Your favorite books on history? Non-fiction that is.

[Cav Scout wife]

The Third Reich in Power

History of the Second World War

The Last Days of Hitler

History of Kentucky

If you couldn't tell, I am a History major with a emphasis on WWII, lol.

[banjomike]

Originally Posted by Rob Allen

Barbara Tuchman - A Distant Mirror and other books.

For sure!

All of Tuchman's books are wonderful.

The Proud Tower and The Guns of August are both the best accounts, I think, of the events that led to World War I.

World War I changed everything that followed in the 20th century. If a person wants a real understanding of the 20th century, it's vital to know about the causes and effects of that war. Much of what began then is still in place today.


What a great topic this is! It ought to get a sticky. Every one of the books mentioned is worth reading.

[Felix C]

Regarding WW2. I really wish to recommend a number of book which still have no equal.

Brute Force: Allied Strategy & Tactics in WW2 by John Ellis
A look at the war which shows just how many mistakes were made and the men lost. By the numbers.

Sharp End: The Fighting Man in WW2 by John Ellis
Acts of War: Behavior of Men in Battle by Richard Holmes
A view of what the decisions made in the first book were evidenced in the experiences by the fellows who did the fighting and dying.

[Travelling Gal]

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. It's a general look at the development of countries in relation to available resources allowing them to make weapons. That's a broad description, but that's it in a nutshell

[artemis agrotera]

Originally Posted by Cav Scout wife

The Third Reich in Power

History of the Second World War

The Last Days of Hitler

History of Kentucky

If you couldn't tell, I am a History major with a emphasis on WWII, lol.

have you read The Dictators ?

Amazon.com: The Dictators: Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia (9780393020304): Richard Overy: Books

a great text on both Stalin & Hitler.

Originally Posted by Travelling Gal

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. It's a general look at the development of countries in relation to available resources allowing them to make weapons. That's a broad description, but that's it in a nutshell

^^great book.