HERE I STAND: WARS OF THE REFORMATION 1517-1555
The Prince
1515
MILITARY HISTORYThe 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...
Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs
1997
NON-FICTIONControversial argument that the Vietnam War was lost as much by deception and institutional failures at the top of the U.S. military and government as by battlefield failure.
Shadow on the White House
1993
NON-FICTIONHarry 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, ...
They Shall Not Pass
2002
NON-FICTIONThe story of the longest and most devastating battle of the Great War.
The Somme
2005
NON-FICTIONDefinitive modern account of the Battle of the Somme and its horrific toll.
Gallipoli
2011
NON-FICTIONComprehensive account of the doomed Gallipoli campaign using firsthand sources.
Hue 1968
2017
NON-FICTIONGripping account of the bloodiest battle of the Tet Offensive and the Vietnam War's turning point.
All Quiet on the Western Front
1929
FICTIONThe defining anti-war novel — a young German soldier's experience of the Western Front's industrial slaughter, told with devastating simplicity.
The Guns of August
1962
NON-FICTIONPulitzer Prize-winning account of the first month of WWI. Tuchman shows how miscalculation and momentum dragged Europe into catastrophe.
The Forgotten War: America in Korea 1950-1953
1987
NON-FICTIONThe most exhaustive single-volume history of the Korean War, covering every major campaign from the Pusan Perimeter to the armistice.
The Jakarta Method
2020
MILITARY HISTORYIn this bold and comprehensive new history, Vincent Bevins builds on his incisive reporting for the Washington Post, using recently declassified documents, archival research and eye-witness testimony ...
The Caine mutiny
1951
MILITARY HISTORYWinner of the Pulitzer Prize this atmospheric novel tells the story in flashback of a mutiny aboard a United States minesweeper during WW2. The murky events of the mutiny emerge during a court-martial...
Korean War
2017
MILITARY HISTORYIt was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met in battle. Max Hastings—preeminent military historian—takes us back to the bloody bitter struggle to...
Treasure Island
1880
MILITARY HISTORYTraditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is an adventure tale known for its atmosphere, characters and action, and also as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality — as see...