J.'s votes on the list Best Non-fiction War Books

Listopia > J.'s votes on the list Best Non-fiction War Books (38 Books)

1	The First World War by John Keegan 4.04 avg rating — 15,831 ratings J. rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1) by Rick Atkinson 4.30 avg rating — 22,776 ratings J. rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2) by Rick Atkinson 4.36 avg rating — 15,851 ratings J. rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer by Nathaniel Fick 4.21 avg rating — 11,753 ratings J. rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 by Cornelius Ryan 4.34 avg rating — 26,132 ratings J. rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam by Harold G. Moore 4.34 avg rating — 32,885 ratings J. rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden 4.30 avg rating — 68,836 ratings J. rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany by Stephen E. Ambrose 4.25 avg rating — 24,673 ratings J. rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War by Evan Wright 4.29 avg rating — 20,501 ratings J. rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches by Stephen E. Ambrose 4.31 avg rating — 31,401 ratings J. rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	To Hell and Back by Audie Murphy 4.26 avg rating — 8,825 ratings J. rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles by Anthony Swofford 3.70 avg rating — 11,917 ratings J. rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Cat from Hue: A Vietnam War Story by John Laurence 4.35 avg rating — 804 ratings J. rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 43,535 ratings J. rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Ernie Pyle's War; America's Eyewitness to World War II by James Tobin (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 541 ratings J. rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Terrible Swift Sword by Bruce Catton 4.40 avg rating — 1,958 ratings J. rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	If You Survive: From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story by George Wilson 4.24 avg rating — 3,942 ratings J. rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	A Stillness at Appomattox by Bruce Catton 4.38 avg rating — 6,589 ratings J. rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Coming Fury by Bruce Catton 4.34 avg rating — 2,843 ratings J. rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	1812: The War That Forged a Nation by Walter R. Borneman 3.91 avg rating — 2,445 ratings J. rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966 by Rick Atkinson 4.31 avg rating — 3,345 ratings J. rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War by Rick Atkinson 4.12 avg rating — 1,034 ratings J. rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat in Iraq by Rick Atkinson 3.94 avg rating — 1,930 ratings J. rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw 4.04 avg rating — 19,656 ratings J. rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Flags of Our Fathers by James D. Bradley 4.22 avg rating — 63,356 ratings J. rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq by John Crawford 3.75 avg rating — 2,596 ratings J. rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman 4.18 avg rating — 84,384 ratings J. rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Hiroshima by John Hersey 4.05 avg rating — 89,061 ratings J. rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home by Tim O'Brien 3.96 avg rating — 11,851 ratings J. rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War by William Manchester 4.20 avg rating — 6,485 ratings J. rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir by Philip Caputo (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 15,930 ratings J. rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Blood: Stories of Life and Death from the Civil War (Adrenaline Series) by Ulysses S. Grant 3.79 avg rating — 84 ratings J. rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The War Within: A Secret White House History, 2006-08 by Bob Woodward 3.73 avg rating — 1,903 ratings J. rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Bush at War by Bob Woodward 3.52 avg rating — 4,329 ratings J. rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	State of Denial by Bob Woodward 3.80 avg rating — 4,040 ratings J. rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Dispatches by Michael Herr 4.22 avg rating — 21,650 ratings J. rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	My War: Killing Time in Iraq by Colby Buzzell (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 1,384 ratings J. rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah by Bing West 4.15 avg rating — 2,543 ratings J. rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars