6 must-read military fiction books like After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam by Ronald H. Spector

Cover of After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam by Ronald H. Spector

After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam

By: Ronald H. Spector

3.75

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The Tet Offensive of early 1968 was supposed to mark a turning point in the Vietnam War. But in spi…

If you liked the military fiction plot in After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam by Ronald H. Spector , here is a list of 6 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

Similar categories in David M. Glantz's When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler (Modern War Studies) book and Ronald H. Spector's After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam

  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock, Dan Gardner

2. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

By: Philip E. Tetlock , Dan Gardner

3.95

Format: 768 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller An EconomistBest Book of 2015 "The most important book on decision maki… read more

Similar categories in Philip E. Tetlock's Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction book and Ronald H. Spector's After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam

  • nonfiction
Cover of My Lai: Vietnam, 1968, and the Descent into Darkness by Howard Jones

3. My Lai: Vietnam, 1968, and the Descent into Darkness

By: Howard Jones

3.76

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

During the summer of 1971, in the midst of protests and demonstrations in the United States against… read more

Similar categories in Howard Jones's My Lai: Vietnam, 1968, and the Descent into Darkness book and Ronald H. Spector's After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam

  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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4. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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Similar categories in Shelby Foote's The Civil War: A Narrative book and Ronald H. Spector's After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam

  • american history
  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Rivers of London (Peter Grant, #1) by Ben Aaronovitch

5. Rivers of London (Peter Grant, #1)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.12

Format: 29 pages, Hardcover

Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London's Metropolitan Police. Too… read more

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6. The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3)

By: Rick Atkinson

4.67

Format: 121 pages, Hardcover

The magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph… read more

Similar categories in Rick Atkinson's The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3) book and Ronald H. Spector's After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam

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

7. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism

By: Benedict Anderson

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

What makes people love and die for nations, as well as hate and kill in their name? While many stud… read more

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8. The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars have been Won and Lost

By: None

4.67

Format: 46 pages, Hardcover

Cathal Nolan's The Allure of Battleshows that while wars have shaped the history of the modern worl… read more

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Cover of Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 by Ian W. Toll

9. 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

Similar categories in Ian W. Toll's Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 book and Ronald H. Spector's After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam

  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"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

Cover of Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

10. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

Similar categories in Adam Higginbotham's Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space book and Ronald H. Spector's After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam

  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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11. Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe

By: Niall Ferguson

3.65

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

SHORTLISTED FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE 2022Disasters are inherently hard to predict. But when cata… read more

Similar categories in Niall Ferguson's Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe book and Ronald H. Spector's After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay by Craig L. Symonds

12. 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

Similar categories in Craig L. Symonds's Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay book and Ronald H. Spector's After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam

  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam by Ronald H. Spector

13. After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam

By: Ronald H. Spector

3.75

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The Tet Offensive of early 1968 was supposed to mark a turning point in the Vietnam War. But in spi… read more

Similar categories in Ronald H. Spector's After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam book and Ronald H. Spector's After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam

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

9 Top history books like After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam by Ronald H. Spector

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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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My Lai: Vietnam, 1968, and the Descent into Darkness

Howard Jones

3.76

Transform Your Habits

The Civil War: A Narrative

Shelby Foote

3.41

Transform Your Habits

The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3)

Rick Atkinson

4.67

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7 Top historical books like Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

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

Erik Larson

4.24

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The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

George Stephanopoulos

4.45

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Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World

Will Cockrell

4.00

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