The Other Face of Battle: America's Forgotten Wars and the Experience of Combat
By: Wayne E. Lee
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Taking its title from The Face of Battle , John Keegan's canonical book on the nature of warfare, T…
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1. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
By: Donald L. Miller
4.18
Format: 671 pages, Hardcover
Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who bro… read more
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- nonfiction
- war
"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
"In an equally fought battle of attrition both sides sometimes believe they are losing. With Overlord planned for the spring of 1944, Allied leaders became increasingly worried that their air forces w…"-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
2. The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
By: John Le Carré
3.99
Format: 589 pages, Paperback
John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of inter… read more
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"Let's die of it before we're too old."-John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
"Home's where you go when you run out of homes."-John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
"A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world."-John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
"Yet it's not for want of future that I'm here, he thought. It's for want of a present."-John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
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- history
- nonfiction
- war
4. Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
By: S.C. Gwynne
3.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the author of the prizewinning New York Times bestseller Empire of the Summer Mooncomes a thri… read more
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5. Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front 1943-1945: Red Steamroller
By: Robert Forczyk
3.50
Format: 519 pages,
By 1943, after the catastrophic German defeat at Stalingrad, the Wehmacht s panzer armies gradually… read more
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6. Germany Ascendant: The Eastern Front 1915
By: Prit Buttar
3.99
Format: None pages,
While millions of men died in France and Belgium in 1915, battles equally as large and bloody were … read more
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7. The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors
By: Dan Jones
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A major new history of the knights Templar--holy warriors, bankers, priests, heretics--by the bests… read more
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8. 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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- nonfiction
- war
"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
9. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
By: Dan Jones
4.41
Format: 636 pages, Hardcover
An epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the ri… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
10. 2034: A Novel of the Next World War
By: Elliot Ackerman
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Il 12 marzo 2034 il commodoro della Marina militare degli Stati Uniti – Sarah Hunt – si trova sul p… read more
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- war
11. Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.07
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Ardent, gregarious British naval officer Jack Aubrey is elated to be given his first appointment as… read more
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- war
"Most men find [peace] entirely unlike what they had expected - like love..."-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
"The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words."-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
"How wonderfully strange,' he thought, 'to be upset by this trifle; yet I am upset."-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
"What's wrong with (Captain) Jack Aubrey?" "Everything, since he has a command and I have not."-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
12. 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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- history
- nonfiction
- war
13. Nuclear War: A Scenario
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- war
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
14. Stillness Is the Key
By: Ryan Holiday
4.23
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, bestselling author Ryan Holiday made ancient wisdo… read more
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- nonfiction
"Build a life you don't need to escape from."-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key
"Routine, done for long enough and done sincerely enough, becomes more than routine. It becomes ritual—it becomes sanctified and holy."-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key
"If solitude is the school of genius, as the historian Edward Gibbon put it, then the crowded, busy world is the purgatory of the idiot."-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key
"Put yourself in tough situations. Accept challenges. Familiarize yourself with the unfamiliar. That's how you widen your perspective and your understanding."-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key
15. On Grand Strategy
By: John Lewis Gaddis
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught… read more
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- nonfiction
- war
16. Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
By: Ian W. Toll
4.76
Format: 944 pages, Hardcover
Twilight of the Gods is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacifi… read more
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- war
"TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG FROM CINCPAC ACTION COM THIRD FLEET INFO COMINCH CTF SEVENTY-SEVEN X WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS TASK FORCE THIRTY FOUR RR THE WORLD WONDERS"-Ian W. Toll, Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
17. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
By: Rick Atkinson
4.43
Format: 776 pages, Hardcover
In the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy Rick Atkinson recounts the first twenty-one months … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- war
18. To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945
By: John C. McManus
4.59
Format: 436 pages, Hardcover
From the liberation of the Philippines to the Japanese surrender, the final volume of John C. McMan… read more
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- nonfiction
- war
19. Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
By: Sebastian Junger
4.02
Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition
Sebastian Junger, the bestselling author of War and The Perfect Storm, takes a critical look at pos… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- war
"Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary."-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
"Today's veterans often come home to find that, although they're willing to die for their country, they're not sure how to live for it."-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
"An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain," one of the survivors wrote. "The equality of all men"."-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
"Disasters, he proposed, create a "community of sufferers" that allow individuals to experience an immensely reassuring connection to others"-Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
20. Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service
By: Gary Sinise
4.42
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller: The moving, entertaining, never-before-told story of how one man found h… read more
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- nonfiction
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21. Three Dangerous Men: Russia, China, Iran and the Rise of Irregular Warfare
By: Seth G. Jones
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
How three key figures in Moscow, Beijing, and Tehran built ruthless irregular warfare campaigns tha… read more
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- nonfiction
- war
22. White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan
By: Mick Ryan
3.92
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
This book "is entertaining, thought-provoking and quite possibly prescient. Not just an engaging ta… read more
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- war
23. 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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- nonfiction
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24. 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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25. The Unvanquished: The Untold Story of Lincoln’s Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby’s Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America’s Special Operations
By: Patrick K. O'Donnell
4.16
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Indispensables , the unknown and dramatic story of irregular gue… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- war
26. Patton's Payback: The Battle of El Guettar and General Patton's Rise to Glory
By: Stephen L. Moore
3.73
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
A stirring World War II combat story of how the legendary George Patton reinvigorated a defeated an… read more
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27. The Battle for Moscow
By: David Stahel
4.23
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
In November 1941 Hitler ordered German forces to complete the final drive on the Soviet capital, no… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
28. A Machine Gunner's War: From Normandy to Victory with the 1st Infantry Division in World War II
By: Ernest Albert "Andy" Andrews Jr
4.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
“In a strong new volume, A Machine Gunner’s War, one of [those poor foot soldiers], Ernest Andrews … read more
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- history
29. The Other Face of Battle: America's Forgotten Wars and the Experience of Combat
By: Wayne E. Lee
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Taking its title from The Face of Battle , John Keegan's canonical book on the nature of warfare, T… read more
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- nonfiction
- war
30. Real Soldiering: The US Army in the Aftermath of War, 1815-1980
By: Brian McAllister Linn
3.79
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
What happens to the US Army after the battles are over, the citizen soldiers depart, and all that r… read more
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31. War
By: Bob Woodward
4.43
Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three … read more
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"President Trump had secretly sent Putin a bunch of Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for his personal use as the virus spread rapidly through Russia."-Bob Woodward, War
"Overall, Hamas killed more than 1,200 Israelis and dragged more than 240 hostages and back across the border into underground tunnels in Gaza. It was the deadliest attack in Jewish history since the …"-Bob Woodward, War
"The second high-profile Trump critis was retired General Stanley McChrystal, who had commanded U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan a decade earlier. McChrystal had recently appeared on CNN and called…"-Bob Woodward, War
"In the 2020 election, Trump received 74 million votes, more than any presidential candidate in history with the exception of Joe Biden, who won 81 million votes. Biden secured the Electoral College w…"-Bob Woodward, War
