50 Books like Hostage

The Gates of Gaza

by Amir Tibon • 2024

Hamas breached the fence. One family hid. One father drove into the killing zone to find them.

4.63

2k+

🏘️ Kibbutz Life 💥 Gaza Conflict 🕵️ Intelligence Failure

The Gates of Gaza 94%

Hamas breached the fence. One family hid. One father drove into the killing zone to find them.

by Amir Tibon 2024

4.63

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Kibbutz Life 💥 Gaza Conflict 🕵️ Intelligence Failure

The Drone Eats with Me

by Atef Abu Saif • 2015

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

4.40

452

🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature

The Drone Eats with Me 94%

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

by Atef Abu Saif 2015

4.40

452 ratings

🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature

The Other Side of Israel

by Susan Nathan • 2005

A Zionist settles among Israel's Arab citizens. What she discovers overturns a lifetime of belief.

4.08

274

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🔎 Post-Zionism 💡 Political Awakening

The Other Side of Israel 94%

A Zionist settles among Israel's Arab citizens. What she discovers overturns a lifetime of belief.

by Susan Nathan 2005

4.08

274 ratings

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🔎 Post-Zionism 💡 Political Awakening

Son of Hamas

by Mosab Hassan Yousef • 2011

He was supposed to inherit Hamas. Instead he joined Israeli intelligence.

4.24

19k+

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🕵️ Spy Memoirs ✝️ Faith Memoirs

Son of Hamas 93%

He was supposed to inherit Hamas. Instead he joined Israeli intelligence.

by Mosab Hassan Yousef 2011

4.24

19k+ ratings

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🕵️ Spy Memoirs ✝️ Faith Memoirs

Prisoner

by Jason Rezaian • 2019

544 days inside Iran's most feared prison. The crime: journalism. The lifeline: his wife.

3.88

2k+

✋ Political Imprisonment 📰 International Journalism 🧱 Solitary Confinement

Prisoner 93%

544 days inside Iran's most feared prison. The crime: journalism. The lifeline: his wife.

by Jason Rezaian 2019

3.88

2k+ ratings

✋ Political Imprisonment 📰 International Journalism 🧱 Solitary Confinement

Bibi

by Benjamin Netanyahu • 2022

A commando's memoir: how hostage rescues, economic overhaul, and a new diplomatic map remade Israel.

4.43

2k+

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 📜 Political Memoir 🕊️ Middle East Peace

Bibi 93%

A commando's memoir: how hostage rescues, economic overhaul, and a new diplomatic map remade Israel.

by Benjamin Netanyahu 2022

4.43

2k+ ratings

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 📜 Political Memoir 🕊️ Middle East Peace

After Auschwitz

by Eva Schloss • 2013

Betrayed on her fifteenth birthday, a girl survives Auschwitz and becomes Anne Frank's stepsister.

4.32

8k+

🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs 🧱 Camp Survival 🕵️ Life In Hiding

After Auschwitz 93%

Betrayed on her fifteenth birthday, a girl survives Auschwitz and becomes Anne Frank's stepsister.

by Eva Schloss 2013

4.32

8k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs 🧱 Camp Survival 🕵️ Life In Hiding

The Pianist from Syria

by Aeham Ahmad • 2017

After his piano-in-the-rubble videos went viral, the hard part began: getting out alive.

4.27

2k+

🏚️ Syrian Civil War 🫒 Palestinian Diaspora 🎹 Art As Resistance

The Pianist from Syria 93%

After his piano-in-the-rubble videos went viral, the hard part began: getting out alive.

by Aeham Ahmad 2017

4.27

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Syrian Civil War 🫒 Palestinian Diaspora 🎹 Art As Resistance

I Shall Not Hate

by Izzeldin Abuelaish • 2010

A tank shell kills his daughters. Live on Israeli TV, a Palestinian doctor refuses to hate.

