In Mortal Combat: Korea, 1950–1953
By: John Toland
4.23
Format: 924 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
By: Eric Schlosser
4.26
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
A myth-shattering exposé of America’s nuclear weapons Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlos… read more
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2. The Forgotten Soldier
By: Guy Sajer
4.38
Format: 465 pages, Paperback
Forgotten Soldier recounts the horror of World War II on the eastern front, as seen through the ey… read more
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- history
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"The problems I had existed before I did, and I discovered them."-Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier
"No time to spare: the expression assumed its full significance, as so many expressions do in wartime."-Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier
"Then there was the war, and I married it because there was nothing else when I reached the age of falling in love."-Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier
"And I can remember a tear running down my frozen cheek—a tear neither of pain nor of joy but of emotion created by intense experience."-Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier
3. The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)
By: Ian W. Toll
4.61
Format: 688 pages, Paperback
The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challe… read more
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4. Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754 - 1766
By: Fred Anderson
4.19
Format: 912 pages, Paperback
In this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years' War–long seen as a mere backdrop to the Am… read more
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5. Storm of Steel
By: Michael Hofmann , Ernst Jünger
3.50
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
A memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism, 'Storm of Steel' illuminates not only … read more
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6. Truman
By: David McCullough
3.31
Format: 267 pages, Paperback
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events… read more
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7. Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
By: Antony Beevor
4.32
Format: 494 pages, Paperback
The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also chan… read more
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9. The Korean War
By: Max Hastings
3.75
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met… read more
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10. The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
By: David Halberstam
3.79
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"In a grand gesture of reclamation & remembrance, Mr Halberstam has brought the war back home."--NY… read more
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11. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
By: William L. Shirer
4.21
Format: 1147 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Hitler boasted that The Third Reich would last a thousand years. It lasted only 12. But those 12 ye… read more
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"One of them was Fritz Thyssen, one of the earliest and biggest contributors to the party. Fleeing the "Nazi regime has ruined German industry." And to all he met abroad he proclaimed, "What a fool ( …"-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
"To some Germans and, no doubt, to most foreigners it appeared that a charlatan had come to power in Berlin. To the majority of Germans Hitler had — or would shortly assume — the aura of a truly chari…"-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
"In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come, will be launched by suicidal little madmen pressing an electr…"-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
"Adolf Hitler is probably the last of the great adventurer-conquerors in the tradition of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon, and the Third Reich the last of the empires which set out on the path taken ea…"-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
12. The Generals: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and the Winning of World War II
By: Winston Groom
3.43
Format: 232 pages, ebook
Celebrated historian Winston Groom tells the intertwined and uniquely American tales of George Patt… read more
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13. We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
By: Harold G. Moore , Joseph L. Galloway
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both releva… read more
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14. The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2)
By: Rick Atkinson
4.90
Format: None pages,
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLERIn the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in … read more
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15. The Guns of August
By: Barbara W. Tuchman
4.18
Format: 658 pages, Kindle Edition
The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise… read more
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- history
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"Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Now according to German logic, a declaration of war was found to be unnecessary because of imaginary bombings"-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"To think meant to give room for freedom of initiative, for the imponderable to win over the material, for will to demonstrate its power over circumstance."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
16. First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20)
By: Craig Johnson
4.37
Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition
Following the events of The Longmire Defense, we return to find Walt and our familiar cast of chara… read more
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17. De Bourgondiërs: aartsvaders van de Lage Landen
By: Bart Van Loo
4.31
Format: 607 pages, Hardcover
Meesterverteller Bart Van Loo neemt de lezer op sleeptouw langs duizend jaar Europese geschiedenis.… read more
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18. Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
By: Robert Kurson
4.53
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The inside, lesser-known story of NASA's boldest and riskiest mission: Apollo 8, mankind's first jo… read more
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19. Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
By: Carol Leonnig
4.24
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive account of the rise and fall of the Secret Service, from the Kennedy assassina… read more
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20. Agent 355
By: Marie Benedict
3.73
Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition
A novella A fictional portrayal of a real-life Revolutionary spy and her daring deeds, from the … read more
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21. The Atlas Maneuver (Cotton Malone, #18)
By: Steve Berry
4.28
Format: 401 pages, Hardcover
From celebrated New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry comes the latest Cotton Malone adve… read more
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22. Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
By: David H. Petraeus
4.06
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strate… read more
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"A recurring theme of this book is that money spent on deterrence is seldom wasted, especially when considered against the costs incurred when the deterrence fails."-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
"Hybrid warfare particularly appeals to China and Russia, since they are much more able to control the information their populaces receive than are their Western adversaries. A 1999 book, Unrestricted…"-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
23. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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24. Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
By: Ian W. Toll
4.59
Format: 656 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction "Both a serious work of history…and a … read more
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25. Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975
By: Max Hastings
4.30
Format: 896 pages, Hardcover
An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bes… read more
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"The merits of rival causes are never absolute. Even in the Second World War, the Western allied struggle against fascism was compromised by its reliance upon the tyranny of Stalin to pay most of the …"-Max Hastings, Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975
26. The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962
By: Max Hastings
4.40
Format: 538 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tens… read more
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27. Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
By: Ian W. Toll
4.76
Format: 944 pages, Hardcover
Twilight of the Gods is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacifi… read more
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"TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG FROM CINCPAC ACTION COM THIRD FLEET INFO COMINCH CTF SEVENTY-SEVEN X WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS TASK FORCE THIRTY FOUR RR THE WORLD WONDERS"-Ian W. Toll, Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
28. The Murder Book (Tom Thorne #18)
By: Mark Billingham
4.22
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Tom Thorne finally has it all. In Nicola Tanner and Phil Hendricks, Thorne has good friends by h… read more
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29. The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World
By: Malcolm Gaskill
3.72
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils,… read more
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30. In Mortal Combat: Korea, 1950–1953
By: John Toland
4.23
Format: 924 pages, Kindle Edition
A brilliant history of the Korean War based on the real experiences of soldiers from both sides P… read more
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- china
31. Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Volume I: July 1937-May 1942
By: Richard B. Frank
4.43
Format: 751 pages, Hardcover
In 1937, the swath of the globe east from India to the Pacific Ocean enclosed half the world’s popu… read more
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