18 must-read history books like The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War by Nick Lloyd

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The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War

By: Nick Lloyd

4.38

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of the Eastern Front in the First World War, from the acclaimed military his…

If you liked the history plot in The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War by Nick Lloyd , here is a list of 18 books like this:

1. 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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2. A Realm Divided: England in 1215

By: Dan Jones

3.93

Format: 300 pages,

1215 - the penultimate year of the reign of a king with the worst reputation of any in our history … read more

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3. Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947

By: Christopher Clark

3.35

Format: None pages,

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4. The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created

By: Jane Leavy

3.76

Format: 656 pages, ebook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Jane Leavy, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author o… read more

Similar categories in Jane Leavy's The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created book and Nick Lloyd's The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War

  • nonfiction
  • history
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5. The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943

By: James Holland

4.33

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland’s new book both recasts the controversial Italian Campaign a… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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6. Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

By: Christopher Clark

4.18

Format: 1152 pages, Hardcover

An epic history of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe and the charismatic figures who propelled… read more

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  • european history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"In situations of polarization and heightened anxiety, people tend to regard their own fears as authentic and those of their opponents as manipulated."

-Christopher Clark, Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

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7. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

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8. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

By: Katja Hoyer

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable… read more

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  • world war i
  • history
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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9. 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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  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"...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

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10. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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11. Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East

By: Uri Kaufman

4.18

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

"Pacy and enthralling." ― Financial Times "Tells the story brilliantly." ―Senator Joseph I. Lieber… read more

Similar categories in Uri Kaufman's Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East book and Nick Lloyd's The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War

  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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12. Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe

By: Rachel Chrastil

3.84

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

'Compassionate and thought-provoking history' Daily Telegraph'Superb on the human consequences of w… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Chrastil's Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe book and Nick Lloyd's The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War

  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
Cover of The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 by Jonathan Healey

13. The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689

By: Jonathan Healey

4.20

Format: 492 pages, Hardcover

A fresh, exciting, “readable and informative ” history ( The New York Times ) of seventeenth-centur… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Healey's The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 book and Nick Lloyd's The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War

  • european history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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14. The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels

By: Pamela Prickett

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, deeply moving investigation of an underreported phenomenon—the rising number of unclai… read more

Similar categories in Pamela Prickett's The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels book and Nick Lloyd's The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War

  • nonfiction
  • history
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15. Victorious Century: The United Kingdom, 1800-1906

By: David Cannadine

3.86

Format: 602 pages, Hardcover

To live in nineteenth-century Britain was to experience an astonishing series of changes, of a kind… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
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16. The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War

By: Nick Lloyd

4.38

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of the Eastern Front in the First World War, from the acclaimed military his… read more

Similar categories in Nick Lloyd's The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War book and Nick Lloyd's The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War

  • world war i
  • russia
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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17. 1945: Victory in the West

By: Peter Caddick-Adams

4.55

Format: 651 pages, Kindle Edition

'Magisterial . . . [a] fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be read for many years to … read more

Similar categories in Peter Caddick-Adams's 1945: Victory in the West book and Nick Lloyd's The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War

  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
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18. Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won the War

By: Jonathan Dimbleby

4.48

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

A gripping account of the Soviet victories of 1944 The year 1944 was the turning point of World … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • russia
  • history
  • military history
Cover of Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War by Saul David

19. Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War

By: Saul David

4.30

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed historian Saul David, a stunning and gripping new history of the British airborne ex… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
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20. This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South

By: Alan Pell Crawford

4.36

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking, important recovery of history; the overlooked story—fully explored, of the critic… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
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21. Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great

By: Rachel Kousser

4.10

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A riveting biography of Alexander the Great’s final years, when the leader’s insatiable desire to c… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Kousser's Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great book and Nick Lloyd's The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War

  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history

17 Best nonfiction books like The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War by Nick Lloyd

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The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created

Jane Leavy

3.76

Transform Your Habits

The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943

James Holland

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

Christopher Clark

4.18

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Nuclear War: A Scenario

Annie Jacobsen

4.47

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9 Best audiobook books like Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918 by Katja Hoyer

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Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar

Tom Holland

4.15

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Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

Tom Holland

4.22

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Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

Christopher Clark

4.18

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Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

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4.17

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