14 Top nonfiction books like The Cambridge History of Warfare by Geoffrey Parker

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The Cambridge History of Warfare

By: Geoffrey Parker

3.90

Format: 568 pages, Kindle Edition

The new edition of The Cambridge History of Warfare, written and updated by a team of eight disting…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Cambridge History of Warfare by Geoffrey Parker , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Language A to Z

By: None , John McWhorter

4.28

Format: 7 pages, Audio CD

With more than 6,000 languages spoken around the world, it’s no wonder that linguistics, the study … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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2. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

By: Dan Jones

4.27

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"Rebels depend on willful gullibility."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

"Extravagance was a political necessity."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

"Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

"As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

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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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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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4. Medieval People

By: Eileen Power

3.81

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

In this classic of social history, noted medieval scholar Eileen Power recreates the lives of six o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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5. The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

By: Colin Woodard

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The inspiration for the NBC series Crossbones. In the early eighteenth century a number of the grea… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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6. Re-thinking History

By: Keith Jenkins

3.50

Format: 92 pages, Paperback

History means many things to many people. But finding an answer to the question 'What is history?' … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
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7. Military Innovation in the Interwar Period

By: Williamson Murray , None

3.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

This study of major military innovations in the 1920s and 1930s explores differences in innovating … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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8. 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
  • history

9. On War

By: Michael Eliot Howard , Carl von Clausewitz , Peter Paret

3.75

Format: None pages,

Carl von Clausewitz's On Warhas been called, "not simply the greatest, but the only truly great boo… read more

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10. The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance

By: Paul Strathern

3.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

A dazzling history of the modest family which rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe, Th… read more

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11. History of the Peloponnesian War

By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner

3.94

Format: 648 pages, Paperback

Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

12. The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

By: Stephen Greenblatt

4.34

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work… read more

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13. The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300-2050

By: MacGregor Knox , Williamson Murray

4.05

Format: 12 pages,

The Dynamics of Military Revolution bridges a major gap in the emerging literature on revolutions i… read more

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14. Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947

By: Christopher Clark

3.35

Format: None pages,

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15. Stalingrad (Modern War Studies)

By: David M. Glantz

3.98

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

The long awaited one-volume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of Nazi… read more

Similar categories in David M. Glantz's Stalingrad (Modern War Studies) book and Geoffrey Parker's The Cambridge History of Warfare

  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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16. World War II at Sea: A Global History

By: Craig L. Symonds

4.58

Format: 770 pages, Hardcover

Author of Lincoln and His Admirals (winner of the Lincoln Prize), The Battle of Midway (Best Book o… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"the battlecruiser HMS Hood, which at 860 feet was the pride of the fleet. While her eight 15-inch guns were the largest then afloat, her Achilles’ heel was her relatively thin armor, which made her m…"

-Craig L. Symonds, World War II at Sea: A Global History

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17. The Ugly American

By: William J. Lederer

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A piercing exposé of American incompetence and corruption in Southeast Asia, The Ugly American capt… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
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18. The Cambridge History of Warfare

By: Geoffrey Parker

3.90

Format: 568 pages, Kindle Edition

The new edition of The Cambridge History of Warfare, written and updated by a team of eight disting… read more

Similar categories in Geoffrey Parker's The Cambridge History of Warfare book and Geoffrey Parker's The Cambridge History of Warfare

  • history
  • world history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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19. Fighting by Minutes: Time and the Art of War

By: Robert R. Leonhard

4.44

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

This book argues that time is the primary dimension in modern war and explores the paradoxes of war… read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
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20. El capital I

By: Karl Marx

4.30

Format: 841 pages, Kindle Edition

Este libro ha sido convertido a formato digital por una comunidad de voluntarios. Puedes encontrarl… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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21. At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House

By: H.R. McMaster

4.08

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

A revealing account of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster’s turbulent and consequential thirte… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

15 Best history books like The Cambridge History of Warfare by Geoffrey Parker

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Language A to Z

None , John McWhorter

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

Dan Jones

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Storm of Steel

Michael Hofmann , Ernst Jünger

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Medieval People

Eileen Power

3.81

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15 Best classics books like History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Moses I. Finley, Rex Warner

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The Histories

Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Lysistrata

Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden

3.87

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The Conquest of Gaul

S.A. Handford , Gaius Julius Caesar , Jane F. Gardner , Aulus Hirtius

4.11

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The Twelve Caesars

Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius

4.33

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