12 must-read civil war books like Combined Operations in the Civil War by Rowena Reed

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Combined Operations in the Civil War

By: Rowena Reed

3.86

Format: 491 pages, Hardcover

In his introduction John D. Milligan considers Reed's provocative thesis that General George B. McC…

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1. A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East

By: David Fromkin

4.21

Format: 635 pages, Paperback

The critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling account of how the modern Middle East came into… read more

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"Reginald Wingate… wrote that “Moslems in general have hitherto regarded the Hejaz revolt, and our share in it, with suspicion or dislike"

-David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East

"Clayton and his colleagues believed French colonial administration to be incapable of allowing a country to retain its own character. What the French termed their “civilizing mission"

-David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East

"[T]he sheer magnitude of Britain’s commitment and loss at Gallipoli made it seem vital years later that she should play a major role in the postwar Middle East to give some sort of meaning to so grea…"

-David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East

"Fear of Russian expansionism was at the heart of the Porte’s policy. The Turkish ambassador told Deedes that if the Allies won the war, they would cause or allow the Ottoman Empire to be partitioned,…"

-David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East

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2. Gallipoli: Command Under Fire (General Military)

By: Edward J. Erickson

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Unique among World War I campaigns, the fighting at Gallipoli brought together a modern amphibious … read more

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3. Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg's Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865

By: John J. Fox III

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Robert E. Lee faced the most monumental crisis of his military career on the morning of April 2, 18… read more

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  • history
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4. A Bell for Adano

By: John Hersey

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

An Italian-American major in World War II wins the love and admiration of the local townspeople whe… read more

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5. The Battle of Petersburg, June 15-18, 1864

By: Sean Michael Chick

5.00

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Battle of Petersburg was the culmination of the Virginia Overland campaign, which pitted the Ar… read more

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6. The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War

By: Fred Anderson , R. Scott Stephenson

3.64

Format: 24 pages,

The globe's first true world war comes vividly to life in this "rich, cautionary tale" (The New Yor… read more

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  • history
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7. The Source

By: James A. Michener

4.26

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

In the grand storytelling style that is his signature, James Michener sweeps us back through time t… read more

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8. Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence

By: John Ferling

4.02

Format: 293 pages,

In this gripping chronicle of America's struggle for independence, award-winning historian John Fer… read more

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9. Donnybrook: The Battle of Bull Run, 1861

By: David Detzer

2.76

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In April 1861, Confederate artillery blasted Fort Sumter into surrender. Within weeks, the Confeder… read more

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10. The Gun

By: C.S. Forester

4.22

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

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11. The Battle for the Falklands

By: Max Hastings , Simon Jenkins

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

"Must be read by all our military people and anyone who wants to find out what really happened on t… read more

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12. The Blitzkrieg Legend: The 1940 Campaign in the West

By: Karl-Heinz Frieser

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Research in original documentation at the German Federal Military Archives and elsewhere showed Fri… read more

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13. The Siege of Petersburg: The Battles for the Weldon Railroad, August 1864

By: John Horn

3.56

Format: 259 pages,

The nine-month siege of Petersburg was the longest continuous operation of the American Civil War. … read more

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14. To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign

By: Stephen W. Sears

3.48

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

This is a history of the largest and bloodiest campaign of the American Civil War - one in which a … read more

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15. Richmond Redeemed: The Siege at Petersburg

By: None

4.00

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

Richard J. Sommers' Richmond Redeemed: The Siege at Petersburgpioneered the study of the Civil War … read more

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16. Moby-Dick or, The Whale

By: Herman Melville , Tom Quirk , Andrew Delbanco

3.55

Format: 720 pages, Paperback

"It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar … read more

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"Call me Ishmael."

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Ignorance is the parent of fear"

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Ignorance is the parent of fear."

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Speak, thou vast and venerable head,"

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

17. General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior

By: James I. Robertson Jr.

3.20

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A Confederate general who ranks with Lee, Jeb Stuart, and Stonewall Jackson but whose achievements … read more

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18. The Iron Dice of Battle: Albert Sidney Johnston and the Civil War in the West

By: Timothy B. Smith

4.48

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Killed in action at the bloody Battle of Shiloh, Confederate general Albert Sidney Johnston stands … read more

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Cover of An Unknown Future and a Doubtful Present: Writing the Victory Plan of 1941 (American Forces in Action) by Charles E. Kirkpatrick

19. An Unknown Future and a Doubtful Present: Writing the Victory Plan of 1941 (American Forces in Action)

By: Charles E. Kirkpatrick

4.00

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT--OVESTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price whil… read more

