15 must-read world war ii books like Patton, Montgomery, Rommel: Masters of War by Terry Brighton

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Patton, Montgomery, Rommel: Masters of War

By: Terry Brighton

4.27

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

In Patton, Montgomery, Rommel, one of Britain's most accomplished military scholars presents an unp…

If you liked the world war ii plot in Patton, Montgomery, Rommel: Masters of War by Terry Brighton , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Waterloo: The True Story of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles by Bernard Cornwell

1. Waterloo: The True Story of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

‘Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything.’ Bestselling author Bernard Co… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
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2. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

By: Donald L. Miller

4.18

Format: 671 pages, Hardcover

Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who bro… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

"In an equally fought battle of attrition both sides sometimes believe they are losing. With Overlord planned for the spring of 1944, Allied leaders became increasingly worried that their air forces w…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

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3. The Punic Wars

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

4.19

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

An impressive new historian of Roman warfare--highly praised by John Keegan--has written a thorough… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)

By: Ian W. Toll

4.61

Format: 688 pages, Paperback

The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challe… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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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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  • history
  • military fiction
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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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)

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6. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

By: Lew Wallace

4.03

Format: 620 pages, Hardcover

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880) by Lew Wallace is one of the most popular and beloved 19th cen… read more

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"In warning there is strength."

-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

"The enemy of man is man, my brother."

-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

"Knowledge leaves no room for chances."

-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

"Pride is never so loud as when in chains."

-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

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7. Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America

By: Garry Wills

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In a masterly work, Garry Wills shows how Lincoln reached back to the Declaration of Independence t… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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8. The Battle of Midway

By: Craig L. Symonds

3.50

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so d… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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9. Patton, Montgomery, Rommel: Masters of War

By: Terry Brighton

4.27

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

In Patton, Montgomery, Rommel, one of Britain's most accomplished military scholars presents an unp… read more

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  • history
  • biography
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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

10. Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever

By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard

3.67

Format: None pages,

A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abrah… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of D-Day: The Battle for Normandy by Antony Beevor

11. D-Day: The Battle for Normandy

By: Antony Beevor

4.00

Format: 10 pages, Hardcover

Making use of overlooked and new material from over 30 archives in half a dozen countries, 'D-Day' … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

12. The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War

By: None

3.80

Format: None pages,

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13. The Cartoon Introduction to Economics: Volume One: Microeconomics

By: Yoram Bauman , Grady Klein

4.18

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

The award-winning illustrator Grady Klein has paired up with the world's only stand-up economist, Y… read more

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Cover of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer

14. 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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  • war
  • world war ii
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  • audiobook
"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

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15. 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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  • biography
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  • 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

16. The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It

By: Lawrence S. Ritter

5.00

Format: 299 pages,

From the Preface: This new enlarged edition of The Glory of Their Times contains the complete text … read more

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17. Gettysburg

By: Stephen W. Sears

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A masterful, single-volume history of the Civil War's greatest campaign. Drawing on original sourc… read more

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18. Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad

By: William Craig

4.25

Format: None pages,

Stalingrad, the bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, cost the lives of nearly two million me… read more

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19. The Longest Day

By: Cornelius Ryan

4.25

Format: 131 pages,

The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy. The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan's unsurpa… read more

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Cover of Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by Evan Thomas

20. Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II

By: Evan Thomas

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan--a cru… read more

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  • biography
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  • audiobook
Cover of Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific by Robert Leckie

21. 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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  • nonfiction
"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

Cover of Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 by Ian W. Toll

22. Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942

By: Ian W. Toll

4.59

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction "Both a serious work of history…and a … read more

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  • military fiction
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  • world war ii
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  • audiobook
Cover of Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 by Max Hastings

23. Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975

By: Max Hastings

4.30

Format: 896 pages, Hardcover

An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bes… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
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"The merits of rival causes are never absolute. Even in the Second World War, the Western allied struggle against fascism was compromised by its reliance upon the tyranny of Stalin to pay most of the …"

-Max Hastings, Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975

Cover of The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson

24. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

By: Rick Atkinson

4.43

Format: 776 pages, Hardcover

In the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy Rick Atkinson recounts the first twenty-one months … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
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  • audiobook
Cover of Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing by Robert A. Caro

25. Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing

By: Robert A. Caro

4.44

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Power Broker and The Years of Lyndon Johnson… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"People are always asking me why I chose Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson to write about. Well, I must say I never thought of my books as the stories of Moses or Johnson. I never had the slightest inte…"

-Robert A. Caro, Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing

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26. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

By: Mark Harmon

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II by John C. McManus

27. Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II

By: John C. McManus

4.15

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Moving past the romance and myth of military aviation, the author reveals the dangerous and often f… read more

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

28. 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
  • biography
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"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 Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay by Craig L. Symonds

29. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Where You'll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova by Ty Gagne

30. Where You'll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova

By: Ty Gagne

4.41

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

On Feb. 15, 2015, Kate Matrosova, an avid mountaineer, set off before sunrise for a traverse of the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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31. The Panzer Killers: The Untold Story of a Fighting General and His Spearhead Tank Division's Charge into the Third Reich

By: Daniel P. Bolger

4.12

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A general-turned-historian reveals the remarkable battlefield heroics of Major General Maurice Rose… read more

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  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
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15 Top audiobook books like Patton, Montgomery, Rommel: Masters of War by Terry Brighton

Transform Your Habits

Waterloo: The True Story of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles

Bernard Cornwell

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Donald L. Miller

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Punic Wars

Adrian Goldsworthy

4.19

Transform Your Habits

The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)

Ian W. Toll

4.61

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15 must-read audiobook books like The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson

Transform Your Habits

Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Donald L. Miller

4.18

Transform Your Habits

1776

David McCullough

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)

Ian W. Toll

4.61

Transform Your Habits

Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)

Nathaniel Philbrick

4.12

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