13 Top asia books like The Korean War by Max Hastings

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The Korean War

By: Max Hastings

3.75

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met…

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1. The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)

By: Bruce Cumings

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

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  • american history
  • history
  • asia
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
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"Those who suffer terrible wars have a finer sense of when they begin and when they end."

-Bruce Cumings, The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)

"Eventually the Korean War will be understood as one of the most destructive and one of the most important wars of the twentieth century."

-Bruce Cumings, The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)

"It was this war and not World War II which established a far-flung American base structure abroad and a national security state at home, as defence spending nearly quadrupled in the last six months o…"

-Bruce Cumings, The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)

"It was this war and not World War II which established a far-flung American base structure abroad and a national security state at home, as defence spending nearly quadrupled in the last six months o…"

-Bruce Cumings, The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)

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2. The Fall of Berlin 1945

By: Antony Beevor

4.29

Format: 490 pages, Paperback

The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945.… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"Sé practico: regala un ataúd"

-Antony Beevor, The Fall of Berlin 1945

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3. The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

By: Antony Beevor

3.91

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

A fresh and acclaimed account of the Spanish Civil War by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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4. The Pity of War: Explaining World War I

By: Niall Ferguson

3.87

Format: 624 pages, Paperback

In The Pity of War, Niall Ferguson makes a simple and provocative argument: that the human atrocity… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"The First World War was at once piteous, in the poet's sense, and 'a pity'. It was something worse than a tragedy, which is ultimately something we are taught by the theatre to regard as unavoidable.…"

-Niall Ferguson, The Pity of War: Explaining World War I

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5. Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History

By: Bruce Cumings

3.84

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

"Passionate, cantankerous, and fascinating. Rather like Korea itself."--Nicholas D. Kristof, New Yo… read more

Similar categories in Bruce Cumings's Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History book and Max Hastings's The Korean War

  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • history
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6. Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War

By: William Manchester

3.44

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

The nightmares began for William Manchester 23 years after WW II. In his dreams he lived with the r… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • war
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7. The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War

By: Jonathan Dimbleby

2.64

Format: 110 pages, Hardcover

The Battle of the Atlantic was -- though often overlooked -- crucial to the Allied victory. If the … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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8. The Korean War

By: Max Hastings

3.75

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met… read more

Similar categories in Max Hastings's The Korean War book and Max Hastings's The Korean War

  • american history
  • history
  • asia
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction

9. Ivan's War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945

By: Catherine Merridale

4.12

Format: 206 pages,

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10. The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture

By: Euny Hong

4.33

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

A FRESH, FUNNY, UP-CLOSE LOOK AT HOW SOUTH KOREA REMADE ITSELF AS THE WORLD'S POP CULTURE POWERHOUS… read more

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11. Team Yankee

By: Harold Coyle

3.82

Format: 4 pages, Mass Market Paperback

NATO and the Soviet bloc are at war. The awesome Russian invasion force smashes across the West Ger… read more

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12. Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam

By: H.R. McMaster

4.33

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

"The war in Vietnam was not lost in the field, nor was it lost on the front pages of the New York T… read more

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13. This Kind of War

By: T.R. Fehrenbach

3.00

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

Updated with maps, photographs, and battlefield diagrams, this special fiftieth anniversary edition… read more

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14. 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

Similar categories in Michael G. Kramer's A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two book and Max Hastings's The Korean War

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of 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

15. 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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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"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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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

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17. Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women's Rights Worldwide

By: Hawon Jung

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An eye-opening firsthand account of the ongoing and trailblazing feminist movement in South Korea—o… read more

Similar categories in Hawon Jung's Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women's Rights Worldwide book and Max Hastings's The Korean War

  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • history
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18. Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944

By: Antony Beevor

4.21

Format: 459 pages, Hardcover

The great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"It is only when one faces death, observed one of the men there, that one realises the great value of life."

-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944

"The smell of roasted flesh permeated the air for hours afterwards with the stench of oily-black smoke from the blazing vehicles . Gräbner's body was never identified among all the other carbonized co…"

-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944

"Many historians, with an ‘if only’ approach to the British defeat, have focused so much on different aspects of Operation Market Garden which went wrong that they have tended to overlook the central …"

-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944

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19. Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921

By: Antony Beevor

3.90

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

An epic new account of the conflict that reshaped Eastern Europe and set the stage for the rest of … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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20. Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

By: David H. Petraeus

4.06

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strate… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"A recurring theme of this book is that money spent on deterrence is seldom wasted, especially when considered against the costs incurred when the deterrence fails."

