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A Vietcong Memoir: An Inside Account of the Vietnam War and Its Aftermath by Truong Nhu Tang

A Vietcong Memoir: An Inside Account of the Vietnam War and Its Aftermath

Truong Nhu Tang

368 pages • 1985 • 4 editions

nonfiction autobiography history memoir informative reflective slow-paced
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Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love by David Talbot

Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love

David Talbot

480 pages • 2012 • 6 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour by James D. Hornfischer

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour

James D. Hornfischer

528 pages • 2003 • 12 editions

nonfiction history informative inspiring slow-paced
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Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II by Keith Lowe

Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II

Keith Lowe

missing duration info • 2012 • 17 editions

nonfiction history dark informative reflective slow-paced
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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
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Fergal Keane

Road Of Bones: The Siege Of Kohima 1944 The Epic Story Of The Last Great Stand Of Empire

Fergal Keane

548 pages • 2010 • 2 editions

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The Phoenix Program: America's Use of Terror in Vietnam by Douglas Valentine, Mark Crispin Miller

The Phoenix Program: America's Use of Terror in Vietnam

Mark Crispin Miller, Douglas Valentine

460 pages • 1990 • 4 editions

nonfiction history politics dark medium-paced
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Most Secret War by R.V. Jones

Most Secret War

R.V. Jones

556 pages • 1978 • 10 editions

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community by Yossi Melman, Dan Raviv

Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community

Dan Raviv, Yossi Melman

466 pages • 1990 • 2 editions

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 by Ian W. Toll

The Pacific War Trilogy #3

Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945

Ian W. Toll

944 pages • 2020 • 8 editions

nonfiction history adventurous emotional slow-paced
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Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan by William Dalrymple

Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan

William Dalrymple

515 pages • 2013 • 9 editions

nonfiction history adventurous medium-paced
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