Anna and the Swallow Man
By: Gavriel Savit
4.33
Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition
Krakow, 1939. A million marching soldiers and a thousand barking dogs. This is no place to grow up.…
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1. Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
4.14
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed t… read more
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- world war ii
- historical
- war
2. Front Lines (Front Lines, #1)
By: Michael Grant
4.09
Format: 548 pages, Hardcover
1942. World War II. The most terrible war in human history. Millions are dead; millions more are st… read more
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- historical
- war
- young adult
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"At night we cry sometimes, and if you think that just applies to the females then you have never been in combat, because everyone cries sooner or later. Everyone cries."-Michael Grant, Front Lines (Front Lines, #1)
"Could you see yourself sitting down to tea with these girls? Will it surprise you to learn that one of them went on to gun down three unarmed German prisoners? Will it shock you to learn that one lit…"-Michael Grant, Front Lines (Front Lines, #1)
"The feature that makes people look at her twice, sometimes with suspicious glances, is her eyes. They are too large, wide-set, slanted a bit. And they judge, those eyes do, they watch and they take n…"-Michael Grant, Front Lines (Front Lines, #1)
"Listen, sweetheart. Don't be a hero. [...] If they actually go through with this hare-brained notion and send you into the fighting, there will come a time when you'll have a choice between staying i…"-Michael Grant, Front Lines (Front Lines, #1)
3. The Great War and Modern Memory
By: Paul Fussell
4.13
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The year 2000 marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most original and gripping volumes ever writ… read more
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- war
"Irony is the attendant of hope and the fuel of hope is innocence."-Paul Fussell, The Great War and Modern Memory
"The implicit optimism of the [field service post card] is worth noting—the way it offers no provision for transmitting news like “I have lost my left leg"-Paul Fussell, The Great War and Modern Memory
"Every war is ironic because every war is worse than expected. Every war constitutes an irony of situation because its means are so melodramatically disproportionate to its presumed ends."-Paul Fussell, The Great War and Modern Memory
4. The Best and the Brightest
By: David Halberstam
4.27
Format: 688 pages, Paperback
The Best and the Brightest is David Halberstam's masterpiece, the defining history of the making of… read more
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- historical
- war
"There was, I found, always more to learn."-David Halberstam, The Best and the Brightest
"true wisdom ... is the product of hard-won, often bitter experience."-David Halberstam, The Best and the Brightest
"Most journalists are impatient to get their legwork done and to start the actual writing"-David Halberstam, The Best and the Brightest
"Among those dazzled by the Administration team was Vice-President Lyndon Johnson. After attending his first Cabinet meeting he went back to his mentor Sam Rayburn and told him with great enthusiasm h…"-David Halberstam, The Best and the Brightest
5. The Great Escape
By: Paul Brickhill
4.03
Format: 320 pages,
One of the most famous true stories from the last war, The GREAT ESCAPE tells how more than six hun… read more
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- world war ii
- historical
- war
6. Anna and the Swallow Man
By: Gavriel Savit
4.33
Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition
Krakow, 1939. A million marching soldiers and a thousand barking dogs. This is no place to grow up.… read more
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- young adult
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- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
7. Vietnam: A History
By: Stanley Karnow
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
"The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and balanced account we have."--Boston Globe. "Superb, balance… read more
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- war
8. Thank You for Your Service
By: David Finkel
3.58
Format: 366 pages, Hardcover
With a foreword by Romeo Dallaire and an introduction by Carol Off. No journalist has reckoned with… read more
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- war
- audiobook
9. A History of Warfare
By: John Keegan
3.93
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
The acclaimed author of The Face of Battle examines centures of conflict in a variety of diverse so… read more
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10. Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
By: Thomas E. Ricks
4.50
Format: None pages,
This is the Story of The American Military Adventure in Iraq. The Heart of the story Fiasco has to … read more
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11. The Other Side of Dawn (Tomorrow, #7)
By: John Marsden
4.28
Format: None pages, Paperback
Since their home was invaded by enemy soldiers and transformed into a war zone, Ellie and her frien… read more
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12. The War That Ended Peace: The Road To 1914
By: Margaret MacMillan
4.45
Format: 864 pages, Hardcover
The First World War followed a period of sustained peace in Europe during which people talked with … read more
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13. To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918
By: Adam Hochschild
3.82
Format: 160 pages,
World War I stands as one of history's most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanati… read more
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14. Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War
By: Karen Abbott
3.64
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Karen Abbott, the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and "pioneer of sizzl… read more
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15. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.29
Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
This book covers the things I was forced to leave out of "A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume O… read more
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- war
16. Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
By: K.G.E. Konkel
4.32
Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition
The Second World War was fought not only on the front lines but also in secrets, some of which have… read more
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"The terrified men did not move. Then Nadia Fedin did something instinctive; she drew her Nagant revolver and fired three short bursts into the head of the nearest soldier. Stepan Ivanovich’s skull bu…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
"Outside, beyond the vast red bricked labyrinth of Kremlin walls, a humid night ensnarled the Soviet capital in its spell. Yet here in the womb-like private cinema Josef Stalin sat, eyes transfixed on…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
"Fedin laughed outright, a grim, calculating gesture as hard and unfeeling as cold steel. “Twenty million Russians have been slaughtered by the Fascists in the last six years..... Always remember this…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
"They came for him near midnight, seven hard-faced men arriving simultaneously in a matching set of Zis 101s, the black-lacquered saloon car so shamelessly modeled on the American Buick Roadmaster, an…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
17. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.29
Format: 470 pages, ebook
Volume One is mainly about the second Indochina war (Vietnam War) and is set during the period from… read more
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"Navarre asserted, “We have such powerful forces and so strong a defence system that Dien Bien Phu is an impregnable fortress!"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"The Vietnamese soldier said, “Before I spoke to her, I had given her a cooked ration of rice. Instead of her being grateful for the meal, she abused me! What gives with these Kampuchean People?"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning b…"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy i…"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
18. Aviva vs. the Dybbuk
By: Mari Lowe
4.06
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
2023 SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARD WINNER A long ago "accident." An isolated girl named Aviva. A comm… read more
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- audiobook
19. Magenta
By: John Payton Foden
4.27
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
Magenta is a harrowing journey into war-torn Sarajevo, and into the blackest reaches of the human c… read more
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- historical
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
"There was a story out there, in a scary place, and she had to bear witness."-John Payton Foden, Magenta
"She polished her words like smooth river rocks lying perfectly organized in brilliant rainbow shades under crystal clear, slow moving water."-John Payton Foden, Magenta
"Stefan, please, get to work. Take a picture of this. You want a photo? Of this? War in all its ugliness. A Pulitzer Prize awaits. You want me to document a war crime? Your war crime? Yes. I do. Yo…"-John Payton Foden, Magenta
"Stefan with his camera at the ready photographed a church and mosque and synagogue reduced to a cross and a crescent and a star, solitary monuments to what people once believed. They silently passed…"-John Payton Foden, Magenta
20. Trenul spre Samarkand
By: Guzel Yakhina
4.34
Format: 476 pages, Paperback
Anul 1923. Noua Uniune Sovietică e un tărâm haotic, bântuit de o foamete cruntă și încă zguduit de … read more
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- historical
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21. The Book of Rosy: A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border
By: Rosayra Pablo Cruz
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Compelling and urgently important, The Book of Rosy is the unforgettable story of one brave mother … read more
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