putin a bunch of Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for his personal use as the virus spread rapidly through Russia."

-Bob Woodward, War

"Overall, Hamas killed more than 1,200 Israelis and dragged more than 240 hostages and back across the border into underground tunnels in Gaza. It was the deadliest attack in Jewish history since the …"

-Bob Woodward, War

"In the 2020 election, Trump received 74 million votes, more than any presidential candidate in history with the exception of Joe Biden, who won 81 million votes. Biden secured the Electoral College w…"

-Bob Woodward, War

"The second high-profile Trump critis was retired General Stanley McChrystal, who had commanded U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan a decade earlier. McChrystal had recently appeared on CNN and called…"

-Bob Woodward, War

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18. Sonny Boy: A Memoir

By: Al Pacino

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a… read more

Similar categories in Al Pacino's Sonny Boy: A Memoir book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Where do I go to get a director? I’ve never hired one in my life. I’ve only starred in three films. I said, “Marty, I don’t know how to interview anybody. This is completely crazy."

-Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir

"A strange and discordant mix of roles followed. I liked one film I did, The Humbling, because I did it with Barry Levinson. It was based on the novel by Philip Roth, who I met at a party in New York.…"

-Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir

"As I was heading back, I began to hear the sound of someone crying, which you sort of expect in a graveyard. I looked around to see where it was coming from. And there, sitting on a tombstone, was Fr…"

-Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir

"Another young actor in Charlie’s class with me was a guy by the name of Martin Sheen. In one session Marty did a monologue from The Iceman Cometh, and he blew the roof off—I said, this is it, this is…"

-Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir

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19. Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II

By: Elyse Graham

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The riveting, untold story of the scholars, librarians, and university professors who were recruite… read more

Similar categories in Elyse Graham's Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
"She was also a woman, which for him was a plus."

-Elyse Graham, Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II

"... because knowledge is, itself, a kind of magic, regardless of whether you get it from the stars or from the sublunary hermeneutics of the human fields of learning."

-Elyse Graham, Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II

"The historical record often neglects certain kinds of stories. For example, in the Library of Congress, OSS veterans helped catalogue the OSS records; this was a good service to the country, but they…"

-Elyse Graham, Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II

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20. Countdown 1960: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the 312 Days that Changed America's Politics Forever

By: Chris Wallace

4.34

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A riveting new work and fresh take on the lead-up to the presidential election of 1960, drawing tim… read more

Similar categories in Chris Wallace's Countdown 1960: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the 312 Days that Changed America's Politics Forever book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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21. Carson the Magnificent: An Intimate Portrait

By: Bill Zehme

3.56

Format: None pages, Audio CD

A much-anticipated biography—twenty years in the making—of the entertainer who redefined late-night… read more

Similar categories in Bill Zehme's Carson the Magnificent: An Intimate Portrait book and H.W. Brands's America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

21 must-read history books like America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War by H.W. Brands

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A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland

Troy Senik

4.16

Transform Your Habits

When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

Garrett M. Graff

4.59

Transform Your Habits

Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World

David L. Roll

4.44

Transform Your Habits

When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

John Ganz

4.23

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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Adam Higginbotham

4.60

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