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Kill Chain Summary
Kill Chain
Drones and The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins
by Andrew Cockburn 2015 320 pages
3.82
771 ratings
History
Politics
War
A World Undone Summary
A World Undone
The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
by G.J. Meyer 2006 704 pages
4.37
8.7K ratings
History
World War I
War
War and Peace and War Summary
War and Peace and War
The Rise and Fall of Empires
by Peter Turchin 2005 416 pages
4.18
854 ratings
History
Politics
War
The Afghanistan Papers Summary
The Afghanistan Papers
A Secret History of the War
by Craig Whitlock 2021 368 pages
4.25
6.3K ratings
History
Politics
War
The Alice Network Summary
The Alice Network
by Kate Quinn 2017 503 pages
4.32
579.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Hornet Flight Summary
Hornet Flight
by Ken Follett 2002 518 pages
3.99
27.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
War
When the World Was Ours Summary
When the World Was Ours
by Liz Kessler 2021 352 pages
4.52
5.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Middle Grade
Young Adult
The Wives Summary
The Wives
A Memoir
by Simone Gorrindo 2024 416 pages
3.77
7.9K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Military Fiction
Eye of the Needle Summary
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett 1978 368 pages
4.21
164.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
Mystery
Black Flags Summary
Black Flags
The Rise of ISIS
by Joby Warrick 2016 368 pages
4.32
15.8K ratings
History
Politics
War
The Ragged Edge of Night Summary
The Ragged Edge of Night
by Olivia Hawker 2018 340 pages
4.16
47.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The World Played Chess Summary
The World Played Chess
by Robert Dugoni 2021 400 pages
4.45
35.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Coming Of Age
The Apache Wars Summary
The Apache Wars
The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History
by Paul Andrew Hutton 2016 514 pages
4.11
1.7K ratings
History
American History
Native American
The German Wife Summary
The German Wife
by Kelly Rimmer 2022 464 pages
4.38
43.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Book Club
The Earth Is Weeping Summary
The Earth Is Weeping
The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West
by Peter Cozzens 2016 544 pages
4.29
3.3K ratings
History
American History
Native American
The Rape of Nanking Summary
The Rape of Nanking
The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
by Iris Chang 1997 290 pages
4.24
49.4K ratings
History
China
War
The Gates of Gaza Summary
The Gates of Gaza
A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel’s Borderlands
by Amir Tibon 2024 352 pages
4.68
890 ratings
Israel
History
Memoir
The War That Ended Peace Summary
The War That Ended Peace
The Road to 1914
by Margaret MacMillan 2013 739 pages
4.25
7.2K ratings
History
World War I
War
Adolf Hitler Summary
Adolf Hitler
by John Toland 1976 1120 pages
4.24
3.7K ratings
History
Biography
World War II
Mare's War Summary
Mare's War
by Tanita S. Davis 2009 352 pages
3.84
1.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young Summary
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
by Harold G. Moore 1991 480 pages
4.33
32.3K ratings
History
Military Fiction
War
Operation Mincemeat Summary
Operation Mincemeat
How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
by Ben Macintyre 2010 416 pages
4.03
22.1K ratings
History
World War II
War
Counterinsurgency Warfare Summary
Counterinsurgency Warfare
Theory and Practice
by David Galula 1964 128 pages
4.02
1.2K ratings
Military Fiction
War
History
The Miracle of the Kurds Summary
The Miracle of the Kurds
A Remarkable Story of Hope Reborn in Northern Iraq
by Stephen Mansfield 2014 272 pages
4.08
321 ratings
History
Politics
Biography
Decline and Fall Summary
Decline and Fall
The End of Empire and the Future of Democracy in 21st Century America
by John Michael Greer 2014 304 pages
4.29
153 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Plot to Kill Hitler Summary
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Dietrich Bonhoeffer—Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero
by Patricia McCormick 2016 184 pages
4.04
2.7K ratings
History
Biography
Middle Grade
Guns of the Dawn Summary
Guns of the Dawn
by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2015 658 pages
4.18
4.8K ratings
Fantasy
Steampunk
Historical Fiction
Front Lines Summary
Front Lines
by Michael Grant 2016 548 pages
4.09
6.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Stay Where You Are and Then Leave Summary
Stay Where You Are and Then Leave
by John Boyne 2013 247 pages
3.95
11.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
War
Power, Terror, Peace, and War Summary
Power, Terror, Peace, and War
America's Grand Strategy in a World at Risk
by Walter Russell Mead 2004 256 pages
3.65
105 ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
The Nazi Conspiracy Summary
The Nazi Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
by Brad Meltzer 2023 400 pages
4.15
9.2K ratings
History
World War II
Politics
The Ends of the Earth Summary
The Ends of the Earth
From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia, a Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy
by Robert D. Kaplan 1996 496 pages
4.12
1.5K ratings
Travel
History
Politics
Storm of Steel Summary
Storm of Steel
by Ernst Jünger 1920 289 pages
4.15
20.1K ratings
History
War
Biography
Europe Summary
Europe
The Struggle for Supremacy from 1453 to the Present
by Brendan Simms 2013 720 pages
3.95
743 ratings
History
European History
Politics
The Lieutenants Summary
The Lieutenants
by W.E.B. Griffin 1982 416 pages
4.34
8.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Military Fiction
War
The Yank Summary
The Yank
The True Story of a Former US Marine in the Irish Republican Army
by John Crawley 2022 279 pages
4.03
173 ratings
Ireland
War
Biography
My Mother's Secret Summary
My Mother's Secret
by J.L. Witterick 2013 208 pages
4.20
18.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Holocaust
World War II
The German Girl Summary
The German Girl
by Armando Lucas Correa 2016 360 pages
3.81
37.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The Widow of the South Summary
The Widow of the South
by Robert Hicks 2005 436 pages
3.78
18.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Civil War
Historical
India's Wars Summary
India's Wars
A Military History 1947-1971
by Arjun Subramaniam 2016 576 pages
4.18
488 ratings
History
India
War
Shivaji Summary
Shivaji
The Grand Rebel
by Dennis Kincaid 1937 346 pages
4.17
859 ratings
History
Biography
India
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families Summary
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
by Philip Gourevitch 1998 356 pages
4.22
35.7K ratings
History
War
Politics
Cobra II Summary
Cobra II
The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
by Michael R. Gordon 2006 640 pages
3.97
2.1K ratings
History
Military Fiction
Military History
The Kindly Ones Summary
The Kindly Ones
by Jonathan Littell 2006 984 pages
4.02
14.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
War
World War II
This Strange Eventful History Summary
This Strange Eventful History
by Claire Messud 2024 448 pages
3.58
4.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Africa
Henry V Summary
Henry V
The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King
by Dan Jones 2024 432 pages
4.43
4.3K ratings
History
Biography
Medieval
The Last Warlord Summary
The Last Warlord
The Life and Legend of Dostum, the Afghan Warrior Who Led US Special Forces to Topple the Taliban Regime
by Brian Glyn Williams 2013 352 pages
4.30
117 ratings
History
Military History
Military Fiction
A Woman of No Importance Summary
A Woman of No Importance
The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
by Sonia Purnell 2019 352 pages
4.15
57.0K ratings
History
Biography
Book Club
Life and Fate Summary
Life and Fate
by Vasily Grossman 1960 864 pages
4.45
14.5K ratings
Classics
Russia
Historical Fiction
The Campaigns of Alexander Summary
The Campaigns of Alexander
by Arrian 430 pages
4.16
5.2K ratings
History
Classics
Biography
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