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Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in VietnamFrances FitzGerald197328 pts3 wins4 listsLittle, BrownHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil WarDrew Gilpin Faust200828 pts2 wins6 listsVintage BooksHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
The Great War and Modern MemoryPaul Fussell197524 pts3 wins3 listsOxford University PressWar & MilitarySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Grant: A BiographyWilliam S. McFeely198122 pts2 wins4 listsW. W. NortonBiographyWar & Military Strategy+2
Night Draws Near: Iraq’s People in the Shadow of America’s WarAnthony Shadid200518 pts2 wins3 listsHenry Holt and CompanyJournalism & ReportageVietnam War+2
National DefenseJames Fallows198118 pts1 wins3 listsVintage BooksPolitics & GovernmentIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945David M. Kennedy199916 pts2 wins3 listsOxford University PressHistoryWorld War Ii+2
The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of IraqSteve Coll202516 pts0 wins5 listsPenguin PressPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Civil War+2
Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the New Face of American WarEvan Wright200414 pts2 wins2 listsG. P. Putnam's SonsWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+2
Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of WarPeter Maass199614 pts2 wins2 listsVintage BooksWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+2
Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for JusticeMary Fulbrook201914 pts1 wins2 listsOxford University PressHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of EverestWade Davis201214 pts1 wins2 listsVintage BooksWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+2
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War EraJames M. McPherson198814 pts1 wins2 listsOxford University PressHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
A Stillness at AppomattoxBruce Catton195314 pts1 wins2 listsPocket BooksHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+3
Across the Wide MissouriBernard DeVoto194714 pts1 wins2 listsHoughton MifflinHistoryWar & Military Strategy+3
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and RedemptionLaura Hillenbrand201014 pts1 wins3 listsBallantine BooksBiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
No Good Men among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan EyesAnand Gopal201412 pts1 wins3 listsMetropolitan BooksWar & MilitaryVietnam War+2
How We Fight for Our Lives: A MemoirSaeed Jones201910 pts1 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterMemoir & AutobiographySports Biography+2
Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and PakistanSteve Coll201810 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin PressWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+2
Implacable Foes: War in the Pacific, 1944-1945Waldo Heinrichs, Marc Gallicchio201810 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressWar & MilitaryPresidency & Executive Power+3
National Service: Conscription in Britain, 1945-1963Richard Vinen201410 pts1 wins1 listsAllen LaneHistoryEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary at War, 1914-1918Alexander Watson201410 pts1 wins1 listsAllen LaneWar & MilitaryOceans, Rivers & Water+3
Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West PointElizabeth D. Samet200710 pts1 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+2
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942–1943Rick Atkinson200210 pts1 wins1 listsLittle, BrownWar & MilitarySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
An Intimate History of Killing: Face-To-Face Killing In Twentieth-Century WarfareJoanna Bourke199910 pts1 wins1 listsGranta BooksWar & MilitaryLabor, Work & Organizing+3
Ernie Pyle's War: America's Eyewitness to World War IIJames Tobin199710 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity Press of KansasBiographyWorld War Ii+2
Holocaust Testimonies: The Ruins of MemoryLawrence L. Langer199110 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryWorld War Ii+2
"The Good War": An Oral History of World War IIStuds Terkel198510 pts1 wins1 listsPantheonWar & MilitarySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
The Children of Pride: A True Story of Georgia and the Civil WarRobert Manson Myers197210 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War that Came Between UsJames P. Carroll199610 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyAmerican Civil War+2
The Organized War, 1863–1864 and The Organized War to Victory, 1864–1865Allan Nevins197210 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryWar & Military Strategy+2
Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor/Hiroshima/9-11/IraqJohn W. Dower201010 pts1 wins3 listsW. W. NortonWar & MilitaryWorld War Ii+2
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in IraqThomas E. Ricks200610 pts1 wins3 listsPenguin BooksWar & MilitaryVietnam War+2
They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967David Maraniss200210 pts1 wins3 listsSimon & SchusterHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil WarRobert J. Gordon201610 pts1 wins3 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryWar & Military Strategy+2
Thank You for Your ServiceDavid Finkel201310 pts0 wins3 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxWar & MilitarySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
A World on Fire: Britain’s Crucial Role in the American Civil WarAmanda Foreman201010 pts0 wins3 listsUnknown imprintHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
The Good SoldiersDavid Finkel20098 pts2 wins2 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxWar & MilitaryBlack History & Culture+3
Time's Echo: The Second World War, The Holocaust, and The Music of RemembranceJeremy Eichler20238 pts1 wins2 listsKnopfArts & CriticismWar & Military Strategy+2
The Assassins' Gate: America in IraqGeorge Packer20058 pts1 wins2 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+2
The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace with America’s MilitaryDana Priest20038 pts1 wins2 listsW. W. NortonWar & MilitarySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Children of WarRoger Rosenblatt19838 pts1 wins2 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+2
Survivors: Children's Lives After the HolocaustRebecca Clifford20218 pts0 wins2 listsYale University PressHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
A Deadly Legacy: German Jews and the Great WarTim Grady20178 pts0 wins2 listsYale University PressHistoryWar & Military Strategy+3
Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of WarViet Thanh Nguyen20168 pts0 wins2 listsHarvard University PressWar & MilitarySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern WarMark Bowden19998 pts0 wins2 listsBantam BooksWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+2
The Holocaust in American LifePeter Novick20006 pts1 wins2 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15Cameron McWhirter, Zusha Elinson20246 pts0 wins2 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxHistoryWar & Military Strategy+3
