17 Top history books like Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay by Craig L. Symonds

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Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay

By: Craig L. Symonds

4.65

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From one of our most distinguished naval historians, the first wartime biography in a half-century …

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Cover of The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2) by Ian W. Toll

1. 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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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • naval history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor by James M. Scott

2. Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor

By: James M. Scott

4.47

Format: 672 pages, Paperback

Finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in History "Like Lauren Hillebrand's Unbroken … Target Tokyo … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal by James D. Hornfischer

3. Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal

By: James D. Hornfischer

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

With The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailorsand Ship of Ghosts, James D. Hornfischer created essentia… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • naval history
  • military history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

4. Freedom's Forge: How American Business Built the Arsenal of Democracy That Won World War II

By: Arthur Herman

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Remarkable as it may seem today, there once was a time when the president of the United States coul… read more

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Cover of The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King—the Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea by Walter R. Borneman

5. The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King—the Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea

By: Walter R. Borneman

4.32

Format: 559 pages, Hardcover

How history's only five-star admirals triumphed in World War II and made the United States the worl… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • naval history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • leadership

6. Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

By: None , None

4.43

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without questi… read more

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7. The War Below: The Story of Three Submarines That Battled Japan

By: None

3.03

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of the submarine force that helped win World War II by ravaging Japan's merchant… read more

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8. American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant

By: Ronald C. White Jr.

4.21

Format: 864 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of A. Lincoln, a major new biography of one of America'… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
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  • war
  • nonfiction

9. Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

By: Robert Coram

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

John Boyd may be the most remarkable unsung hero in all of American military history. Some remember… read more

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Cover of Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by Evan Thomas

10. Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II

By: Evan Thomas

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan--a cru… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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11. 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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  • american history
  • history
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  • military history
  • naval history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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12. 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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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
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  • military history
  • naval history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"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

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13. To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945

By: John C. McManus

4.59

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

From the liberation of the Philippines to the Japanese surrender, the final volume of John C. McMan… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb by James M. Scott

14. Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb

By: James M. Scott

4.40

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies o… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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15. Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960

By: James D. Hornfischer

4.17

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A close-up, action-filled narrative about the crucial role the U.S. Navy played in the early years … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • naval history
  • nonfiction
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16. Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay

By: Craig L. Symonds

4.65

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From one of our most distinguished naval historians, the first wartime biography in a half-century … read more

Similar categories in Craig L. Symonds's Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay book and Craig L. Symonds's Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • naval history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
Cover of George Marshall: Defender of the Republic by David L. Roll

17. George Marshall: Defender of the Republic

By: David L. Roll

4.45

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary career of George Catlett Marshall—America’s most distinguished soldier–statesman … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
Cover of The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance by Thomas B. Buell

18. The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

By: Thomas B. Buell

4.47

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Regarded as the standard biography of World War II naval hero Adm. Raymond A. Spruance. Spruance, v… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • military fiction
  • naval history
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Cactus Air Force: Air War over Guadalcanal by Eric Hammel

19. The Cactus Air Force: Air War over Guadalcanal

By: Eric Hammel

4.29

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

Using diary entries, interviews and first-hand accounts, this vivid narrative brings to life the st… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Mastering the Art of Command: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific by Trent Hone

20. Mastering the Art of Command: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific

By: Trent Hone

4.44

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Mastering the Art of Command is a detailed examination of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz's leadership du… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
Cover of Master of Seapower: A Biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King by Thomas B. Buell

21. Master of Seapower: A Biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King

By: Thomas B. Buell

4.39

Format: 658 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the first time in paperback for this standard biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, wh… read more

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  • biography
  • military fiction
  • naval history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

17 Top nonfiction books like Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay by Craig L. Symonds

Transform Your Habits

The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)

Ian W. Toll

4.61

Transform Your Habits

Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor

James M. Scott

4.47

Transform Your Habits

Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal

James D. Hornfischer

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King—the Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea

Walter R. Borneman

4.32

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28 Best history books like Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960 by James D. Hornfischer

Transform Your Habits

Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Donald L. Miller

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage

Sherry Sontag , Christopher Drew , Annette Lawrence Drew

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)

Ian W. Toll

4.61

Transform Your Habits

The Battle of Midway

Craig L. Symonds

3.50

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