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

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

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…

If you liked the history plot in 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 , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Command of the Air

By: Giulio Douhet

3.36

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

English, Italian (translation) read more

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  • history
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2. The Battle of Midway

By: Craig L. Symonds

3.50

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so d… read more

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  • history

3. Every War Must End

By: Fred Charles Iklé

4.18

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

"Mission accomplished," George Bush famously proclaimed in reference to the defeat of Saddam Hussei… read more

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  • history

4. The Terrorist's Dilemma: Managing Violent Covert Organizations

By: None

4.00

Format: None pages, ebook

How do terrorist groups control their members? Do the tools groups use to monitor their operatives … read more

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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. Three Dangerous Men: Russia, China, Iran and the Rise of Irregular Warfare

By: Seth G. Jones

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

How three key figures in Moscow, Beijing, and Tehran built ruthless irregular warfare campaigns tha… read more

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  • history
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11. A Brief History of Thailand: Monarchy, War and Resilience: The Fascinating Story of the Gilded Kingdom at the Heart of Asia

By: Richard A. Ruth

3.88

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Thailand is known for its picturesque beaches and famous temples, but there's much more to this pop… read more

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  • history
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12. The World According to China

By: Elizabeth C. Economy

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An economic and military superpower with 20 percent of the world's population, China has the wherew… read more

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

13. 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
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14. 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

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  • history
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15. 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

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

16. 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

17. 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
"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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18. 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
"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

19. 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

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  • aviation
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Cover of Air Power and Armies by John Cotesworth Slessor

20. Air Power and Armies

By: John Cotesworth Slessor

3.68

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Sir John Cotesworth Slessor (1897–1979) was one of Great Britain's most influential airmen. He play… read more

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21. The Foundations of the Science of War

By: J.F.C. Fuller

3.04

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

A Military Classic Reprint This is a compilation of material presented by Fuller when he was ch… read more

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  • history

20 Top history books like The Foundations of the Science of War by J.F.C. Fuller

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Command of the Air

Giulio Douhet

3.36

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The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations

Edward Hallett Carr

4.09

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The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China

Ralph D. Sawyer

4.20

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The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy

Adam Tooze

4.20

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