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  • history
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20. The Battle of First Deep Bottom (Civil War Series)

By: James S. Price

4.33

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

On July 26, 1864, Union general Winfield Scott Hancock's corps and three cavalry divisions under Ph… read more

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Cover of The Battle of Glendale: Robert E. Lee's Lost Opportunity by Douglas Crenshaw

21. The Battle of Glendale: Robert E. Lee's Lost Opportunity

By: Douglas Crenshaw

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

By late June 1862, the Union army, under George B. McClellan, stood at the doorstep of Richmond. In… read more

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22. Combined Operations in the Civil War

By: Rowena Reed

3.86

Format: 491 pages, Hardcover

In his introduction John D. Milligan considers Reed's provocative thesis that General George B. McC… read more

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  • civil war
  • history
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23. Battle Tactics of the Western Front: The British Army`s Art of Attack, 1916-18

By: Paddy Griffith

4.00

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Historians have portrayed British participation in World War I as a series of tragic debacles, with… read more

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Cover of The Arab-Israeli Wars: War and Peace in the Middle East by Chaim Herzog

24. The Arab-Israeli Wars: War and Peace in the Middle East

By: Chaim Herzog

4.00

Format: 558 pages, Paperback

The Arab-Israeli Wars  is former President of Israel Chaim Herzog’s acclaimed history of Israel’s f… read more

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  • history
Cover of All for the Regiment: The Army of the Ohio, 1861-1862 (Civil War America) by Gerald J. Prokopowicz

25. All for the Regiment: The Army of the Ohio, 1861-1862 (Civil War America)

By: Gerald J. Prokopowicz

4.08

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Despite its important role in the early years of the Civil War, the Army of the Ohio remains one of… read more

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  • history
"In the midst of a grueling all-night march on October 6, the men of the 10th Indiana demonstrated that they had not lost their high spirits. They were taking a brief midnight break, many of them slee…"

-Gerald J. Prokopowicz, All for the Regiment: The Army of the Ohio, 1861-1862 (Civil War America)

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26. The Battle of Jackson, Mississippi: May 14, 1863

By: Chris Mackowski

4.28

Format: 185 pages, Kindle Edition

“A comprehensive, eminently readable, lavishly illustrated, and historically accurate account” of t… read more

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Cover of Confederate Generals in the Western Theater, Volume 1: Classic Essays on America's Civil War (Confederate Generals in the Trans-Mississippi) by Lawrence Lee Hewitt

27. Confederate Generals in the Western Theater, Volume 1: Classic Essays on America's Civil War (Confederate Generals in the Trans-Mississippi)

By: Lawrence Lee Hewitt

4.40

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This collection brings together some of the best previously published essays on Confederate command… read more

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28. Miserable Little Conglomeration: A Social History of the Port Hudson Campaign (Voices of the Civil War)

By: Christopher Thrasher

4.67

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

While Vicksburg and Gettysburg tend to receive the most attention among Civil War battles, it is Po… read more

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29. Stephen Dodson Ramseur: Lee's Gallant General

By: Gary W. Gallagher

4.20

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Stephen Dodson Ramseur, born in Lincolnton, North Carolina, in 1837, compiled an enviable record as… read more

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Cover of Grant’s Left Hook: The Bermuda Hundred Campaign, May 5-June 7, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Sean Michael Chick

30. Grant’s Left Hook: The Bermuda Hundred Campaign, May 5-June 7, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Sean Michael Chick

4.25

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Robert E. Lee feared the day the Union army would return up the James River and invest the Confeder… read more

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Cover of The 1973 Arab-Israeli War: The Albatross of Decisive Victory by George W. Gawrych

31. The 1973 Arab-Israeli War: The Albatross of Decisive Victory

By: George W. Gawrych

3.75

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

The Six Day War of June 1967 saw the Israel Defense Force (IDF) achieve a decisive military victory… read more

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8 must-read history books like Combined Operations in the Civil War by Rowena Reed

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A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East

David Fromkin

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg's Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865

John J. Fox III

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War

Fred Anderson , R. Scott Stephenson

3.64

Transform Your Habits

An Unknown Future and a Doubtful Present: Writing the Victory Plan of 1941 (American Forces in Action)

Charles E. Kirkpatrick

4.00

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12 Top history books like Battle Tactics of the Western Front: The British Army`s Art of Attack, 1916-18 by Paddy Griffith

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A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East

David Fromkin

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.43

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Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu

Bernard B. Fall , Robertson Dean

3.49

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The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War

Fred Anderson , R. Scott Stephenson

3.64

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