11 Top war books like China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism by Rana Mitter

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China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism

By: Rana Mitter

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the Year Chinese leaders once tri…

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1. Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy

By: Eri Hotta

3.96

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking history that considers the attack on Pearl Harbor from the Japanese perspective an… read more

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  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • japan
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2. Napoleon: A Life

By: Andrew Roberts

4.23

Format: 976 pages, Paperback

The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

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3. Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-made King

By: Ian Mortimer

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An author with a strong track record now tackles the turbulent reign of Henry IV, the first Lancast… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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4. Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

By: Ezra F. Vogel

4.02

Format: None pages, Hardcover

No one in the twentieth century had a greater impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. And no sc… read more

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  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
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5. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

By: Mary Beard

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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6. Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past

By: Firas Alkhateeb

4.09

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

Islam has been one of the most powerful religious, social and political forces in history. Over the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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7. The Second World War

By: Antony Beevor

4.11

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world's premier hist… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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8. The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed

By: Bart D. Ehrman

3.93

Format: 316 pages,

The recent National Geographic special on the Gospel of Judas was a major media event, introducing … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook

9. Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire

By: Judith Herrin

3.73

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

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10. Pagans: The End of Traditional Religion and the Rise of Christianity

By: None

3.88

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

A provocative and contrarian religious history that charts the rise of Christianity from the point … read more

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11. The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East

By: Eugene Rogan

3.60

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

In 1914 the Ottoman Empire was depleted of men and resources after years of war against Balkan nati… read more

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12. Invisible Hands: The Making of the Conservative Movement from the New Deal to Reagan

By: Kim Phillips-Fein

3.49

Format: 465 pages,

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13. Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire

By: Peter H. Wilson

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Holy Roman Empire lasted a thousand years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable do… read more

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14. Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant

By: Tracy Borman

2.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Thomas Cromwell has long been reviled as a Machiavellian schemer who stopped at nothing in his ques… read more

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15. The Habsburg Empire: A New History

By: Pieter M. Judson

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In a panoramic and pioneering reappraisal, Pieter Judson shows why the Habsburg Empire mattered so … read more

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16. Our Enemies Will Vanish

By: Yaroslav Trofimov

4.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian people… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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17. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

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18. The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History

By: Serhii Plokhy

4.30

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

An authoritative history of Europe’s largest military conflict since World War II, from the New Yor… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"Despite its imperial roots, the current war is being waged in a new international environment defined by the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the disintegration of the post–Cold War international or…"

-Serhii Plokhy, The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History

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19. The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066

By: Marc Morris

4.34

Format: 508 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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20. River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road

By: Cat Jarman

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant new history that dramatically reassesses how far the Viking world extended. Dr Cat Ja… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi

21. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017

By: Rashid Khalidi

4.50

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order (Bridging the Gap) by Rush Doshi

22. The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order (Bridging the Gap)

By: Rush Doshi

4.04

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

For more than a century, no US adversary or coalition of adversaries - not Nazi Germany, Imperial J… read more

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  • international relations
  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • audiobook
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23. The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster

By: Helen Carr

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Gaunt was son of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to Henry IV and the sire of all th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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24. Sparks: China's Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future

By: Ian Johnson

4.40

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Using history to challenge Communist Party rule. China's Underground Historians and their Battl… read more

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  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • audiobook
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25. China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism

By: Rana Mitter

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the Year Chinese leaders once tri… read more

Similar categories in Rana Mitter's China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism book and Rana Mitter's China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism

  • international relations
  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • japan
  • china
  • audiobook
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26. The Earth Transformed: An Untold History

By: Peter Frankopan

3.94

Format: 736 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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27. Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

4.38

Format: 620 pages, Hardcover

This definitive biography of one of history's most influential father-son duos tells the story of t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
  • audiobook
"...if the Greeks joined together in the Panhellenic cause and attacked Persia to take land and wealth. Once conquered, Asian barbarians would work the field and tend the cattle as slaves or helot-lik…"

-Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

"The Macedonians and Greek has been raised to despise Persians and all Asians as barbarians, fit only to be slaves, and the defeat of Darius and his great armies can only have reinforced their immense…"

-Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

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28. Emperor: A New Life of Charles V

By: Geoffrey Parker

4.13

Format: 737 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on vital new evidence, a top historian dramatically reinterprets the ruler of the world’s f… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China by Kevin Rudd

29. The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China

By: Kevin Rudd

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A war between China and the US would be catastrophic, deadly, and destructive. Unfortunately, it is… read more

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  • international relations
  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • audiobook
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30. The Opium War

By: Brian Inglis

3.41

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

1839. Trade is the stalwart of the British Empire. China threatens Britain’s Opium trade. Britain a… read more

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  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • china
  • audiobook
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31. Sparta: Rise of a Warrior Nation

By: Philip Matyszak

4.02

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

This cultural history of Ancient Sparta chronicles the rise of its legendary military power and off… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
  • audiobook

17 Best audiobook books like China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism by Rana Mitter

Transform Your Habits

Napoleon: A Life

Andrew Roberts

4.23

Transform Your Habits

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Mary Beard

3.59

Transform Your Habits

Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past

Firas Alkhateeb

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed

Bart D. Ehrman

3.93

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10 Top war books like Sparta: Rise of a Warrior Nation by Philip Matyszak

The Death of Kings (Emperor, #2)

Conn Iggulden

3.39

Transform Your Habits

History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

Tom Holland

4.22

Transform Your Habits

The Eagle and The Lion: Rome, Persia, and an Unwinnable Conflict

Adrian Goldsworthy

3.95

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