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.
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.
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.
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.
The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic
2010
NON-FICTIONAccount of Hannibal's invasion of Italy and the catastrophic Roman defeat at Cannae, the tactical masterpiece that still influences military thought.
Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage
2002
NON-FICTIONThe most detailed single-volume account of the Battle of Gettysburg, synthesizing decades of scholarship and integrating the experiences of common soldiers on both sides.
Antietam: The Bloodiest Day
1984
NON-FICTIONIllustrated account of the Battle of Antietam — the bloodiest single day in American military history — tracing the fighting from dawn to dusk on September 17, 1862.