11 Top military history books like Path to Blitzkrieg: Doctrine & Training in the German Army, 1920-39 by Robert M. Citino

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Path to Blitzkrieg: Doctrine & Training in the German Army, 1920-39

By: Robert M. Citino

3.98

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

- Essential background to the German blitzkrieg of World War II - Complements the stories of panzer…

If you liked the military history plot in Path to Blitzkrieg: Doctrine & Training in the German Army, 1920-39 by Robert M. Citino , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler (Modern War Studies) by David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House

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
  • germany
  • military history
  • war
  • world war ii
Cover of Storm of Steel by Michael Hofmann, Ernst Jünger

2. 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
  • war
Cover of Roman Warfare by John Keegan, Adrian Goldsworthy

3. Roman Warfare

By: John Keegan , Adrian Goldsworthy

3.47

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The Romans built perhaps the greatest empire of all time, forged with an unequaled skill in warfare… read more

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  • military history
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer

4. 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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  • world war ii
  • germany
  • 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

5. The Blitzkrieg Legend: The 1940 Campaign in the West

By: Karl-Heinz Frieser

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Research in original documentation at the German Federal Military Archives and elsewhere showed Fri… read more

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6. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

By: Walter Isaacson

4.33

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Benjamin Franklin is the Founding Father who winks at us. An ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose … read more

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7. The Future of War: A History

By: Lawrence Freedman

4.65

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, wrote a short story about a war fought… read more

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8. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

By: Chris Miller

4.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more

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  • history
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

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9. On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines

By: B.A. Friedman

3.92

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

On Operational Art and Military Disciplines traces the history of the development of military staf… read more

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  • military history
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
"Operational art is what military staffs do to support tactics and strategy."

-B.A. Friedman, On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines

"Intelligence is not just information--it is information that has been acquired, processed, and analyzed based on its relevance for the commander, the staff, or the mission."

-B.A. Friedman, On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines

"Information warfare consists of everything a military force does to accurately sense and make sense of its interactions with its environment and enemy forces, preserve its ability to do so, and preve…"

-B.A. Friedman, On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines

"No military organization can exist without bureaucracy, as distasteful as it may be, and no professional organization should tolerate inefficient administration of bureaucratic requirements. As menti…"

-B.A. Friedman, On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines

Cover of The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare by Christian Brose

10. The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare

By: Christian Brose

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For generations of Americans, our country has been the world's dominant military power. How the US … read more

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  • military history
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
"Defense companies spent less money on research and development and more on armies of lawyers, lobbyists, accountants, and consultants to help them comply with the Pentagon's growing acquisition burea…"

-Christian Brose, The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare

"These were the very same systems that Marshall wrote in 1992 would be "progressively less central to military operations" because they would become large, vulnerable targets as US adversaries develop…"

-Christian Brose, The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare

Cover of First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country by Thomas E. Ricks

11. First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country

By: Thomas E. Ricks

4.08

Format: 416 pages, ebook

New York Times BestsellerEditors' Choice —New York Times Book Review "Ricks knocks it out of the p… read more

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  • history
"It is a cliché, and a bad one, that generals try to “fight the last war"

-Thomas E. Ricks, First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country

"...Populism tends to look good from a distance, but close up it can be frightening."

-Thomas E. Ricks, First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country

"As an inhabitant of a Mississippi River town happily shouts out in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , “You pays your money and you makes your choice!"

-Thomas E. Ricks, First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country

"More than anything else, I have learned in researching this book that America is a moving target, a goal that must always be pursued but never quite reached."

-Thomas E. Ricks, First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country

Cover of The Origins of Victory: How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers by Andrew F. Krepinevich

12. The Origins of Victory: How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers

By: Andrew F. Krepinevich

4.23

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

How the character of war is changing and how militaries can successfully adapt to meet the challeng… read more

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  • military history
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Fleet Tactics and Naval Operations by Wayne P. Hughes Jr.

13. Fleet Tactics and Naval Operations

By: Wayne P. Hughes Jr.

4.24

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

Fleet Tactics and Naval Operations is the third edition published by the Naval Institute Press. The… read more

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  • military history
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of 7 Seconds to Die: A Military Analysis of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War and the Future of Warfighting by John Antal

14. 7 Seconds to Die: A Military Analysis of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War and the Future of Warfighting

By: John Antal

3.86

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The first full analysis of the second Nagorno-Karabakh War―the first war in history won primarily b… read more

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  • military history
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Blitzkrieg: From the Ground Up by Niklas Zetterling

15. Blitzkrieg: From the Ground Up

By: Niklas Zetterling

3.86

Format: 411 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of “A work of simply outstanding scholarship . . . unreservedly recommended for . … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
Cover of The Chinese Invasion Threat: Taiwan's Defense and American Strategy in Asia by Ian Easton

16. The Chinese Invasion Threat: Taiwan's Defense and American Strategy in Asia

By: Ian Easton

4.15

Format: 406 pages, Paperback

"Are war clouds gathering in Asia? Will China make good on threats to invade Taiwan? What would thi… read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of On Tactics: A Theory of Victory in Battle by B.A. Friedman

17. On Tactics: A Theory of Victory in Battle

By: B.A. Friedman

4.12

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

On Tactics is intended to be the remedy to the chaotic and thus far unformed realm of tactical theo… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
Cover of Path to Blitzkrieg: Doctrine & Training in the German Army, 1920-39 by Robert M. Citino

18. Path to Blitzkrieg: Doctrine & Training in the German Army, 1920-39

By: Robert M. Citino

3.98

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

- Essential background to the German blitzkrieg of World War II - Complements the stories of panzer… read more

Similar categories in Robert M. Citino's Path to Blitzkrieg: Doctrine & Training in the German Army, 1920-39 book and Robert M. Citino's Path to Blitzkrieg: Doctrine & Training in the German Army, 1920-39

  • history
  • military fiction
  • germany
  • military history
  • war
  • world war ii
Cover of Combined Arms Warfare in the Twentieth Century by Jonathan M. House

19. Combined Arms Warfare in the Twentieth Century

By: Jonathan M. House

4.00

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

For centuries, the world has witnessed the development and use of increasingly complex and powerful… read more

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  • military history
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Questioning the Carrier: Opportunities in Fleet Design for the U.S. Navy by Jeff Vandenengel

20. Questioning the Carrier: Opportunities in Fleet Design for the U.S. Navy

By: Jeff Vandenengel

4.27

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is naval history’s most powerful and versatile warship. It is … read more

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15 Top history books like Path to Blitzkrieg: Doctrine & Training in the German Army, 1920-39 by Robert M. Citino

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When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler (Modern War Studies)

David M. Glantz , Jonathan M. House

4.17

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Storm of Steel

Michael Hofmann , Ernst Jünger

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Roman Warfare

John Keegan , Adrian Goldsworthy

3.47

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

William L. Shirer

4.21

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25 Best history books like On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines by B.A. Friedman

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David M. Glantz , Jonathan M. House

4.17

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Instrument of War: The German Army 1914–18 (General Military)

None , Dennis E. Showalter

3.82

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The First World War: A Very Short Introduction

Michael Eliot Howard

3.68

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Clausewitz: A Very Short Introduction

Michael Eliot Howard

3.72

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