Black Hawk Down
By: Mark Bowden
3.75
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
On October 3, 1993, about a hundred U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into a teeming market …
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1. D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
4.30
Format: 656 pages, Paperback
It is the young men born into the false prosperity of the 1920s and brought up in the bitter realit… read more
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- history
- historical
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- nonfiction
"No matter how bad things got, no matter how anxious the staff became, the commander had to “preserve optimism in himself and in his command. Without confidence, enthusiasm and optimism in the command…"-Stephen E. Ambrose, D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches
2. No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
By: Mark Owen , Kevin Maurer
4.02
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
From the streets of Iraq to the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean, and from th… read more
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- history
- military fiction
- war
- military history
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"Just get to lunch,"-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
"There is no honor in sending men to die for something you won't even fight for yourself"-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
"I had no idea if the photos [of Osama bin Laden's dead body] would ever be made public, and I didn't care."-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
"Before I left, I noticed a shelf that ran above the door. It was just above where he [bin Laden] was standing when we got to the third deck. I slid my hand up and felt two guns, which urned out to be…"-Mark Owen, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
3. 1776
By: David McCullough
4.09
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with … read more
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- history
- historical
- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
"I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene"-David McCullough, 1776
"Indeed, bribery, favoritism, and corruption in a great variety of forms were rampant not only in politics, but in all levels of society."-David McCullough, 1776
"It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books."-David McCullough, 1776
"as the Sword was the last resort for the preservation of our liberties, so it ought to be the first thing laid aside when those liberties are firmly established"-David McCullough, 1776
4. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
As good a rifle company as any, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, US Army, kept getting tough … read more
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- history
- historical
- military fiction
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- military history
- nonfiction
"We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace..."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"We can't make you do anything, but we can make you wish you had. - Army saying"-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"Chickenshit is so called - instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit - because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
5. Delta Force: The Army's Elite Counterterrorist Unit
By: Charlie A. Beckwith , Donald Knox
4.16
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
The only insider's account ever written on America's most powerful weapon in the war against terror… read more
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- history
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- nonfiction
6. Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
By: Antony Beevor
4.32
Format: 494 pages, Paperback
The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also chan… read more
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- historical
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- nonfiction
7. 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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- military fiction
- war
- military history
- nonfiction
8. 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi
By: Mitchell Zuckoff
3.44
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
The harrowing, true account from the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of B… read more
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- history
- military fiction
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- military history
- nonfiction
9. 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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- history
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- nonfiction
10. Black Hawk Down
By: Mark Bowden
3.75
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
On October 3, 1993, about a hundred U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into a teeming market … read more
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- africa
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11. A Bridge Too Far
By: Cornelius Ryan , Yes
3.99
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A Bridge Too Faris Cornelius Ryan's masterly chronicle of the Battle of Arnhem, which marshalled th… read more
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- history
- historical
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- nonfiction
12. Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit
By: Eric L. Haney
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
Now the inspiration for the CBS Television drama, "The Unit." Delta Force. They are the U.S. Army's… read more
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13. 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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14. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
By: William L. Shirer
4.21
Format: 1147 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Hitler boasted that The Third Reich would last a thousand years. It lasted only 12. But those 12 ye… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- war
"One of them was Fritz Thyssen, one of the earliest and biggest contributors to the party. Fleeing the "Nazi regime has ruined German industry." And to all he met abroad he proclaimed, "What a fool ( …"-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
"To some Germans and, no doubt, to most foreigners it appeared that a charlatan had come to power in Berlin. To the majority of Germans Hitler had — or would shortly assume — the aura of a truly chari…"-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
"In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come, will be launched by suicidal little madmen pressing an electr…"-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
"Adolf Hitler is probably the last of the great adventurer-conquerors in the tradition of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon, and the Third Reich the last of the empires which set out on the path taken ea…"-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
15. 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
- historical
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- 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
16. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
By: Chris Kyle , Scott McEwen , Jim DeFelice
4.03
Format: 502 pages, Paperback
From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States… read more
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- military fiction
- war
- military history
- nonfiction
"But real life doesn't travel in a perfect straight line; it doesn't necessarily have that 'all lived happily ever after' bit. You have to work on where you're going."-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
"In my experience, Marines are gung ho no matter what. They will all fight to the death. Everyone of them just wants to get out there and kill. They are bad-ass, hard-charging mothers."-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
"The joke was that President Bush only declared war when Starbucks was hit. You can mess with the U.N. all you want, but when you start interfering with the right to get caffeinated, someone has to pa…"-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
17. We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
By: Harold G. Moore , Joseph L. Galloway
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both releva… read more
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18. 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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19. Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills
By: Charles Henderson , None
1.33
Format: 397 pages, Paperback
Tells the exciting true story of Sergeant Carlos Hathcock, a legendary Marine sniper in the Vietnam… read more
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20. In the Company of Heroes: The Personal Story Behind Black Hawk Down
By: Michael J. Durant , Steven Hartov
3.53
Format: 349 pages,
Piloting a U.S. Army Special Operations Blackhawk over Somalia, Michael Durant was shot down with a… read more
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21. The Longest Day
By: Cornelius Ryan
4.25
Format: 131 pages,
The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy. The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan's unsurpa… read more
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