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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorDuty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War
Robert M. Gates · 640 pages
The former Secretary of Defense offers a candid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt · 185 pages
"The Rough Riders (1899) is the story of the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, the regiment Roosevelt led to enduring fame in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt recounts how the regiment was raised from an unusual mixture of hardened southwestern frontiersmen and privileged northeastern college graduates, and how it trained in Texas and then sailed "southward through the topic seas toward
It Doesn't Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Norman Schwarzkopf, Peter Petre · 556 pages
From Manassas To Appomattox
James Longstreet · 690 pages
James Longstreet, also known as Robert E. Lee’s Old War Horse, was one of the top Confederate generals of the American Civil War. Longstreet wrote the memoirs *From Manassas to Appomattox* detailing his experience in the war.
Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman
William T. Sherman · 606 pages
A Promised Land
Barack Obama · 768 pages
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political
Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson · 110 pages
Company Commander
Charles B. MacDonald · 293 pages
The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865
Leander Stillwell · 278 pages
The Passing of Armies: An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain · 368 pages
Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela · 638 pages
The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, Long Walk to Freedom brilliantly recreates the drama of the experiences that helped shape Nelson Mandela's destiny. Emotive, compelling and uplifting, Long Walk to Freedom is the exhilarating story of an epic life; a story of hardship, resilience and ultimate triumph told with the clarity and eloquence of a born leader
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt · 454 pages
"The long and eventful life of Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) was full of rich experiences and courageous actions. The niece of Theodore Roosevelt, she married a Columbia University law student named Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who gradually ascended in the world of New York politics to reach the presidency in 1932. Throughout his three terms, Eleanor Roosevelt was not only intimately involved in FD
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
T.E. Lawrence · 714 pages
Becoming
Michelle Obama · 432 pages
In this adaptation of her autobiography for younger readers, Michelle Obama presents an account of her life, and, in telling of her own personal evolution, stresses the need for people to realize that no one is perfect, that the process of "becoming" is what really matters.
Immediate Action
Andy McNab · 458 pages
The most astonishing true story you will ever read - by the author of the million-copy bestseller, Bravo Two Zero.Immediate Action is a no-holds-barred account of an extraordinary life, from the day Andy McNab was found in a carrier bag on the steps of Guy's Hospital to the day he went to fight in the Gulf War.As a delinquent youth he kicked against society. As a young soldier he waged war against
If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home
Tim O'Brien · 208 pages
A candid view of the American military establishment and the Vietnam conflict as witnessed by a foot soldier in the late sixties.
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Gregory Boyington · 384 pages
The author's experiences in the United States Air Force during the 1939-1945 War.
The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers
Nicholas Irving, Gary Brozek · 316 pages
A memoir by a Special Operations Direct Action Sniper traces his extraordinary career during the War on Terror, which was marked by his record-setting deployment to Afghanistan and his face-off against an enemy sniper known only as The Chechnian.
Company Aytch; or, A Side Show of the Big Show: A Classic Memoir of the Civil War
Sam R. Watkins, M. Thomas Inge · 334 pages
Crusade in Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower · 559 pages
Within the pages of this book the single most important military figure of World War II has written the story that is destined to become the single most important record of that conflict. Here, from the hand of the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces, is the complete story of the war as Eisenhower planned it and lived it. Through his eyes you can now see the whole gigantic drama of the war -- t
A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
Jimmy Carter · 257 pages
The One That Got Away
Chris Ryan · 376 pages
Samurai!
Saburo Sakai · 382 pages
Saburo Sakai was Japan's greatest fighter pilot to survive World War II. A veteran of more than two hundred dogfights, Sakai reportedly shot down sixty-four Allied planes, but he is best known for flying his crippled Zero nearly 600 miles to safety while partially paralyzed and nearly blind from multiple wounds.
A Soldier's Story
Omar Nelson Bradley · 618 pages