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

"Hybrid warfare particularly appeals to China and Russia, since they are much more able to control the information their populaces receive than are their Western adversaries. A 1999 book, Unrestricted…"

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

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21. Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945

By: Ian W. Toll

4.76

Format: 944 pages, Hardcover

Twilight of the Gods is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacifi… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG FROM CINCPAC ACTION COM THIRD FLEET INFO COMINCH CTF SEVENTY-SEVEN X WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS TASK FORCE THIRTY FOUR RR THE WORLD WONDERS"

-Ian W. Toll, Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945

Cover of Becoming Kim Jong Un: A Former CIA Officer's Insights into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator by Jung H. Pak

22. Becoming Kim Jong Un: A Former CIA Officer's Insights into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator

By: Jung H. Pak

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking account of the rise of North Korea's dictator Kim Jong Un, from his nuclear ambiti… read more

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  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Korea: A New History of South and North by Victor Cha

23. Korea: A New History of South and North

By: Victor Cha

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A major new history of North and South Korea, from the late nineteenth century to the present day  … read more

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  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of In Mortal Combat: Korea, 1950–1953 by John  Toland

24. 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
  • asia
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Rebel and the Kingdom: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Overthrow the North Korean Regime by Bradley Hope

25. The Rebel and the Kingdom: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Overthrow the North Korean Regime

By: Bradley Hope

3.91

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

How did an Ivy League activist become a global fugitive? The tale of a self-taught operative and hi… read more

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  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of War on the Eastern Front: The German Soldier in Russia, 1941–1945 by James Sidney Lucas

26. War on the Eastern Front: The German Soldier in Russia, 1941–1945

By: James Sidney Lucas

3.70

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

Dawn on Sunday 22 June 1941 saw the opening onslaughts of Operation Barbarossa as German forces sto… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Shrimp to Whale: South Korea from the Forgotten War to K-Pop by Ramon Pacheco Pardo

27. Shrimp to Whale: South Korea from the Forgotten War to K-Pop

By: Ramon Pacheco Pardo

4.30

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

South Korea has the most remarkable of histories. Born from the ashes of colonialism, partition and… read more

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  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future by Chun Han Wong

28. Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future

By: Chun Han Wong

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the life and po… read more

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  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Sister: The Extraordinary Story of Kim Yo Jong, The Most Powerful Woman in North Korea by Sung-Yoon Lee

29. The Sister: The Extraordinary Story of Kim Yo Jong, The Most Powerful Woman in North Korea

By: Sung-Yoon Lee

3.52

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The onset of Covid-19 has coincided with the dramatic rise of a young woman called Kim Yo Jong in N… read more

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  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam by Fredrik Logevall

30. Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam

By: Fredrik Logevall

4.42

Format: 864 pages, Kindle Edition

The struggle for Vietnam occupies a central place in the history of the twentieth century. Fought o… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • asia
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Samsung Rising: The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech by Geoffrey Cain

31. Samsung Rising: The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech

By: Geoffrey Cain

3.65

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Geoffrey Cain offers a penetrating look behind the curtains of the biggest company nobody in Americ… read more

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  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • history

25 Top history books like The Korean War by Max Hastings

Transform Your Habits

The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)

Bruce Cumings

3.76

Transform Your Habits

The Fall of Berlin 1945

Antony Beevor

4.29

Transform Your Habits

The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

Antony Beevor

3.91

Transform Your Habits

The Pity of War: Explaining World War I

Niall Ferguson

3.87

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14 best-selling audiobook books like The Sister: The Extraordinary Story of Kim Yo Jong, The Most Powerful Woman in North Korea by Sung-Yoon Lee

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North Korea Confidential: Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors

Daniel Tudor , James Pearson

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women's Rights Worldwide

Hawon Jung

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide

Tahir Hamut Izgil

4.31

Transform Your Habits

The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace (The Shortest History Series)

Michael Scott-Baumann

4.12

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