17 Best history books like American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953 by Conrad C. Crane

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American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953

By: Conrad C. Crane

3.44

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

The Korean War was the first armed engagement for the newly formed U.S. Air Force, but far from the…

If you liked the history plot in American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953 by Conrad C. Crane , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Prodigal Soldiers: How the Generation of Officers Born of Vietnam Revolutionized the American Style of War by James Kitfield

1. Prodigal Soldiers: How the Generation of Officers Born of Vietnam Revolutionized the American Style of War

By: James Kitfield

4.28

Format: 478 pages, Paperback

Documenting the transformation of the U.S. military from Vietnam to the Gulf War, a history of a ge… read more

Similar categories in James Kitfield's Prodigal Soldiers: How the Generation of Officers Born of Vietnam Revolutionized the American Style of War book and Conrad C. Crane's American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953

  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of Command of the Air by Giulio Douhet

2. Command of the Air

By: Giulio Douhet

3.36

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

English, Italian (translation) read more

Similar categories in Giulio Douhet's Command of the Air book and Conrad C. Crane's American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953

  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order by G. John Ikenberry

3. Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order

By: G. John Ikenberry

3.63

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

In the second half of the twentieth century, the United States engaged in the most ambitious and fa… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Rise of American Air Power: The Creation of Armageddon by Michael S. Sherry

4. The Rise of American Air Power: The Creation of Armageddon

By: Michael S. Sherry

3.91

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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5. Arms and Influence

By: Thomas C. Schelling

4.37

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Traditionally, Americans have viewed war as an alternative to diplomacy, and military strategy as t… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics by Alastair Smith, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

6. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

By: Alastair Smith , Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For eighteen years, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith have been part of a team revolutioni… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of How the War Was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II by Phillips Payson O'Brien

7. How the War Was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II

By: Phillips Payson O'Brien

3.71

Format: None pages, Hardcover

World War II is usually seen as a titanic land battle, decided by mass armies, most importantly tho… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • military history

8. Strategy in the Missile Age

By: Bernard Brodie

4.09

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

The description for this book, Strategy in the Missile Age, will be forthcoming. read more

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9. Destroying the Village: The Prospect of Thermonuclear War in American Security Policy

By: Campbell Craig

4.67

Format: 107 pages, Hardcover

In the early days of the Cold War, thermonuclear conflict was everywhere an imminent threat. With t… read more

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10. Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War

By: Robert A. Pape

3.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

From Iraq to Bosnia to North Korea, the first question in American foreign policy debates is increa… read more

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11. To Kill Nations: American Strategy in the Air-Atomic Age and the Rise of Mutually Assured Destruction

By: None

4.23

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Between 1945 and 1950, the United States had a global nuclear monopoly. The A-bomb transformed the … read more

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12. Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

By: Cormac McCarthy

4.16

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

Blood Meridian is an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expa… read more

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"See the child."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"If war is not holy man is nothing but antic clay."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

13. The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour

By: None

4.67

Format: 523 pages, Hardcover

The masterfully told story of the unlikely men who came together to make the Berlin Airlift one of … read more

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14. The 2020 Commission Report On The North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against The U.s.: A Speculative Novel

By: Jeffrey Lewis

4.18

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

“A brilliantly conceived page-turner.”—Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation and  Command and … read more

Similar categories in Jeffrey Lewis's The 2020 Commission Report On The North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against The U.s.: A Speculative Novel book and Conrad C. Crane's American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953

  • military fiction
Cover of The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War by Malcolm Gladwell

15. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war In The Bomber Ma… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • military history
"Revolutions are birthed in conversation, argument, validation, proximity, and the look in your listener’s eye that tells you you’re on to something."

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

"I'm drawn again and again to obsessives. I like them. I like the idea that someone could push away all the concerns and details that make up everyday life and just zero in on one thing - the thing th…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

"The more you invest in a set of beliefs - the greater the sacrifice you make in the service of that conviction - the more resistant you will be to evidence that suggests that you are mistaken. You do…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

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16. Strategic Air Power in Desert Storm (Studies in Air Power)

By: John Andreas Olsen

3.63

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on the second of August 1990, a small group of air powe… read more

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Cover of Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam (New Cold War History) by Lien-Hang T. Nguyen

17. Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam (New Cold War History)

By: Lien-Hang T. Nguyen

4.17

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

While most historians of the Vietnam War focus on the origins of U.S. involvement and the Americani… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of Powerful And Brutal Weapons: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Easter Offensive by Stephen P. Randolph

18. Powerful And Brutal Weapons: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Easter Offensive

By: Stephen P. Randolph

3.76

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

As America confronts an unpredictable war in Iraq, Stephen Randolph returns to an earlier conflict … read more

Similar categories in Stephen P. Randolph's Powerful And Brutal Weapons: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Easter Offensive book and Conrad C. Crane's American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953

  • history
Cover of Air Power in the Age of Primacy: Air Warfare since the Cold War by Phil Haun

19. Air Power in the Age of Primacy: Air Warfare since the Cold War

By: Phil Haun

4.14

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Since the end of the Cold War the United States and other major powers have wielded their air force… read more

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20. American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953

By: Conrad C. Crane

3.44

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

The Korean War was the first armed engagement for the newly formed U.S. Air Force, but far from the… read more

