16 must-read war books like Last Stands by Michael Walsh

Cover of Last Stands by Michael   Walsh

Last Stands

By: Michael Walsh

3.76

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

What are we willing to die for? Michael Walsh restores the dignity of lost concepts like honor, dut…

"The only culture that doesn't defend itself is one bent on suicide."

-Michael Walsh, Last Stands

If you liked the war plot in Last Stands by Michael Walsh , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1) by Rick Atkinson

1. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

By: Rick Atkinson

4.29

Format: 681 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn the first volume of his monumental tri… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"In battle, topography is fate."

-Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

"Troops caught nibbling their emergency D- ration chocolate bars were dubbed Chocolate Soldiers and punished by forfeiting two meals. This was a happy penance. The galleys served so much fatty mutton …"

-Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

Cover of Golf is Not a Game of Perfect by Bob Rotella

2. Golf is Not a Game of Perfect

By: Bob Rotella

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Filled with insightful stories about golf, Dr. Bob Rotella’s delightful book will improve the game … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander by Pete Blaber

3. The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

By: Pete Blaber

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

As a commander in Delta Force-the most elite counter-terrorist organization in the world-Pete Blabe… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
"The ultimate goal of this book is to share what I consider to be life-saving and life-changing lessons that I was fortunate enough to learn as a key participant in many of recent history’s most impac…"

-Pete Blaber, The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

Cover of Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 by Antony Beevor

4. 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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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon by Buddy Levy

5. River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon

By: Buddy Levy

3.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Conquistadorcomes this thrilling account of one of history's greatest … read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1) by Jeff Shaara

6. A Blaze of Glory (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #1)

By: Jeff Shaara

3.97

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

In the first novel of a spellbinding new trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara ret… read more

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  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
Cover of American Panic: A History of Who Scares Us and Why by Mark Stein

7. American Panic: A History of Who Scares Us and Why

By: Mark Stein

3.64

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In American Panic , New York Times bestselling author Mark Stein traces the history and consequence… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • psychology
  • audiobook

8. Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

By: Hampton Sides

3.92

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Magnificent History of How the West Was Really Won--a Sweeping Tale of Shame and Glory In the fal… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war

9. Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34

By: Bryan Burrough

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Public Enemies, bestselling author Bryan Burrough strips away the thick layer of myths put out b… read more

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10. The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory

By: Robert V. Remini

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Battle of New Orleans was the climactic battle of America's "forgotten war" of 1812. Andrew Jac… read more

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11. Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates

By: David Cordingly

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

For this rousing, revisionist history, the former head of exhibitions at England's National Maritim… read more

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12. Kelly: More Than My Share of It All

By: None , None

3.57

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, … 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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Cover of Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne

14. Empire of the Summer Moon

By: S.C. Gwynne

4.23

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the for… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Buffalo Hump had one of those Comanche names - there were a large number of them - that the prudish whites could not quite bring themselves to translate. His Nermernuh name, properly transliterated, …"

-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon

"For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed to the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression... Only in the mid 19th century, after the growt…"

-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon

Cover of The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I by Douglas Brunt

15. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

By: Douglas Brunt

4.23

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"

-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

Cover of A Runner's High: My Life in Motion by Dean Karnazes

16. A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

By: Dean Karnazes

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

“A Runner’s High wakes up the appetite to run long distances. Dean takes us on a lifelong journey o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses by Dan Carlin

17. The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses

By: Dan Carlin

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The creator of the wildly popular award-winning podcast Hardcore History looks at some of the apoca… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"But it's never wise to bet against any of the four horsemen long term. Their historical track record is horrifyingly good."

