5 must-read naval history books like The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War (General Military) by Mark E. Stille

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The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War (General Military)

By: Mark E. Stille

3.90

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

From the stunning victory at Pearl Harbor to its dramatic reversal at Midway, the Imperial Japanese…

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1. The Last Train from Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back

By: Charles Pellegrino

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on the voices of atomic-bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology, Charles… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • japan
  • audiobook
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2. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

By: Mary Beard

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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3. The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy

By: Adam Tooze

4.20

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

In this groundbreaking new history, Adam Tooze provides the clearest picture to date of the Nazi wa… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941 by Mark R. Peattie, David C. Evans

4. Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941

By: Mark R. Peattie , David C. Evans

3.65

Format: 135 pages,

One of the great spectacles of modern naval history is the Imperial Japanese Navy's instrumental ro… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • naval history
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • japan
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5. The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

By: Sebastian Junger

3.50

Format: 31 pages,

"Takes readers into the maelstrom and shows nature's splendid and dangerous havoc at its utmost". O… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix

6. 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
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • japan
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7. A People's History of the United States

By: Howard Zinn

3.00

Format: None pages,

Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the Unit… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

8. Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

By: None , None

4.43

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without questi… read more

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9. The Zimmermann Telegram

By: Barbara W. Tuchman

3.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Guns of August, andThe Zimmermann Telegramcomprise … read more

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10. Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy

By: Max Hastings

3.57

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

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11. Japan's Imperial Army: Its Rise and Fall, 1853-1945

By: None

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Popular impressions of the imperial Japanese army still promote images of suicidal banzai charges a… read more

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12. The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin

By: Steven Lee Myers

4.67

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

"A riveting, immensely detailed biography of Putin that explains in full-bodied, almost Shakespeari… read more

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13. The Sinking of the Prince of Wales & Repulse: The End of the Battleship Era: The End of a Battleship Era?

By: Martin Middlebrook , Patrick Mahoney

4.15

Format: None pages,

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14. Killing the Bismarck: Destroying the Pride of Hitler's Fleet

By: Iain Ballantyne

4.23

Format: None pages,

In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck, accompanied by heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, broke out in… read more

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15. Baa Baa Black Sheep

By: Gregory Boyington

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

The World War II air war in the Pacific needed tough men like Colonel Pappy Boyington and his Black… read more

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16. Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

By: James Clavell

4.41

Format: 1152 pages, Paperback

After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and e… read more

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  • audiobook
  • japan
"I can't use hope against swords."

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

"What is pain to a man? A privilege!"

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

"Tomorrow does not exist. There is only now ."

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

"Horses are far worse than men for treachery..."

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

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17. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison

By: Ben Macintyre

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The definitive and surprising true story of one of history’s most notorious prisons—and the remarka… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

By: Barbara Demick

4.45

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years—a chaotic period that saw… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"...the strength of the regime came from its ability to isolate its own citizens completely."

-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

"In North Korea, you don’t own your own home; you are merely awarded the right to live there."

-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

"He would wait hours for her, maybe two or three. It didn’t matter. The cadence of life is slower in North Korea. Nobody owned a watch."

-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

"Even in parts of the showcase capital of Pyongyang, you can stroll down the middle of a main street at night without being able to see the buildings on either side."

-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

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19. Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age

By: Stephen R. Platt

4.32

Format: 555 pages, Kindle Edition

As China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
  • audiobook
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20. Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East (Cambridge Military Histories)

By: David Stahel

4.40

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, began the largest and most costly ca… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. World War II at Sea: A Global History

By: Craig L. Symonds

4.58

Format: 770 pages, Hardcover

Author of Lincoln and His Admirals (winner of the Lincoln Prize), The Battle of Midway (Best Book o… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • naval history
  • military history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"the battlecruiser HMS Hood, which at 860 feet was the pride of the fleet. While her eight 15-inch guns were the largest then afloat, her Achilles’ heel was her relatively thin armor, which made her m…"

-Craig L. Symonds, World War II at Sea: A Global History

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22. Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960

By: James D. Hornfischer

4.17

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A close-up, action-filled narrative about the crucial role the U.S. Navy played in the early years … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • naval history
  • military history
  • war
  • nonfiction
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23. The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War

By: Richard Rubin

4.18

Format: 549 pages, Kindle Edition

An alternate cover of this ASIN can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18867187-th… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"[Pershing] said, 'We know that a certain percentage of the identified dead buried here are Jewish, so that same percentage should be represented as Jewish among the unknowns'" with a Star of David ma…"

-Richard Rubin, The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War

"Returning to active duty, [Pershing} was sent to Montana, promoted to first lieutenant, and put in charge of the 10th Cavalry Regiment. Buffalo Soldiers: black soldiers. Two years later, he was appoi…"

-Richard Rubin, The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War

"Then General MacArthur literally called in the cavalry--and the infantry. As thousands of government employees watched, a phalanx of soldiers marched against the veterans, forcing them out of their c…"

-Richard Rubin, The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War

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24. 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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  • history
  • military fiction
  • naval history
  • military history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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25. Flame Thrower: Memoir of a Crocodile Tank Commander, D-Day to the Rhine

By: Andrew Wilson

4.41

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

Normandy, June 1944. Tank commander Andrew Wilson, a twenty-year-old lieutenant, is in charge of a … read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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26. Mastering the Art of Command: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific

By: Trent Hone

4.44

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Mastering the Art of Command is a detailed examination of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz's leadership du… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • military history
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27. The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War (General Military)

By: Mark E. Stille

3.90

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

From the stunning victory at Pearl Harbor to its dramatic reversal at Midway, the Imperial Japanese… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • naval history
  • military history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • japan
  • audiobook
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28. Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Volume I: July 1937-May 1942

By: Richard B. Frank

4.43

Format: 751 pages, Hardcover

In 1937, the swath of the globe east from India to the Pacific Ocean enclosed half the world’s popu… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • japan
Cover of Clean Sweep: VIII Fighter Command against the Luftwaffe, 1942–45 by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

29. Clean Sweep: VIII Fighter Command against the Luftwaffe, 1942–45

By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

4.30

Format: 614 pages, Kindle Edition

A vivid narrative history, packed with first-hand accounts, of the US Eighth Air Force's VIII Fight… read more

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  • world war ii

10 Best audiobook books like The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War (General Military) by Mark E. Stille

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The Last Train from Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back

Charles Pellegrino

4.17

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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Mary Beard

3.59

Transform Your Habits

Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

James Clavell

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison

Ben Macintyre

4.26

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28 Best history books like Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960 by James D. Hornfischer

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

Donald L. Miller

4.18

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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage

Sherry Sontag , Christopher Drew , Annette Lawrence Drew

4.23

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The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)

Ian W. Toll

4.61

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The Battle of Midway

Craig L. Symonds

3.50

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