23 Best War History Books
Goal: Find the best War History books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best war history books" and study the top 4+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
23 Best War History Books
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Black Hawk Down
A Story of Modern War
by Mark Bowden
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
Dispatches
by Michael Herr
Six Frigates
The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
by Ian W. Toll
The Art Of War
by Sun Tzu
Also recommended by:
Jocko Willink, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Marc Benioff, Evan Spiegel, Patrick Bet-David, Dave Camarillo, 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
Also recommended by:
1776
by David McCullough
A Higher Call
An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
by Adam Makos
A Savage War of Peace
Algeria 1954-1962
by Alistair Horne
An Army at Dawn
The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
by Rick Atkinson
Flyboys
A True Story of Courage
by James Bradley
Generation Kill
by Evan Wright
Hue 1968
A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
by Mark Bowden
Six Days of War
June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
by Michael B. Oren
The Civil War
Vintage Civil War Library, Book 1
by Shelby Foote
The Face of Battle
A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme
by John Keegan
The Price of Glory
Verdun 1916
by Alistair Horne
Sources
- 1
19 of the Best Military Non-Fiction Books Everyone Should Read
mybaseguide.com
- 2
100 Best Military History Books of All Time (Updated for 2021)
shortform.com
- 3
Best Military History Books | LibraryThing
librarything.com
- 4
Military History Books Every History Buff Should Have on Their Bookshelves
explorethearchive.com
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