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YALU: THE CHINESE COUNTEROFFENSIVE IN KOREA: NOVEMBER 1950-MAY 1951 (SECOND EDITION)

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Wars of the Cold War
Wars of the Cold War

David J. A. Stone

2004

NON-FICTION

Though the words, Cold War, refer to a period of specific international tension it is also true that the wars, conflicts and armed disputes of the period were most often influenced by, and even create...

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MATCH 15
A Moving River of Tears
A Moving River of Tears

Temira Pachmuss

1992

NON-FICTION

This volume surveys the Russian effort throughout the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries to unite Russian and Finnish literature. The book discusses various contacts, meetings, disag...

Same warTags: Middle East, Modern
MATCH 14
Gates of Fire

Steven Pressfield

1998

FICTION

A vivid fictional account of the 300 Spartans who held the pass at Thermopylae. Widely regarded as the finest military historical novel ever written.

Tags: Ancient, Europe, Infantry, Middle East
MATCH 14
Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World

Paul Cartledge

2006

NON-FICTION

Scholarly account of the Battle of Thermopylae by a leading classicist, examining the historical reality behind the Spartan stand and its extraordinary afterlife in Western culture.

Tags: Ancient, Europe, Infantry, Middle East
MATCH 11
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

Tom Holland

2005

NON-FICTION

Holland's gripping narrative of the Persian invasions of Greece, from Marathon to Salamis, and how a tiny Greek coalition stopped the mightiest empire on earth.

Tags: Ancient, Europe, Infantry
MATCH 11
The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146BC

Adrian Goldsworthy

2000

NON-FICTION

Definitive modern account of all three Punic Wars, from Hannibal's crossing of the Alps to the final destruction of Carthage.

Tags: Ancient, Europe, Infantry
MATCH 11
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.

Tags: Ancient, Europe, Middle East
MATCH 11
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, Middle East, Modern
MATCH 09
A History of War in 100 Battles
A History of War in 100 Battles

R. J. Overy

2014

NON-FICTION

Beginning with the fall of Troy in 1200 BC and ending with the invasion of Baghdad in 2003, renowned military historian Richard Overy's newest work looks at the history of warfare through the lens of ...

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MATCH 08
The Peloponnesian War

Donald Kagan

2003

NON-FICTION

Kagan's single-volume masterpiece covering the entire war between Athens and Sparta.

Tags: Ancient, Europe
MATCH 08
Soviet storm

Mike Lepine

2016

MILITARY HISTORY

Soviet Storm tells the complete story of the War on the Eastern Front, profiling the epic campaigns and battles, revealing the tactics employed by both sides and exposing the true horrors of a conflic...

Tags: Middle East, Modern
MATCH 08
The Forever War
The Forever War

Joe Haldeman

1974

MILITARY SCI-FI

"The legendary novel of extraterrestrial war in an uncaring universe comes to comics, in a stunningly realized vision of Joe Haldeman's Vietnam War parable epic war story spanning relativistic space a...

Tags: Middle East, Modern
MATCH 08
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, Modern
MATCH 08
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

Peter Heather

2006

NON-FICTION

Revisionist history arguing that the fall of Rome was caused primarily by external military pressure from the Huns and Goths.

Tags: Ancient, Europe
MATCH 08
Alexander of Macedon, 356–323 B.C.: A Historical Biography

Peter Green

1974

NON-FICTION

The most scholarly biography of Alexander the Great, placing his campaigns in their full political, economic, and cultural context.

Tags: Ancient, Middle East
MATCH 08
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.

Tags: Ancient, Europe
MATCH 08
Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America

Evan Wright

2004

NON-FICTION

Rolling Stone journalist's embedded account of the 1st Recon Battalion's charge through Iraq in the opening weeks of the 2003 invasion — raw, unfiltered, and unflinching.

Tags: Middle East, Modern
MATCH 08
No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah

Bing West

2005

NON-FICTION

Marine veteran and journalist Bing West's on-the-ground account of the two battles for Fallujah — the first assault halted by political pressure and the brutal second assault that cleared the city.

Tags: Middle East, Modern
MATCH 08
Hunter in the Storm
Hunter in the Storm

Caleb Anthrop

2023

FICTION

In a time of absolute war, one young man’s journey begins with an unbearable loss. Recruited into a unit tied to the founding of America, he will get a chance not only for revenge, but become an integ...

Tags: Middle East, Modern
MATCH 08
Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm
Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm

Robert Michael Citino

2004

NON-FICTION

When Germany launched its blitzkrieg invasion of France in 1940, it forever changed the way the world waged war. Although the Wehrmacht ultimately succumbed to superior Allied firepower in a two-front...

Tags: Middle East, Modern