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Books like We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam

12 books with a reading profile close to We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam by Harold G. Moore. Outward-looking and clear-cut; a moderate read.

1

In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

by Hampton Sides

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

In 1879, Lieutenant George De Long led the USS Jeannette toward the North Pole, fueled by the incorrect scientific theory of an Open Polar Sea.
2

Kon-Tiki

by Thor Heyerdahl

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Thor Heyerdahl documents his 1947 expedition to prove that ancient South Americans could have settled Polynesia.
3

The Longest Day: June 6, 1944

by Cornelius Ryan

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Cornelius Ryan reconstructs the D-Day invasion by weaving together hundreds of individual accounts from Allied and German soldiers, as well as French civilians.
4

13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi

by Mitchell Zuckoff

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

On September 11, 2012, Islamic militants attacked a United States State Department mission and a nearby CIA Annex in Benghazi, Libya.
5

The Johnstown Flood

by David McCullough

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

The book reconstructs the 1889 disaster in Pennsylvania, where the South Fork Dam collapsed after days of heavy rain.
6

Ten Days in a Mad-House

by Nellie Bly

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

In 1887, journalist Nellie Bly feigned insanity to secure a commitment to the Women’s Medical College on Blackwell’s Island.
7

The Atomic City Girls

by Janet Beard

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

In 1943, the Army transforms Oak Ridge, Tennessee, into a secret city of thousands of workers building the weapon that will end the war, though almost none of them know what they are making.
8

The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece

by Jonathan Harr

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Jonathan Harr chronicles the recovery of "The Taking of Christ," a Caravaggio masterpiece hidden in the dining room of a Jesuit residence in Dublin for decades.
9

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

by Tom Holland

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Tom Holland chronicles the collapse of the Roman Republic, beginning with the rise of Sulla and concluding with the establishment of the principate under Augustus.
10

The Women of Chateau Lafayette

by Stephanie Dray

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

This novel follows the history of the Chateau de Chavaniac, the birthplace of the Marquis de Lafayette, across three distinct centuries.
11

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

by David Grann

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

In 1740, the British vessel HMS Wager departed on a secret mission to intercept a Spanish treasure galleon but wrecked against desolate rocks off the coast of Patagonia.
12

Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

by Sam Quinones

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Sam Quinones tracks the simultaneous rise of prescription painkillers and black tar heroin in the United States.

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