-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses

"It may seem strange to suggest that high levels of illness might make human beings tougher, but the effect on a society of relatively regular and lethal epidemics and the mortality they cause certain…"

-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses

"The human ripples of pain are still heartbreaking when made visible to us now. Our friend Agnolo the Fat wrote: “Father abandoned child, wife husband, one brother another; for this illness seemed to …"

-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses

"History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up,' Voltaire reportedly said. The observation refers to the argument that fortunes of nations or civiliza…"

-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses

Cover of Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution by Carl R. Trueman

18. Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution

By: Carl R. Trueman

4.50

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

From Philosophy to Technology, Tracing the Origin of Identity Politics How did the world arrive … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of A Handful of Hard Men: The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia by Hannes Wessels

19. A Handful of Hard Men: The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia

By: Hannes Wessels

4.29

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

A biography of a Special Forces soldier who battled the forces of Mugabe and Nkomo, earning a reput… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up by Abigail Shrier

20. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

By: Abigail Shrier

4.06

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

Cover of Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific by Robert Leckie

21. Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

By: Robert Leckie

4.22

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Now the inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFIC Here is one of the most riveting first-per… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"It was a darkness without time. It was an impenetrable darkness. To the right and left of me rose those terrible formless things of my imagination, which I could not see because there was no light. I…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

"And now to that Victim whose Sign rose above the world two thousand years ago, to be menaced now by that other sign now rising, I say a prayer of contrition. I, whom you have seen as irreverent and i…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

"There was no feeling of dedication because it was absolutely involuntary. I do not doubt that if the Marines had asked for volunteers for an impossible campaign such as Guadalcanal, almost everyone n…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

Cover of Tom Clancy Act of Defiance by Brian  Andrews

22. Tom Clancy Act of Defiance

By: Brian Andrews

4.65

Format: 559 pages, Kindle Edition

When a Russian superweapon is let loose under the waves, it's up to President Jack Ryan to find a c… read more

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  • military fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America by Pekka Hämäläinen

23. Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America

By: Pekka Hämäläinen

4.05

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

There is an old, deeply rooted story about America that goes like this: Columbus “discovers” a stra… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Stalin: Waiting for Hitler 1929-1941 by Stephen Kotkin

24. Stalin: Waiting for Hitler 1929-1941

By: Stephen Kotkin

4.45

Format: 1184 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-finalist Stephen Kotkin continues his definitive biography of Stalin, from collectiv… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 by Adam Hochschild

25. Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939

By: Adam Hochschild

4.21

Format: 485 pages, Kindle Edition

From the acclaimed, best-selling author Adam Hochschild, a sweeping history of the Spanish Civil Wa… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China by Hal Brands

26. Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China

By: Hal Brands

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A provocative and urgent analysis of the U.S.–China rivalry. It has become conventional wisdom that… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer

27. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

By: Jonathan Blitzer

4.49

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the so… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Defenders of the West: The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam by Raymond Ibrahim

28. Defenders of the West: The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam

By: Raymond Ibrahim

4.64

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of the lives and epic battles of eight Western defenders against violent Islamic… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of 40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of WWII's Bloodiest Battles (World War II Collection) by Cynthia  Kraack

29. 40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of WWII's Bloodiest Battles (World War II Collection)

By: Cynthia Kraack

4.42

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

Before there were Navy SEALs, before there were Green Berets, there were the 40 Thieves: the elite … read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Last Stands by Michael   Walsh

30. Last Stands

By: Michael Walsh

3.76

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

What are we willing to die for? Michael Walsh restores the dignity of lost concepts like honor, dut… read more

Similar categories in Michael Walsh's Last Stands book and Michael Walsh's Last Stands

  • audiobook
  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
"The only culture that doesn't defend itself is one bent on suicide."

-Michael Walsh, Last Stands

Cover of The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Epic Siege at the Heart of WWII's Greatest Battle by Iain MacGregor

31. The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Epic Siege at the Heart of WWII's Greatest Battle

By: Iain MacGregor

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

To the Soviet Union, the sacrifices that enabled the country to defeat Nazi Germany in the Great Pa… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction

14 best-selling audiobook books like Last Stands by Michael Walsh

Transform Your Habits

An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

Rick Atkinson

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Golf is Not a Game of Perfect

Bob Rotella

4.36

Transform Your Habits

The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

Pete Blaber

4.33

Transform Your Habits

American Panic: A History of Who Scares Us and Why

Mark Stein

3.64

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16 best-selling history books like Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 by Antony Beevor

Transform Your Habits

Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.24

Transform Your Habits

D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.30

Transform Your Habits

1776

David McCullough

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Tom Holland

4.22

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