Lincoln and His Admirals
By: Craig L. Symonds
4.22
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Abraham Lincoln began his presidency admitting that he knew "but little of ships," but he quickly c…
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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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2. Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam
By: Stephen W. Sears
4.23
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Combining brilliant military analysis with rich narrative history, Landscape Turned Red is the defi… read more
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- nonfiction
"Even as McClellan conferred with his superiors, sounds of renewed battle came from the direction of Chantilly, a country estate a few miles north of Centreville and on the flank of Pope’s army."-Stephen W. Sears, Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam
3. Lincoln's Lieutenants: The High Command of the Army of the Potomac
By: Stephen W. Sears
4.37
Format: 896 pages, Hardcover
From the best-selling author of Gettysburg, a multilayered group biography of the commanders who le… read more
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4. General Lee's Army: From Victory to Collapse
By: Joseph T. Glatthaar
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"You would be surprised to see what men we have in the ranks," Virginia cavalryman Thomas Rowland i… read more
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6. Bloody Spring: Forty Days that Sealed the Confederacy's Fate
By: Joseph Wheelan
4.53
Format: None pages, Hardcover
For forty crucial days they fought a bloody struggle. When it was over, the Civil War's tide had tu… read more
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7. We March Against England: Operation Sea Lion, 1940-41
By: Robert Forczyk
4.61
Format: 313 pages,
In May, 1940, Nazi Germany was master of continental Europe, the only European power still standing… read more
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8. William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A Life
By: James Lee McDonough
3.00
Format: None pages,
A major new biography of one of America's most storied military figures. General Sherman's 1864 bur… read more
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9. 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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10. Gettysburg: The Last Invasion
By: Allen C. Guelzo
3.60
Format: 137 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed Civil War historian, and coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the legendary … read more
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11. Their Last Full Measure: The Final Days of the Civil War
By: Joseph Wheelan
3.55
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
Dramatic developments unfolded during the first months of 1865 that brought America's bloody Civil … read more
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12. Battle Cry of Freedom
By: James M. McPherson
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, B… read more
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13. To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign
By: Stephen W. Sears
3.48
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
This is a history of the largest and bloodiest campaign of the American Civil War - one in which a … read more
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14. Lincoln's Boys: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln's Image
By: Joshua Zeitz
5.00
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A timely and intimate look into Abraham Lincoln's White House through the lives of his two closest … read more
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15. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
16. The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America
By: H.W. Brands
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling historian and Pulitzer-prize finalist H. W. Brands follows the lives and battles of Gen… read more
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17. The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World
By: Edward Shawcross
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The true operatic tragedy of Maximilian and Carlota, the European aristocrats who stumbled into pow… read more
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18. Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War
By: Roger Lowenstein
4.24
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
From renowned journalist and master storyteller Roger Lowenstein, a revelatory financial investigat… read more
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19. The Regency Years: During Which Jane Austen Writes, Napoleon Fights, Byron Makes Love, and Britain Becomes Modern
By: Robert Morrison
3.90
Format: 366 pages, Hardcover
The Victorians are often credited with ushering in our current era, yet the seeds of change were pl… read more
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20. Lincoln and His Admirals
By: Craig L. Symonds
4.22
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Abraham Lincoln began his presidency admitting that he knew "but little of ships," but he quickly c… read more
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21. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
By: Anthony Fauci
4.59
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more
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