9 must-read war books like Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins by Annie Jacobsen

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Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.30

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, character-driven history of CIA covert operations and U.S. government-sponsored ass…

If you liked the war plot in Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins by Annie Jacobsen , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. The Good Rat

By: Jimmy Breslin

3.55

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Of course Pulitzer Prize winner Jimmy Breslin recognized Burton Kaplan right away as the Mafia witn… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • history
  • audiobook
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2. The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government

By: David Talbot

4.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the mo… read more

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  • espionage
  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction

3. Hunting the Jackal: A Special Forces and CIA Soldier's Fifty Years on the Frontlines of the War Against Terrorism

By: Tim Keown , Billy Waugh

4.67

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

For more than half a century, Special Forces and CIA legend Billy Waugh dedicated his life to track… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction

4. Relentless Strike: The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command

By: Sean Naylor

3.75

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times Bestseller and Winner of the 2015 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writi… read more

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5. The Last Punisher: A SEAL Team Three Sniper's True Account of the Battle of Ramadi

By: Kevin Lacz , Ethan E. Rocke , Lindsey Lacz

4.33

Format: 228 pages, ebook

"One of the very best books to come out of the war in Iraq," (Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, bestselling a… read more

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6. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat

By: Giles Milton

3.44

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine In the spring of 1939, a top-secre… read more

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7. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

By: None , Ben R. Rich

3.83

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind the high… read more

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8. Killer Elite: The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team

By: Michael Smith

4.01

Format: 0 pages,

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9. Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

By: Tom O'Neill

4.03

Format: 504 pages, Kindle Edition

A journalist's twenty-year obsession with the Manson murders brings shocking revelations about the … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.30

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, character-driven history of CIA covert operations and U.S. government-sponsored ass… read more

Similar categories in Annie Jacobsen's Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins book and Annie Jacobsen's Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins

  • espionage
  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

By: Steve Coll

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more

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  • espionage
  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Red Sky Mourning (Terminal List #7)

By: Jack Carr

4.54

Format: 576 pages, Kindle Edition

You think you know James Reece. Think again. A storm is on the horizon. America’s days are numbe… read more

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  • espionage
  • military fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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14. The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives

By: Adam Gamal

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The first and only book to ever be written by a member of America's most secret military unit―an ex… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior by Ric Prado

15. Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior

By: Ric Prado

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Explosive National Bestseller A memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil … read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West by David E. Sanger

16. New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West

By: David E. Sanger

4.37

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adv… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Code Over Country: The Tragedy and Corruption of SEAL Team Six

By: Matthew A. Cole

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From an award-winning investigative journalist, a hard-hitting exposé of the unchecked crimes of SE… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"In 2007, for example, a Gold Squadron sniper was pushed out of the unit after he killed three unarmed people—including a child—in at least two different operations. He was, nonetheless, allowed to re…"

-Matthew A. Cole, Code Over Country: The Tragedy and Corruption of SEAL Team Six

"The SEALs represented an inherent contradiction. For all their specialized training and elite capabilities, many struggled with foundational, almost rudimentary, ethical actions: to not steal, to obe…"

-Matthew A. Cole, Code Over Country: The Tragedy and Corruption of SEAL Team Six

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18. Land With No Sun: A Year in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne

By: Ted G. Arthurs

4.34

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A no-holds-barred, straight-in-your-face account of combat in VietnamYou know it's going to be hot … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Black Cat 2-1: The True Story of a Vietnam Helicopter Pilot and His Crew by Bob Ford

19. Black Cat 2-1: The True Story of a Vietnam Helicopter Pilot and His Crew

By: Bob Ford

4.53

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

“This moving memoir about the gritty life of a military helicopter pilot fills a gap in the genre o… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot by Martin W. Sandler

20. Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot

By: Martin W. Sandler

3.84

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

“A splendid book, full of fascinating, well-told tales . . . a diverse and bafflingly overlooked co… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs by Luis Elizondo

21. Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs

By: Luis Elizondo

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The former head of the Pentagon program responsible for the investigation of UFOs—now known as unid… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

11 must-read audiobook books like Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins by Annie Jacobsen

Transform Your Habits

The Good Rat

Jimmy Breslin

3.55

Transform Your Habits

Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

Tom O'Neill

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins

Annie Jacobsen

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

Steve Coll

4.44

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6 best-selling history books like Black Cat 2-1: The True Story of a Vietnam Helicopter Pilot and His Crew by Bob Ford

Transform Your Habits

Swift Boats at War in Vietnam

John Yeoman , Guy Gugliotta , Neva Sullaway

4.06

Transform Your Habits

GUTS 'N GUNSHIPS: What it was Really Like to Fly Combat Helicopters in Vietnam

Mark Garrison

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Nam Sense: Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division

Arthur Wiknik Jr.

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Land With No Sun: A Year in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne

Ted G. Arthurs

4.34

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