The Second Most Powerful Man in the World: The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt's Chief of Staff
By: Phillips Payson O'Brien
4.29
Format: 541 pages, Kindle Edition
The life of Franklin Roosevelt's most trusted and powerful advisor, Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief…
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1. In Danger's Path (The Corps, #8)
By: W.E.B. Griffin
4.40
Format: 726 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Put in charge of the OSS's Pacific operations, General Fleming Pickering is faced with two covert m… read more
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2. Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
By: Stephen Kotkin
3.97
Format: 976 pages, Hardcover
A magnificent new biography that revolutionizes our understanding of Stalin and his world It has th… read more
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"Russia was a genuine great power, but with a tragic flaw. Its vicious, archaic autocracy had to be emasculated for any type of better system to emerge. Unmodern in principle, let alone in practice, t…"-Stephen Kotkin, Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
3. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
By: Sherry Sontag , Christopher Drew , Annette Lawrence Drew
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
For decades American submarines have roamed the depths in a dangerous battle for information and ad… read more
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"Fuck you, God. Nothing gets through HY-80"-Sherry Sontag, Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
4. The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon
By: Alex Kershaw
4.17
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
On a cold morning in December, 1944, deep in the Ardennes forest, a platoon of eighteen men under t… read more
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5. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)
By: Rick Atkinson
4.29
Format: 681 pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn the first volume of his monumental tri… read more
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"In battle, topography is fate."-Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)
"Troops caught nibbling their emergency D- ration chocolate bars were dubbed Chocolate Soldiers and punished by forfeiting two meals. This was a happy penance. The galleys served so much fatty mutton …"-Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)
6. Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror
By: Michael V. Hayden
3.82
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An unprecedented high-level master narrative of America's intelligence wars, demonstrating in a tim… read more
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7. 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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8. The Highwayman (Walt Longmire, #11.5)
By: Craig Johnson
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When Wyoming highway patrolman Rosey Wayman is transferred to the beautiful and imposing landscape … read more
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9. 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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10. No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
3.49
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Pulitzer for History, No Ordinary Timeis a chronicle of one of the most vibrant & rev… read more
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11. The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You
By: John C. Maxwell , Zig Ziglar
4.01
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
What would happen if a top expert with more than thirty years of leadership experience were willing… read more
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12. The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King—the Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea
By: Walter R. Borneman
4.32
Format: 559 pages, Hardcover
How history's only five-star admirals triumphed in World War II and made the United States the worl… read more
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13. Battle Cry of Freedom
By: James M. McPherson
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, B… read more
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14. The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII
By: Bob Drury
4.34
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's h… read more
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15. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.71
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more
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16. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
17. Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West
By: Calder Walton
4.30
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The riveting, untold story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with le… read more
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18. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
By: George Stephanopoulos
4.45
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more
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19. 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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20. Driving the Tide (After Dunkirk #6)
By: Lee Jackson
4.53
Format: 552 pages, Kindle Edition
As the Allies prepare to liberate France at the height of World War II, one family will do everythi… read more
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21. Unknown Rider (Battle Born, #1)
By: Jack Stewart
4.36
Format: 436 pages, Kindle Edition
After a Navy pilot inexplicably loses control of his stealth fighter, he stumbles upon a global con… read more
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22. 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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23. Walker, R.N.: The Greatest U-Boat Hunter of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)
By: Terence Robertson
4.61
Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition
The astounding biography of the most successful anti-submarine commander of the Second World War.Pe… read more
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24. George Marshall: Defender of the Republic
By: David L. Roll
4.45
Format: 704 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary career of George Catlett Marshall—America’s most distinguished soldier–statesman … read more
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25. The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
By: Thomas B. Buell
4.47
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
Regarded as the standard biography of World War II naval hero Adm. Raymond A. Spruance. Spruance, v… read more
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26. Undersea Warrior: The World War II Story of "Mush" Morton and the USS Wahoo
By: Don Keith
4.46
Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition
The remarkable true story of Dudley “Mush” Morton, the most admired—and feared—submarine commander … read more
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27. The Great Air Race: Glory, Tragedy, and the Dawn of American Aviation
By: John Lancaster
3.89
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Years before Charles Lindbergh’s flight from New York to Paris electrified the nation, a group of d… read more
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28. Bad River (Arliss Cutter, #6)
By: Marc Cameron
4.61
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From a remote village perched on Arctic permafrost to the Badlands of South Dakota, searching for a… read more
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29. The Second Most Powerful Man in the World: The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt's Chief of Staff
By: Phillips Payson O'Brien
4.29
Format: 541 pages, Kindle Edition
The life of Franklin Roosevelt's most trusted and powerful advisor, Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief… read more
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30. Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Keera Duggan, #2)
By: Robert Dugoni
4.49
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
A master manipulator accused of murder. An attorney sworn to defend her. Keera Duggan returns in a … read more
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31. Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue
By: Sonia Purnell
4.34
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, a re-exam… read more
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