11 best-selling world war ii books like Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen

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Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust

By: Daniel Jonah Goldhagen

3.74

Format: None pages, Paperback

This groundbreaking international bestseller lays to rest many myths about the Holocaust: that Germ…

If you liked the world war ii plot in Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

By: Barbara W. Tuchman

4.13

Format: 588 pages, Paperback

During the fateful quarter century leading up to World War I, the climax of a century of rapid, unp… read more

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  • history
  • politics
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"Even his own speeches bored him."

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

"Duty was not untinged by ambition."

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

"Society's revenge matched its fright."

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

"I command, or I keep quiet." Napoleon"

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

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2. When the Wind Blows

By: Raymond Briggs

4.27

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Raymond Briggs' now famous bestselling comic cartoon book depicts the effects of a nuclear attack o… read more

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  • politics
  • war
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3. I Am David

By: Anne Holm , L.W. Kingsland

3.00

Format: 12 pages, Paperback

David's entire twelve-year life has been spent in a grisly prison camp in Eastern Europe. He knows … read more

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  • war
  • holocaust
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4. To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949

By: Ian Kershaw

3.98

Format: 574 pages, Hardcover

The Penguin History of Europe series reaches the twentieth century with acclaimed scholar Ian Kersh… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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5. The Steel Wave (World War II: 1939-1945, #2)

By: Jeff Shaara

3.87

Format: 237 pages,

General Dwight Eisenhower once again commands a diverse army that must find its single purpose in t… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
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6. Tamar

By: Mal Peet

2.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Now available - the Carnegie Medal winner comes to the U.S. When her grandfather dies, Tamar inher… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
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7. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti

3.00

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In her first full-length nonfiction title since winning the Robert F. Sibert Award, Susan Campbell … read more

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  • war
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  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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8. The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany 1944-45

By: Ian Kershaw

4.14

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Countless books have been written about why Nazi Germany lost World War II, yet remarkably little a… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • germany
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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher R. Browning

9. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

By: Christopher R. Browning

4.10

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the … read more

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"The behavior of any human being is, of course, a very complex phenomenon, and the historian who attempts to "explain" it is indulging in a certain arrogance."

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

"This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve policemen faced choices, and most of them committed terrible deeds. But those who killed cannot be absolved by the notion that anyo…"

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

"What, then, is one to conclude? Most of all, one comes away from the story of Reserve Police Battalion 101 with great unease. This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve polic…"

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

"At the same time, however, the collective behavior of Reserve Police Battalion 101 has deeply disturbing implications. There are many societies afflicted by traditions of racism and caught in the sie…"

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

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10. Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust

By: Daniel Jonah Goldhagen

3.74

Format: None pages, Paperback

This groundbreaking international bestseller lays to rest many myths about the Holocaust: that Germ… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • germany
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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11. Infantry Attacks

By: Erwin Rommel , Manfred Rommel , Gustave E. Kiddé

3.80

Format: 384 pages,

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war

12. Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield

By: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

3.99

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Dressmaker of Khair Khana comes the poignant a… read more

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13. The German War: A Nation Under Arms

By: Nicholas Stargardt

4.34

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

As early as 1941, Allied victory in World War II seemed all but assured. How and why, then, did the… read more

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  • history
  • germany
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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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14. The Baker's Daughter

By: Sarah McCoy

3.97

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

In 1945, Elsie Schmidt is a naive teenager, as eager for her first sip of champagne as she is for h… read more

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"People often miss things that don't exist--miss things that were but are not anymore."

-Sarah McCoy, The Baker's Daughter

"Alors, où aller quand votre maison ne constituait plus un abri - quand le monde n'avait plus aucun sens ? A quel moment prendre la décision de partir ou de rester ?"

-Sarah McCoy, The Baker's Daughter

"We all tell little lies about ourselves, Our past, our presents. We think some of them are minuscule, unimportant, And others, large and incriminating. But they are the same. Only God Has enough of t…"

-Sarah McCoy, The Baker's Daughter

15. Force 10 from Navarone

By: Alistair MacLean

4.19

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The thrilling sequel to Alistair MacLean's masterpiece of World War II adventure, The Guns of Navar… read more

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16. The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land

By: Thomas Asbridge

4.22

Format: 784 pages, Hardcover

The Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the H… read more

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  • history
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"The Lionheart had arrived."

-Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land

"Zangi was now sixty-two and still in remarkably rude health."

-Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land

"Time and again in the Middle Ages, warrior-kings, seen by their men in the thick of fighting, turned the tide of battle, assuring victory."

-Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land

"The first Latin up a ladder was Aubery Clements, marshal of France, one of Philip’s leading knights. It was said later among the Christians’ forces that, before climbing the breach, Aubery had called…"

-Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land

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17. The Three Witches and The Master

By: Max Nowaz

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

When a beautiful naked woman Eve, unexpectedly turns up at his back door, Adam, an amateur wizard, … read more

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"Where’s my uncle?"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"You can’t escape me, I’m coming for you soon,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"I haven’t got a clue why his bones disintegrated, but look at the bright side,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession. "

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

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18. 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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19. Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway

By: Dale A. Jenkins

4.30

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

WAS THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR INEVITABLE? It’s November 1941. Japan and the US are te… read more

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"During the Fireside Chats, half the country tuned in on their radios, and it was said that on hot summer nights when people had their windows open, one could walk through the residential downtown of …"

-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway

"Roosevelt was a genius at mass communications, and his speechwriters deferred to his reviews of their drafts, not so much because he was the president, but because when a text required the perfect wo…"

-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway

"In 1941, as the United States faced the threat of another horrific war, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was leading the nation from a wheelchair. Struck down by polio at age thirty-nine, he rehabilit…"

-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway

"Back in Washington, alone in the late afternoon of December 7, a chastened Franklin Roosevelt considered the situation.  He may have wondered how things had gone so terribly wrong.  But what might ha…"

-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway

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20. 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

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21. 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

12 best-selling history books like Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen

Transform Your Habits

The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

Barbara W. Tuchman

4.13

Transform Your Habits

To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949

Ian Kershaw

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

3.00

Transform Your Habits

The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany 1944-45

Ian Kershaw

4.14

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11 best-selling war books like Tamar by Mal Peet

Transform Your Habits

To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949

Ian Kershaw

3.98

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Dog Soldiers

Robert Stone

4.00

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Tamar

Mal Peet

2.50

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The White Guard

Mikhail Bulgakov , Michael Glenny

4.00

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