4.32

8k+

🇵🇸 Palestinian Voices 🏕️ Refugee Memoirs 🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

I Shall Not Hate 93%

A tank shell kills his daughters. Live on Israeli TV, a Palestinian doctor refuses to hate.

by Izzeldin Abuelaish 2010

4.32

8k+ ratings

🇵🇸 Palestinian Voices 🏕️ Refugee Memoirs 🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Story of a Life

by Aharon Appelfeld • 1983

War silenced him. What grew in the silence, decades later, became a writer's whole art.

3.89

921

🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏛️ Cultural Memory

The Story of a Life 93%

War silenced him. What grew in the silence, decades later, became a writer's whole art.

by Aharon Appelfeld 1983

3.89

921 ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏛️ Cultural Memory

My Friend Anne Frank

by Hannah Pick-Goslar • 2023

Anne Frank's best friend was in the camps, not the attic, and they met one last time.

4.66

8k+

🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs 📔 Anne Frank 💔 Lost Families

My Friend Anne Frank 93%

Anne Frank's best friend was in the camps, not the attic, and they met one last time.

by Hannah Pick-Goslar 2023

4.66

8k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs 📔 Anne Frank 💔 Lost Families

1001 Nights in Iraq

by Shant Kenderian • 2005

How does a Chicago teen end up in Saddam's navy, dodging American bombs, praying for capture?

3.93

146

🏜️ Gulf War 🔗 Pow Memoirs 🌍 Identity In Exile

1001 Nights in Iraq 93%

How does a Chicago teen end up in Saddam's navy, dodging American bombs, praying for capture?

by Shant Kenderian 2005

3.93

146 ratings

🏜️ Gulf War 🔗 Pow Memoirs 🌍 Identity In Exile

A House in the Sky

by Amanda Lindhout • 2013

460 days in a dark room: how one woman built an escape inside her own mind.

4.28

73k+

🏚️ Captivity Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Trauma And Forgiveness

A House in the Sky 92%

460 days in a dark room: how one woman built an escape inside her own mind.

by Amanda Lindhout 2013

4.28

73k+ ratings

🏚️ Captivity Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Trauma And Forgiveness

Escape from Saddam

by Lewis Alsamari • 2007

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

4.05

270

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration

Escape from Saddam 92%

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

by Lewis Alsamari 2007

4.05

270 ratings

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration

Lone Survivor

by Marcus Luttrell • 2006

Three goatherds, four SEALs, one vote. The Taliban attacks, and only one man crawls out.

4.34

102k+

🎖️ Special Operations 🪖 Military Memoirs 🏔️ Survival Narratives

Lone Survivor 92%

Three goatherds, four SEALs, one vote. The Taliban attacks, and only one man crawls out.

by Marcus Luttrell 2006

4.34

102k+ ratings

🎖️ Special Operations 🪖 Military Memoirs 🏔️ Survival Narratives

The Boy on the Wooden Box

by Leon Leyson • 2013

Youngest on Schindler's list, he needed a wooden box just to reach the factory levers.

4.38

30k+

🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs 👦 Child Survivor 🧱 Ghetto Life

The Boy on the Wooden Box 92%

Youngest on Schindler's list, he needed a wooden box just to reach the factory levers.

by Leon Leyson 2013

4.38

30k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs 👦 Child Survivor 🧱 Ghetto Life

Saved

by Benjamin Hall • 2023

An explosion in Ukraine costs him legs and an eye. Recovery asks more than war.

4.56

5k+

📡 War Reporting 🏥 Medical Rehabilitation 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Saved 92%

An explosion in Ukraine costs him legs and an eye. Recovery asks more than war.

by Benjamin Hall 2023

4.56

5k+ ratings

📡 War Reporting 🏥 Medical Rehabilitation 🩹 Trauma Recovery

In the Land of Israel

by Amos Oz • 1982

After Sabra and Shatila, a novelist travels Israel asking one question: What now?

4.11

856

🕊️ Arab-Israeli Conflict 🎙️ Oral History 🇮🇱 Israeli Society

In the Land of Israel 92%

After Sabra and Shatila, a novelist travels Israel asking one question: What now?

by Amos Oz 1982

4.11

856 ratings

🕊️ Arab-Israeli Conflict 🎙️ Oral History 🇮🇱 Israeli Society

I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree

by Laura Hillman • 2003

Schindler's list saved her life. A boy's promise inside the camps saved her will to live.

