21 must-read nonfiction books like France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain by Julian T. Jackson

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France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain

By: Julian T. Jackson

4.17

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twen…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain by Julian T. Jackson , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age by Tom Holland

1. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

By: Tom Holland

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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2. The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943

By: James Holland

4.33

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland’s new book both recasts the controversial Italian Campaign a… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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3. The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

By: Anna Keay

4.39

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

‘The execution of the king took place on a bleak, bitterly cold afternoon in January. As the execut… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • european history
"This book was born of ignorance."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"... he was not one to let other people's feelings get in the way when he knew he was right."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"He warned his pious daughter Bridget of the dangers of self-criticism and the overwhelming importance of love."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"As in many parts of the country, people's desire for peace and prosperity was stronger than their loyalty to one regime or another."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

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4. Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

By: Christopher Clark

4.18

Format: 1152 pages, Hardcover

An epic history of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe and the charismatic figures who propelled… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • european history
"In situations of polarization and heightened anxiety, people tend to regard their own fears as authentic and those of their opponents as manipulated."

-Christopher Clark, Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

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5. The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History

By: Jeremy Bowen

4.38

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

A Sunday Times Paperback of the YearA Spectator and New Statesman Book of the Year‘An illuminating … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • world history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
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6. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

By: Steve Coll

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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7. The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination

By: Stuart A. Reid

4.40

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the US-sanctioned plot… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • world history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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8. 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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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • world history
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9. Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia

By: Gary J. Bass

4.29

Format: 800 pages, Hardcover

A landmark, magisterial history of the trial of Japan’s leaders as war criminals—the largely overlo… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • politics
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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10. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

By: Katja Hoyer

4.23

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • european history
"Some of the “songs"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

Cover of There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History by Rory Carroll

11. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

By: Rory Carroll

4.38

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • european history
Cover of Barbarossa: How Hitler Lost the War by Jonathan Dimbleby

12. Barbarossa: How Hitler Lost the War

By: Jonathan Dimbleby

4.35

Format: 597 pages, Kindle Edition

Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's invasion of Russia in June 1941, aimed at nothing less than a war of… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family by Daniel Finkelstein

13. Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family

By: Daniel Finkelstein

4.63

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of November 1942: An Intimate History of the Turning Point of the Second World War by Peter Englund

14. November 1942: An Intimate History of the Turning Point of the Second World War

By: Peter Englund

4.25

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

An intimate history of the most important month of World War II, as experienced by the people who l… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain by Julian T. Jackson

15. France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain

By: Julian T. Jackson

4.17

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twen… read more

Similar categories in Julian T. Jackson's France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain book and Julian T. Jackson's France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain

  • history
  • biography
  • world history
  • politics
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • france
  • nonfiction
  • european history
Cover of Keir Starmer: The Biography by Tom Baldwin

16. Keir Starmer: The Biography

By: Tom Baldwin

4.06

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This will be the most important political book of the year’ MATTHEW… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe by Rachel Chrastil

17. Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe

By: Rachel Chrastil

3.84

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

'Compassionate and thought-provoking history' Daily Telegraph'Superb on the human consequences of w… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • politics
  • war
  • military history
  • france
  • nonfiction
  • european history
Cover of No Way Out: Brexit: From the Backstop to Boris by Tim Shipman

18. No Way Out: Brexit: From the Backstop to Boris

By: Tim Shipman

4.03

Format: 711 pages, Kindle Edition

The unmissable next instalment of Tim Shipman’s #1 bestselling Brexit quartet. To follow his bestse… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Weimar Years Rise and Fall 1918-1933 by Frank McDonough

19. The Weimar Years Rise and Fall 1918-1933

By: Frank McDonough

4.49

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The prequel to Frank McDonough's bestselling Hitler Years series, covering the dramatic period of G… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
Cover of Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World by Roger Crowley

20. Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World

By: Roger Crowley

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The story of the sixteenth-century’s epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European mar… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Paris '44: The Shame and the Glory by Patrick Bishop

21. Paris '44: The Shame and the Glory

By: Patrick Bishop

4.20

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

Celebrating the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of Paris, a heart-stopping countdown narrat… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction

21 must-read history books like France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain by Julian T. Jackson

Transform Your Habits

Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

Tom Holland

4.22

Transform Your Habits

The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943

James Holland

4.33

Transform Your Habits

The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

Anna Keay

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

Christopher Clark

4.18

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15 best-selling history books like Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family by Daniel Finkelstein

Transform Your Habits

Ian Fleming: The Complete Man

Nicholas Shakespeare

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

Transform Your Habits

The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History

Jeremy Bowen

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

Michael Palin

4.17

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