Best Military History Books

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The Face of Battle
de John Keegan
2,763 membres
26 ressenyes
4
5 Members
ABVR, pitjrw, thorold, VonKar, candyharlot
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Queen Victoria's Little Wars
de Byron Farwell
322 membres
7 ressenyes
4
5 Members
ABVR, staffordcastle, John_Vaughan, gregchief, Sonesson
4
The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815
de N. A. M. Rodger
557 membres
9 ressenyes
½ 4.5
4 Members
Bretzky1, Sonesson, fredsmithx, GregC.
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The Norman Conquest
de Marc Morris
658 membres
12 ressenyes
4.2
4 Members
VonKar, pmbrittin, Grokkers, GregC.
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Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
de Mark Bowden
638 membres
17 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
EduardoT, Bretzky1, Grokkers
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Back to the Front: An Accidental Historian Walks the Trenches of World War I
de Stephen O'Shea
283 membres
4 ressenyes
4
3 Members
John_Vaughan, robertbradley, GregC.
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The Third Reich at War
de Richard J. Evans
1,314 membres
28 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
Bretzky1, VonKar, Grokkers
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Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
de Max Hastings
1,148 membres
26 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
jamespurcell, VonKar, Grokkers
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom
de T. E. Lawrence
4,781 membres
55 ressenyes
4
3 Members
John_Vaughan, pmbrittin, Grokkers
12
Soldier Sahibs: The Men Who Made the North-west Frontier
de Charles Allen
168 membres
½ 3.5
2 Members
John_Vaughan, SteveCornell
13
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942–1943
de Rick Atkinson
2,756 membres
63 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
EduardoT, VonKar, Grokkers
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Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
de Michael R. Gordon
842 membres
12 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
Bretzky1, pmbrittin
15
Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945
de Carlo D'Este
342 membres
8 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
VonKar, pmbrittin
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The Battle: A New History of Waterloo
de Alessandro Barbero
316 membres
6 ressenyes
4
3 Members
EduardoT, jamespurcell, VonKar
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The Day of the Barbarians
de Alessandro Barbero
350 membres
19 ressenyes
½ 3.7
3 Members
EduardoT, jamespurcell, VonKar
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Of Arms and Men: A History of War, Weapons, and Aggression
de Robert L. O'Connell
187 membres
3 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
ABVR, GregC.
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Decision in Normandy
de Carlo D'Este
507 membres
7 ressenyes
4
2 Members
ABVR, VonKar
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Rifles: Six Years with Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters
de Mark Urban
442 membres
10 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
EduardoT, jamespurcell
21
The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800
de Geoffrey Parker
282 membres
2 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
ABVR, GregC.
22
The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916
de Alistair Horne
837 membres
19 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
EduardoT, VonKar
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The Guns of August
de Barbara W. Tuchman
6,601 membres
125 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
VonKar, Grokkers
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The Washing of the Spears
de Donald R. Morris
633 membres
5 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
John_Vaughan, gregchief
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The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece
de Victor Davis Hanson
562 membres
4 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
pitjrw, GregC.
26
Hiroshima (Expanded edition)
de John Hersey
1,967 membres
37 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
ABVR, pitjrw
27
Wellington's Hidden Heroes: The Dutch and the Belgians at Waterloo
de Veronica Baker-Smith
17 membres
1 ressenya
½ 4.4
2 Members
jamespurcell, VonKar
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Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front
de Richard Holmes
387 membres
4 ressenyes
4
2 Members
John_Vaughan, gregchief
29
A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam
de Lewis Sorley
240 membres
5 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
Bretzky1, pmbrittin
30
The Tools of Empire: Technology and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century
de Daniel R. Headrick
211 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.7
2 Members
ABVR, GregC.
