Churchill's Generals
By: John Keegan
3.84
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Essays discuss the lives and careers of twenty of the leading British generals of the Second World …
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1. When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler (Modern War Studies)
By: David M. Glantz , Jonathan M. House
4.17
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
By the time Pearl Harbor had ripped apart America's peacetime pretensions, the German blitzkrieg ha… read more
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- history
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- world war ii
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2. Dam Busters: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on the Ruhr
By: James Holland
4.32
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
Product Description The night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take … read more
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- history
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- world war ii
- nonfiction
3. Storm of Steel
By: Michael Hofmann , Ernst Jünger
3.50
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
A memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism, 'Storm of Steel' illuminates not only … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
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4. 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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- world war ii
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5. Five Days in London, May 1940
By: John Lukacs
3.73
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The days from May 24 to May 28, 1940 altered the course of the history of this century, as the memb… read more
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- history
- british literature
- war
- military history
- world war ii
- nonfiction
6. Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
By: Tony Judt
4.37
Format: 933 pages, Paperback
Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of th… read more
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- world war ii
- nonfiction
- history
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"Broken eggs make good omelettes. But you cannot build a better society on broken men."-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
"Far from addressing the Soviet nationalities question, the Afghan adventure had, as was by now all too clear, exacerbated it. If the USSR faced an intractable set of national minorities, this was in …"-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
"The imposition of a Russian rather than a German solution cut Europe’s vulnerable eastern half away from the body of the continent. At the time this was not a matter of great concern to western Europ…"-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
"Maastricht had three significant side-effects. One of them was the unforeseen boost it gave to NATO. Under the restrictive terms of the Treaty it was clear (as the French at least had intended) that …"-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
7. The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
By: Edward Dolnick
3.94
Format: 378 pages, Hardcover
The Clockwork Universe is the story of a band of men who lived in a world of dirt and disease but p… read more
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"...religion focused far more on damnation than on consolation."-Edward Dolnick, The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
"The question was not whether the world would end but how soon the end would come."-Edward Dolnick, The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
"They believed in angles and alchemy and the devil, and they believed that the universe followed precise, mathematical laws."-Edward Dolnick, The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
"The usual consolations of life, friendship and sex included, appealed to Newton hardly at all. Art, literature, and music had scarcely more allure. He dismissed the classical sculptures in the Earl o…"-Edward Dolnick, The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
8. A War to be Won: Fighting the Second World War
By: Williamson Murray , None
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In the course of the twentieth century, no war looms as profoundly transformative or as destructive… read more
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9. The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan Universe, #4)
By: Tom Clancy
4.16
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
Here is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career. A military thriller so… read more
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10. A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
By: G.J. Meyer
4.50
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
The First World War is one of history's greatest tragedies. In this remarkable and intimate account… read more
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11. Battle Cry of Freedom
By: James M. McPherson
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, B… read more
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12. The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2)
By: Rick Atkinson
4.90
Format: None pages,
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLERIn the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in … read more
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13. The Reckoning
By: David Halberstam
3.62
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
"In just 25 years we have gone from the American century to the American crisis," Felix Rohatyn, fi… read more
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14. No Country for Old Men
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.07
Format: None pages, Paperback
Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN # - 9780375706677 In his blistering new novel, Cormac McCarthy ret… read more
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15. Patriot Games (Jack Ryan Universe, #2)
By: Tom Clancy
4.24
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Tom Clancy's Patriot Games is filled with the exceptional realism and authenticity that distinguish… read more
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16. The Eagle and The Lion: Rome, Persia, and an Unwinnable Conflict
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
3.95
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
The Eagle and The Lion is a story of the imperial rivalry between two of the greatest empires of th… read more
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- nonfiction
- military fiction
- history
- war
17. 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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- military fiction
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- military history
- world war ii
- nonfiction
18. Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921
By: Antony Beevor
3.90
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
An epic new account of the conflict that reshaped Eastern Europe and set the stage for the rest of … read more
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19. How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
By: Vaclav Smil
3.97
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Найліпше нашу пасивність і надзвичайну складність проблеми глобального потепління можна проілюструвати таким фактом: тридцять років масштабних міжнародних кліматичних конференцій ніяк не вплинули на …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
"У 2010-х роках саме джипи стали другою найбільшою причиною зростання викидів CO2, лишивши позаду важку промисловість, вантажоперевезення й авіацію. Обігнала їх тільки електроенергетика. Якщо народна …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
20. Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War
By: Al Murray
4.10
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
Al Murray's passion for military history and the Second World War in particular has always run para… read more
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21. All the Seas of the World
By: Guy Gavriel Kay
4.17
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Returning triumphantly to the brilliantly evoked near-Renaissance world of A Brightness Long Ago an… read more
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"Maybe home for some is always the one they lost."-Guy Gavriel Kay, All the Seas of the World
"The effect of being violently driven from home, and that home being despoiled .... it can go on and on like sea-surf against rocks. On and on within a man or a woman, or within a child as it grows up…"-Guy Gavriel Kay, All the Seas of the World
22. An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford
By: Richard Norton Smith
4.46
Format: 992 pages, Hardcover
From the preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed biographer of historical figures including G… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography memoir
23. About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks
By: David Rooney
3.59
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For thousands of years, people of all cultures have made and used clocks, from the city sundials of… read more
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- history
24. 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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25. 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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26. 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
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27. 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
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- history
- war
- british literature
28. 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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29. The Tragic Mind: Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power
By: Robert D. Kaplan
3.82
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
A moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tr… read more
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- military fiction
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30. Churchill's Generals
By: John Keegan
3.84
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Essays discuss the lives and careers of twenty of the leading British generals of the Second World … read more
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31. Over the Beach: The Air War in Vietnam
By: Zalin Grant
3.91
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
" The Right Stuff without the hype, Yeager without the ego."― Washington Post Book World "While the… read more
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