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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Jack Weatherford

2004

NON-FICTION

Revisionist biography of Genghis Khan arguing that the Mongol conquests, far from being purely destructive, created the first global trading network and spread technological innovation across Eurasia.

Same eventSame warTags: Leadership
MATCH 19
Napoleon and modern war

Napoléon Bonaparte

1943

MILITARY HISTORY
Same eventSame war
MATCH 19
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900

Andrew Roberts

2010

NON-FICTION

Prize-winning British historian tells the story of the English-speaking peoples in the 20th century Winston Churchill's History of the English-Speaking Peoples ended in 1900. Andrew Roberts, Wolfson H...

Same eventSame war
MATCH 19
British Armour Theory and the Rise of the Panzer Arm
British Armour Theory and the Rise of the Panzer Arm

Azar Gat

2000

NON-FICTION

In this meticulously researched book, Azar Gat overturns recent historiographical trends in the study of British and German armor developments between the two world wars. He dispels some of the seriou...

Same eventSame war
MATCH 09
The Last King of America
The Last King of America

Andrew Roberts

2021

MEMOIR

From the New York Times bestselling author of Churchill and Napoleon The last king of America, George III, has been ridiculed as a complete disaster who frittered away the colonies and went mad in his...

Same war
MATCH 09
From the Stars Above
From the Stars Above

Peter Watt

2018

FICTION

For a hundred years they have never forgiven, never forgotten. Now, the war between the Duffy and Macintosh dynasties will be brought to its stunning conclusion. Private Patrick Duffy was forced to fl...

Same war
MATCH 09
Above the Lines
Above the Lines

Norman L. R. Franks; Frank W. Bailey; Russell Guest

1993

NON-FICTION

This work contains the biographies of the aces of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps. As well as covering decorations and post-war careers, it also investigates the cl...

Same war
MATCH 08
Shadow on the White House
Shadow on the White House

David L. Anderson

1993

NON-FICTION

Harry 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, ...

Tags: Europe, Renaissance
MATCH 05
Hue 1968

Mark Bowden

2017

NON-FICTION

Gripping account of the bloodiest battle of the Tet Offensive and the Vietnam War's turning point.

Tags: Combined Arms
MATCH 05
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Tom Holland

2003

NON-FICTION

Gripping narrative of Rome's transformation from republic to empire, from Sulla's march on Rome to Julius Caesar's assassination.

Tags: Europe
MATCH 05
The Prince
The Prince

Niccolò Machiavelli

1515

MILITARY HISTORY

The 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...

Tags: Renaissance
MATCH 05
Napoleon: A Biography

Frank McLynn

1997

NON-FICTION

Sweeping biography of Napoleon drawing on psychology and politics as well as military history to present a fully rounded portrait.

Tags: Leadership
MATCH 05
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young

Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore & Joseph L. Galloway

1992

NON-FICTION

Definitive account of the Battle of Ia Drang Valley in 1965, the first major engagement between US forces and the NVA.

Tags: Combined Arms
MATCH 05
The Things They Carried

Tim O'Brien

1990

FICTION

Landmark work of fiction-as-memoir about American soldiers in Vietnam. One of the most acclaimed war novels of the 20th century.

Tags: Combined Arms
MATCH 05
Dispatches

Michael Herr

1977

MEMOIR

Iconic New Journalism account of the Vietnam War by a war correspondent. Its prose style influenced an entire generation of war writing.

Tags: Combined Arms
MATCH 05
The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic

Robert L. O'Connell

2010

NON-FICTION

Account of Hannibal's invasion of Italy and the catastrophic Roman defeat at Cannae, the tactical masterpiece that still influences military thought.

Tags: Europe
MATCH 05
Bagration 1944: The Destruction of Army Group Centre

Steven Zaloga

1996

NON-FICTION

Concise operational account of Operation Bagration — the massive Soviet offensive that destroyed three German armies and broke the Eastern Front wide open in the summer of 1944.

Tags: Combined Arms
MATCH 05
Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America

Evan Wright

2004

NON-FICTION

Rolling Stone journalist's embedded account of the 1st Recon Battalion's charge through Iraq in the opening weeks of the 2003 invasion — raw, unfiltered, and unflinching.

Tags: Combined Arms
MATCH 05
The Battle for the Falklands
The Battle for the Falklands

Max Hastings, Simon Jenkins

1983

NON-FICTION

"Must be read by all our military people and anyone who wants to find out what really happened on the Falkland Islands." -James M. Gavin

Tags: Combined Arms
MATCH 05
2017 War with Russia
2017 War with Russia

Richard Shirreff

2016

NON-FICTION

"The author is a world expert in geopolitics and military warfare, and his predictions are based on his experience, insight and knowledge for working for NATO at the highest level. The plot and events...

Tags: Europe