Books like 'A More Unbending Battle: The Harlem Hellfighter's Struggle for Freedom in WWI and Equality at Home'
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Surviving Savage by Victoria Bright
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings***This book was previously published in Amazon Kindle Worlds*** Cameron “Savage” Garrett only cared about two things: fighting for his country and his SEAL brothers. Falling in love wasn’t on the radar, at least until he came to face to face with his high school sweetheart at a nightclub. Now was his chance to pick back up where they left off... -
![Void by Stella Noir]()
Void by Stella Noir
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm not done with women. But I'm f*cking done with love. Jed I lost everything and quit the Marines a broken man. They made me deal with it, and I came out stronger than ever. Solid, powerful, rich and with an inaccessible heart - because some things can't be fixed. Women are a pleasure that can be bought like many others. I can have them all, but I cannot fall in love... -
![Saved by a Soldier by Alison Mello]()
Saved by a Soldier by Alison Mello
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPatricia Ann Fitzgerald is no man’s arm candy… Refusing to entertain her mother’s ridiculous notion that she should become the perfect little housewife for her ex-boyfriend Ben, Patty escapes to her father’s lake house to focus on what matters most to her. She has to break through her writer’s block and start her next book... -
![The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat by Pierre Clostermann]()
The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat by Pierre Clostermann
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratings'THE BIG SHOW is as close as you'll ever get to fighting for your life from the cockpit of a Spitfire or Typhoon. Perhaps the most viscerally exciting book ever written by a fighter pilot.' Rowland White Pierre Clostermann DFC was one of the oustanding Allied aces of the Second World War... -
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![Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself by Tim Kennedy, Nick Palmisciano]()
Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself by Tim Kennedy, Nick Palmisciano
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom decorated Green Beret sniper, UFC headliner, and all around badass, Tim Kennedy, a rollicking, inspirational memoir offering lessons in how to embrace failure and weather storms, in order to unlock the strongest version of yourself.Tim Kennedy has a problem; he only feels alive right before he’s about to die... -
![Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War by Robert Fisk]()
Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War by Robert Fisk
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAccount of war in the late-20th century both as historical document and as an eyewitness testament to human savagery. Written by one of Britain's foremost journalists, this book combines political analysis and war reporting: it is an epic account of the Lebanon conflict by an author who has personally witnessed the carnage of Beirut for over a decade... -
![The Last Punisher: A SEAL Team Three Sniper's True Account of the Battle of Ramadi by Kevin Lacz, Ethan E. Rocke]()
The Last Punisher: A SEAL Team Three Sniper's True Account of the Battle of Ramadi by Kevin Lacz, Ethan E. Rocke
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“One of the very best books to come out of the war in Iraq,” (Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, bestselling author of On Killing ), The Last Punisher is a gripping and intimate on-the-ground memoir from a Navy SEAL who was part of SEAL Team THREE with American Sniper Chris Kyle... -
![The Nazis Knew My Name: A Remarkable Story of Survival and Courage in Auschwitz-Birkenau by Magda Hellinger, Maya Lee]()
The Nazis Knew My Name: A Remarkable Story of Survival and Courage in Auschwitz-Birkenau by Magda Hellinger, Maya Lee
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe “thought-provoking…must-read” (Ariana Neumann, author of When Time Stopped) memoir by a Holocaust survivor who saved an untold number of lives at Auschwitz through everyday acts of courage and kindness—in the vein of A Bookshop in Berlin and The Nazi Officer’s Wife... -
![We Were Warriors by Johnny Mercer]()
We Were Warriors by Johnny Mercer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe rounds were single shot from the same two enemy positions, trying to pick me off. They were kicking up the dirt around me. Then all hell broke loose as the gunship's Gatling vomited ammo right over my head. The sound was deafening. It was now or never. I got up and ran.A captain in 29 Commando, Johnny Mercer served in the army for twelve years... -
![Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March by Adam Zamoyski]()
Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March by Adam Zamoyski
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNapoleon dominated nearly all of Europe by 1810, largely succeeding in his aim to reign over the civilized world. But Britain eluded him. To conquer the island nation, he needed Russia's Tsar Alexander's help. The Tsar refused, and Napoleon vowed to teach him a lesson by intimidation and force... -
![A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918 by G.J. Meyer]()
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918 by G.J. Meyer
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe First World War is one of history's greatest tragedies. In this remarkable and intimate account, author G. J. Meyer draws on exhaustive research to bring to life the story of how the Great War reduced Europe’s mightiest empires to rubble, killed twenty million people, and cracked the foundations of the world we live in today... -
![Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers by Larry Alexander]()
Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers by Larry Alexander
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe New York Times bestseller that tells the true story of the life of Major Dick Winters, the man who led the Band of Brothers in World War II.In every band of brothers, there is always one who looks out for the others... -
![De oorlogsdagboeken van Louis Barthas (tonnenmaker), 1914-1918 by Louis Barthas]()
De oorlogsdagboeken van Louis Barthas (tonnenmaker), 1914-1918 by Louis Barthas
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlong with millions of other Frenchmen, Louis Barthas, a thirty-five-year-old barrelmaker from a small wine-growing town, was conscripted to fight the Germans in the opening days of World War I. Corporal Barthas spent the next four years in near-ceaseless combat, wherever the French army fought its fiercest battles: Artois, Flanders, Champagne, Verdun, the Somme, the Argonne... -
![The Chosen Few: A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan by Gregg Zoroya]()
The Chosen Few: A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan by Gregg Zoroya
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a Band of Brothers-like narrative, the never-before-told story of one of the Afghanistan war's most decorated units (including two Medal of Honor recipients)--Chosen Company, 2nd Battalion, 153 Infantry (paratroopers)--and their fifteen-month ordeal, culminating in the deadliest and most storied battle of the war, the battle of Wanat... -
