This Kind of War

The Korean War

Max Hastings · 427 pages

It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met in battle. Now Max Hastings, preeminent military historian, takes us back to the bloody, bitter, struggle to restore South Korean independence after the Communist invasion of June 1950. Using personal accounts from interviews with more than 200 vets - including the Chinese - Hasting follows real off

The Korean War: A History

Bruce Cumings · 288 pages

As Cumings eloquently explains, for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long fight filled with untold stories of bloody insurgencies and rebellions, massacres and atrocities. He incisively ties America's current foreign policy back to this remarkably violent war that killed as many as four million Koreans, two thirds of whom were civilians.

Sgt. Reckless: America's War Horse

Robin Hutton · 368 pages

Vietnam: A History

Stanley Karnow · 768 pages

Examines American involvement in the Vietnam War, delves into the decisionmaking process in Washington and Asia, and presents interviews with participants on both sides.

The Best and the Brightest

David Halberstam · 688 pages

David Halberstam's masterpiece, the defining history of the making of the Vietnam tragedy, with a new Foreword by Senator John McCain.Using portraits of America's flawed policy makers and accounts of the forces that drove them, The Best and the Brightest reckons magnificently with the most important abiding question of our country's recent history: Why did America become mired in Vietnam, and why

Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East

Michael B. Oren · 464 pages

Though it lasted for only six tense days in June, the 1967 Arab-Israeli war never really ended. Every crisis that has ripped through this region in the ensuing decades, from the Yom Kippur War of 1973 to the ongoing intifada, is a direct consequence of those six days of fighting. Michael B. Oren’s magnificent *Six Days of War*, an internationally acclaimed bestseller, is the first comprehensive ac

Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy

Ian W. Toll · 592 pages

Starting in the Adams administration and continuing through to the end of the War of 1812, *Six Frigates* is a well researched and very readable history of the Navy of the United States. Begun in the shadow of the British Royal Navy that was thought to be unbeatable, the American Navy faced challenges of every kind. The navy grew as the country grew, by fits and starts, by rising to challenges (Th

Gettysburg

Stephen W. Sears · 623 pages

Gettysburg, the greatest of all Civil War campaigns, was the turning point of the war. Sears tells the story in a single volume, from the first gleam in Lee's eye to the last Rebel hightailing it back across the Potomac. Includes 67 illustrations.

A Bridge Too Far

Cornelius Ryan · 639 pages

Reviews the individuals, tactics, and events involved in Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery's plan to end World War II.

The Second World War

John Keegan · 608 pages

A chronological history of each theater of the war, analyzing five battles for their distinctive kind of warfare of the period.

History of the Second World War

B.H. Liddell Hart · 768 pages

A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

Neil Sheehan · 861 pages

Chronicles the military career of Lt. Col. John Paul Vann, profiling his military and civilian roles in the Vietnam War.

The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945

Rick Atkinson · 896 pages

This book is the magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph in Europe during World War II. It is the twentieth century's unrivaled epic: at a staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated Europe and vanquished Hitler. In the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted how the American-led coali

Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw

Norman Davies · 776 pages

The First World War: A Complete History

Martin Gilbert · 688 pages

The History of Rome, Books XXI-XXX: The War With Hannibal

Livy · 712 pages

Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine's Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S.

Kenneth Sewell, Clint Richmond · 305 pages

This book reads like a Tom Clancy novel, but it is all true. Today our greatest fear is that terrorists may someday acquire a nuclear weapon and use it against us. In fact, they have already tried. In 1968 a Soviet submarine sank off Hawaii, hundreds of miles closer to American shores than it should have been. Evidence strongly suggests that the sub sank while attempting to fire a nuclear missile,

Lords of the Sky: Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, from the Red Baron to the F-16

Dan Hampton · 623 pages

"The New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot and retired USAF F-16 legend Dan Hampton offers the first comprehensive popular history of combat aviation--a unique, entertaining, and action-packed look at the aces of the air and their machines, from the Red Baron and his triplane in World War I to today's technologically expert flying warriors in supersonic jets."--

Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766

Fred Anderson · 880 pages

In this engrossing narrative of the great military conflagration of the mid-eighteenth century, Fred Anderson transports us into the maelstrom of international rivalries. With the Seven Years' War, Great Britain decisively eliminated French power north of the Caribbean -- and in the process destroyed an American diplomatic system in which Native Americans had long played a central, balancing role

Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present

Max Boot · 767 pages

A complete global history of guerrilla uprisings through the ages.

The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War

H.W. Brands · 480 pages

"From master storyteller and historian H.W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent shock waves around the world. When asked by a reporter about t

Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal

James D. Hornfischer · 516 pages

While the Battle of Midway is perhaps more well known, the Battle of Guadalcanal was a far larger, longer, and more brutal struggle which marked the turning point in the Pacific War. It was an all out fight on land, sea, and air which lasted for over 4 months, into which both sides poured all the resources they could summon. This book is about the many major naval battles which to a large extent

Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan

Ronald H. Spector · 589 pages

Beginning with Pearl Harbor in 1941 and concluding with Japan's surrender in August 1945, this is a detailed and authoritative narrative history of the war in the Pacific between the United States and Japan.

Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

Jonathan Parshall, Anthony Tully · 613 pages

"The Battle of Midway turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history. Now, for the first time since Gordon W. Prange's Miracle at Midway, comes a myth-smashing new interpretation of this great naval engagement." "Making extensive use of untapped Japanese primary sources, including Imperial Navy operational records never before used by Western