23 Best nonfiction books like Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila by James M. Scott

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Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila

By: James M. Scott

4.39

Format: 635 pages, Paperback

“Illuminating.… An eloquent testament to a doomed city and its people.” ― The Wall Street Journal I…

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Cover of Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany by Donald L. Miller

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

By: Donald L. Miller

4.18

Format: 671 pages, Hardcover

Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who bro… read more

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  • american history
  • history
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  • military fiction
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  • military history
  • world war ii
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"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

"In an equally fought battle of attrition both sides sometimes believe they are losing. With Overlord planned for the spring of 1944, Allied leaders became increasingly worried that their air forces w…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

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

2. 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
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • japan
Cover of Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix

3. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

By: Herbert P. Bix

3.52

Format: None pages, Paperback

Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeIn this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herb… read more

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  • history
  • asia
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  • world war ii
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  • japan
Cover of The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany 1944-45 by Ian Kershaw

4. The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany 1944-45

By: Ian Kershaw

4.14

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Countless books have been written about why Nazi Germany lost World War II, yet remarkably little a… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
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  • world war ii
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Cover of The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy by David E. Hoffman

5. The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy

By: David E. Hoffman

4.26

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"A tour de forceof investigative history." --Steve Coll The Dead Handis the suspense-filled story o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy by Ian W. Toll

6. Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy

By: Ian W. Toll

4.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

How "a handful of bastards and outlaws fighting under a piece of striped bunting" humbled the omnip… read more

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

7. 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
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  • military history
  • world war ii
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Cover of The Keep (Adversary Cycle, #1) by F. Paul Wilson

8. The Keep (Adversary Cycle, #1)

By: F. Paul Wilson

3.61

Format: 523 pages, Paperback

"Something is murdering my men." Thus reads the message received from a Nazi commander stationed in… read more

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9. The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice

By: Alex Kershaw

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

June 6, 1944: Nineteen boys from Bedford, Virginia--population just 3,000 in 1944--died in the firs… read more

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10. The German War: A Nation Under Arms

By: Nicholas Stargardt

4.34

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

As early as 1941, Allied victory in World War II seemed all but assured. How and why, then, did the… read more

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  • history
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11. From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia

By: Pankaj Mishra

4.67

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

The Victorian period, viewed in the West as a time of self-confident progress, was experienced by A… read more

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12. The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau

By: Alex Kershaw

3.97

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The riveting true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War… read more

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13. Burma '44: The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East

By: James Holland

3.89

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

'A thrilling blow-by-blow account' The Times In February 1944, a rag-tag collection of clerks, driv… read more

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14. MacArthur's Airman: General George C.Kenney and the War in the Southwest Pacific

By: None

4.83

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

A fighter pilot who flew seventy-five combat missions in World War I, George C. Kenney was a charis… read more

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15. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat

By: Giles Milton

3.44

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine In the spring of 1939, a top-secre… read more

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16. The Things Our Fathers Saw: The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation from Hometown, USA-Voices of the Pacific Theater

By: Matthew A. Rozell

4.10

Format: 322 pages,

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Cover of Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution by Eric Jay Dolin

17. Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

By: Eric Jay Dolin

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The heroic story of the founding of the U.S. Navy during the Revolution has been told before, yet m… read more

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Cover of Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista

18. Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

By: Patricia Evangelista

4.18

Format: 428 pages, Hardcover

A fearless, powerfully written on-the-ground account of a nation careening into violent autocracy—t… read more

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  • asia
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Cover of The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation by Victor Davis Hanson

19. The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation

By: Victor Davis Hanson

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times –bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the mod… read more

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  • history
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"...there is no certainty that as scientific progress accelerates and leisure increases, and as the world shrinks on our computer and television screens, there is any corresponding advance in wisdom o…"

-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation

"The same hubris that posits that complex tools of mass destruction can be created but never used, also fuels the fatal vanity that war itself is an anachronism and no longer an existential concern-at…"

-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation

"War is probably the oldest human endeavor, and its face of battle is constantly changing, with new challenges prompting counterresponses. Its novel and unforeseen dangers can never be underestimated.…"

-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation

Cover of Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars by Avi Loeb

20. Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars

By: Avi Loeb

3.51

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

“The world's leading alien hunter” — New York Times Magazine From acclaimed Harvard astrophysicist… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 by Ian W. Toll

21. 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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  • history
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  • world war ii
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Cover of Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 by Ian W. Toll

22. 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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"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

Cover of To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945 by John C. McManus

23. 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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Cover of Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944 by John C. McManus

24. Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944

By: John C. McManus

4.47

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

In Fire and Fortitude--winner of the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History--John C. McManus pre… read more

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Cover of On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain by Ronald C. White Jr.

25. On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

By: Ronald C. White Jr.

4.45

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic an… read more

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Cover of On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle by Hampton Sides

26. On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle

By: Hampton Sides

4.57

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and In the Kingdom of Ice, a chronicle… read more

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Cover of Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure by Vaclav Smil

27. Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure

By: Vaclav Smil

3.87

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times -bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its… read more

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  • nonfiction
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Cover of A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II by Harry H. Crosby

28. A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II

By: Harry H. Crosby

4.58

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

"Written from the unusual perspective of a navigator, this is a compelling account of the air war a… read more

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Cover of Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay by Craig L. Symonds

29. 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

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Cover of Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila by James M. Scott

30. Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila

By: James M. Scott

4.39

Format: 635 pages, Paperback

“Illuminating.… An eloquent testament to a doomed city and its people.” ― The Wall Street Journal I… read more

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  • military history
  • world war ii
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  • japan
Cover of How the West Brought War to Ukraine: Understanding How U.S. and NATO Policies Led to Crisis, War, and the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe by Benjamin Abelow

31. How the West Brought War to Ukraine: Understanding How U.S. and NATO Policies Led to Crisis, War, and the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe

By: Benjamin Abelow

4.12

Format: 76 pages, Kindle Edition

According to the mainstream Western narrative, Vladimir Putin is an insatiable, Hitler-like expansi… read more

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