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MATCH 31
Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England

Juliet Barker

2005

NON-FICTION

The definitive modern account of the Battle of Agincourt, combining close reading of contemporary sources with analysis of the armies, terrain, and tactics that produced Henry V's famous victory.

Same eventSame warTags: Europe, Infantry, Medieval, Tactical
MATCH 28
Agincourt: A New History

Anne Curry

2005

NON-FICTION

The definitive modern account of Agincourt, drawing on English and French sources to reconstruct the battle and debunk centuries of myth.

Same eventSame warTags: Europe, Infantry, Medieval
MATCH 28
Azincourt
Azincourt

Bernard Cornwell

2008

FICTION

Cornwell's masterful novel follows an English archer through the brutal Agincourt campaign — mud, terror, and the long-bow's devastating power.

Same eventSame warTags: Europe, Infantry, Medieval
MATCH 28
Agincourt
Agincourt

Bernard Cornwell

2009

FICTION

"The greatest writer of historical adventures today" (Washington Post) tackles his richest, most thrilling subject yet—the heroic tale of Agincourt. Young Nicholas Hook is dogged by a cursed past—haun...

Same eventSame warTags: Europe, Infantry, Medieval
MATCH 08
The Somme

Robin Prior & Trevor Wilson

2005

NON-FICTION

Definitive modern account of the Battle of the Somme and its horrific toll.

Tags: Europe, Infantry
MATCH 08
Gallipoli
Gallipoli

Peter Hart

2011

NON-FICTION

Comprehensive account of the doomed Gallipoli campaign using firsthand sources.

Tags: Europe, Infantry
MATCH 08
All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque

1929

FICTION

The defining anti-war novel — a young German soldier's experience of the Western Front's industrial slaughter, told with devastating simplicity.

Tags: Europe, Infantry
MATCH 08
Storm of Steel

Ernst Jünger

1920

MEMOIR

Unflinching memoir of a German stormtrooper on the Western Front, written without sentimentality. One of the most controversial war memoirs ever published.

Tags: Europe, Infantry
MATCH 08
Goodbye to All That

Robert Graves

1929

MEMOIR

Brilliant and bitter autobiography by the English poet-soldier, covering his harrowing service on the Western Front and disillusionment with England.

Tags: Europe, Infantry
MATCH 08
Infantry Attacks

Erwin Rommel

1937

MEMOIR

Rommel's tactical manual drawn from his WWI experiences as a junior officer, describing the aggressive infiltration tactics he developed and later applied to devastating effect in North Africa.

Tags: Infantry, Tactical
MATCH 08
The Traveller's Handbook for Constantinople, Gallipoli and Asia Minor
The Traveller's Handbook for Constantinople, Gallipoli and Asia Minor

Roy Elston

1923

NON-FICTION
Tags: Europe, Medieval
MATCH 08
A Guide to the Military History of the World War, 1914-1918
A Guide to the Military History of the World War, 1914-1918

Thomas Goddard Frothingham

1920

NON-FICTION
Tags: Europe, Infantry
MATCH 08
Tannenberg 1410
Tannenberg 1410

Stephen Turnbull

2011

NON-FICTION

A slim, yet detailed volume on the downfall of the Teutonic Knights, featuring battlescene maps and illustrations throughout.

Tags: Europe, Infantry
MATCH 08
Military History of the World War
Military History of the World War

Girard Lindsley McEntee

1943

NON-FICTION
Tags: Europe, Infantry
MATCH 08
Military History for the Modern Strategist
Military History for the Modern Strategist

Michael O'Hanlon

2024

NON-FICTION

The recent conclusion to the war in Afghanistan - America's longest and one of its most frustrating - serves as a vivid reminder of the unpredictability and tragedy of war. In this timely book, esteem...

Tags: Europe, Infantry
MATCH 06
The Face of Battle

John Keegan

1976

NON-FICTION

Landmark study examining three battles — Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme — from the perspective of the ordinary soldier, asking what combat is actually like for those who must endure it.

Tags: Infantry, Tactical
MATCH 05
They Shall Not Pass

Ian Ousby

2002

NON-FICTION

The story of the longest and most devastating battle of the Great War.

Tags: Europe
MATCH 05
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

Amin Maalouf

1984

NON-FICTION

A landmark work that recounts the Crusades entirely from the perspective of the Arab chroniclers who lived through them.

Tags: Medieval
MATCH 05
The Guns of August

Barbara W. Tuchman

1962

NON-FICTION

Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the first month of WWI. Tuchman shows how miscalculation and momentum dragged Europe into catastrophe.

Tags: Europe
MATCH 05
Medieval warfare
Medieval warfare

Geoffrey Hindley

1971

MILITARY HISTORY
Tags: Medieval