Stumbling Colossus: The Red Army on the Eve of World War (Modern War Studies)
By: David M. Glantz
4.14
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
Germany's surprise attack on June 22, 1941, shocked a Soviet Union woefully unprepared to defend it…
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2. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin
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Format: None pages, Paperback
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3. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
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Format: 524 pages, Hardcover
Americans call the Second World War “The Good War.” But before it even began, America’s wartime al… read more
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"Now we will live!"-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
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4. Paths of Glory: The French Army 1914-18
By: Anthony Clayton
3.83
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Anthony Clayton is an acknowledged expert on the French military and his book is a major contributi… read more
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5. The Savage Wars Of Peace: Small Wars And The Rise Of American Power
By: Max Boot
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Format: 432 pages,
America's "small wars," "imperial wars," or, as the Pentagon now terms them, "low-intensity conflic… read more
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6. The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
By: Richard White
3.75
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
The Oxford History of the United Statesis the most respected multivolume history of the American na… read more
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7. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
By: Serhii Plokhy
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Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense battle with Russia to preserve its economic and political… read more
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8. Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History
By: Robert D. Kaplan
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Format: 240 pages, Paperback
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9. Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
4.44
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
This widely acclaimed biography provides a vivid and riveting account of Stalin and his courtiers--… read more
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10. The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History
By: Serhii Plokhy
4.30
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
An authoritative history of Europe’s largest military conflict since World War II, from the New Yor… read more
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11. Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921
By: Antony Beevor
3.90
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
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12. The Western Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918
By: Nick Lloyd
4.30
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR'A tour de force of scholarship, analysi… read more
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13. Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb
By: James M. Scott
4.40
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies o… read more
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14. 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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15. Year of the Hawk: America's Descent into Vietnam, 1965
By: James A. Warren
3.89
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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"Chastened by the searing experience of Indochina, American presidents refrained from committing the country to ambitious foreign adventures in the last quarter of the twentieth century, for the most …"-James A. Warren, Year of the Hawk: America's Descent into Vietnam, 1965
16. Stumbling Colossus: The Red Army on the Eve of World War (Modern War Studies)
By: David M. Glantz
4.14
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
Germany's surprise attack on June 22, 1941, shocked a Soviet Union woefully unprepared to defend it… read more
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17. The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America’s Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919
By: James Carl Nelson
3.55
Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition
An extraordinary lost chapter in the history of World War I: the story of America’s year-long invas… read more
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