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Crazy Horse and Custer
Crazy Horse and Custer

Stephen E. Ambrose

1996

NON-FICTION

The full story of what led Crazy Horse and Custer to that fateful day at the Little Bighorn, from bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose. On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611 U.S. Army sol...

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The Forgotten War: America in Korea 1950-1953

Clay Blair

1987

NON-FICTION

The most exhaustive single-volume history of the Korean War, covering every major campaign from the Pusan Perimeter to the armistice.

Same warTags: Infantry
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This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History

T. R. Fehrenbach

1963

NON-FICTION

Classic examination of the Korean War that focuses on the experience of the infantry soldier and the failures of American military preparedness.

Same warTags: Infantry
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On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir

Hampton Sides

2018

NON-FICTION

Gripping narrative of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir — where 15,000 UN troops were surrounded by 120,000 Chinese soldiers in brutal Korean winter and fought their way to the sea.

Same warTags: Infantry
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Chosin Reservoir: Defensive, Retrograde, Winter, 1st Marine Division, 27 November-11 December 1950

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

1983

NON-FICTION

This battle analysis addresses the battle of Chosin Reservoir from 27 November to 11 December 1950 in northeastern North Korea during which the 1st Marine Division and some attached U.S. Army units fo...

Same warTags: Infantry
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Frozen Chosin

Edwin H. Simmons, Usmc (Ret ) Brigadier General Simmons

2014

NON-FICTION

Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, Chosin also called Changjin, campaign early in the Korean War, part of the Chinese Second Offensive (November–December 1950) to drive the United Nations out of North Ko...

Same warTags: Infantry
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Chosin Reservoir: Defensive, Retrograde, Winter, 1st Marine Division, 27 NOV-11 DEC 1950

F.M. Berger

1983

NON-FICTION

Analyse fra Korea-krigen af kampene ved Chosin, hvor 1. US Marine Division, der var omringet af talstærke kinesiske styrker, slog sig igennem medbringende deres materiel og sårede.

Same warTags: Infantry
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Attack at Chosin
Attack at Chosin

Xiaobing Li

2020

NON-FICTION

For members of the U.S. Army’s “Task Force Faith” and the First Marine Division, the Battle of Chosin Reservoir is an epic story of survival, courage, and ingenuity. Their exploits are well known—wove...

Same warTags: Infantry
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Chosin
Chosin

Eric Hammel

2007

NON-FICTION

It was 1950, a brutally cold November in North Korea, and the war seemed all but over. And then a force of nearly 70,000 Chinese "volunteers" crossed the Yalu River, encircling the 30,000 United Natio...

Same warTags: Infantry
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35th Anniversary, the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea

Chosin Few (Association)

1985

NON-FICTION
Same warTags: Infantry
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East of Chosin
East of Chosin

Roy Edgar Appleman

2002

NON-FICTION

"Well written and meticulously researched ... East of Chosin is military history at its best". -- Harry G. Summers, Jr., Washington Post Book World

Same warTags: Infantry
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes [4 novels, 56 stories]
The Complete Sherlock Holmes [4 novels, 56 stories]

Arthur Conan Doyle

1900

MILITARY HISTORY

Contains: - [Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262421W/The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holmes) [Scandal in Bohemia](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930611W/A_Scandal_i...

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Korean War
Korean War

Captivating History

2017

MILITARY HISTORY

It 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...

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The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

1985

MILITARY SCI-FI

The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1985. It is set in a near-future New England, in a strongly patriarchal, totalitarian theonomic state, known a...

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The Forgotten War: America in Korea, 1950–1953

Clay Blair

1987

NON-FICTION

The most comprehensive operational history of the Korean War, based on thousands of interviews and classified documents.

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Vietnam and the United States
Vietnam and the United States

Gary R. Hess

1998

NON-FICTION

Discusses the origins and legacy of the Vietnam War and its impact on the United States.

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