31
The Fall of Constantinople 1453
de Steven Runciman
742 membres
13 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
pitjrw, pmbrittin
32
Masters and Commanders : The Military Geniuses Who Led the West to Victory in World War II
de Andrew Roberts
441 membres
7 ressenyes
4
2 Members
VonKar, Grokkers
33
A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962
de Alistair Horne
1,041 membres
17 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
EduardoT, pitjrw
34
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
de Mark Bowden
4,502 membres
68 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
EduardoT, Grokkers
35
Ivan's War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945
de Catherine Merridale
743 membres
13 ressenyes
4
2 Members
EduardoT, jamespurcell
36
The Thirty Years War
de C. V. Wedgwood
1,304 membres
17 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
Bretzky1, GregC.
37
Borodino and the War of 1812
de Christopher Duffy
53 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
jamespurcell, VonKar
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Horse Soldiers
de Doug Stanton
984 membres
21 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
EduardoT, Grokkers
39
Is Paris Burning?
de Larry Collins
1,077 membres
16 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
John_Vaughan, GregC.
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Liaison 1914
de Edward Spears
63 membres
4.1
2 Members
pitjrw, VonKar
41
The Korean War
de Max Hastings
813 membres
9 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
ABVR, Grokkers
42
Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
de Ian W. Toll
1,033 membres
25 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
Bretzky1, Grokkers
43
Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket
de Richard Holmes
459 membres
2 ressenyes
4
2 Members
John_Vaughan, VonKar
44
Why the Allies Won
de Richard Overy
866 membres
7 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
ABVR, EduardoT
45
Russia Against Napoleon: The Battle for Europe, 1807 to 1814
de Dominic Lieven
535 membres
9 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
VonKar, Grokkers
46
The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society since A.D. 1000
de William H. McNeill
482 membres
1 ressenya
4.2
Member
pitjrw
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Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle
de Richard B. Frank
444 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 4.4
Member
Jumpball
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
de James M. McPherson
5,379 membres
76 ressenyes
½ 4.4
2 Members
ABVR, EduardoT
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Berlin: The Downfall 1945
de Antony Beevor
3,077 membres
57 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
EduardoT, VonKar
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Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
de Evan Wright
1,581 membres
36 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
ABVR, EduardoT
52
Giving Up the Gun: Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1543-1879
de Noel Perrin
207 membres
5 ressenyes
3.8
Member
pitjrw
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Mr. Kipling's Army
de Byron Farwell
206 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
staffordcastle
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Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence
de John Ferling
704 membres
7 ressenyes
4.2
Member
Bretzky1
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The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy
de Peter H. Wilson
858 membres
13 ressenyes
3.9
Member
Bretzky1
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Red Storm on the Reich: The Soviet March on Germany, 1945
de Christopher Duffy
144 membres
2 ressenyes
4.2
Member
VonKar
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Hell Riders: The True Story of the Charge of the Light Brigade
de Terry Brighton
117 membres
2 ressenyes
4.1
Member
John_Vaughan
58
Dispatches
de Michael Herr
3,205 membres
63 ressenyes
4.1
Member
EduardoT
59
Tune That They Play
de William Clive
12 membres
1 ressenya
5
Member
John_Vaughan
60
The Forever War
de Dexter Filkins
1,420 membres
40 ressenyes
4.1
Member
EduardoT
61
Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle
de Roy Adkins
660 membres
12 ressenyes
3.9
Member
Bretzky1
62
The Rise of American Air Power: The Creation of Armageddon
de Michael S. Sherry
95 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.7
Member
ABVR
64
Retake Arnhem Bridge
de Bob Gerritsen
8 membres
5
Member
VonKar
65
Storm of Steel
de Ernst Jünger
2,293 membres
68 ressenyes
4
Member
EduardoT
66
The Thin Red Line
de James Jones
1,353 membres
21 ressenyes
3.8
Member
pitjrw
67
Wellington and Napoleon: Clash of Arms 1807-1815
de Robin Neillands
116 membres
1 ressenya
3.2
Member
John_Vaughan
68
Waterloo 200 jaar strijd
de Jurriën De Jong
13 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
VonKar
69
Les Metamorfosis
de Ovid
13,181 membres
102 ressenyes
4.1
Member
ABVR
70
Patton: A Genius for War
de Carlo D'Este
692 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
VonKar
71
Some Desperate Glory: The World War I Diary of a British Officer, 1917
de Edwin Campion Vaughan
131 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 4.5
Member
John_Vaughan
72
The Campaign of the Marne
de Sewell Tyng
33 membres
3 ressenyes
½ 4.4
Member
pitjrw
73
The First World War: A Complete History
de Martin Gilbert
1,236 membres
12 ressenyes
4
Member
ABVR
74
Gallipoli
de Alan Moorehead
595 membres
5 ressenyes
4
Member
EduardoT
75
Soldier from the Wars Returning
de Charles Carrington
30 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.6
Member
John_Vaughan
76
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
de Scott Anderson
1,408 membres
50 ressenyes
4.1
Member
EduardoT
77
The Secret War against Hanoi
de Richard H. Shultz Jr.
