CUIUS REGIO: THE THIRTY YEARS WAR
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...
A Frozen Hell: The Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939-1940
1991
NON-FICTIONThe definitive English-language account of the Winter War — Finland's desperate three-month defense against the Soviet invasion. Covers the tactical brilliance of Finnish ski troops and Soviet failure...
The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
2007
NON-FICTIONSweeping narrative of the Korean War from MacArthur's Inchon triumph to the Chinese intervention and the bitter battles of 1950–51, told through the lives of the men who fought it.
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, ...
The Winter King
1997
FICTIONWith The Winter King, the first volume of his magnificent Warlord Chronicles, Bernard Cornwell turns to the story he was born to write: the mythic saga of King Arthur. Now a major television show. The...
Love in Winter
1963
NON-FICTIONTwelve short stories telling of the loves, triumphs, and tragedies of people of post-war Korea.
Panzers at War 1939-1942
2011
NON-FICTION"Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning." General Erwin Rommel A fascinating account of a deadly combination: the supreme German weapon of war in the hands of the finest military t...
Enemy at the Gates
1973
NON-FICTIONThe definitive account of the Battle of Stalingrad, told through the eyes of soldiers on both sides.
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege
1998
NON-FICTIONBeevor's masterful account of the battle that changed the course of WWII on the Eastern Front.
D-Day: June 6, 1944
1994
NON-FICTIONThe climactic battle of World War II told through the accounts of those who were there.
The Longest Day
1959
NON-FICTIONClassic account of the Normandy invasion from all perspectives — Allied, German, and French civilian.
A Time for Trumpets
1985
NON-FICTIONComprehensive history of the Battle of the Bulge by a historian who fought in it.
Shattered Sword
2005
NON-FICTIONRevolutionary account of Midway from the Japanese perspective, debunking many myths.
Miracle at Midway
1982
NON-FICTIONDetailed reconstruction of the battle that turned the tide in the Pacific.
Kursk 1943
2013
NON-FICTIONAuthoritative account of the greatest tank battle in history.
An Army at Dawn
2002
NON-FICTIONPulitzer Prize-winning first volume of Atkinson's Liberation Trilogy covering the North Africa campaign.
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
1981
MEMOIROne of the most powerful firsthand accounts of combat ever written. A U.S. Marine's unsparing memoir of the Pacific island-hopping campaign.
Band of Brothers
1992
NON-FICTIONThe story of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, from D-Day to the end of the war in Europe. Basis for the HBO miniseries.
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 ...