The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
By: Shelby Foote
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Shelby Foote begins a tremendous, sweeping narrative of the most fascinating conflict in our histor…
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1. The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
By: Michael Shaara
4.33
Format: 345 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two drea… read more
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"Never let them see you run."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
"Southern women like their men religious and a little mad."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
"He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
"…[W]e have a country here where the past cannot keep a good man in chains, and that's the nature of the war."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
2. 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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3. 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)
4. Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam
By: Stephen W. Sears
4.23
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Combining brilliant military analysis with rich narrative history, Landscape Turned Red is the defi… read more
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"Even as McClellan conferred with his superiors, sounds of renewed battle came from the direction of Chantilly, a country estate a few miles north of Centreville and on the flank of Pope’s army."-Stephen W. Sears, Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam
5. Napoleon: A Life
By: Andrew Roberts
4.23
Format: 976 pages, Paperback
The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more
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"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
6. The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789
By: Robert Middlekauff
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically ac… read more
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7. A Stillness at Appomattox
By: Bruce Catton
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
When first published in 1953, Bruce Catton, our foremost Civil War historian was awarded both the P… read more
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8. The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
By: Shelby Foote
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Shelby Foote begins a tremendous, sweeping narrative of the most fascinating conflict in our histor… read more
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10. Glory Road
By: Bruce Catton
3.71
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Volume II of The Army of the Potomac The critical months between the autumn of 1862 and midsummer 1… read more
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11. Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
By: S.C. Gwynne
3.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the author of the prizewinning New York Times bestseller Empire of the Summer Mooncomes a thri… read more
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12. William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A Life
By: James Lee McDonough
3.00
Format: None pages,
A major new biography of one of America's most storied military figures. General Sherman's 1864 bur… read more
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13. The Coming Fury
By: Bruce Catton , E.B. Long
4.33
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
Volume I of The Centennial History of the Civil War (3 Vols.). Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the… read more
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15. 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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16. 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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17. 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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18. Grant
By: Ron Chernow
4.40
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefel… read more
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19. 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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20. On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
By: Ronald C. White Jr.
4.45
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic an… read more
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21. Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
By: Elizabeth Varon
4.15
Format: 516 pages, ebook
An authoritative biography of the controversial Confederate general, who later embraced Reconstruct… read more
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"I have some little reputation, but my men made it all for me. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Article in -Sumter Republican-, October 29, 1864."-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"...the power of battle is in generalship more than in the number of soldiers. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1876)"-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"[The] object of politics is to relieve the distress of the people and to provide for their future comfort. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Letter to the New Orleans Times, June 8, 1867."-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"It does not look like generalship to lose a battle and a cause and then lay the responsibility upon others. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1896)"-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
