The Franco-Prussian War
By: Michael Eliot Howard
4.08
Format: 532 pages, Paperback
In 1870 Bismarck ordered the Prussian Army to invade France, inciting one of the most dramatic conf…
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1. The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916
By: Alistair Horne
4.29
Format: 388 pages, Paperback
The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 is the second book of Alistair Horne's trilogy, which includes The … read more
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- history
- military fiction
- germany
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- war
- nonfiction
- france
- european history
2. The Austro-Prussian War: Austria's War with Prussia and Italy in 1866
By: Geoffrey Wawro
4.23
Format: 510 pages, Paperback
Geoffrey Wawro recounts the story of this crucial European war, from its diplomatic origins to its … read more
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- military fiction
- germany
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- european history
3. The Breaking Point: Sedan and the Fall of France, 1940
By: None , Robert A. Doughty
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In telling the story of Sedan, Doughty brings to life individual soldiers, ridge lines, copses, gun… read more
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- history
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- military history
- nonfiction
- france
4. All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
By: Stephen Kinzer
4.12
Format: 29 pages, Paperback
An American Coup & the Roots of Middle East Terror Half a century ago, the United States overthrew … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- war
5. Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions That Changed the World, 1940-1941
By: Ian Kershaw
4.06
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
In a mere nineteen months, from May 1940 to December 1941, the leaders of the world's six major pow… read more
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- military fiction
- war
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- european history
6. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
By: Barbara W. Tuchman
3.99
Format: 272 pages,
Barbara W. Tuchman--the acclaimed author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Guns of August--… read more
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- nonfiction
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- european history
7. Tannenberg: Clash of Empires 1914
By: None
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
The battle of Tannenberg (August 27-30, 1914) opened World War I with a decisive German victory ove… read more
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- nonfiction
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8. The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy
By: Peter H. Wilson
3.93
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
A deadly continental struggle, the Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing … read more
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- history
- military fiction
- germany
- military history
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- european history
9. Abducting a General: The Kreipe Operation and SOE in Crete
By: Patrick Leigh Fermor
4.22
Format: 206 pages, Hardcover
One of the greatest feats in Patrick Leigh Fermor's remarkable life was the kidnapping of General K… read more
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10. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
By: Chris Kyle , Scott McEwen , Jim DeFelice
4.03
Format: 502 pages, Paperback
From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States… read more
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- military history
- nonfiction
"But real life doesn't travel in a perfect straight line; it doesn't necessarily have that 'all lived happily ever after' bit. You have to work on where you're going."-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
"In my experience, Marines are gung ho no matter what. They will all fight to the death. Everyone of them just wants to get out there and kill. They are bad-ass, hard-charging mothers."-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
"The joke was that President Bush only declared war when Starbucks was hit. You can mess with the U.N. all you want, but when you start interfering with the right to get caffeinated, someone has to pa…"-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
11. The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West
By: Peter Cozzens
4.00
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
A magisterial, essential history of the struggle between whites and Native Americans over the fate … read more
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12. The Guns of August
By: Barbara W. Tuchman
4.18
Format: 658 pages, Kindle Edition
The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise… read more
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- military fiction
- war
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- nonfiction
- european history
"Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Now according to German logic, a declaration of war was found to be unnecessary because of imaginary bombings"-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"To think meant to give room for freedom of initiative, for the imponderable to win over the material, for will to demonstrate its power over circumstance."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
13. 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
14. The Passenger
By: Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz
3.95
Format: 266 pages, Hardcover
Hailed as a remarkable literary discovery, a lost novel of heart-stopping intensity and harrowing a… read more
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- germany
- war
15. 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
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- military fiction
- germany
- military history
- war
- nonfiction
- france
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16. The Dark Veil (Star Trek: Picard #2)
By: James Swallow
4.11
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
The Alpha Quadrant is mired in crisis. Within the United Federation of Planets, a terrorist strike … read more
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17. The Seeds Of Disaster: The Development of French Army Doctrine 1919-1939
By: Robert A. Doughty
4.25
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
Book by Doughty, Robert A. read more
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- france
18. The Franco-Prussian War
By: Michael Eliot Howard
4.08
Format: 532 pages, Paperback
In 1870 Bismarck ordered the Prussian Army to invade France, inciting one of the most dramatic conf… read more
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- 19th century
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- france
- european history
19. What Went Wrong With Brexit: And What We Can Do About It
By: Peter Foster
4.12
Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition
ONE OF 2023'S BIGGEST NEW BOOKS (GUARDIAN)A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2023A GUARDIAN 'IF YOU REA… read more
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20. Autocracy, Inc.
By: Anne Applebaum
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more
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"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
