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A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in VietnamNeil Sheehan198840 pts4 wins7 listsRandom HouseWar & MilitaryVietnam War+2
George F. Kennan: An American LifeJohn Lewis Gaddis201128 pts3 wins4 listsW. W. NortonBiographyCold War & Nuclear Politics+2
Mornings on HorsebackDavid McCullough198124 pts2 wins3 listsSimon & SchusterBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New AmericaT. J. Stiles201622 pts1 wins5 listsKnopfBiographyAmerican Civil War+2
Say Nothing: A True Story Of Murder and Memory in Northern IrelandPatrick Radden Keefe201920 pts2 wins4 listsWilliam CollinsTrue Crime & JusticeLiterature & Writers+2
National DefenseJames Fallows198118 pts1 wins3 listsVintage BooksPolitics & GovernmentIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and RedemptionLaura Hillenbrand201014 pts1 wins3 listsBallantine BooksBiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBIDavid Grann201812 pts1 wins3 listsDoubledayTrue Crime & JusticeCrime, Policing & Violence+1
Patriot: A MemoirAlexei Navalny202410 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfMemoir & AutobiographyMilitary Biography+1
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human SmugglingJason De León202410 pts1 wins1 listsVikingJournalism & ReportageMilitary Biography
Ernie Pyle's War: America's Eyewitness to World War IIJames Tobin199710 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity Press of KansasBiographyWorld War Ii+2
Becoming a Man: Half a Life StoryPaul Monette199210 pts1 wins1 listsOpen Road Integrated MediaMemoir & AutobiographyMilitary Biography+1
Fortunate Son: The Autobiography of Lewis B. Puller Jr.Lewis B. Puller199110 pts1 wins1 listsBantam BooksMemoir & AutobiographyMilitary Biography
The Last Cowboy: Europeans and The Politics of MemoryJane Kramer197710 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyEurope & Russia+2
Death in Life: Survivors of HiroshimaRobert Jay Lifton196710 pts1 wins1 listsRandom HouseSociety & CultureMemoir & Personal History+2
Herman MelvilleNewton Arvin195010 pts1 wins1 listsGreenwood PressBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
The Rise of the West: A History of the Human CommunityWilliam H. McNeill196410 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressHistoryBlack History & Culture+2
Thank You for Your ServiceDavid Finkel201310 pts0 wins3 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxWar & MilitarySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Hitch-22: A MemoirChristopher Hitchens201010 pts0 wins3 listsTwelveMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
The Killing Of Crazy HorseThomas Powers20108 pts1 wins2 listsVintage BooksBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+2
Joe McCarthy and The PressEdwin R. Bayley19818 pts1 wins2 listsUniversity of Wisconsin PressHistoryMilitary Biography
Of Wolves and MenBarry Lopez19788 pts1 wins2 listsOpen Road Integrated MediaNature & EnvironmentNatural History & Animals+2
Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of IndependenceJohn Hockenberry19968 pts0 wins2 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyHousing, Cities & Urban Life+2
American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880–1964William Manchester19788 pts0 wins2 listsLittle, BrownBiographyAmerican Civil War+2
The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. II, Fredericksburg to MeridianShelby Foote19588 pts0 wins2 listsVintage BooksHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
Memoirs, 1950–1963George F. Kennan19688 pts0 wins2 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyMilitary Biography+1
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle EastScott Anderson20138 pts0 wins3 listsAnchorWar & MilitaryMiddle East & North Africa+2
A Truce That Is Not PeaceMiriam Toews20256 pts0 wins2 listsKnopf CanadaMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+3
Monty: The Making of a GeneralNigel Hamilton19824 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyBiography & Public Lives+1
Memorial DaysGeraldine Brooks20254 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyMilitary Biography+2
Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the SouthElizabeth R. Varon20244 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterBiographyAmerican Civil War+1
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British EmpireCaroline Elkins20224 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryMilitary Biography
The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in VietnamMax Boot20184 pts0 wins1 listsHead of ZeusBiographySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold WarBen Macintyre20184 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin BooksWar & MilitaryIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+1
The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle CreekHoward Markel20174 pts0 wins1 listsPantheonBiographyMilitary Biography
Louis Armstrong: Master of ModernismThomas Brothers20144 pts0 wins1 listsW. W. NortonBiographyMilitary Biography
Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy FranceCaroline Moorehead20144 pts0 wins1 listsChatto & WindusHistoryMilitary Biography
The Boy Kings of TexasDomingo Martinez20124 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyMilitary Biography
The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and PeaceH.W. Brands20124 pts0 wins1 listsDoubledayBiographyAmerican Civil War+1
Revolution: The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the WarDeb Olin Unferth20114 pts0 wins1 listsHenry Holt and CompanyMemoir & AutobiographyMilitary Biography+2