4.16

6k+

🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🌿 Survivor Memoirs 📋 Schindler Survivors

I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree 92%

Schindler's list saved her life. A boy's promise inside the camps saved her will to live.

by Laura Hillman 2003

4.16

6k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🌿 Survivor Memoirs 📋 Schindler Survivors

You Are Worth It

by Kyle Carpenter • 2019

He fell on a grenade and survived. The recovery required something rarer than courage.

4.64

3k+

🪖 Military Resilience 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧭 Personal Integrity

You Are Worth It 92%

He fell on a grenade and survived. The recovery required something rarer than courage.

by Kyle Carpenter 2019

4.64

3k+ ratings

🪖 Military Resilience 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧭 Personal Integrity

Over the Edge

by Greg Child • 2002

Four climbers pushed their captor off a cliff to escape. Then they learned he survived.

3.78

643

🏔️ Mountain Survival 🔗 Hostage Captivity 🕌 Islamic Militancy

Over the Edge 92%

Four climbers pushed their captor off a cliff to escape. Then they learned he survived.

by Greg Child 2002

3.78

643 ratings

🏔️ Mountain Survival 🔗 Hostage Captivity 🕌 Islamic Militancy

The Choice

by Edith Eger • 2017

Auschwitz taught her the mind is the only prison we can escape; now she helps others.

4.57

133k+

📖 Trauma Memoir 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Choice 92%

Auschwitz taught her the mind is the only prison we can escape; now she helps others.

by Edith Eger 2017

4.57

133k+ ratings

📖 Trauma Memoir 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Prisoners of Hope

by Dayna Curry • 2002

Arrested by the Taliban for their faith. Then the towers fell, and the bombing began.

3.99

2k+

🕊️ Missionary Memoirs 🔒 Captivity Narratives 🇦🇫 Women In Afghanistan

Prisoners of Hope 92%

Arrested by the Taliban for their faith. Then the towers fell, and the bombing began.

by Dayna Curry 2002

3.99

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Missionary Memoirs 🔒 Captivity Narratives 🇦🇫 Women In Afghanistan

Warsaw Boy

by Andrew Borowiec • 2014

He defied the Nazis at 15, fought in the Warsaw Uprising at 16, then survived the camps.

4.09

180

🇵🇱 Polish History ⚔️ Wwii Eastern Front 🕵️ Resistance Movements

Warsaw Boy 92%

He defied the Nazis at 15, fought in the Warsaw Uprising at 16, then survived the camps.

by Andrew Borowiec 2014

4.09

180 ratings

🇵🇱 Polish History ⚔️ Wwii Eastern Front 🕵️ Resistance Movements

Somewhere There Is Still a Sun

by Michael Gruenbaum • 2015

An eight-year-old's Prague becomes Terezin, where soccer and a children's opera are his defiance.

4.32

2k+

🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs 👦 Child Survivors 🚂 Concentration Camps

Somewhere There Is Still a Sun 92%

An eight-year-old's Prague becomes Terezin, where soccer and a children's opera are his defiance.

by Michael Gruenbaum 2015

4.32

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs 👦 Child Survivors 🚂 Concentration Camps

A Brilliant Life

by Rachelle Unreich • 2023

An SS officer spared Mira at the Auschwitz ramp. Why he did is the first mystery.

4.29

2k+

🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🧬 Second-Generation Trauma 📜 Bearing Witness

A Brilliant Life 92%

An SS officer spared Mira at the Auschwitz ramp. Why he did is the first mystery.

by Rachelle Unreich 2023

4.29

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🧬 Second-Generation Trauma 📜 Bearing Witness

Eichmann in My Hands

by Peter Z. Malkin • 1990

One sentence to stop the architect of the Holocaust on a dark street in Buenos Aires.

