Book description
Everybody writes a hero story. Publicists describe them as gritty. Their authors undoubtedly write in standard form and recycled words: “Nothing could have prepared me for what happened next…”
No Diplomacy bucks this trend.
Unlike anything previously published, No Diplomacy is the antithesis to a superhero story.
It’s one you…
Why read it?
1 author picked No Diplomacy as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
What does it mean to be a hero? In No Diplomacy, Andrew Lafleche tells his unvarnished truth.
This book takes us on a tour of ‘The Sandbox’ (Afghanistan) with the Canadian Armed Forces and is as real as it gets. This short and powerful read is just that—a gut-wrenching account seen through the eyes of an infantry soldier. In it, Lafleche depicts the insanity, monotony, and futility of war and how he emerges from a near-death experience as a changed human being.
Take a deep breath before you read this one. Lafleche holds nothing back.
If you love No Diplomacy...
These Blue Mountains
A moving story of love, betrayal, and the enduring power of hope in the face of darkness.
German pianist Hedda Schlagel's world collapsed when her fiancé, Fritz, vanished after being sent to an enemy alien camp in the United States during the Great War. Fifteen years later, in 1932, Hedda…
Want books like No Diplomacy?
Our community of 13,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like No Diplomacy.
Share your top 3 reads of 2025!
And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.
1,395
readers submitted
so far, will you?
📚 If you like No Diplomacy, you might also like...
Need to Know
The authoritative but accessible history of the birth of modern American intelligence in World War II that treats not just one but all of the various disciplines: spies, codebreakers, saboteurs.
Told in a relatable style that focuses on actual people, it was a New Yorker "Best of 2022" selection and…
Tsunami
On the morning of December 26, 2004, an undersea earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra in the Indian Ocean. The resulting tsunami killed an estimated 230,000 people across fourteen countries, from Indonesia to Sri Lanka to Thailand to the Maldives to India and all the way to East Africa.…
