Best Non-fiction War Books

1.
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest 4.44 avg rating β€” 136,000 ratings
2.
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War 4.30 avg rating β€” 67,938 ratings
3.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating β€” 989,115 ratings
4.
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam 4.34 avg rating β€” 32,452 ratings
5.
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 4.34 avg rating β€” 99,156 ratings
6.
Flags of Our Fathers
Flags of Our Fathers 4.22 avg rating β€” 62,880 ratings
7.
The Guns of August
The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating β€” 82,590 ratings
8.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany 4.22 avg rating β€” 144,562 ratings
9.
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa 4.49 avg rating β€” 45,828 ratings
10.
The Longest Day: June 6, 1944
The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 4.34 avg rating β€” 25,782 ratings
11.
A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Too Far 4.27 avg rating β€” 21,302 ratings
12.
Hiroshima
Hiroshima 4.04 avg rating β€” 86,428 ratings
13.
War
War 4.25 avg rating β€” 23,755 ratings
14.
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission 4.25 avg rating β€” 38,775 ratings
15.
The Forgotten Soldier
The Forgotten Soldier
by: Guy Sajer
4.39 avg rating β€” 11,836 ratings
16.
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 4.32 avg rating β€” 40,047 ratings
17.
Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany 4.24 avg rating β€” 24,324 ratings
18.
Mary Edwards Walker: America's Only Female Medal of Honor Recipient
Mary Edwards Walker: America's Only Female Medal of Honor Recipient 4.37 avg rating β€” 7,944 ratings
19.
Shot Down: The True Story of Pilot Howard Snyder and the Crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth
Shot Down: The True Story of Pilot Howard Snyder and the Crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth 4.21 avg rating β€” 8,568 ratings
20.
Dispatches
Dispatches 4.22 avg rating β€” 21,210 ratings
21.
1776
1776 4.10 avg rating β€” 243,305 ratings
22.
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era 4.40 avg rating β€” 33,172 ratings
23.
The Art of War
The Art of War
by: Sun Tzu
3.95 avg rating β€” 550,508 ratings
24.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating β€” 1,334,066 ratings
25.
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 22,174 ratings
26.
Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War
Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War 4.29 avg rating β€” 20,082 ratings
27.
D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches
D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches 4.31 avg rating β€” 30,946 ratings
28.
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II 4.24 avg rating β€” 50,729 ratings
29.
The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War
The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War 3.81 avg rating β€” 4,036 ratings
30.
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society 4.11 avg rating β€” 11,863 ratings
31.
Storm of Steel
Storm of Steel 4.15 avg rating β€” 20,479 ratings
32.
The Fall of Berlin 1945
The Fall of Berlin 1945 4.30 avg rating β€” 17,968 ratings
33.
Goodbye to All That
Goodbye to All That 3.93 avg rating β€” 15,314 ratings
34.
Homage to Catalonia
Homage to Catalonia 4.09 avg rating β€” 68,307 ratings
35.
In the Company of Heroes: The Personal Story Behind Black Hawk Down
In the Company of Heroes: The Personal Story Behind Black Hawk Down 4.27 avg rating β€” 5,874 ratings
36.
Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific 4.23 avg rating β€” 24,383 ratings
37.
A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir
A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir 4.17 avg rating β€” 15,736 ratings
38.
Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles 3.70 avg rating β€” 11,786 ratings
39.
Flyboys: A True Story of Courage
Flyboys: A True Story of Courage 4.20 avg rating β€” 22,793 ratings
40.
The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War 4.22 avg rating β€” 9,182 ratings
41.
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour 4.35 avg rating β€” 11,391 ratings
42.
Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor
Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor 4.59 avg rating β€” 8,334 ratings
43.
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman 4.09 avg rating β€” 42,506 ratings
44.
The First World War
The First World War 4.04 avg rating β€” 15,645 ratings
45.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by: Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating β€” 99,670 ratings
46.
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters 4.33 avg rating β€” 19,675 ratings
47.
None of Us Were Like This Before: American Soldiers and Torture
None of Us Were Like This Before: American Soldiers and Torture 4.12 avg rating β€” 540 ratings
48.
Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad
Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad 4.23 avg rating β€” 14,176 ratings
49.
Magenta
Magenta 4.26 avg rating β€” 5,067 ratings
50.
The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 4.23 avg rating β€” 13,393 ratings
51.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating β€” 337,426 ratings
52.
The Civil War: A Narrative
The Civil War: A Narrative 4.53 avg rating β€” 8,028 ratings
53.
Lions of Kandahar: The Story of a Fight Against All Odds
Lions of Kandahar: The Story of a Fight Against All Odds 4.33 avg rating β€” 5,380 ratings
54.
Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit
Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit 4.18 avg rating β€” 11,241 ratings
55.
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2)
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2) 4.36 avg rating β€” 15,509 ratings
56.
The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme
The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme 4.13 avg rating β€” 8,521 ratings
57.
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam 4.24 avg rating β€” 12,399 ratings
58.
To Hell and Back
To Hell and Back 4.26 avg rating β€” 8,644 ratings
59.
A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two
A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two 4.30 avg rating β€” 6,073 ratings
60.
One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer 4.20 avg rating β€” 11,557 ratings
61.
Chickenhawk
Chickenhawk 4.27 avg rating β€” 14,800 ratings
62.
The Great Escape
The Great Escape 4.22 avg rating β€” 10,405 ratings
63.
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq 4.09 avg rating β€” 7,789 ratings
64.
My War Gone By, I Miss It So
My War Gone By, I Miss It So 4.19 avg rating β€” 3,176 ratings
65.
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century 4.05 avg rating β€” 43,230 ratings
66.
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA 3.95 avg rating β€” 14,503 ratings
67.
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors 4.33 avg rating β€” 23,187 ratings
68.
Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills
Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills 4.31 avg rating β€” 10,590 ratings
69.
The Forever War
The Forever War 4.13 avg rating β€” 11,315 ratings
70.
Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan
Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan 4.40 avg rating β€” 12,899 ratings
71.
The Good Soldiers
The Good Soldiers 4.22 avg rating β€” 8,593 ratings
72.
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World 4.19 avg rating β€” 1,968 ratings
73.
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin 3.89 avg rating β€” 215,169 ratings
74.
After Dunkirk (After Dunkirk #1)
After Dunkirk (After Dunkirk #1) 4.36 avg rating β€” 12,147 ratings
75.
Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 4.28 avg rating β€” 5,078 ratings
76.
What It is Like to Go to War
What It is Like to Go to War 4.01 avg rating β€” 9,708 ratings
77.
Matterhorn
Matterhorn 4.27 avg rating β€” 46,456 ratings
78.
Delta Force: The Army's Elite Counterterrorist Unit
Delta Force: The Army's Elite Counterterrorist Unit 4.13 avg rating β€” 3,683 ratings
79.
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) 4.41 avg rating β€” 206,448 ratings
80.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph 3.91 avg rating β€” 11,814 ratings
81.
The Mountains Sing
The Mountains Sing 4.31 avg rating β€” 57,459 ratings
82.
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 4.31 avg rating β€” 18,328 ratings
83.
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History 4.03 avg rating β€” 138,784 ratings
84.
The Histories
The Histories
by: Herodotus
4.01 avg rating β€” 54,678 ratings
85.
All the Countries: And the Few We Never Got Round To
All the Countries: And the Few We Never Got Round To 3.74 avg rating β€” 725 ratings
86.
War Is a Racket
War Is a Racket 4.27 avg rating β€” 8,126 ratings
87.
The Best and the Brightest
The Best and the Brightest 4.27 avg rating β€” 12,644 ratings
88.
Inside Out & Back Again
Inside Out & Back Again 4.12 avg rating β€” 65,642 ratings
89.
Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War
Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War 4.19 avg rating β€” 6,387 ratings
90.
History of the Peloponnesian War
History of the Peloponnesian War 3.94 avg rating β€” 39,935 ratings
91.
Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives
Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives 3.78 avg rating β€” 1,425 ratings
92.
Confederates: A Novel
Confederates: A Novel 4.06 avg rating β€” 1,257 ratings
93.
Unspoken Abandonment: Sometimes the hardest part of going to war is coming home
Unspoken Abandonment: Sometimes the hardest part of going to war is coming home 4.19 avg rating β€” 658 ratings
94.
The Boy From Block 66: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story (Heroic Children of World War II Book 1)
The Boy From Block 66: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story (Heroic Children of World War II Book 1) 4.45 avg rating β€” 7,152 ratings
95.
Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975
Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 4.31 avg rating β€” 7,315 ratings
96.
Vietnam: A History
Vietnam: A History 4.13 avg rating β€” 7,805 ratings
97.
Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945
Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945 4.28 avg rating β€” 7,363 ratings
98.
1939 - The War That Had Many Fathers: The Long Run-Up to the Second World War
1939 - The War That Had Many Fathers: The Long Run-Up to the Second World War 4.57 avg rating β€” 301 ratings
99.
The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon
The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon 4.18 avg rating β€” 8,302 ratings
100.
The Conquest of Gaul
The Conquest of Gaul 4.01 avg rating β€” 13,198 ratings
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