8 Top memoir books like Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War by Evan Wright

Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War

By: Evan Wright

4.28

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

Another nameless town, another target for First Recon. It's only five in the afternoon, but a sandt…

"Gentlemen, we just siezed an airfield. That was pretty ninja."
-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
"Gentlemen, we just siezed an airfield. That was pretty ninja."
-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
"You find surprising things about the privite life of a country when you invide it"
-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
"You find surprising things about the privite life of a country when you invide it"
-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War

If you liked the memoir plot in Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War by Evan Wright , here is a list of 8 books like this:

1. One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer

By: Nathaniel Fick

4.19

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

If the Marines are “the few, the proud,” Recon Marines are the fewest and the proudest. Nathaniel F… read more

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"You need discipline most, when it’s hardest to muster."
-Nathaniel Fick, One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
"Great Marine commanders, like all great warriors, are able to kill that which they love most -- their men."
-Nathaniel Fick, One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
"Worst of all were the accolades and thanks from people "for what you guys did over there." Thanks for what, I wanted to ask—shooting kids, cowering in terror behind a berm, dropping artillery on peop…"
-Nathaniel Fick, One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
"Strong combat leadership is never by committee. Platoon commanders must command, and command in battle isn't based on consensus. It's based on consent. Any leader wields only as much authority and in…"
-Nathaniel Fick, One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer

2. Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

By: Anthony Swofford

3.69

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Anthony Swofford's Jarhead is the first Gulf War memoir by a frontline infantry marine, and it is a… read more

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"Every war is different. Every war is the same."
-Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
"It occured to me that we will never be young again."
-Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
"My despair is less despair than boredom and loneliness."
-Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
"When you fail, you disgrace yourself and others. When you succeed, be proud and others will be proud for you."
-Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

3. 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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"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

4. 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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5. Terminal Lance: The White Donkey

By: Maximilian Uriarte

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The surreal journey of a United States Marine to and from Iraq. Written and Illustrated by Terminal… read more

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6. 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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7. 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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8. Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent Into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death

By: Jim Frederick

3.95

Format: 315 pages,

This is the story of a small group of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division's fabled 502nd Infa… read more

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9. 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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10. American Desperado: My Life--From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset

By: Evan Wright , Jon Roberts

3.00

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In 2008 veteran journalist Evan Wright, acclaimed for his New York Times bestselling book Generatio… read more

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11. 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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"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

12. Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War

By: Evan Wright

4.28

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

Another nameless town, another target for First Recon. It's only five in the afternoon, but a sandt… read more

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"Gentlemen, we just siezed an airfield. That was pretty ninja."
-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
"You find surprising things about the privite life of a country when you invide it"
-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
"You know what happens when you get out of the Marine Corps," Person continues. "you get you brains back."
-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
"We're like America's little pit bull. They beat it, starve it, mistreat it, and once in a while they let it out to attack somebody."
-Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War

13. 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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14. Level Zero Heroes: The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan

By: Michael Golembesky , John R. Bruning

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An elite Marine special operations team, a battle to save downed soldiers in Afghanistan, a fight f… read more

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15. House to House: An Epic Memoir of War

By: John R. Bruning , David Bellavia

3.92

Format: None pages,

One of the great heroes of the Iraq War, Staff Sergeant David Bellavia captures the brutal action a… read more

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16. The Good Soldiers

By: David Finkel

3.15

Format: 252 pages,

It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new… read more

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17. Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan

By: Sean Parnell , John R. Bruning , Sean Parnell

4.40

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

Former Army officer Parnell and collaborator Bruning (Shadow of the Sword) reprise Parnell’s 16 mon… read more

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18. 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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19. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.29

Format: 470 pages, ebook

Volume One is mainly about the second Indochina war (Vietnam War) and is set during the period from… read more

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"Navarre asserted, “We have such powerful forces and so strong a defence system that Dien Bien Phu is an impregnable fortress!"
-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"The Vietnamese soldier said, “Before I spoke to her, I had given her a cooked ration of rice. Instead of her being grateful for the meal, she abused me! What gives with these Kampuchean People?"
-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning b…"
-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy i…"
-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

20. Magenta

By: John Payton Foden

4.27

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Magenta is a harrowing journey into war-torn Sarajevo, and into the blackest reaches of the human c… read more

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"There was a story out there, in a scary place, and she had to bear witness."
-John Payton Foden, Magenta
"She polished her words like smooth river rocks lying perfectly organized in brilliant rainbow shades under crystal clear, slow moving water."
-John Payton Foden, Magenta
"Stefan, please, get to work. Take a picture of this. You want a photo? Of this? War in all its ugliness. A Pulitzer Prize awaits. You want me to document a war crime? Your war crime? Yes. I do. Yo…"
-John Payton Foden, Magenta
"Stefan with his camera at the ready photographed a church and mosque and synagogue reduced to a cross and a crescent and a star, solitary monuments to what people once believed. They silently passed…"
-John Payton Foden, Magenta

21. 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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"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