STRATEGY AND SOUL
The Forgotten War: America in Korea, 1950–1953
1987
NON-FICTIONThe most comprehensive operational history of the Korean War, based on thousands of interviews and classified documents.
This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History
1963
NON-FICTIONClassic examination of the Korean War that focuses on the experience of the infantry soldier and the failures of American military preparedness.
On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir
2018
NON-FICTIONGripping 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.
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.
The Long March
2006
NON-FICTIONEvery nation has its founding myth, and for modern China it is the Long March. Sun Shuyun follows the route of the march, interviews the handful of survivors and reconstructs the defining moment that ...
Oji
2011
NON-FICTIONIt was 1950. At the ASA base in Oji, Japan, codebreakers were turning up dead. It was the author's responsibility to protect those vital men from the beautiful Eurasian Communist Spy Girls who were tr...
Overview of the Korean War
2009
NON-FICTIONExamines the causes, major battles and figures, and aftermath of the Korean War.
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.
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.
Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles
2014
NON-FICTIONCornwell brings the chaos and drama of Waterloo to life in vivid narrative history.