4.43

927

🕶️ Spy Memoirs 🎯 Nazi Hunting 🕵️ Mossad Operations

Eichmann in My Hands 92%

One sentence to stop the architect of the Holocaust on a dark street in Buenos Aires.

by Peter Z. Malkin 1990

4.43

927 ratings

🕶️ Spy Memoirs 🎯 Nazi Hunting 🕵️ Mossad Operations

In the Presence of My Enemies

by Gracia Burnham • 2003

Captured by Abu Sayyaf on their 18th anniversary, she survived 376 days. Her husband did not.

4.30

8k+

🎒 Missionary Memoirs 🔗 Hostage Survival ✝️ Faith Under Persecution

In the Presence of My Enemies 92%

Captured by Abu Sayyaf on their 18th anniversary, she survived 376 days. Her husband did not.

by Gracia Burnham 2003

4.30

8k+ ratings

🎒 Missionary Memoirs 🔗 Hostage Survival ✝️ Faith Under Persecution

One Bullet Away

by Nathaniel Fick • 2005

A classics major becomes a Marine officer and leads a recon platoon through Afghanistan and Iraq.

4.21

12k+

📖 Military Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🫡 Military Leadership

One Bullet Away 92%

A classics major becomes a Marine officer and leads a recon platoon through Afghanistan and Iraq.

by Nathaniel Fick 2005

4.21

12k+ ratings

📖 Military Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🫡 Military Leadership

Knife

by Salman Rushdie • 2024

A knife onstage. One eye gone. Thirty-three years after the fatwa, he writes back.

3.98

29k+

🩹 Trauma Memoir ✍️ Literary Memoir 🗽 Free Speech

Knife 92%

A knife onstage. One eye gone. Thirty-three years after the fatwa, he writes back.

by Salman Rushdie 2024

3.98

29k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Memoir ✍️ Literary Memoir 🗽 Free Speech

My Men Are My Heroes

by Brad Kasal • 2007

Grenade. He used his body as a shield. The photo went global. Recovery nearly broke him.

4.17

624

🔥 Combat Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🏜️ Iraq War

My Men Are My Heroes 92%

Grenade. He used his body as a shield. The photo went global. Recovery nearly broke him.

by Brad Kasal 2007

4.17

624 ratings

🔥 Combat Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🏜️ Iraq War

Stalling for Time

by Gary Noesner • 2010

The FBI's lead negotiator reveals why listening beats raiding, and how Waco became the proof.

3.93

6k+

🔍 True Crime Memoirs 🕵️ Fbi Memoirs 🤝 Hostage Negotiation

Stalling for Time 91%

The FBI's lead negotiator reveals why listening beats raiding, and how Waco became the proof.

by Gary Noesner 2010

3.93

6k+ ratings

🔍 True Crime Memoirs 🕵️ Fbi Memoirs 🤝 Hostage Negotiation

Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe

by Simone Arnold Liebster • 2000

Refused the Nazi salute at twelve. Reform school. Parents to camps. Then she chose to forgive.

4.72

2k+

📖 Holocaust Memoirs 🚩 Nazi Occupation 🙏 Religious Persecution

Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe Summary

Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe 91%

Refused the Nazi salute at twelve. Reform school. Parents to camps. Then she chose to forgive.

by Simone Arnold Liebster 2000

4.72

2k+ ratings

📖 Holocaust Memoirs 🚩 Nazi Occupation 🙏 Religious Persecution

The Desert and the Sea

by Michael Scott Moore • 2018

For 977 days, he was a bargaining chip: a journalist’s survival inside the Somali pirate economy.

3.98

3k+

🏴‍☠️ Somali Piracy ⛓️ Long-Term Captivity 💰 Pirate Economy

The Desert and the Sea 91%

For 977 days, he was a bargaining chip: a journalist’s survival inside the Somali pirate economy.

by Michael Scott Moore 2018

3.98

3k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Somali Piracy ⛓️ Long-Term Captivity 💰 Pirate Economy

The Tin Ring

by Zdenka Fantlova • 1996

A tin ring, six camps, and the love that carried a young woman through the Holocaust.

