Popular Military History Books

The Nine

Gwen Strauss

History
When the Sea Came Alive

Garrett M. Graff

History
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

Herbert P. Bix

History
Red Platoon

Clinton Romesha

Military History
Great Battles of the Early Roman Empire

Simon Elliott

Military History
The Winter Fortress

Neal Bascomb

History
Nuclear War

Annie Jacobsen

Military History
Lost in Shangri-La

Mitchell Zuckoff

Military History
Taking Midway

Martin Dugard

History
The Knights Hospitaller

John Carr

Military History
A Question of Loyalty

Douglas C. Waller

History
The Guns of August

Barbara W. Tuchman

History
Helmet for My Pillow

Robert Leckie

Military History
Band of Brothers

Stephen E. Ambrose

History
Conflict

David Petraeus & Andrew Roberts

History
Tripped

Norman Ohler & Marshall Yarbrough

Military History
Annapolis Goes to War

Craig L. Symonds

Military History
The Operator

Robert O'Neill

Military History
The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War

Frederick Downs Jr.

History
Agent Zigzag

Ben Macintyre

History
Delta Force

Charlie A. Beckwith & Donald Knox

Military History
Dagger 22

Michael Golembesky

Military History
The Pentagon's Brain

Annie Jacobsen

Military History
The Korean War

Bruce Cumings

History
Dead Wake

Erik Larson

History
Hue 1968

Mark Bowden

Military History
Ghost Soldiers

Hampton Sides

History
With the Old Breed

Eugene B. Sledge

Military History
Washington's Immortals

Patrick K. O'Donnell

Military History
The Storm of War

Andrew Roberts

History
Targeted: Beirut

Jack Carr

Military History
The Bomber Mafia

Malcolm Gladwell

History
Patton's Prayer

Alex Kershaw

History
Dispatches

Michael Herr

History
Killer Elite

Michael Smith

Military History
On Desperate Ground

Hampton Sides

Military History
Black Hawk Down

Mark Bowden

Military History
Masters of the Air

Donald L. Miller

History
Shadow Divers

Robert Kurson

History
Left of Bang

Patrick Van Horne, Jason A. Riley & Shawn Coyne

Military History
Killing the Killers

Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard

History
Sea Stories

Admiral William H. McRaven

Military History
Timelines of World War II

DK

History
Blind Man's Bluff

Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew & Annette Lawrence Drew

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

Ian W. Toll

Military History
An Army at Dawn

Rick Atkinson

History
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors

James D. Hornfischer

History
The Element of Surprise

Darryl Young

History
Killing Patton

Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard

History
The Great Halifax Explosion

John U. Bacon

Military History
Kill Anything That Moves

Nick Turse

History
The Day of Battle

Rick Atkinson

History
Batavia

Peter FitzSimons

History
The Splendid and the Vile

Erik Larson

History
The Liberator

Alex Kershaw

History
Reflections of a Warrior

Elwood J.C. Kureth

History
The Mosquito Bowl

Buzz Bissinger

History
The Twilight Warriors

Robert Gandt

History
The War Below

James M. Scott

History
Relentless Strike

Sean Naylor

Military History
Miracle at Midway

Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein & Katherine V. Dillon

History
Among Heroes

Brandon Webb & John David Mann

Military History
The Taking of K-129

Josh Dean

Military History
Poilu

Louis Barthas

History
The Himmler Brothers

Katrin Himmler & Mike Mitchell

History
Rogue Heroes

Ben Macintyre

History
A World Undone

G. J. Meyer

History
A Higher Call

Adam Makos & Larry Alexander

History
Outlaw Platoon

Sean Parnell & John Bruning

History
Level Zero Heroes

Michael Golembesky & John R. Bruning

History
Berlin Diary

William L. Shirer

History
Korean War

Max Hastings

History
Recondo

Larry Chambers

History
Morning Star, Midnight Sun

Jeffrey Cox

History
The Old Breed... The Complete Story Revealed

W. Henry Sledge

Military History
Three Ordinary Girls

Tim Brady

History
Killing the Rising Sun

Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard

History
Phenomena

Annie Jacobsen

Military History
13 Hours

Mitchell Zuckoff & The Annex Security Team

Military History
The Secret Rescue

Cate Lineberry

Military History
The Wild Blue

Stephen E. Ambrose

History
No Way Out

Mitch Weiss & Kevin Maurer

History
Taking Berlin

Martin Dugard

History
From Classrooms to Claymores

Ches Schneider

History
The Eastern Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918

Nick Lloyd

History
Obedient Unto Death

Werner Kindler

History
Spitfire Ace of Aces

Dilip Sarker

Military History
At Dawn We Slept

Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein & Katherine V. Dillon

History
The Last Stand of Fox Company

Bob Drury & Tom Clavin

History
Jawbreaker

Gary Berntsen & Ralph Pezzullo

History
Come Fly the World

Julia Cooke

History
The Arms of Krupp

William Manchester

History
No Room for Error

Col. John T. Carney & Benjamin F. Schemmer

Military History
Masters of Chaos

Linda Robinson

Military History
Vanishing Act

Dan Hampton

History
The World War II Book

DK

History
Hitler's Forgotten Children

Ingrid Von Oelhafen & Tim Tate

History
What If? II

Robert Cowley

History
Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb

James M. Scott

History
The Pentagon Papers

Neil Sheehan, Hedrick Smith, James L. Greenfield, E. W. Kenworthy & Fox Butterfield

History

Gwen Strauss

History

Garrett M. Graff

History

Herbert P. Bix

History

Clinton Romesha

Military History

Simon Elliott

Military History

Neal Bascomb

History

Annie Jacobsen

Military History

Mitchell Zuckoff

Military History

Martin Dugard

History

John Carr

Military History

Douglas C. Waller

History

Barbara W. Tuchman

History

Robert Leckie

Military History

Stephen E. Ambrose

History

David Petraeus & Andrew Roberts

History

Norman Ohler & Marshall Yarbrough

Military History

Craig L. Symonds

Military History

Robert O'Neill

Military History

Frederick Downs Jr.

History

Ben Macintyre

History

Charlie A. Beckwith & Donald Knox

Military History

Michael Golembesky

Military History

Annie Jacobsen

Military History

Bruce Cumings

History

Erik Larson

History

Mark Bowden

Military History

Hampton Sides

History

Eugene B. Sledge

Military History

Patrick K. O'Donnell

Military History

Andrew Roberts

History

Jack Carr

Military History

Malcolm Gladwell

History

Alex Kershaw

History

Michael Herr

History

Michael Smith

Military History

Hampton Sides

Military History

Mark Bowden

Military History

Donald L. Miller

History

Robert Kurson

History

Patrick Van Horne, Jason A. Riley & Shawn Coyne