13 Best american history books like Berlin 1961 by Frederick Kempe

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Berlin 1961

By: Frederick Kempe

4.00

Format: 10 pages,

A fresh, controversial, brilliantly written account of one of the epic dramas of the Cold War-and i…

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1. 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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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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2. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

By: Dan Jones

4.27

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Rebels depend on willful gullibility."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

"Extravagance was a political necessity."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

"Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

"As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

Cover of The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam

3. 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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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"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

Cover of 81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness by Brian Murphy, None

4. 81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness

By: Brian Murphy , None

3.59

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a routine flight t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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5. Berlin 1961

By: Frederick Kempe

4.00

Format: 10 pages,

A fresh, controversial, brilliantly written account of one of the epic dramas of the Cold War-and i… read more

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  • american history
  • russia
  • history
  • world history
  • politics
  • germany
  • nonfiction
Cover of Eisenhower in War and Peace by Jean Edward Smith

6. Eisenhower in War and Peace

By: Jean Edward Smith

4.06

Format: 976 pages, Hardcover

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Christian Science Monitor • St. Louis Post-DispatchIn… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Jealousy knows no logic, nor does it respect reciprocity."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

"The loneliness of command had made Eisenhower emotionally self-sufficient."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

"Patton would have said a warmer goodbye to his horse, The author writes on Eisenhower's cold dismissal of his wartime lover."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

"Eisenhower on Patton: "Fundamentally, he is so avid for recognition as a great commander that he won't with ruthlessly suppress any habit that will jeopardize it."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

7. Adolf Hitler

By: John Toland

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian John Toland's classic, definitive biography of Adolf Hitler remain… read more

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8. Frederick the Great: A Military History

By: None

3.85

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Frederick the Great is one of history's most important leaders. Famed for his military successes an… read more

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9. FDR

By: Jean Edward Smith

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

One of today's premier biographers has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the… read more

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10. Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician

By: Anthony Everitt

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

"All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined." --John Adam… read more

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11. The Generals: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and the Winning of World War II

By: Winston Groom

3.43

Format: 232 pages, ebook

Celebrated historian Winston Groom tells the intertwined and uniquely American tales of George Patt… read more

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12. Kissinger

By: Walter Isaacson

4.33

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

By the time Henry Kissinger was made secretary of state in 1973, he had become, according to the Ga… read more

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13. 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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14. Ian Fleming: The Complete Man

By: Nicholas Shakespeare

4.09

Format: 839 pages, Kindle Edition

A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biograp… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides

15. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
Cover of The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I by Douglas Brunt

16. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

By: Douglas Brunt

4.23

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"

-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

Cover of An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin

17. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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18. Surviving to Drive

By: Guenther Steiner

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is wat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Then again, could you imagine me walking on to the balcony in St Peter’s Square in Rome and delivering the Urbi et Orbi. ‘OK, I’m finished now. Get to foking work!’ Pope Guenther the first would be P…"

-Guenther Steiner, Surviving to Drive

Cover of Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918 by Katja Hoyer

19. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

By: Katja Hoyer

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable… read more

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  • politics
  • germany
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon by Robert Kurson

20. Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon

By: Robert Kurson

4.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The inside, lesser-known story of NASA's boldest and riskiest mission: Apollo 8, mankind's first jo… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 by Katja Hoyer

21. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

By: Katja Hoyer

4.23

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • germany
  • nonfiction
"Some of the “songs"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

Cover of Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties by David de Jong

22. Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties

By: David de Jong

4.21

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors… read more

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  • politics
  • germany
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage

23. G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

By: Beverly Gage

4.37

Format: 864 pages, Hardcover

A major new biography of J. Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a grou… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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24. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

By: George Stephanopoulos

4.45

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962 by Max Hastings

25. The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962

By: Max Hastings

4.40

Format: 538 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tens… read more

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  • american history
  • russia
  • history
  • world history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of In Mortal Combat: Korea, 1950–1953 by John  Toland

26. In Mortal Combat: Korea, 1950–1953

By: John Toland

4.23

Format: 924 pages, Kindle Edition

A brilliant history of the Korean War based on the real experiences of soldiers from both sides   P… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The China Mission: George Marshall's Unfinished War, 1945-1947 by Daniel Kurtz-Phelan

27. The China Mission: George Marshall's Unfinished War, 1945-1947

By: Daniel Kurtz-Phelan

4.20

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

An Economist Best Book of 2018 New York Times Book Review Editor’s Pick “Gripping [and] splendid.…… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine K. Albright

28. Fascism: A Warning

By: Madeleine K. Albright

4.25

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy shapes tod… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"...to be defenseless did not mean to be without honor."

-Madeleine K. Albright, Fascism: A Warning

"Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)"

-Madeleine K. Albright, Fascism: A Warning

"Decades ago, George Orwell suggested that the best one-word description of a Fascist was “bully,"

-Madeleine K. Albright, Fascism: A Warning

"A spoonful of sugar can be as helpful in dealing with foreign diplomats as it is in child psychology, for these are not unrelated fields."

-Madeleine K. Albright, Fascism: A Warning

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29. Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

3.84

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

Does George Washington still matter? Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington's… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"When Washington became president of the United States, he was still wrestling with the meaning of the American Revolution. He'd entered the conflict an unrepentant Virginia slaveholder. By the end of…"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy

Cover of Leadership in War: Essential Lessons from Those Who Made History by Andrew Roberts

30. Leadership in War: Essential Lessons from Those Who Made History

By: Andrew Roberts

3.80

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Taking us from the French Revolution to the Cold War, Andrew Roberts presents a bracingly honest an… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism by Stephen Breyer

31. Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism

By: Stephen Breyer

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A provocative, brilliant analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that dec… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction

24 best-selling history books like Berlin 1961 by Frederick Kempe

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

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

Dan Jones

4.27

Transform Your Habits

The Best and the Brightest

David Halberstam

4.27

Transform Your Habits

81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness

Brian Murphy , None

3.59

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15 Top audiobook books like Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine K. Albright

Transform Your Habits

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

Liz Cheney

4.60

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How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

Jason F. Stanley

4.17

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The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

Jon Meacham

4.26

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