Landing in Hell: The Pyrrhic Victory of the First Marine Division on Peleliu, 1944
By: Peter Margaritis
4.10
Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition
A detailed history and analysis of the most controversial amphibious operation in the Pacific durin…
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1. The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
By: Bruce Cumings
3.76
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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- american history
- military fiction
- history
- nonfiction
"Those who suffer terrible wars have a finer sense of when they begin and when they end."-Bruce Cumings, The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
"Eventually the Korean War will be understood as one of the most destructive and one of the most important wars of the twentieth century."-Bruce Cumings, The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
"It was this war and not World War II which established a far-flung American base structure abroad and a national security state at home, as defence spending nearly quadrupled in the last six months o…"-Bruce Cumings, The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
"It was this war and not World War II which established a far-flung American base structure abroad and a national security state at home, as defence spending nearly quadrupled in the last six months o…"-Bruce Cumings, The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
2. Relic (Pendergast, #1)
By: Douglas Preston , Lincoln Child
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visi… read more
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3. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
As good a rifle company as any, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, US Army, kept getting tough … read more
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- american history
- history
- military fiction
- world war ii
- nonfiction
"We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace..."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"We can't make you do anything, but we can make you wish you had. - Army saying"-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"Chickenshit is so called - instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit - because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
4. Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble
By: Antony Beevor
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The prizewinning historian and bestselling author of D-Day and Stalingradreconstructs the Battle of… read more
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- world war ii
- nonfiction
- military fiction
- history
5. Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
By: Antony Beevor
4.32
Format: 494 pages, Paperback
The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also chan… read more
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- world war ii
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- military fiction
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6. We
By: Yevgeny Zamyatin , Clarence Brown
3.89
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The exhilarating dystopian novel that inspired George Orwell's 1984 and foreshadowed the worst exce… read more
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"Her smile was a bite, and I was its target."-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
"There is no final one; revolutions are infinite."-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
"knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith"-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
"You're in a bad way! Apparently, you have developed a soul."-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
7. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
By: Christopher Clark
3.79
Format: None pages,
On the morning of 6/28/1914, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand & his wife, Sophie Chotek, arrived at Sa… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
8. The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
By: David Halberstam
3.79
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"In a grand gesture of reclamation & remembrance, Mr Halberstam has brought the war back home."--NY… read more
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- american history
- military fiction
- history
- nonfiction
9. Hell in the Pacific: A Marine Rifleman's Journey From Guadalcanal to Peleliu
By: Bill Sloan , None
3.71
Format: 234 pages,
In the tradition of E.B. Sledge's With the Old Breed, this is a Marine rifleman's extraordinarily v… read more
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10. Huế 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
By: Mark Bowden
3.36
Format: None pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller "An extraordinary feat of journalism . . . full of emotion and color."--K… read more
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11. Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
By: Shaun Whiteside , Norman Ohler
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this highly original book, a bestseller in Germany, Norman Ohler investigates the murky, chaotic… read more
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12. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
By: Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge
4.47
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed "one of the finest memoirs to emer… read more
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- american history
- history
- military fiction
- world war ii
- nonfiction
"Kick him in the balls before he kicks you in yours"-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines."-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"War is such self-defeating, organized madness the way it destroys a nation's best."-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"Would the war dehumanize me so that I, too, could "field trip" enemy dead with such nonchalance?"-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
13. Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
By: Günter K. Koschorrek
3.64
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
For the German soldier fighting under Hitler, keeping a diary was strictly forbidden. So Gunter Kos… read more
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14. Starship Troopers
By: Robert A. Heinlein
4.01
Format: 264 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The historians can’t seem to settle whether to call this one "The Third Space War" (or the fourth),… read more
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- military fiction
"To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster."-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
"Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor."-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
"But, do you know, once you get used to it's rather cute. I mean, if a girl looks alright to start with, she still looks alright with her head smooth."-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
