24 Best nonfiction books like The Pentagon's Wars: The Military's Undeclared War Against America's Presidents by Mark Perry

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The Pentagon's Wars: The Military's Undeclared War Against America's Presidents

By: Mark Perry

3.70

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A gripping insider account of the clash between America's civilian and military leadership The P…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Pentagon's Wars: The Military's Undeclared War Against America's Presidents by Mark Perry , here is a list of 24 books like this:

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1. Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942 (Modern War Studies)

By: Robert M. Citino

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

For Hitler and the German military, 1942 was a key turning point of World War II, as an overstretch… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
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2. Decision Points

By: George W. Bush

3.81

Format: 497 pages, Hardcover

In this candid and gripping account, President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions that… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"When my time is up,"

-George W. Bush, Decision Points

"If you lead, we'll be behind you," one House leader said, "but we'll be way behind you."

-George W. Bush, Decision Points

"But the truth is that I never had to search for a role model. I was the son of George Bush."

-George W. Bush, Decision Points

"When you know you have unconditional love, there is no point in rebellion and no need to fear failure."

-George W. Bush, Decision Points

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3. White House Diary

By: Jimmy Carter

3.40

Format: 300 pages,

Here is the edited, annotated diary of President Jimmy Carter - filled with insights into his presi… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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4. George F. Kennan: An American Life

By: John Lewis Gaddis

4.26

Format: 331 pages,

The full scope of George Kennan's long life and vast influence is revealed by one of today's most i… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. The End of the Cold War: 1985-1991

By: Robert Service

3.74

Format: 410 pages, Hardcover

The Cold War had seemed like a permanent fixture in global politics, and until its denouement, no W… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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6. Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

By: Annie Jacobsen

3.69

Format: 143 pages, Hardcover

The explosive story of America's secret post-WWII science programs, from the author of the New York… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction

7. The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President

By: Noah Feldman

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A surprisingly controversial look at how James Madison redefined the United States in each of his t… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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8. Alexander Hamilton

By: Ron Chernow

3.77

Format: 32 pages,

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the … read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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9. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

By: Charles C. Mann

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Over 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. They developed different … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction

10. The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor

By: Jake Tapper

2.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

At 6:00 a.m. on the morning of October 3, 2009, Combat Outpost Keating was viciously attacked by Ta… read more

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11. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

By: William L. Shirer

4.21

Format: 1147 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Hitler boasted that The Third Reich would last a thousand years. It lasted only 12. But those 12 ye… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"One of them was Fritz Thyssen, one of the earliest and biggest contributors to the party. Fleeing the "Nazi regime has ruined German industry." And to all he met abroad he proclaimed, "What a fool ( …"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"To some Germans and, no doubt, to most foreigners it appeared that a charlatan had come to power in Berlin. To the majority of Germans Hitler had — or would shortly assume — the aura of a truly chari…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come, will be launched by suicidal little madmen pressing an electr…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"Adolf Hitler is probably the last of the great adventurer-conquerors in the tradition of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon, and the Third Reich the last of the empires which set out on the path taken ea…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

12. Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War

By: P.W. Singer , August Cole

5.00

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

What will the next global conflict look like? Find out in this ripping, near-futuristic thriller. T… read more

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13. The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957

By: Frank Dikötter

3.71

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

"The Chinese Communist party refers to its victory in 1949 as a 'liberation.' In China the story of… read more

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14. Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief

By: James M. McPherson

3.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, a powerful new reckoning with Jeff… read more

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15. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

By: Erik Larson

3.86

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hit… read more

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16. Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World

By: Margaret MacMillan , Richard Holbrooke

4.28

Format: 120 pages,

'Without question, Margaret MacMillan's Paris 1919 is the most honest and engaging history ever wri… read more

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17. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

By: Erik Larson

4.30

Format: 546 pages, ebook

"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a f… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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18. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war In The Bomber Ma… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
"Revolutions are birthed in conversation, argument, validation, proximity, and the look in your listener’s eye that tells you you’re on to something."

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

"I'm drawn again and again to obsessives. I like them. I like the idea that someone could push away all the concerns and details that make up everyday life and just zero in on one thing - the thing th…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

"The more you invest in a set of beliefs - the greater the sacrifice you make in the service of that conviction - the more resistant you will be to evidence that suggests that you are mistaken. You do…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

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19. 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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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
"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

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20. Retreat from Moscow: A New History of Germany's Winter Campaign, 1941-1942

By: David Stahel

4.20

Format: 545 pages, Hardcover

A gripping and authoritative revisionist account of the German Winter Campaign of 1941-1942 Germ… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East (Cambridge Military Histories) by David Stahel

21. Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East (Cambridge Military Histories)

By: David Stahel

4.40

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, began the largest and most costly ca… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
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22. Fear: Trump in the White House

By: Bob Woodward

3.87

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

With authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodw… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"He’s a fucking moron,"

-Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House

"When Trump called Mexicans “rapists"

-Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House

"Mr. President, you've got to buy some democrats," Graham said. The good news is they come cheap."

-Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House

"For Mr. Trump, though, bringing in Mr. Bannon was the political equivalent of ordering comfort food."

-Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House

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23. Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy

By: Henry Kissinger

4.23

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Henry Kissinger analyses how six extraordinary leaders he has known have shaped their countries and… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Well before the end of the 20th century however print had lost its former dominance. This resulted in, among other things, a different kind of person getting elected as leader. One who can present hi…"

-Henry Kissinger, Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy

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24. 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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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich by Volker Ullrich

25. Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich

By: Volker Ullrich

4.21

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

In a bunker deep below Berlin's Old Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler and his new bride, Eva Braun, t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times by Michael R. Beschloss

26. Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times

By: Michael R. Beschloss

4.22

Format: 752 pages, Hardcover

From a preeminent presidential historian comes a groundbreaking and often surprising narrative of A… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
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27. The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir

By: John Bolton

3.15

Format: 588 pages, Kindle Edition

As President Trump’s National Security Advisor, John Bolton spent many of his 453 days in the room … read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"All this confused press coverage reveals both the inconsistencies within Trump’s own thinking, and reporting based on second- and third-hand sources, exacerbated under a President who spent a disprop…"

-John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir

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28. American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

By: Douglas Brinkley

4.17

Format: 576 pages, ebook

Instant New York Times Bestseller As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approache… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) by James S.A. Corey

29. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.24

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more

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  • war
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30. When the World Seemed New: George H. W. Bush and the End of the Cold War

By: Jeffrey A. Engel

4.34

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

Based on unprecedented access to previously classified documents and dozens of interviews with key … read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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31. The Pentagon's Wars: The Military's Undeclared War Against America's Presidents

By: Mark Perry

3.70

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A gripping insider account of the clash between America's civilian and military leadership The P… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction

24 Best history books like The Pentagon's Wars: The Military's Undeclared War Against America's Presidents by Mark Perry

Transform Your Habits

Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942 (Modern War Studies)

Robert M. Citino

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Decision Points

George W. Bush

3.81

Transform Your Habits

White House Diary

Jimmy Carter

3.40

Transform Your Habits

George F. Kennan: An American Life

John Lewis Gaddis

4.26

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15 Top audiobook books like Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich by Volker Ullrich

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

Christopher Clark

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

Katja Hoyer

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land

Jacob Mikanowski

4.09

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