31 Best Military Books
Goal: Find the best Military books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best military books" and study the top 5+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
31 Best Military Books
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The Guns of August
The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic About the Outbreak of World War I
by Barbara W. Tuchman
Also recommended by:
Band of Brothers
E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
by Stephen E. Ambrose
Black Hawk Down
A Story of Modern War
by Mark Bowden
The Art Of War
by Sun Tzu
Also recommended by:
Jocko Willink, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Marc Benioff, Evan Spiegel, Dave Camarillo, Patrick Bet-David, Fred Wilson, Vlad Tenev, Travis Kalanick, Ryan Petersen, Lex Fridman, Elon Musk
With the Old Breed
At Peleliu and Okinawa
by E. B. Sledge
Also recommended by:
We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young
Ia Drang—The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
by Harold G. Moore
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A Higher Call
An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
by Adam Makos
Dispatches
by Michael Herr
Flyboys
A True Story of Courage
by James Bradley
Six Frigates
The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
by Ian W. Toll
Lone Survivor
The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
by Marcus Luttrell
Also recommended by:
The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
by Ulysses S. Grant
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No Easy Day
The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden
by Mark Owen
Also recommended by:
On Killing
The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
by Dave Grossman
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1776
by David McCullough
A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier
Some Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin
by Joseph Plumb Martin
America's War for the Greater Middle East
A Military History
by Andrew J. Bacevich
American Sniper
The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
by Chris Kyle
Blood on the Risers
An Airborne Soldier's Thirty-five Months in Vietnam
by John Leppelman
Call Sign Chaos
Learning to Lead
by Jim Mattis
Flags of Our Fathers
by James Bradley
Generation Kill
by Evan Wright
If You Survive
From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story
by George Wilson
The Forever War
by Dexter Filkins
The Good Soldiers
by David Finkel
The Liberator
One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
by Alex Kershaw
The Longest Day
by Cornelius Ryan
The Outpost
An Untold Story of American Valor
by Jake Tapper
The Pentagon Wars
Reformers Challenge the Old Guard
by James G. Burton
Unbroken
A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand
Sources
- 1
Best military non-fiction books of all-time - We Are The Mighty
wearethemighty.com
- 2
19 of the Best Military Non-Fiction Books Everyone Should Read
mybaseguide.com
- 3
Best military books
pennbookcenter.com
- 4
100 Best Military History Books of All Time (Updated for 2021)
shortform.com
- 5
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usatoday.com
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