George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War IMiranda Carter20104 pts0 wins1 listsKnopfHistoryWorld War I+2
ImperialWilliam T. Vollmann20094 pts0 wins1 listsVikingRace & EthnicityTravel, Exploration & Place+1
Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished LivesJim Sheeler20084 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin PressWar & MilitaryMemoir & Personal History+1
Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of WarMichael J. Neufeld20074 pts0 wins1 listsKnopfBiographyMilitary Biography
The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and WarGioconda Belli20034 pts0 wins1 listsAnchorMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon PapersDaniel Ellsberg20024 pts0 wins1 listsVikingMemoir & AutobiographyIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
Unfinest Hour: Britain and the Destruction of BosniaBrendan Simms20024 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin BooksHistoryMilitary Biography
Deliver us from Evil: Warlords, Peacekeepers and a World of Endless ConflictWilliam Shawcross20014 pts0 wins1 listsBloomsburyWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+1
I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, 1942-1945Viktor Klemperer19984 pts0 wins1 listsRandom HouseMemoir & AutobiographyWorld War Ii+2
The Very Best Men: Four Who Dared: The Early Years of the CIAEvan Thomas19964 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterHistoryIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+1
Ghosts of MississippiMaryanne Vollers19954 pts0 wins1 listsLittle, BrownTrue Crime & JusticeMemoir & Personal History+2
A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of WarSusan Griffin19944 pts0 wins1 listsDoubledayWar & MilitaryLiterature & Writers+1
In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost WarTobias Wolff19944 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil WarT. J. Stiles19934 pts0 wins1 listsKnopfBiographyAmerican Civil War+2
Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century AmericaRichard Slotkin19924 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Benedict Arnold: Patriot and TraitorWillard Sterne Randall19914 pts0 wins1 listsQuillBiographyAmerican Civil War+1
Frederick DouglassWilliam S. McFeely19914 pts0 wins1 listsW. W. NortonBiographyAfrica & the African Diaspora+1
A Hole in the World: An American BoyhoodRichard Rhodes19904 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
God Gave Us This Country: Tekamthi and the First American Civil WarBil Gilbert19894 pts0 wins1 listsAtheneumBiographyAmerican Civil War+2
George Washington Williams: A BiographyJohn Hope Franklin19874 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
Maus: A Survivor’s TaleArt Spiegelman19864 pts0 wins1 listsPantheonMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Murrow: His Life and TimesA.M. Sperber19864 pts0 wins1 listsFreundlich BooksBiographyMilitary Biography
Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Big HornEvan Connell19844 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryMilitary Biography
Brother to a DragonflyWill D. Campbell19774 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
A Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T. E. LawrenceJohn E. Mack19764 pts0 wins1 listsLittle, BrownBiographyLiterature & Writers+1
In Search of Ali Mahmoud: An American Woman in EgyptVivian Gornick19734 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyMiddle East & North Africa+1
Lawyer's Lawyer: The Life of John W. DavisWilliam H. Harbaugh19734 pts0 wins1 listsOxford University PressBiographyMilitary Biography
The Best and the BrightestDavid Halberstam19724 pts0 wins1 listsRandom HousePolitics & GovernmentMilitary Biography
Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45Barbara Tuchman19714 pts0 wins1 listsMacmillanHistoryVietnam War+1
The Lost Revolution: The U.S. in Vietnam, 1946–1966Robert Shaplen19654 pts0 wins1 listsHarper & RowHistoryMilitary Biography+2
Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil WarDavid Donald19604 pts0 wins1 listsKnopfBiographyMilitary Biography+2
Lincoln Finds a GeneralKenneth P. Williams19494 pts0 wins1 listsMacmillanHistoryAmerican Civil War+1
Admiral of the Ocean SeaSamuel Eliot Morison19424 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and its LegaciesMartin J. Sherwin19764 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryWorld War Ii+2
Black Jack: The Life and Times of John J. PershingFrank Vandiver19784 pts0 wins1 listsTexas A&M University PressBiographySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
C: Because Cowards Get Cancer TooJohn Diamond19994 pts0 wins1 listsEbury PublishingMemoir & AutobiographyMilitary Biography
Edward Weston: Fifty Years; The Definitive Volume of His Photographic WorkBen Maddow19754 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyLiterature & Writers+2
Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republic and Democratic Conventions of 1968Norman Mailer19694 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin BooksHistoryBlack History & Culture+2
Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John MuirLinnie Marsh Wolfe19464 pts0 wins1 listsKnopfBiographyMilitary Biography+1
Stable PeaceKenneth E. Boulding19794 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentMilitary Biography
Wallace and Natural SelectionH. Lewis McKinney19734 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceNatural History & Animals+1
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All awards · Topic: Military Biography · Sorted by score · 90 books · filtered