To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 - The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War
By Edward G. Lengel
WWI / U.S. Military

More than a million American soldiers went into the Meuse-Argonne in the fall of 1918, and in 47 days of fighting through fortified hills and the misty ravines of the Argonne Forest, more than 26,000 of them died, making it the deadliest battle in American history. Edward G. Lengel delivers a vivid, deeply researched narrative studded with portraits of figures like John Pershing, Harry Truman, George Patton, and Alvin York, while taking a hard look at Pershing's battle plans. The standard work on this long-neglected battle.

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Through a Howling Wilderness: Benedict Arnold's March to Quebec, 1775
By Thomas A. Desjardin
American Revolution

Before he was a traitor, Benedict Arnold was a celebrated officer in the nascent Continental Army. In 1775, he led 1,100 volunteers on a grueling mission up Maine's Kennebec River and through the wilderness to seize Quebec from the British. Before ever reaching the Canadian border, hundreds were dead from hypothermia, lightning strikes, exposure, disease, and starvation. Thomas A. Desjardin draws on the soldiers' own journals to follow the survivors throughout the trek and ultimately to their failed assault on the city. He closes with a thought-provoking argument that Arnold's defeat may actually have helped the cause of independence.

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Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations
By William H. McRaven
U.S. Military / Memoir

Few officers have had a hand in as many famous missions as William H. McRaven, who oversaw the capture of Saddam Hussein, the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips, and the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. His bestselling memoir of 37 years as a Navy SEAL and commander of US Special Operations Forces is told as a series of stories, mixing behind-the-scenes command decisions with humor and leadership lessons.

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The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo, and the Sacrifice That Forged a Nation
By James Donovan
Texas Revolution / The Alamo

Outnumbered by roughly ten to one, about 200 Texians held a crumbling mission in San Antonio against Santa Anna's army for 13 days, buying Sam Houston precious time before a final dawn assault wiped out the garrison. James Donovan draws on fresh primary sources from American and Mexican archives to bring Travis, Bowie, Crockett, and Santa Anna to life, covering the road to the siege, the battle itself, and its aftermath. He also separates fact from legend along the way, and the opening chapters double as an accessible overview of the Texas Revolution.

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Dagger 22: U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan
By Michael Golembesky
Modern Warfare / Afghanistan / U.S. Military / Memoir

Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's Bala Murghab valley expected to rest through the winter, but the 22 Marines of Special Operations Team 8222, call sign Dagger 22, had other plans. In this sequel to his bestselling Level Zero Heroes, Michael Golembesky follows the team as it goes on the offensive alongside Afghan and NATO forces, tightening the noose around a Taliban command cell in the village of Daneh Pasab.

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The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King: The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea
By Walter R. Borneman
WWII / Naval / U.S. Military

Only four men in US Navy history have worn five stars, and all of them earned the rank in World War II. Walter R. Borneman follows King, Nimitz, Halsey, and Leahy from Annapolis to Tokyo Bay, showing how four very different personalities worked together to build the world's most powerful navy.

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How Can Man Die Better: The Secrets of Isandlwana Revealed
By Mike Snook
Colonial Warfare / Zulu War / British Military

When a massive Zulu army struck the British camp beneath the mountain of Isandlwana, the result was one of the worst defeats in Victorian-era military history, often described as a sudden collapse in which the redcoats were overwhelmed in minutes. Mike Snook, a British Army officer who served in South Africa, reconstructs the battle from the ground and the survivors' accounts and argues the 24th Regiment instead made a long, heroic stand against an equally determined enemy.

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Tiger Battalion 507
By Helmut Schneider
WWII / Eastern Front / German Military / Memoir

Heavy Panzer Battalion 507 took its Tigers from the catastrophic battles of the Eastern Front to the defense of Germany against the US 3rd Armored Division, and its survivors ended the war in retreat, flight, and Soviet captivity. Decades later, veterans led by Helmut Schneider, himself a member of the battalion, pooled their memories, diaries, letters, and more than 160 photographs into this collective history. It's told entirely from the German crews' perspective, and some readers found it more of a unit record than a day-to-day personal narrative.

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White Eagle, Red Star: The Polish-Soviet War 1919-20
By Norman Davies
Polish-Soviet War / Cavalry

In August 1920, with Warsaw in its sights and orders to carry the revolution across Europe, the Red Army looked unstoppable until a devastating Polish counterattack led by Józef Piłsudski shattered it in what became known as the Miracle on the Vistula. Norman Davies draws on both Polish and Russian sources to tell the full story of the little-known Polish-Soviet War, arguing that its outcome shaped the course of European history for the next twenty years. First published in 1972, it is still widely regarded as one of the best accounts of the war in English.

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The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China
By David J. Silbey
Colonial Warfare / Boxer Rebellion

Trapped in Beijing's legation quarter by Boxer fighters and Chinese imperial troops, foreign diplomats and civilians held out while a hastily assembled army from eight nations fought its way inland to rescue them, coming much closer to defeat than most accounts admit. Drawing on the diaries and letters of soldiers and diplomats, David J. Silbey gives a concise, vivid account of the battles at Tianjin and the march on Beijing while unpacking the imperial rivalries that drove the intervention.

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A Frozen Hell: The Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939-1940
By William R. Trotter
WWII / Winter War

Ski troops striking from snowbound forests and single-handed attacks on Soviet tanks let tiny Finland hold off the Red Army through the winter of 1939-40 and inflict staggering losses. Written in 1991 and told mostly from the Finnish side, William R. Trotter's account remains a lively, readable introduction to the Winter War.

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Lincoln’s Lieutenants: The High Command of the Army of the Potomac
By Stephen W. Sears
American Civil War / U.S. Military

The Army of the Potomac churned through a string of commanding generals in its first two years, and its high command was riddled with feuds and back-stabbing that frustrated Lincoln at every turn. Leading Civil War historian Stephen Sears follows the army from McClellan to Meade, offering often scathing assessments of the generals who led it, and discusses the influence Ulysses S. Grant had when he assumed command of all Union armies. This is a massive group biography focused on command and politics, so readers interested in solely campaign histories should look elsewhere.

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The Long Range Desert Group, 1940–1945: Providence Their Guide
By David Lloyd-Owen
WWII / North Africa / British Military

Formed at the start of the Western Desert campaign, the Long Range Desert Group sent small truck patrols deep behind Axis lines across the Sahara to scout, raid, and gather intelligence. After victory in North Africa, it carried the fight into the Aegean, Italy, and the Balkans. David Lloyd Owen, who joined the unit in 1941, commanded it from 1943 until its disbandment in 1945, and later rose to major general, writes with an insider's knowledge of its colorful characters, from founder Ralph Bagnold to the New Zealanders and Rhodesians who filled its ranks.

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