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On Desperate Ground Summary
On Desperate Ground
The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle
by Hampton Sides 2018 394 pages
4.59
8k+ ratings
History
War
Military Fiction
The March Summary
The March
by E.L. Doctorow 2005 363 pages
3.78
14k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Civil War
War
Weapons Free Summary
Weapons Free
by Daniel Gibbs 2021 300 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
War
The Battle of New Orleans Summary
The Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory
by Robert V. Remini 1999 226 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
History
American History
Military History
The Living and the Lost Summary
The Living and the Lost
by Ellen Feldman 2021 352 pages
3.83
1k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Holocaust
World War II
Waves of War Summary
Waves of War
Nationalism, State Formation, and Ethnic Exclusion in the Modern World
by Andreas Wimmer 2012 384 pages
3.48
23 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Heroes by Cormier, Robert ( AUTHOR ) Mar-30-2007 Hardback Summary
Heroes by Cormier, Robert ( AUTHOR ) Mar-30-2007 Hardback
by Robert Cormier 1998
3.39
4k+ ratings
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
School
A Handful of Hard Men Summary
A Handful of Hard Men
The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia
by Hannes Wessels 2015 277 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
History
Military Fiction
Africa
1812 Summary
1812
The War That Forged a Nation
by Walter R. Borneman 2004 392 pages
3.91
2k+ ratings
History
American History
War
If Russia Wins Summary
If Russia Wins
A Scenario
by Carlo Masala 2025 114 pages
3.95
3k+ ratings
Politics
Russia
History
The Sociology of War and Violence Summary
The Sociology of War and Violence
by Siniša Malešević 2010 374 pages
4.26
61 ratings
Sociology
Politics
War
The Story of the Malakand Field Force Summary
The Story of the Malakand Field Force
by Winston S. Churchill 1898 180 pages
3.99
358 ratings
History
Military History
Military Fiction
Edge of Victory I Summary
Edge of Victory I
Conquest
by Greg Keyes 2001 291 pages
3.84
8k+ ratings
Star Wars
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Witness to Gettysburg Summary
Witness to Gettysburg
by Richard Wheeler 1919 288 pages
3.82
203 ratings
Civil War
History
War
Hirošiman kukat Summary
Hirošiman kukat
by Edita Morris 1959 169 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Roman
Operation Hollywood Summary
Operation Hollywood
How the Pentagon Shapes and Censors the Movies
by David L. Robb 2004 350 pages
3.46
72 ratings
Politics
Film
History
Precipice Summary
Precipice
by Robert Harris 2024 464 pages
3.94
18k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Thriller
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Summary
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
by Omar El Akkad 2025 208 pages
4.59
56k+ ratings
Politics
History
Memoir
NATO's Secret Armies Summary
NATO's Secret Armies
Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe
by Daniele Ganser 2004 336 pages
4.01
421 ratings
History
Politics
Conspiracy Theories
The School for German Brides Summary
The School for German Brides
by Aimie K. Runyan 2022 384 pages
4.03
9k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe Summary
War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe
by Victoria Tin-bor Hui 2005 310 pages
4.02
46 ratings
History
China
Politics
Inharmonious Summary
Inharmonious
by Tammye Huf 2025 360 pages
4.39
500+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
The Teacher of Nomad Land Summary
The Teacher of Nomad Land
A World War II Story
by Daniel Nayeri 2025 192 pages
4.17
3k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Middle Grade
Historical
The Thirty Years War Summary
The Thirty Years War
Europe's Tragedy
by Peter H. Wilson 2009 997 pages
3.90
2k+ ratings
History
European History
Military History
War Without Rules Summary
War Without Rules
China's Playbook for Global Domination
by Robert Spalding 2022 256 pages
4.04
318 ratings
China
Politics
Military Fiction
Ghost Wars Summary
Ghost Wars
The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
by Steve Coll 2004 712 pages
4.32
19k+ ratings
History
Politics
War
War and Change in World Politics Summary
War and Change in World Politics
by Robert Gilpin 1999 288 pages
3.97
362 ratings
International Relations
Politics
War
Unrestricted Warfare Summary
Unrestricted Warfare
China's Master Plan to Destroy America
by Qiao Liang 1999 208 pages
3.64
500+ ratings
China
Politics
Military Fiction
The Winter Soldier Summary
The Winter Soldier
by Daniel Mason 2018 323 pages
4.00
19k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Historical
Pedra de tartera Summary
Pedra de tartera
by Maria Barbal 1985 123 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Spain
20th Century
On Desperate Ground Summary
On Desperate Ground
by James R. Benn 2000 338 pages
4.03
242 ratings
Historical Fiction
War
World War II
The Longest Day Summary
The Longest Day
June 6, 1944
by Cornelius Ryan 1959 350 pages
4.34
26k+ ratings
History
World War II
War
D-Day, June 6, 1944 Summary
D-Day, June 6, 1944
The Battle for the Normandy Beaches
by Stephen E. Ambrose 1994 656 pages
4.32
31k+ ratings
History
World War II
War
The Resistance Girl Summary
The Resistance Girl
by Mandy Robotham 2022 410 pages
4.10
3k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
City of Thieves Summary
City of Thieves
by David Benioff 2008 258 pages
4.30
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
War
In the Hurricane's Eye Summary
In the Hurricane's Eye
The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown
by Nathaniel Philbrick 2018 366 pages
4.13
5k+ ratings
History
American Revolution
American History
The Spies of Warsaw Summary
The Spies of Warsaw
by Alan Furst 2008 266 pages
3.90
8k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Espionage
World War II
Operation Paperclip Summary
Operation Paperclip
The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
by Annie Jacobsen 2014 575 pages
4.15
10k+ ratings
History
Politics
Science
Eight Days at Yalta Summary
Eight Days at Yalta
How Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin Shaped the Post-War World
by Diana Preston 2020 416 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
History
World War II
Politics
A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War Summary
A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War
How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18
by Joseph Loconte 2015 235 pages
4.08
7k+ ratings
History
Biography
Christian
The Girls of Pearl Harbor Summary
The Girls of Pearl Harbor
by Soraya M. Lane 2019 353 pages
4.29
12k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
Last Train to Istanbul Summary
Last Train to Istanbul
by Ayşe Kulin 2002 417 pages
3.88
29k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
Mother Night Summary
Mother Night
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1961 288 pages
4.24
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Hunting the Caliphate Summary
Hunting the Caliphate
America's War on ISIS and the Dawn of the Strike Cell
by Wes J. Bryant 2019 325 pages
4.03
165 ratings
Military History
History
Military Fiction
Three Day Road Summary
Three Day Road
by Joseph Boyden 2005 384 pages
4.28
26k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Canada
War
Healing Invisible Wounds Summary
Healing Invisible Wounds
Paths to Hope And Recovery in a Violent World
by Richard F. Mollica 2006 277 pages
4.15
87 ratings
Psychology
War
Spies of the Balkans Summary
Spies of the Balkans
by Alan Furst 2010 268 pages
3.94
6k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Espionage
Thriller
While Paris Slept Summary
While Paris Slept
by Ruth Druart 2021 464 pages
4.27
12k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
All That I Am Summary
All That I Am
by Anna Funder 2011 368 pages
3.83
10k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Moon Tiger Summary
Moon Tiger
by Penelope Lively 1987 224 pages
3.91
19k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Book Club
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