FOR THE PEOPLE
The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146BC
2000
NON-FICTIONDefinitive modern account of all three Punic Wars, from Hannibal's crossing of the Alps to the final destruction of Carthage.
Gates of Fire
1998
FICTIONA vivid fictional account of the 300 Spartans who held the pass at Thermopylae. Widely regarded as the finest military historical novel ever written.
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
2005
NON-FICTIONHolland'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.
Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World
2006
NON-FICTIONScholarly 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.
The Killer Angels
1974
FICTIONPulitzer Prize-winning historical novel depicting the Battle of Gettysburg from multiple perspectives.
Gettysburg: The Last Invasion
2013
NON-FICTIONDeeply researched modern account of the three-day battle that decided the Civil War.
The Peloponnesian War
2003
NON-FICTIONKagan's single-volume masterpiece covering the entire war between Athens and Sparta.
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
2003
NON-FICTIONGripping narrative of Rome's transformation from republic to empire, from Sulla's march on Rome to Julius Caesar's assassination.
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
1988
NON-FICTIONPulitzer Prize-winning single-volume history of the Civil War era. The standard work on the causes, course, and consequences of the conflict.
The Civil War: A Narrative
1958
NON-FICTIONFoote's monumental three-volume narrative history of the Civil War, combining scholarly rigor with the storytelling power of a novelist.
Gettysburg Battle and Battlefield
2002
MILITARY HISTORYGettysburg is a must-have for Civil War enthusiasts. It takes the reader back to a distinguishing moment in American history. Battlefield Guide W. C. Storrick provides more than military tactics and d...
Gettysburg (Battles That Changed the World)
2002
MILITARY HISTORYReport of Commissioners to Care for Gettysburg Battle Monuments, 1892
1893
MILITARY HISTORYGrant
2017
NON-FICTIONDefinitive biography of Ulysses S. Grant, rehabilitating his reputation as both general and president through deep archival research.
Company Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War
1882
MEMOIRThe most celebrated Confederate private's memoir of the war in the Western theater, written with wry humor and devastating honesty about the cost of the conflict.