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DRIVE ON WASHINGTON: THE BATTLE OF MONOCACY JUNCTION, JULY 9, 1864

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MATCH 09
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Tom Holland

2003

NON-FICTION

Gripping narrative of Rome's transformation from republic to empire, from Sulla's march on Rome to Julius Caesar's assassination.

Same war
MATCH 09
The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic

Robert L. O'Connell

2010

NON-FICTION

Account of Hannibal's invasion of Italy and the catastrophic Roman defeat at Cannae, the tactical masterpiece that still influences military thought.

Same war
MATCH 09
The Savage Storm
The Savage Storm

James Holland

2023

NON-FICTION

Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland both narrates and reframes the controversial first months of the Italian Campaign and sets a new standard in the chronicling of war Following victory in Sicily, ...

Same war
MATCH 09
A Savage War
A Savage War

Williamson Murray, Wayne Wei-Siang Hsieh

2018

NON-FICTION

How the Civil War changed the face of war The Civil War represented a momentous change in the character of war. It combined the projection of military might across a continent on a scale never before ...

Same war
MATCH 08
Shadow on the White House
Shadow on the White House

David L. Anderson

1993

NON-FICTION

Harry Truman's administration began searching for an American response to the clash in Indochina between Frech colonialism and Vietminh communism in 1945. Thirty years and five administrations later, ...

Tags: Infantry, Renaissance
MATCH 05
The Forgotten War: America in Korea 1950-1953

Clay Blair

1987

NON-FICTION

The most exhaustive single-volume history of the Korean War, covering every major campaign from the Pusan Perimeter to the armistice.

Tags: Infantry
MATCH 05
The Prince
The Prince

Niccolò Machiavelli

1515

MILITARY HISTORY

The Prince (Italian: Il Principe [il ˈprintʃipe]; Latin: De Principatibus) is a 16th-century political treatise written by Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli as an instruction...

Tags: Renaissance
MATCH 05
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young

Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore & Joseph L. Galloway

1992

NON-FICTION

Definitive account of the Battle of Ia Drang Valley in 1965, the first major engagement between US forces and the NVA.

Tags: Infantry
MATCH 05
This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History

T. R. Fehrenbach

1963

NON-FICTION

Classic examination of the Korean War that focuses on the experience of the infantry soldier and the failures of American military preparedness.

Tags: Infantry
MATCH 05
The Sharp End: The Fighting Man in World War II

John Ellis

1980

NON-FICTION

Classic examination of what combat was actually like for the ordinary infantryman in WWII — covering fear, exhaustion, morale, and the gulf between official narratives and soldier reality.

Tags: Infantry
MATCH 05
House to House: An Epic Memoir of War

David Bellavia

2007

MEMOIR

First-person account of urban combat in Fallujah in November 2004 by a decorated Army staff sergeant. The most visceral account of close-quarters combat in the Iraq War.

Tags: Infantry
MATCH 05
The Battle for the Falklands
The Battle for the Falklands

Max Hastings, Simon Jenkins

1983

NON-FICTION

"Must be read by all our military people and anyone who wants to find out what really happened on the Falkland Islands." -James M. Gavin

Tags: Americas
MATCH 03
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
MATCH 03
Slapton Sands
Slapton Sands

Francis Cottam

2004

NON-FICTION

It's 1976 and American student Alice Bourne has come to Slapton Sands on the south Devon coast to research an event that took place 32 years earlier, a catastrophe which claimed the lives of almost 1,...

Tags: Americas
MATCH 03
Lee Takes Command
Lee Takes Command

Time-Life Books

1984

NON-FICTION

When General Robert E. Lee took command of the Confederate forces defending Richmond in June of 1862, he was famous yet little known. How Lee's background and training prepared him for his supreme tri...

Tags: Americas
MATCH 03
Clara Barton's Civil War
Clara Barton's Civil War

Donald Pfanz

2018

NON-FICTION

Through Battle Dispatches, Letters, and Other Records, Discovering the Wartime Service of America's Most Famous Nurse "I always tried to succor the wounded until medical aid and supplies could come up...

Tags: Americas
MATCH 03
Shadows in the Fire
Shadows in the Fire

Gray Basnight

2015

NON-FICTION

Wise beyond her years, Miss Francine is a twelve-year-old slave girl in Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War. She endures the hardships of bondage as well as the odd...

Tags: Americas
MATCH 03
Legacy of Discord
Legacy of Discord

Gil Dorland

2002

NON-FICTION

Probing interviews with leading participants in, and critical observers of, the Vietnam War

Tags: Americas
MATCH 03
The Blood of Flowers
The Blood of Flowers

Anita Amirrezvani

2007

FICTION

A dazzling debut novel about a young woman in 17th-century Persia whose gift as a rug designer transforms her life.

Tags: Americas
MATCH 02
Hue 1968

Mark Bowden

2017

NON-FICTION

Gripping account of the bloodiest battle of the Tet Offensive and the Vietnam War's turning point.

Same era