"When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived."-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
15. Snow and Steel: The Battle of the Bulge, 1944-45
By: Peter Caddick-Adams
4.00
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Between December 16, 1944 and January 15, 1945, American forces found themselves entrenched in the … read more
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16. August 1914: France, the Great War, and a Month That Changed the World Forever
By: None , None
3.81
Format: 75 pages, Hardcover
A haunting portrait of France at war On August 1, 1914, war erupted into the lives of millions of f… read more
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17. The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
By: Raymond Chandler
3.99
Format: 11 pages, Paperback
A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin… read more
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18. Given Up for Dead: America's Heroic Stand at Wake Island
By: Bill Sloan
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A gripping narrative of unprecedented valor and personal courage, here is the story of the first Am… read more
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19. Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas
By: Benson Bobrick
4.79
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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20. Bomber Command
By: Max Hastings
5.00
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Bomber Command's air offensive against the cities of Nazi Germany was one of the most epic campaign… read more
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21. The Final Witness: A Kennedy Secret Service Agent Breaks His Silence After Sixty Years
By: Paul Landis
3.73
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Dallas, Texas. November 22, 1963. Shots ring out at Dealey Plaza. The president is struck in the he… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
22. Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
By: Robert Leckie
4.22
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
Now the inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFIC Here is one of the most riveting first-per… read more
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"It was a darkness without time. It was an impenetrable darkness. To the right and left of me rose those terrible formless things of my imagination, which I could not see because there was no light. I…"-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
"And now to that Victim whose Sign rose above the world two thousand years ago, to be menaced now by that other sign now rising, I say a prayer of contrition. I, whom you have seen as irreverent and i…"-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
"There was no feeling of dedication because it was absolutely involuntary. I do not doubt that if the Marines had asked for volunteers for an impossible campaign such as Guadalcanal, almost everyone n…"-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
23. America's Forgotten Army: The True Story of the U.S. Seventh Army in WWII - And An Unknown Battle that Changed History (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)
By: Charles Whiting
4.25
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
An enthralling account of the World War Two exploits of the U.S. Seventh Army, from Sicily to Franc… read more
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- world war ii
- nonfiction
- history
24. Fierce Valor: The True Story of Ronald Speirs and his Band of Brothers
By: Erik Dorr
4.48
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
Fans of Stephen E. Ambrose’s Band of Brothers will be drawn to this complex portrait of the controv… read more
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- world war ii
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25. Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Three (Tales from the Gas Station, #3)
By: Jack Townsend
4.47
Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition
An army of monsters walks among us, hidden in plain sight. They’re fast. They’re strong. They’re un… read more
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26. Sniper on the Eastern Front: The Memoirs of Sepp Allerberger, Knights Cross
By: Albrecht Wacker
4.20
Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition
Josef “Sepp” Allerberger was the second most successful sniper of the German Wehrmacht and one of t… read more
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27. Until the Eyes Shut: Memories of a machine gunner on the Eastern Front, 1943-45
By: Andreas Hartinger
4.53
Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition
The veteran tells his grandson about his World War II experiences, without pathos, but with grippin… read more
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- world war ii
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"Rough nature shapes tough people"-Andreas Hartinger, Until the Eyes Shut: Memories of a machine gunner on the Eastern Front, 1943-45
"On, onward ... until the eyes shut …"-Andreas Hartinger, Until the Eyes Shut: Memories of a machine gunner on the Eastern Front, 1943-45
"Only those who really experienced the war will want to preserve peace with all their might"-Andreas Hartinger, Until the Eyes Shut: Memories of a machine gunner on the Eastern Front, 1943-45
"War always claims the best. Those selfless fighters who at all times, in life, in death, in victory or defeat, establish the ethos of pure comradeship and genuine soldierhood"-Andreas Hartinger, Until the Eyes Shut: Memories of a machine gunner on the Eastern Front, 1943-45
28. Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay
By: Craig L. Symonds
4.65
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From one of our most distinguished naval historians, the first wartime biography in a half-century … read more
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- world war ii
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29. The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission: The American Raids on 17 August 1943
By: Martin Middlebrook
4.49
Format: 532 pages, Kindle Edition
On 17 August 1943, the entire strength of the American heavy bomber forces in England set out to ra… read more
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- nonfiction
- military fiction
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30. Landing in Hell: The Pyrrhic Victory of the First Marine Division on Peleliu, 1944
By: Peter Margaritis
4.10
Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition
A detailed history and analysis of the most controversial amphibious operation in the Pacific durin… read more
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- world war ii
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31. From Pole to Pole: Roald Amundsen's Journey in Flight
By: Garth James Cameron
3.36
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) was the most successful polar explorer of his era using sledges, dogs, s… read more
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