126 membres
1 ressenya
4
Member
Bretzky1
78
Rückzug: The German Retreat from France, 1944 (Foreign Military Studies)
de Joachim Ludewig
54 membres
7 ressenyes
3.8
Member
VonKar
79
Bridge Across the Sky: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift, 1948-1949
de Richard Collier
28 membres
2
Member
John_Vaughan
80
Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War
de Rick Atkinson
441 membres
1 ressenya
4.2
Member
ABVR
81
Empire by Default: The Spanish-American War and the Dawn of the American Century
de Ivan Musicant
153 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.6
Member
Bretzky1
82
Khartoum: The Ultimate Imperial Adventure
de Michael Asher
125 membres
2 ressenyes
3.9
Member
EduardoT
83
No True Glory : A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah
de Bing West
312 membres
7 ressenyes
4.1
Member
EduardoT
84
Touched with Fire: The Land War in the South Pacific
de Eric M. Bergerud
210 membres
4 ressenyes
4.2
Member
ABVR
85
Six Days of War
de Michael B. Oren
1,524 membres
23 ressenyes
4.1
Member
EduardoT
86
Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man
de Siegfried Sassoon
722 membres
13 ressenyes
3.8
Member
John_Vaughan
87
The Skulking Way of War: Technology and Tactics Among the New England Indians
de Patrick M. Malone
92 membres
2 ressenyes
4
Member
ABVR
88
The Lion and the Union: The Anglo-American War 1812-15
de Kate Caffrey
18 membres
½ 3.5
Member
Bretzky1
89
This Terrible War: The Civil War and its Aftermath
de Michael Fellman
44 membres
3.1
Member
Bretzky1
90
Glorie zonder helden : de slag bij Waterloo, waarheid en legende
de N. Vels Heijn
7 membres
½ 4.5
Member
VonKar
91
Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography
de Robert Graves
3,690 membres
66 ressenyes
4
Member
John_Vaughan
92
The Civil War: A Narrative
de Shelby Foote
1,519 membres
14 ressenyes
½ 4.6
Member
ABVR
93
The Marne, 1914: The Opening of World War I and the Battle That Changed the World
de Holger H. Herwig
388 membres
7 ressenyes
3.8
Member
EduardoT
94
The spirit soldiers; a historical narrative of the Boxer Rebellion
de Richard O'Connor
19 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.3
Member
Bretzky1
95
Dresden: Tuesday, February 13, 1945
de Frederick Taylor
532 membres
12 ressenyes
4.1
Member
VonKar
96
Warsaw 1920: Lenin's Failed Conquest of Europe
de Adam Zamoyski
198 membres
6 ressenyes
3.8
Member
EduardoT
97
Maquis
de George Reid Millar
54 membres
4
Member
John_Vaughan
98
The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945
de Ian Kershaw
1,023 membres
23 ressenyes
4
Member
VonKar
99
The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat
de Bob Drury
318 membres
6 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
EduardoT
100
Caesar Against the Celts
de Ramon L. Jimenez
246 membres
2 ressenyes
3.8
Member
John_Vaughan