4.44

457

🕯️ Holocaust Memoir 🏚️ Concentration Camps 💞 Love And Survival

The Tin Ring 91%

A tin ring, six camps, and the love that carried a young woman through the Holocaust.

by Zdenka Fantlova 1996

4.44

457 ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Memoir 🏚️ Concentration Camps 💞 Love And Survival

The Heart and the Fist

by Eric Greitens • 2011

A humanitarian became a SEAL to gain what his goodwill lacked: the physical strength to act.

4.12

10k+

🌍 Humanitarian Memoir ⚓ Navy Seal Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership

The Heart and the Fist 91%

A humanitarian became a SEAL to gain what his goodwill lacked: the physical strength to act.

by Eric Greitens 2011

4.12

10k+ ratings

🌍 Humanitarian Memoir ⚓ Navy Seal Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership

On Democracies and Death Cults

by Douglas Murray • 2025

Hamas filmed their massacre. The West protested Israel. The ideology that fuels both.

4.41

5k+

🌍 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🔍 Anti-Semitism 🎯 Proxy Warfare

On Democracies and Death Cults 91%

Hamas filmed their massacre. The West protested Israel. The ideology that fuels both.

by Douglas Murray 2025

4.41

5k+ ratings

🌍 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🔍 Anti-Semitism 🎯 Proxy Warfare

Solitude

by Terry Waite • 2017

Solitude can crush or transform. A former hostage maps its extremes, from Beirut to the deathbed.

3.78

108

🧘 Solitude And Isolation 🕯️ Memoir And Reflection ⛓️ Captivity Narratives

Solitude 91%

Solitude can crush or transform. A former hostage maps its extremes, from Beirut to the deathbed.

by Terry Waite 2017

3.78

108 ratings

🧘 Solitude And Isolation 🕯️ Memoir And Reflection ⛓️ Captivity Narratives

The Killing Zone

by Frederick Downs Jr. • 1978

A 23-year-old lieutenant lands in Vietnam. A mine takes his arm. The months between.

4.08

2k+

🪖 Vietnam War 📖 War Memoirs 🫡 Platoon Leadership

The Killing Zone 91%

A 23-year-old lieutenant lands in Vietnam. A mine takes his arm. The months between.

by Frederick Downs Jr. 1978

4.08

2k+ ratings

🪖 Vietnam War 📖 War Memoirs 🫡 Platoon Leadership

The Long Walk

by Slavomir Rawicz • 1956

Seven prisoners escape a Soviet gulag. Four thousand miles later, four reach India.

4.24

22k+

🏚️ Soviet Gulags 🔓 Prison Escapes 🏕️ Survival Narratives

The Long Walk 91%

Seven prisoners escape a Soviet gulag. Four thousand miles later, four reach India.

by Slavomir Rawicz 1956

4.24

22k+ ratings

🏚️ Soviet Gulags 🔓 Prison Escapes 🏕️ Survival Narratives

From Miniskirt to Hijab

by Jacqueline Saper • 2019

A Jewish girl's Tehran: cocktail parties, then revolution, then air raids, then one desperate exit.

4.16

667

🏴 Iranian Revolution ✡️ Jewish Diaspora ✈️ Exile Memoirs

From Miniskirt to Hijab 91%

A Jewish girl's Tehran: cocktail parties, then revolution, then air raids, then one desperate exit.

by Jacqueline Saper 2019

4.16

667 ratings

🏴 Iranian Revolution ✡️ Jewish Diaspora ✈️ Exile Memoirs

Mossad

by Michael Bar-Zohar • 2010

Audacity and moral compromise: the real missions that built the Mossad legend.

4.19

16k+

🇮🇱 Israeli Intelligence 🕵️ State Espionage 🌍 Middle East Conflict

Mossad 91%

Audacity and moral compromise: the real missions that built the Mossad legend.

by Michael Bar-Zohar 2010

4.19

16k+ ratings

🇮🇱 Israeli Intelligence 🕵️ State Espionage 🌍 Middle East Conflict

Tramp for the Lord

by Corrie ten Boom • 1971

She survived Ravensbrück and traveled the world. Then a former camp guard reached out his hand.

