20 Best nonfiction books like Tank Battles of the Cold War, 1948-1991 by Anthony Tucker-Jones

Cover of Tank Battles of the Cold War, 1948-1991 by Anthony Tucker-Jones

Tank Battles of the Cold War, 1948-1991

By: Anthony Tucker-Jones

3.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

As Anthony Tucker-Jones shows in this highly illustrated, wide-ranging history, for most of the Col…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Tank Battles of the Cold War, 1948-1991 by Anthony Tucker-Jones , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

1. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more

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  • nonfiction

2. Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War

By: Ben Macintyre

4.22

Format: None pages,

The incredible untold story of WWII s greatest secret fighting force, as told by our great modern m… read more

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3. 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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4. Winterkill (Joe Pickett, #3)

By: C.J. Box

3.62

Format: 171 pages,

Joe Pickett's pursuit of a killer through the rugged mountains of Wyoming takes a horrifying turn w… read more

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5. The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2)

By: Rick Atkinson

4.90

Format: None pages,

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLERIn the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in … read more

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6. 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
  • military history
"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

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7. 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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  • nonfiction
"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

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8. Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union

By: Vladislav M. Zubok

4.26

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union—showing how Gorbachev’s misguided reforms led to … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West by Catherine Belton

9. Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West

By: Catherine Belton

4.18

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

Interference in American elections. The sponsorship of extremist politics in Europe. War in Ukraine… read more

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  • nonfiction
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10. 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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  • nonfiction
  • military history
"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

Cover of Retribution: The Soviet Reconquest of Central Ukraine, 1943 by Prit Buttar

11. Retribution: The Soviet Reconquest of Central Ukraine, 1943

By: Prit Buttar

4.11

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar comes this detailed and engrossing accou… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine by S.C. Gwynne

12. His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine

By: S.C. Gwynne

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From historian and bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of the Summer Moon come… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Three Dangerous Men: Russia, China, Iran and the Rise of Irregular Warfare by Seth G. Jones

13. 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
Cover of Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission by Rowland White

14. Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission

By: Rowland White

4.51

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Built of lightweight wood, powered by two growling Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, impossibly aerodynam… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military history
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15. The Greatest Raid of All: Operation Chariot and the Mission to Destroy the Normandie Dock at St Nazaire (Daring Military Operations of World War Two)

By: C.E. Lucas Phillips

4.30

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

A vivid account of the famous St Nazaire Raid that demonstrates the sheer bravery of the British Co… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of The Russian Understanding of War: Blurring the Lines between War and Peace by Oscar Jonsson

16. The Russian Understanding of War: Blurring the Lines between War and Peace

By: Oscar Jonsson

4.25

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

This book analyzes the evolution of Russian military thought and how Russia's current thinking abou… read more

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

17. 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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  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of The Russian S-300 and S-400 Missile Systems (New Vanguard Book 315) by Steven J. Zaloga

18. The Russian S-300 and S-400 Missile Systems (New Vanguard Book 315)

By: Steven J. Zaloga

4.40

Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition

An expert account of the development, role, and capabilities of the S-300 and S-400 air defence mis… read more

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Cover of Desert Armour: Tank Warfare in North Africa: Beda Fomm to Operation Crusader, 1940–41 by Robert Forczyk

19. Desert Armour: Tank Warfare in North Africa: Beda Fomm to Operation Crusader, 1940–41

By: Robert Forczyk

4.63

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

None read more

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  • military history
Cover of Into Enemy Waters: A World War II Story of the Demolition Divers Who Became the Navy SEALS by Andrew Dubbins

20. Into Enemy Waters: A World War II Story of the Demolition Divers Who Became the Navy SEALS

By: Andrew Dubbins

4.66

Format: 457 pages, Kindle Edition

With echoes of Unbroken; the derring-do and bravado of The Right Stuff; and the battle-forged comra… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of China as a Twenty First Century Naval Power: Theory, Practice, and Implications by Michael McDevitt

