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House to House: An Epic Memoir of War
2007
MEMOIRFirst-person account of urban combat in Fallujah in November 2004 by a decorated Army staff sergeant. The most visceral account of close-quarters combat in the Iraq War.
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.
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 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...
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...
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...
A People's History of the United States
1980
MILITARY HISTORYKnown for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, *A People's History of the United States* is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words ...
The First World War
1998
NON-FICTIONAuthoritative single-volume history of WWI covering all fronts and theaters, emphasizing the devastating human cost of industrialized warfare.
Storm of Steel
1920
MEMOIRUnflinching memoir of a German stormtrooper on the Western Front, written without sentimentality. One of the most controversial war memoirs ever published.
Goodbye to All That
1929
MEMOIRBrilliant and bitter autobiography by the English poet-soldier, covering his harrowing service on the Western Front and disillusionment with England.
Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea
2003
NON-FICTIONEpic narrative of the naval war from 1914-1918, culminating in the Battle of Jutland and the U-boat campaign against Allied shipping.
Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War
1991
NON-FICTIONMassie traces the naval arms race between Britain and Germany that set the stage for WWI, through the personalities of kings, admirals, and politicians.
Passchendaele: The Untold Story
1996
NON-FICTIONMeticulous operational analysis of the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) that challenges the conventional view of Haig's generalship and reexamines what the battle actually achieved.