The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945
By: Sinclair McKay
4.19
Format: 369 pages, Hardcover
A gripping work of narrative nonfiction recounting the history of the Dresden Bombing, one of the m…
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1. Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
By: Antony Beevor
4.32
Format: 494 pages, Paperback
The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also chan… read more
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- history
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- military history
- germany
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2. The Cold War: A New History
By: John Lewis Gaddis
3.95
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
The “dean of Cold War historians” (The New York Times) now presents the definitive account of the g… read more
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"The sign of a good novel is what it can cause its reader to see, even if this lies beyond the author's own vision."-John Lewis Gaddis, The Cold War: A New History
"Enrollments in American colleges tripled between 1955 and 1970, 250% in the Soviet Union, 400% in France, and more than 200% in China by 1965. Gaddis writes, "What governments failed to foresee was t…"-John Lewis Gaddis, The Cold War: A New History
3. Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, 1921-1933
By: Anne Applebaum
3.32
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulagand the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtai… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- war
4. Leaving Berlin
By: Joseph Kanon
3.43
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
New York Times Notable Book * NPR Best Books 2015 * Wall Street JournalBest Books of 2015 The accla… read more
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- historical
- germany
5. D-Day: The Battle for Normandy
By: Antony Beevor
4.00
Format: 10 pages, Hardcover
Making use of overlooked and new material from over 30 archives in half a dozen countries, 'D-Day' … read more
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- history
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- world war ii
- nonfiction
6. Mao's Great Famine: The History Of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62
By: Frank Dikötter
3.51
Format: 235 pages, Hardcover
Between 1958 and 1962, China descended into hell. Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with t… read more
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7. Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
By: Günter K. Koschorrek
3.64
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
For the German soldier fighting under Hitler, keeping a diary was strictly forbidden. So Gunter Kos… read more
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8. Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894
By: Daniel James Brown
3.80
Format: 220 pages,
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9. A Higher Form of Killing: Six Weeks in World War I That Forever Changed the Nature of Warfare
By: Diana Preston
3.25
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
Between April 22 and May 30, 1915, Western civilization was shocked. World War I was already appall… read more
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11. Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate
By: Rose George
4.07
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Eye-opening and compelling, the overlooked world of freight shipping, revealed as the foundation of… read more
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12. Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
By: Max Hastings
3.82
Format: 160 pages,
With an introduction read by Max Hastings. A companion volume to his best-selling Armageddon, Max H… read more
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13. Homelands: A Personal History of Europe
By: Timothy Garton Ash
4.22
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Drawing on half a century of firsthand experience and exemplary scholarship, Timothy Garton Ash tel… read more
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- history
- audiobook
14. 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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- germany
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- audiobook
15. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire
By: Michael Palin
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more
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- history
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16. Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
By: David H. Petraeus
4.06
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strate… read more
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- military history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"A recurring theme of this book is that money spent on deterrence is seldom wasted, especially when considered against the costs incurred when the deterrence fails."-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
"Hybrid warfare particularly appeals to China and Russia, since they are much more able to control the information their populaces receive than are their Western adversaries. A 1999 book, Unrestricted…"-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
17. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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- historical
- germany
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- audiobook
"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
18. Munich Wolf
By: Rory Clements
4.24
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The English Führer. In t… read more
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- historical
- germany
- war
- audiobook
19. Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe
By: James Holland
4.33
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
On July 10, 1943, the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted took place, larger even than the Nor… read more
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- military fiction
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- world war ii
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- audiobook
20. Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945–1955
By: Harald Jähner
4.09
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Germany, 1945: a country in ruins. Cities have been reduced to rubble and more than half of the pop… read more
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- world war ii
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- audiobook
21. Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
By: Serhii Plokhy
4.22
Format: 444 pages, Hardcover
Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disarmament… read more
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- history
- war
- military history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
22. A Village in the Third Reich
By: Julia Boyd
4.25
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New from the author of Travellers in the Third Reich—the Sunday Times Top Three bestseller and Wate… read more
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- audiobook
23. Barbarossa: How Hitler Lost the War
By: Jonathan Dimbleby
4.35
Format: 597 pages, Kindle Edition
Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's invasion of Russia in June 1941, aimed at nothing less than a war of… read more
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- military fiction
- germany
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- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- audiobook
24. The Planets
By: Brian Cox
4.45
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Mercury, a lifeless victim of the Sun's expanding power. Venus, once thought to be lush and fertile… read more
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- history
- audiobook
25. Invasion: The Inside Story of Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival
By: Luke Harding
4.13
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
New York Times bestselling author of Collusion and The Snowden Files Luke Harding's personal, front… read more
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- military fiction
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- audiobook
26. An Inventory of Losses
By: Judith Schalansky
3.36
Format: 253 pages, Hardcover
Each disparate object described in this book—a Caspar David Friedrich painting, a species of tiger,… read more
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- germany
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27. The School that Escaped the Nazis: The True Story of the Schoolteacher Who Defied Hitler
By: Deborah Cadbury
4.38
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Named one of Book Riot's BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF 2022 The extraordinary true story of a courageous sch… read more
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- world war ii
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- audiobook
28. The Bomber Boys: Heroes Who Flew the B-17s in World War II
By: Travis L. Ayres
4.40
Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition
True tales of heroism and the men who fought and died in the skies of World War II Europe.In World … read more
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- world war ii
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29. D-Day Through German Eyes: How the Wehrmacht Lost France
By: Jonathan Trigg
4.22
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Everyone is familiar with the story of D-Day and the triumphal liberation of France by the Allies -… read more
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- military fiction
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- world war ii
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30. 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
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31. The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945
By: Sinclair McKay
4.19
Format: 369 pages, Hardcover
A gripping work of narrative nonfiction recounting the history of the Dresden Bombing, one of the m… read more
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- germany
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- aviation
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