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![The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin]()
The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's heroism and courage in World War II.They were known as “Rudder’s Rangers,” the most elite and experienced attack unit in the United States Army. In December 1944, Lt. Col. James Rudder's 2nd Battalion would form the spearhead into Germany, taking the war into Hitler’s homeland at last... -
![The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command by Edwin B. Coddington]()
The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command by Edwin B. Coddington
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Battle of Gettyburg remains one of the most controversial military actions in America's history, and one of the most studied. Professor Coddington's is an analysis not only of the battle proper, but of the actions of both Union and Confederate armies for the six months prior to the battle and the factors affecting General Meade's decision not to pursue the retreating Confederate forces... -
![The Price of Glory: Verdum, 1916 by Alistair Horne]()
The Price of Glory: Verdum, 1916 by Alistair Horne
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn account of the German assault on the French fortress, the aim of which was not so much to defeat the enemy as to bleed him to death. The price was 700,000 dead on a 15 mile front. The author also wrote "The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71" and "A Savage War of Peace"... -
![Patton: A Genius for War by Carlo D'Este]()
Patton: A Genius for War by Carlo D'Este
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBased on exclusive access to his personal and public papers, and with the full cooperation of his family, Patton is an intimate look at the colorful, charismatic, and sometimes controversial man who became the one general the Germans respected and feared the most during World War II. Photos... -
![Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II by Charles B. MacDonald]()
Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II by Charles B. MacDonald
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAs a newly commisioned Captain of a veteran Army regiment, MacDonald's first combat was war at its most hellish--the Battle of the Bulge. In this plain-spoken but eloquent narrative, we live each minute at MacDonald's side, sharing in all of combat's misery, terror, and drama... -
![Service: A Navy SEAL at War by Marcus Luttrell, James D. Hornfischer]()
Service: A Navy SEAL at War by Marcus Luttrell, James D. Hornfischer
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsNavy SEAL Marcus Luttrell returned from his star-crossed mission in Afghanistan with his bones shattered and his heart broken. So many had given their lives to save him-and he would have readily done the same for them... -
![1939 - The War That Had Many Fathers: The Long Run-Up to the Second World War by Gerd Schultze-Rhonhof]()
1939 - The War That Had Many Fathers: The Long Run-Up to the Second World War by Gerd Schultze-Rhonhof
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe author's research leads to some surprising conclusions. Documents from foreign ministries, and notes and memoranda from British, French, Italian and American leaders, ministers, diplomats and military commanders, prove that quite a number of countries were involved in instigating World War II. Interconnections, hitherto overlooked, are made clear... -
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![Road of Bones: The Siege of Kohima 1944 - The Epic Story of the Last Great Stand of Empire by Fergal Keane]()
Road of Bones: The Siege of Kohima 1944 - The Epic Story of the Last Great Stand of Empire by Fergal Keane
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKohima. In this remote Indian village near the border with Burma, a tiny force of British and Indian troops faced the might of the Imperial Japanese Army. Outnumbered ten to one, the defenders fought the Japanese hand to hand in a battle that was amongst the most savage in modern warfare... -
![The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain by Stephen Bungay]()
The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain by Stephen Bungay
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlready hailed as the standard work, The Most Dangerous Enemy is an authoritative history of the British battle that galvanized the public imagination and symbolized the destiny of a nation. But in this rigorous re-investigation of the Battle of Britain, Stephen Bungay tells a story full of revelations... -
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![Flying Fury: Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps by James McCudden]()
Flying Fury: Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps by James McCudden
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJames McCudden was an outstanding British fighter ace of World War I, whose daring exploits earned him a tremendous reputation and, ultimately, an untimely end. Here, in this unique and gripping first-hand account, he brings to life some of aviation history? most dramatic episodes in a memoir completed at the age of twenty-three, just days before his tragic death... -
![God Does Not Forget: The Story of a Boer War Commando by Deneys Reitz]()
God Does Not Forget: The Story of a Boer War Commando by Deneys Reitz
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings""One of the greatest war books ever written."" ""A vivid, unforgettable picture of mobile guerrilla warfare."" In 1899 a 17 year old boy by the name of Dennys Reitz volunteered to fight for his country, South Africa, against the British... -
![Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World by Joby Warrick]()
Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World by Joby Warrick
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Black Flags comes the thrilling unknown story of America’s mission in to find and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons and keep them out of the hands of the Islamic State In August 2012, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was clinging to power in a vicious civil war... -
![Patton: Ordeal and Triumph by Ladislas Farago]()
Patton: Ordeal and Triumph by Ladislas Farago
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Book that Inspired the Academy Award-Winning Film"The best Patton biography."— Military Bookman He is America's most famous general. He represents toughness, focus, determination, and the ideal of achievement in the face of overwhelming odds. He was the most feared and respected adversary to his enemies and an object of envy, admiration, and sometimes, scorn to his professional peers... -
![Gallipoli by Les Carlyon]()
Gallipoli by Les Carlyon
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis account of the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 brings an epic tragedy to life... -
![Picasso's War: How Modern Art Came to America by Hugh Eakin]()
Picasso's War: How Modern Art Came to America by Hugh Eakin
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA riveting story of how dueling ambitions and the power of prodigy made America the cultural center of the world—and Picasso the most famous artist alive—in the shadow of World War II“[Eakin] has mastered this material. . . . The book soars...
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