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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Mantle of Command: FDR at War, 1941–1942
Nigel Hamilton
Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
Jon Meacham · 518 pages
Grant: A Biography
William S. McFeely · 608 pages
The story of the Ohioan who became the leader of the Union Army and later the president.
American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964
William Manchester · 793 pages
Grant
Jean Edward Smith · 781 pages
"Ulysses S. Grant was the first four-star general in the history of the United States Army and the only president between Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson to serve eight consecutive years in the White House. As general in chief, Grant revolutionized modern warfare. Rather than capture enemy territory or march on Southern cities, he concentrated on engaging and defeating the Confederate armies in
Knight's Cross: A Life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
David Fraser · 624 pages
Redemption at Hacksaw Ridge: The gripping true story that inspired the movie
Booton Herndon · 199 pages
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
Doris Kearns Goodwin · 759 pages
From the best-selling author of The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys and Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream comes a compelling chronicle of a nation and its leaders during the period when modern America was created. Presenting an aspect of American history that has never been fully told, Doris Kearns Goodwin writes a brilliant narrative account of how the United States of 1940, an isolationist cou
FDR
Jean Edward Smith, Marc Cashman · 869 pages
One of today's premier biographers has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the epic life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In this superlative volume, Jean Edward Smith combines contemporary scholarship and a broad range of primary source material to provide an engrossing narrative of one of America's greatest presidents.This is a portrait painted in broad strokes and fine details
Reach for the Sky
Paul Brickhill · 361 pages
A wonderful Biography of Douglas Bader, RAF pilot and ace of the Battle of Britain. He was extraordinary because both legs had to be amputated after a crash before the start of WWII and his tremendous wartime exploits and lifetime of accomplishments were with 2 artificial legs. I first read this book from my Jr high library and it has been a lifetime favorite I have re-read several times.
Patton
Martin Blumenson · 224 pages
"Shortly after World War II, when the Allies interrogated Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, the senior commander who opposed the Allied invasion of France, they asked him to rate the skills of his opponents. He is reputed to have said, "Patton, he was your best."" "Praise for his performance was precisely what George Smith Patton, Jr., had sought all his life. As a cadet at the Virginia Military I
A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent
Robert W. Merry · 576 pages
In a one-term presidency, Polk completed the story of America's Manifest Destiny -- extending its territory across the continent, from sea to sea, by threatening England and manufacturing a controversial and unpopular two-year war with Mexico that Abraham Lincoln, in Congress at the time, opposed as preemptive. Robert Merry tells this story through powerful debates and towering figures. - Jacket f
Means of Ascent
Robert A. Caro · 522 pages
The second volume of Robert A. Caro's biography of Lyndon Johnson, which chronicles his service in World War II and examines the controversy surrounding his win in the 1948 Texas Democratic senatorial primary by eighty-seven votes.
Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot
Starr Smith · 287 pages
American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant
Ronald C. White Jr. · 845 pages
In his time, Ulysses S. Grant was routinely grouped with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in the "Trinity of Great American Leaders." But the battlefield commander–turned–commander-in-chief fell out of favor in the twentieth century. In American Ulysses, Ronald C. White argues that we need to once more revise our estimates of him in the twenty-first. Based on seven years of research with prim
Patton: A Genius for War
Carlo D'Este · 992 pages
Legendary for his tactical speed in war, General George S. Patton (1885-1945) was also notable for drama and style. Unfortunately, this plodding biography is not. The historic image of Patton has been indelibly molded by George C. Scott's 1970 film performance: histrionic, brilliant, bellicose, foul-mouthed--and more than a little insane. Retired US Army lieutenant colonel and military historian D
The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman & the Destruction of Hitler's Germany 1941-45
Michael R. Beschloss · 377 pages
As Allied soldiers fought the Nazis, Franklin Roosevelt and, later, Harry Truman fought in private with Churchill and Stalin over how to ensure that Germany could never threaten the world again. Eleven years in the writing, drawing on newly opened American, Soviet and British documents as well as private diaries, letters and secret audio recordings, Michael Beschloss's gripping narrative lets us e
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
James M. McPherson · 340 pages
James McPherson, a bestselling historian of the Civil War, illuminates how Lincoln worked with—and often against— his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and create the role of commander in chief as we know it. Though Abraham Lincoln arrived at the White House with no previous military experience (apart from a couple of months spent soldiering in 1832), he quickly established himself as th
Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
H.W. Brands · 888 pages
A sweeping biography of the life and political career of Franklin Delano Roosevelt draws on archival materials, public speeches, interviews with family and colleagues, and personal correspondence to examine FDR's political leadership in a dark time of Depression and war, his championship of the poor, his revolutionary New Deal legislation, and his legacy for the future.
Harry S. Truman
Margaret Truman · 602 pages
His daughter paints an in-depth portrait of the politician from Missouri who, in the midst of World War II, succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the United States.
Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Lead the Band of Brothers
Larry Alexander · 459 pages
They were the Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Army Airborne, the legendary fighting unit of World War II. And there was one man every soldier in Easy Company looked up to--Major Richard D. Winters. Here is the compelling story of an ordinary man who became an extraordinary hero--from Winters's childhood in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, through the war years in which his natural skill as a leader el
Shifty's War: The Authorized Biography of Sergeant Darrell "Shifty" Powers, the Legendary Sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers
Marcus Brotherton