Barbara Roberts's votes on the list Best Non-fiction War Books

Listopia > Barbara Roberts's votes on the list Best Non-fiction War Books (50 Books)

1	Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose 4.44 avg rating — 142,859 ratings Barbara 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
2	Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand 4.39 avg rating — 1,017,758 ratings Barbara 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	The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman 4.18 avg rating — 87,650 ratings Barbara added it 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	Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 16,169 ratings Barbara 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	The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer 4.23 avg rating — 153,116 ratings Barbara 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
6	The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 by Cornelius Ryan 4.34 avg rating — 26,811 ratings Barbara 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	A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan 4.28 avg rating — 21,727 ratings Barbara 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
8	Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks 4.09 avg rating — 8,088 ratings Barbara 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	Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson 4.41 avg rating — 35,071 ratings Barbara 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	Night by Elie Wiesel 4.38 avg rating — 1,402,383 ratings Barbara 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
11	1776 by David McCullough 4.11 avg rating — 257,226 ratings Barbara 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	An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1) by Rick Atkinson 4.30 avg rating — 23,825 ratings Barbara 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	The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote 4.53 avg rating — 8,162 ratings Barbara 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
14	The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam 4.23 avg rating — 9,572 ratings Barbara 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
15	History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides 3.95 avg rating — 41,566 ratings Barbara 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
16	The Forever War by Dexter Filkins 4.14 avg rating — 11,667 ratings Barbara 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
17	The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2) by Rick Atkinson 4.37 avg rating — 16,424 ratings Barbara 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	A Stillness at Appomattox by Bruce Catton 4.38 avg rating — 6,755 ratings Barbara 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	Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer 4.16 avg rating — 15,451 ratings Barbara 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	Memoirs and Selected Letters by Ulysses S. Grant 4.09 avg rating — 3,293 ratings Barbara 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
22	In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 226,284 ratings Barbara 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
23	The Coming Fury by Bruce Catton 4.34 avg rating — 2,888 ratings Barbara 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
24	Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll 4.32 avg rating — 19,636 ratings Barbara 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
25	The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam 4.27 avg rating — 13,086 ratings Barbara 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	Terrible Swift Sword by Bruce Catton 4.39 avg rating — 1,993 ratings Barbara 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	Stars in Their Courses: The Gettysburg Campaign, June-July 1863 by Shelby Foote 4.45 avg rating — 1,789 ratings Barbara 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
28	1861: The Civil War Awakening by Adam Goodheart 4.06 avg rating — 6,170 ratings Barbara 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
29	The Two-Ocean War by Samuel Eliot Morison 4.27 avg rating — 1,443 ratings Barbara 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
30	American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964 by William Manchester 4.10 avg rating — 14,224 ratings Barbara 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	In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat in Iraq by Rick Atkinson 3.95 avg rating — 2,004 ratings Barbara 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
32	Grant Takes Command 1863-1865 by Bruce Catton 4.44 avg rating — 2,466 ratings Barbara 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
33	The Last Battle: The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin by Cornelius Ryan 4.25 avg rating — 7,207 ratings Barbara 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 Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sheehan 4.25 avg rating — 12,787 ratings Barbara 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
35	The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel 3.81 avg rating — 53,078 ratings Barbara 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
36	The Gathering Storm (The Second World War, #1) by Winston S. Churchill 4.39 avg rating — 7,916 ratings Barbara 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
37	One Square Mile of Hell: The Battle for Tarawa by John Wukovits 4.29 avg rating — 1,085 ratings Barbara 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	Personal Memoirs by Ulysses S. Grant 4.15 avg rating — 10,295 ratings Barbara 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
39	The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3) by Rick Atkinson 4.49 avg rating — 11,292 ratings Barbara 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
40	Memoirs of the Second World War by Winston S. Churchill 4.49 avg rating — 1,319 ratings Barbara 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
41	Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam: The Battle that Changed the Course of the Civil War by James M. McPherson 4.02 avg rating — 2,960 ratings Barbara 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
42	Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives by Jim Sheeler 4.37 avg rating — 1,067 ratings Barbara 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
43	The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1) by Robert A. Caro 4.44 avg rating — 27,570 ratings Barbara 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
45	Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #2) by Robert A. Caro 4.29 avg rating — 28,308 ratings Barbara 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
46	Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3) by Robert A. Caro 4.44 avg rating — 24,720 ratings Barbara 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
47	Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph by T.E. Lawrence 3.91 avg rating — 12,521 ratings Barbara 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
49	The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today by Thomas E. Ricks 4.11 avg rating — 3,734 ratings Barbara 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
50	Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James M. McPherson 4.09 avg rating — 6,028 ratings Barbara 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
51	Never Call Retreat by Bruce Catton 4.38 avg rating — 2,068 ratings Barbara 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
52	The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008 by Thomas E. Ricks 3.97 avg rating — 2,334 ratings Barbara 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
53	Mr. Lincoln's Army by Bruce Catton 4.34 avg rating — 3,083 ratings Barbara 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