21. China as a Twenty First Century Naval Power: Theory, Practice, and Implications

By: Michael McDevitt

4.05

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Xi Jinping has made his ambitions for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) perfectly clear, there is … read more

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  • nonfiction
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22. Advance to Contact: 1980 (Soviet Endgame, #1)

By: Alex Aaronson

4.09

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

The Cold War threatens to go hot… …when American hostages are taken in Iran. Where will this … read more

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23. Lonely Vigil: Coastwatchers of the Solomons

By: Walter Lord

4.28

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Called a stirring tale of forgotten heroes splendidly told by a master narrator, this saga of the v… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of Arab Armour vs Israeli Armour: Six-Day War 1967 (Duel Book 110) by Chris McNab

24. Arab Armour vs Israeli Armour: Six-Day War 1967 (Duel Book 110)

By: Chris McNab

4.42

Format: 154 pages, Kindle Edition

The Six-Day War in 1967 was a lightning Israeli campaign that changed the face of the Middle East. … read more

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25. The Battle of Peach Tree Creek: Hood's First Effort to Save Atlanta (Civil War America)

By: Earl J. Hess

3.83

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

On July 20, 1864, the Civil War struggle for Atlanta reached a pivotal moment. As William T. Sherma… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Putin Takes Crimea 2014: Grey-zone warfare opens the Russia-Ukraine conflict (Raid, 59) by Mark Galeotti

26. Putin Takes Crimea 2014: Grey-zone warfare opens the Russia-Ukraine conflict (Raid, 59)

By: Mark Galeotti

4.36

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

An authoritative analysis of how Putin's Russia conquered the Crimea in 2014 using 'grey zone' warf… read more

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  • military history
Cover of Tank Battles of the Cold War, 1948-1991 by Anthony Tucker-Jones

27. Tank Battles of the Cold War, 1948-1991

By: Anthony Tucker-Jones

3.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

As Anthony Tucker-Jones shows in this highly illustrated, wide-ranging history, for most of the Col… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of Smashing Hitler's Panzers: The Defeat of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division in the Battle of the Bulge by Steven J. Zaloga

28. Smashing Hitler's Panzers: The Defeat of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division in the Battle of the Bulge

By: Steven J. Zaloga

4.19

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

In his riveting new book, Steven Zaloga describes how American foot soldiers faced down Hitler’s el… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway by N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss

29. Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway

By: N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss

4.45

Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition

Hailed as "the single most effective pilot at Midway" (World War II magazine), Dusty Kleiss struck … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military history
Cover of Storm and Steel Second Wave (World At War 85 Series, #2) by Brad  Smith

30. Storm and Steel Second Wave (World At War 85 Series, #2)

By: Brad Smith

4.45

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The Second Wave has been Unleashed The forces of the Warsaw Pact storm west over the Inner Germ… read more

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Cover of Ilyushin/Beriyev A-50: The 'Soviet Sentry' (FlightCraft Book 6) by Yefim Gordon

31. Ilyushin/Beriyev A-50: The 'Soviet Sentry' (FlightCraft Book 6)

By: Yefim Gordon

4.25

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

Brought out in the late 1970s as a successor to the obsolete Tu-126 airborne early warning aircraft… read more

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13 Best military history books like Tank Battles of the Cold War, 1948-1991 by Anthony Tucker-Jones

Transform Your Habits

The Guns of August

Barbara W. Tuchman

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Nuclear War: A Scenario

Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Transform Your Habits

Retribution: The Soviet Reconquest of Central Ukraine, 1943

Prit Buttar

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission

Rowland White

4.51

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22 must-read history books like 7 Seconds to Die: A Military Analysis of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War and the Future of Warfighting by John Antal

Transform Your Habits

The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower

Michael Pillsbury

4.21

Transform Your Habits

An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

Rick Atkinson

4.29

Transform Your Habits

The Cold War: A New History

John Lewis Gaddis

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam

Barbara W. Tuchman

3.66

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