Similar categories in Conrad C. Crane's American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953 book and Conrad C. Crane's American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953

  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of El Dorado Canyon: Reagan's Undeclared War with Qaddafi by Joseph T. Stanik

21. El Dorado Canyon: Reagan's Undeclared War with Qaddafi

By: Joseph T. Stanik

4.13

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

America's war on terrorism did not start on 11 September. Long before the overt war in Afghanistan … read more

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  • history
Cover of NATO's Gamble: Combining Diplomacy and Airpower in the Kosovo Crisis, 1998-1999 by Dag Henriksen

22. NATO's Gamble: Combining Diplomacy and Airpower in the Kosovo Crisis, 1998-1999

By: Dag Henriksen

3.26

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

In this revealing work, Dag Henriksen discloses the origins and content of NATO's strategic and con… read more

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Cover of Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era: Regional Powers and International Conflict (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics) by Vipin Narang

23. Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era: Regional Powers and International Conflict (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics)

By: Vipin Narang

4.31

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

The world is in a second nuclear age in which regional powers play an increasingly prominent role. … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"The driver of deterrence success is not nuclear weapons, it is nuclear posture. Nuclear weapons may deter, but they deter unequally."

-Vipin Narang, Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era: Regional Powers and International Conflict (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics)

"The basic point is that nuclear postures matter to the pattern of conflict a state experiences. Not only do regional powers select different strategies and postures, but those choices have critical i…"

-Vipin Narang, Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era: Regional Powers and International Conflict (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics)

"Nuclear posture is the incorporation of some number and type of nuclear warheads and delivery vehicles state's overall military structure, the rules and procedures governing how those weapons are dep…"

-Vipin Narang, Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era: Regional Powers and International Conflict (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics)

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24. Year of the Hawk: America's Descent into Vietnam, 1965

By: James A. Warren

3.89

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From a celebrated military historian, a powerful, “highly recommended” ( Library Journal , starred … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
"Chastened by the searing experience of Indochina, American presidents refrained from committing the country to ambitious foreign adventures in the last quarter of the twentieth century, for the most …"

-James A. Warren, Year of the Hawk: America's Descent into Vietnam, 1965

Cover of Red Wings over the Yalu: China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea (Volume 80) (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series) by Xiaoming Zhang

25. Red Wings over the Yalu: China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea (Volume 80) (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)

By: Xiaoming Zhang

3.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Korean conflict was a pivotal event in China's modern military history. The fighting in Korea c… read more

Similar categories in Xiaoming Zhang's Red Wings over the Yalu: China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea (Volume 80) (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series) book and Conrad C. Crane's American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953

  • history
Cover of The Forgotten Front: Patron-Client Relationships in Counterinsurgency by Walter C. Ladwig III

26. The Forgotten Front: Patron-Client Relationships in Counterinsurgency

By: Walter C. Ladwig III

3.67

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

After a decade and a half of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, US policymakers are seeking to provide ai… read more

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Cover of The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam by Max Boot

27. The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam

By: Max Boot

4.23

Format: 768 pages, Hardcover

In chronicling the adventurous life of legendary CIA operative Edward Lansdale, The Road Not Taken … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • military history

28. When Right Makes Might: Rising Powers and World Order

By: Stacie E. Goddard

4.00

Format: None pages, ebook

"Analyzes the question of whether great powers choose to accommodate, contain, or confront a rising… read more

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  • history
Cover of A World of Turmoil: The United States, China, and Taiwan in the Long Cold War (US–China Relations in the Age of Globalization) by Stephen J. Hartnett

29. A World of Turmoil: The United States, China, and Taiwan in the Long Cold War (US–China Relations in the Age of Globalization)

By: Stephen J. Hartnett

3.33

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The United States, the People’s Republic of China, and Taiwan have danced on the knife’s edge of wa… read more

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Cover of The Costs of Conversation: Obstacles to Peace Talks in Wartime by Oriana Skylar Mastro

30. The Costs of Conversation: Obstacles to Peace Talks in Wartime

By: Oriana Skylar Mastro

3.44

Format: None pages, ebook

"Explains the conditions under which leaders are willing to talk to their enemies during a war and … read more

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Cover of Economic Sanctions Reconsidered by Gary Clyde Hufbauer

31. Economic Sanctions Reconsidered

By: Gary Clyde Hufbauer

3.31

Format: 233 pages, Hardcover

This is a revised edition of the classic book on this subject. It chronicles and examines 170 cases… read more

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13 Top nonfiction books like American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953 by Conrad C. Crane

Transform Your Habits

Prodigal Soldiers: How the Generation of Officers Born of Vietnam Revolutionized the American Style of War

James Kitfield

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Command of the Air

Giulio Douhet

3.36

Transform Your Habits

Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order

G. John Ikenberry

3.63

Transform Your Habits

The Rise of American Air Power: The Creation of Armageddon

Michael S. Sherry

3.91

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13 must-read history books like Red Wings over the Yalu: China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea (Volume 80) (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series) by Xiaoming Zhang

Transform Your Habits

Command of the Air

Giulio Douhet

3.36

Transform Your Habits

The Battle of Midway

Craig L. Symonds

3.50

Every War Must End

Fred Charles Iklé

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Three Dangerous Men: Russia, China, Iran and the Rise of Irregular Warfare

Seth G. Jones

3.96

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