Our Bodies, Their Battlefield: What War Does to WomenChristina Lamb20196 pts0 wins2 listsHarperCollinsWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+2
The Unravelling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in IraqEmma Sky20156 pts0 wins2 listsPublicAffairsMemoir & AutobiographyWar & Military Strategy+2
Return of a King: The Battle for AfghanistanWilliam Dalrymple20146 pts0 wins2 listsBloomsburyWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+2
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and WarNathaniel Philbrick20066 pts0 wins2 listsVikingHistoryWar & Military Strategy+2
House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American PowerJames Carroll20074 pts1 wins1 listsMariner BooksHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Caesar in Gaul and Rome: War in WordsAndrew M. Riggsby20064 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Texas PressHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of GenocideRobert Jay Lifton19864 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitarySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little BighornEvan S. Connell19844 pts1 wins1 listsNorth Point PressHistoryVietnam War+2
The Soldiers’ Tale: Bearing Witness to Modern ConflictSamuel Hynes19984 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryRegional & Local History+1
Another Word for Love: A MemoirCarvell Wallace20244 pts0 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxMemoir & AutobiographyTravel, Exploration & Place+2
The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil WarJeff Sharlet20234 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin PressPolitics & GovernmentSoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Tastes Like War: A MemoirGrace M. Cho20214 pts0 wins1 listsFeminist PressMemoir & AutobiographyVietnam War+2
The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of AmericaEric Cervini20214 pts0 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in VietnamMax Boot20184 pts0 wins1 listsHead of ZeusBiographySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved ItLarrie D. Ferreiro20174 pts0 wins1 listsKnopfHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil WarBrian Matthew Jordan20164 pts0 wins1 listsLiverightHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
Blue: The LAPD and the Battle to Redeem American PolicingJoe Domanick20154 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterTrue Crime & JusticeVietnam War+2
Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing FieldsWendy Lower20134 pts0 wins1 listsChatto & WindusWar & MilitarySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of WarFred Kaplan20134 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterWar & MilitarySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Reprobates: The Cavaliers of the English Civil WarJohn Stubbs20114 pts0 wins1 listsVikingHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Every Man in This Village Is a Liar: An Education in WarMegan K. Stack20104 pts0 wins1 listsBloomsburyWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+2
The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the WorldDavid Kirkpatrick20104 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterTechnologyBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy SoldierIshmael Beah20074 pts0 wins1 listsFourth EstateMemoir & AutobiographyAmerican Civil War+2
The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of VietnamTom Bissell20074 pts0 wins1 listsPantheonWar & MilitaryVietnam War+2
Small Giants: Companies that Choose to Be Great Instead of BigBo Burlingham20054 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin BooksBusiness & EconomicsEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
War Is a Force That Gives Us MeaningChris Hedges20024 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+2
War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the GeneralsDavid Halberstam20014 pts0 wins1 listsScribnerPolitics & GovernmentVietnam War+2
Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the HolocaustDaniel Goldhagen19974 pts0 wins1 listsRandom HouseHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Battlefield: Farming a Civil War BattlegroundPeter Svenson19944 pts0 wins1 listsBallantine BooksWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+2
In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost WarTobias Wolff19944 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
In Pharoah's Army: Memories of the Lost WarTobias Wolff19944 pts0 wins1 listsKnopfMemoir & AutobiographyVietnam War+2
Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. MilitaryRandy Shilts19934 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintGender & SexualityAmerican Civil War+2
Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century AmericaRichard Slotkin19924 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
The Holocaust and the Literary ImaginationLawrence L. Langer19754 pts0 wins1 listsYale University PressHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Americans and the California Dream, 1850–1915Kevin Starr19734 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistorySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Home from the War: Vietnam Veterans—Neither Victims nor ExecutionersRobert Jay Lifton19734 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterWar & MilitaryVietnam War+2
Combat in the Erogenous Zone: Writings on Love, Hate, and SexIngrid Bengis19724 pts0 wins1 listsBantam BooksGender & SexualityLiterature & Writers+2
My Experiences in the World WarJohn J. Pershing19314 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+2
Abraham Lincoln: The War YearsCarl Sandburg19404 pts0 wins1 listsHarcourt, Brace and CompanyHistoryWar & Military Strategy+2
Black Jack: The Life and Times of John J. PershingFrank Vandiver19784 pts0 wins1 listsTexas A&M University PressBiographySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Conversations with the EnemyWinston Groom, Duncan Spencer19844 pts0 wins1 listsPutnamWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+2
Cover-Up: The Army's Secret Investigation of the Massacre at My Lai 4Seymour Hersh19734 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
Eisenhower: At War, 1943–1945David Eisenhower19874 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryAmerican Civil War+2
Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam WarAl Santoli19834 pts0 wins1 listsBallantine BooksWar & MilitarySoldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience+2
Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific WarWilliam Manchester19814 pts0 wins1 listsLittle, BrownMemoir & AutobiographyAmerican Civil War+2
Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other BattlesAnthony Swofford20034 pts0 wins1 listsScribnerMemoir & AutobiographyWar & Military Strategy+2
Mary Chestnut's Civil WarC. Vann Woodward19824 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryWar & Military Strategy+2
Over Here: The First World War and American SocietyDavid M. Kennedy19814 pts0 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost WarPaul Hendrickson19964 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryVietnam War+2
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All awards · Topic: Soldiers, Veterans & Combat Experience · Sorted by score · 136 books · filtered