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Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
Hampton Sides
4.26 average rating, · 40.5k ratings
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We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
Harold G. Moore
4.34 average rating, · 33.7k ratings
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D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches
Stephen E. Ambrose
4.32 average rating, · 31.9k ratings
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Gods and Generals
Jeff Shaara
4.09 average rating, · 38k ratings
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Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
Stephen E. Ambrose
4.25 average rating, · 25k ratings
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
Steve Coll
4.32 average rating, · 19.5k ratings
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
Rick Atkinson
4.36 average rating, · 16.3k ratings
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Drift
Rachel Maddow
4.07 average rating, · 21.2k ratings
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Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
Ian W. Toll
4.61 average rating, · 10.6k ratings
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The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945
Rick Atkinson
4.49 average rating, · 11.2k ratings
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The Best and the Brightest
David Halberstam
4.27 average rating, · 13k ratings
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A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
Neil Sheehan
4.25 average rating, · 12.7k ratings
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On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle
Hampton Sides
4.59 average rating, · 8.3k ratings
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American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964
William Manchester
4.10 average rating, · 14.2k ratings
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The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Nathaniel Philbrick
4.05 average rating, · 12.4k ratings
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Eisenhower: Soldier and President
Stephen E. Ambrose
4.03 average rating, · 12.7k ratings
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Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man
Lynn Vincent
4.46 average rating, · 7.7k ratings
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The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
David Halberstam
4.23 average rating, · 9.5k ratings
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Crazy Horse and Custer
Stephen E. Ambrose
4.23 average rating, · 9.5k ratings
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Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975
Max Hastings
4.32 average rating, · 8.3k ratings
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Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U. S. Navy
Ian W. Toll
4.38 average rating, · 7.9k ratings
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The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon
Alex Kershaw
4.19 average rating, · 8.7k ratings
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Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan
Doug Stanton
4.15 average rating, · 8.7k ratings
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Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
Ian W. Toll
4.76 average rating, · 5.4k ratings
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