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Napoleon and the Struggle for Germany: The Franco-Prussian War of 1813: Vol 1

Title: Napoleon and the Struggle for Germany: The Franco-Prussian War of 1813: Vol 1 Series: Cambridge Military Histories Author: Michael V. Leggiere Genre: Military History Publisher: Cambridge University Press Release Date: 2015 Format: Kindle Pages: 498 This book is the first of a two volume Cambridge history on Napoleon's campaigns in Germany in 1813; with

The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History

Title: The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History Author: Alexander Mikaberidze Genre: General History Publisher: Oxford University Press Release Date: 2020 Format: Hardcover Pages: 960 I bought this book because of my overall interest in the Napoleonic Wars and its very high rating on Amazon; it is billed as a history of the Napoleonic Wars with

Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad

Title: Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad Author: William Craig Genre: Military History Publisher: Open Road Media Release Date: 2015 Format: Kindle Pages: 463 One of the classic accounts of the battle of Stalingrad.  While the Kindle version was published in 2015, the book originally game out in 1973 after the author won

The 1929 Sino-Soviet War: The War Nobody Knew

Title: The 1929 Sino-Soviet War: The War Nobody Knew Series: Modern War Studies Author: Michael Walker Genre: Military History Publisher: University Press of Kansas Release Date: 2017 Format: Kindle Pages: 421 This is a well-written book on a very little-known war...the author points out that most books on relevant topics barely mention it, and some

Operation Barbarossa: the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation, Volume I

Title: Operation Barbarossa: the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation, Volume I Series: Operation Barbarossa Author: Nigel Askey Genre: Military Reference Publisher: Nigel Askey Release Date: 2017 Format: Kindle Pages: 212 This is a very interesting introduction to the author's "Barbarossa" series, in which he seeks to set out comprehensive OOBs for the

Thunder in the East (Second Edition)

Title: Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War 1941-1945 (Second Edition) Series: Modern Wars Author: Evan Mawdsley Genre: Military History Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic Release Date: 2015 (Second Edition) Format: Kindle Pages: 536 This is a pretty decent one-volume history of the war in Russia, but nothing particularly interesting.  At 536 pages, the book just isn't

White Terror: Cossack Warlords of the Trans-Siberian

Title: White Terror: Cossack Warlords of the Trans-Siberian Series: Cass Military Studies Author: Jamie Bisher Genre: Military History Publisher: Routledge Release Date: 2006 Format: Kindle Pages: 492 I had pretty low expectations when I started reading this book, as it sounded more like an academic exercise than anything else. It turns out, however, that the

The Splintered Empires

Title: The Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917-1921 Author: Prit Buttar Genre: Military History Publisher: Osprey Publishing Release Date: 2017 Format: Kindle Pages: 498 This is an excellent book about the end of World War I on the Eastern front.  Not only does the book include detailed accounts of Kerensky's last-gasp offensive, the implosion of

Russia’s Last Gasp: The Eastern Front 1916–17

Title: Russia's Last Gasp: The Eastern Front 1916–17 Author: Prit Buttar Genre: Military History Publisher: Osprey Publishing Release Date: 2016 Format: Kindle Pages: 472 This is an excellent account of World War I on the Eastern front after the exhausting and destructive battles of 1914-1915. The author's account of the Brusilov Offensive is excellent, by

Germany Ascendant: The Eastern Front 1915

Title: Germany Ascendant: The Eastern Front 1915 Author: Prit Buttar Genre: Military History Publisher: Osprey Publishing Release Date: 2015 Format: Kindle Pages: 464 This is a very good book about a little-covered topic. Moscow of the book focuses on the fighting in Galicia, there is little coverage of the fighting in north or other areas.

Collision of Empires: The War on the Eastern Front in 1914

Title: Collision of Empires: The War on the Eastern Front in 1914 Author: Prit Buttar Genre: Military History Publisher: Osprey Publishing Release Date: 2014 Format: Kindle Pages: 488 This is an excellent book on the first several months of WWI on the Eastern Front. The author does a pretty job job of summarizing the maneuvers

Konev’s Golgotha: Operation Typhoon Strikes the Soviet Western Front, October 1941

Title: Konev's Golgotha: Operation Typhoon Strikes the Soviet Western Front, October 1941 Author: Michael Filippenkov Genre: Military History Publisher: Helion and Company Release Date: 2016 Format: Kindle Pages: 171 This is kind of a strange little volume...a very narrowly-focused treatise on a small and not especially significant part of Operation Typhoon, concerning the area around

The Russian Civil War

Title: The Russian Civil War Author: Evan Mawdsley Genre: Military History Publisher: Pegasus Books Release Date: 2015 Format: Kindle Pages: 260 This is a good, but not excellent account of the Russian Civil War. The author does a good job of describing the chaotic campaigns, along with the strengths and weaknesses of the Reds and

The Devils’ Alliance: Hitler’s Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941

Title: The Devils' Alliance: Hitler's Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941 Author: Roger Moorhouse Genre: General History Publisher: Basic Books Release Date: 2014 Format: Kindle Pages: 432 This is an excellent,well-written account of the lead up to, consequences of, and life under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The author includes many fascinating details and personal stories that I had

Who Lost Russia?

Title: Who Lost Russia? Author: Peter Conradi Genre: General History Publisher: Oneworld Publications Release Date: 2017 Format: Kindle Pages: 400 This is a good summary of the history of US-Russian relations over the last few decades, and a good reminder of how we ended up where we are today--the euphoria and hope of the early

Imperial Sunset: The Fall of Napoleon, 1813-14

Title: Imperial Sunset: The Fall of Napoleon, 1813-14 Author: R F Delderfield Genre: Military History Publisher: Endeavour Press Release Date: 2014 Format: Kindle Pages: 300 I was looking a good book on the aftermath of Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign, and this was one of the few books available. Better yet, the kindle version was only

West Point Atlas for the Wars of Napoleon

Title: West Point Atlas for the Wars of Napoleon Series: The West Point Military History Series Author: Thomas E. Griess (Series Editor) Genre: Military Reference Publisher: West Point Military Series Release Date: 2003 Format: Spiral-bound Pages: 148 I just got this atlas and wanted to leave a few words. Overall, this is a very good