4.50

26k+

🕯️ Holocaust Survivors 🧳 Missionary Memoir 🫂 Radical Forgiveness

Tramp for the Lord 91%

She survived Ravensbrück and traveled the world. Then a former camp guard reached out his hand.

by Corrie ten Boom 1971

4.50

26k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Survivors 🧳 Missionary Memoir 🫂 Radical Forgiveness

AMERN WIFE

by Taya Kyle • 2015

The American Sniper's widow on grief, sudden fame, and the courtroom fight for his legacy.

4.27

5k+

🪖 Military Spouses 🕊️ Grief Memoir 📰 Public Widowhood

AMERN WIFE 91%

The American Sniper's widow on grief, sudden fame, and the courtroom fight for his legacy.

by Taya Kyle 2015

4.27

5k+ ratings

🪖 Military Spouses 🕊️ Grief Memoir 📰 Public Widowhood

The Accidental Admiral

by James G. Stavridis • 2014

What a Navy admiral learned commanding NATO through Afghanistan, Libya, and a balky Russia.

4.00

248

📖 Military Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership 🤝 Alliance Politics

The Accidental Admiral 91%

What a Navy admiral learned commanding NATO through Afghanistan, Libya, and a balky Russia.

by James G. Stavridis 2014

4.00

248 ratings

📖 Military Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership 🤝 Alliance Politics

My Next Breath

by Jeremy Renner • 2025

Heart rate: 18. Collapsed lung. Broken ribs. Forty-five minutes of manual breathing on ice.

4.15

42k+

🏔️ Survival Memoirs 💫 Near-Death Experiences 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

My Next Breath 91%

Heart rate: 18. Collapsed lung. Broken ribs. Forty-five minutes of manual breathing on ice.

by Jeremy Renner 2025

4.15

42k+ ratings

🏔️ Survival Memoirs 💫 Near-Death Experiences 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

The Killing of Gaza

by Gideon Levy • 2024

October 7th was the price of a 75-year siege. The response: a nation's moral collapse.

4.21

178

🔥 Israeli Occupation 📰 War Journalism 🧱 Apartheid Critique

The Killing of Gaza 91%

October 7th was the price of a 75-year siege. The response: a nation's moral collapse.

by Gideon Levy 2024

4.21

178 ratings

🔥 Israeli Occupation 📰 War Journalism 🧱 Apartheid Critique

The Right Kind of Crazy

by Clint Emerson • 2019

A Navy SEAL: why recklessness channeled right is the most valuable weapon against invisible enemies.

3.84

858

🐸 Navy Seal Memoir 🕵️ Covert Operations 🧠 Mental Resilience

The Right Kind of Crazy 91%

A Navy SEAL: why recklessness channeled right is the most valuable weapon against invisible enemies.

by Clint Emerson 2019

3.84

858 ratings

🐸 Navy Seal Memoir 🕵️ Covert Operations 🧠 Mental Resilience

SEAL Team Six

by Howard E. Wasdin • 2011

The beatings taught him to dissociate. SEAL training weaponized it. Mogadishu shattered it.

4.06

18k+

🪖 Military Memoir 🔱 Navy Seals 🩹 Childhood Trauma

SEAL Team Six 91%

The beatings taught him to dissociate. SEAL training weaponized it. Mogadishu shattered it.

by Howard E. Wasdin 2011

4.06

18k+ ratings

🪖 Military Memoir 🔱 Navy Seals 🩹 Childhood Trauma

Gaza in Crisis

by Ilan Pappé • 2010

Five hundred villages erased, seventy years before October 7: the history the peace process buries.

4.15

2k+

📍 Israel-Palestine 💔 Nakba 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

Gaza in Crisis 91%

Five hundred villages erased, seventy years before October 7: the history the peace process buries.

by Ilan Pappé 2010

4.15

2k+ ratings

📍 Israel-Palestine 💔 Nakba 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

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