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

Listopia > Stingray's votes on the list Best Non-fiction War Books (44 Books)

1	Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden 4.31 avg rating — 70,597 ratings Stingray 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
2	We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam by Harold G. Moore 4.34 avg rating — 33,968 ratings Stingray 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
3	The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 by Cornelius Ryan 4.34 avg rating — 26,888 ratings Stingray 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
4	A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan 4.28 avg rating — 21,763 ratings Stingray 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	Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War by Evan Wright 4.30 avg rating — 21,228 ratings Stingray 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 Art of War by Sun Tzu 3.94 avg rating — 601,189 ratings Stingray 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
7	Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks 4.09 avg rating — 8,109 ratings Stingray 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
8	An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1) by Rick Atkinson 4.30 avg rating — 23,943 ratings Stingray 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
9	In the Company of Heroes: The Personal Story Behind Black Hawk Down by Michael J. Durant 4.28 avg rating — 6,073 ratings Stingray 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
10	The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme by John Keegan 4.12 avg rating — 8,906 ratings Stingray 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	Chickenhawk by Robert Mason (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 16,162 ratings Stingray 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	One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer by Nathaniel Fick 4.21 avg rating — 12,089 ratings Stingray 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
13	Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph by T.E. Lawrence 3.92 avg rating — 12,602 ratings Stingray 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
14	Lions of Kandahar: The Story of a Fight Against All Odds by Rusty Bradley 4.34 avg rating — 5,630 ratings Stingray 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
15	Infantry Attacks by Erwin Rommel 4.20 avg rating — 3,599 ratings Stingray 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
16	The Conquest of Gaul by Gaius Julius Caesar 4.02 avg rating — 14,078 ratings Stingray 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
17	The Histories by Herodotus 4.01 avg rating — 57,485 ratings Stingray rated it 3 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	Delta Force: The Army's Elite Counterterrorist Unit by Charlie A. Beckwith 4.13 avg rating — 3,930 ratings Stingray 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
19	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 — 19,754 ratings Stingray 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
20	Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill 3.81 avg rating — 8,538 ratings Stingray 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
21	Strategy by B.H. Liddell Hart 4.08 avg rating — 3,155 ratings Stingray 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	A History of Warfare by John Keegan 3.98 avg rating — 4,721 ratings Stingray 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
23	Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris; June 6 - Aug. 5, 1944 by John Keegan 4.06 avg rating — 3,134 ratings Stingray 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
24	The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966 by Rick Atkinson 4.32 avg rating — 3,494 ratings Stingray rated it 3 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	Personal Memoirs by Ulysses S. Grant 4.15 avg rating — 10,378 ratings Stingray 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
26	A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962 by Alistair Horne 4.24 avg rating — 3,147 ratings Stingray 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	A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sheehan 4.25 avg rating — 12,809 ratings Stingray 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	In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat in Iraq by Rick Atkinson 3.95 avg rating — 2,009 ratings Stingray 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
29	The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World by Rupert Smith 3.93 avg rating — 949 ratings Stingray 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	Vietnam: A History by Stanley Karnow 4.13 avg rating — 8,001 ratings Stingray 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
31	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 — 11,348 ratings Stingray 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
32	The Punic Wars: Rome, Carthage, and the Struggle for the Mediterranean by Nigel Bagnall 3.92 avg rating — 150 ratings Stingray 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
33	Achtung Panzer! by Heinz Guderian 4.11 avg rating — 1,132 ratings Stingray 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
34	The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes 4.40 avg rating — 25,301 ratings Stingray 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
35	On War by Carl von Clausewitz 3.95 avg rating — 14,925 ratings Stingray 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
36	Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War by Rick Atkinson 4.12 avg rating — 1,108 ratings Stingray 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	This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness by T.R. Fehrenbach 4.18 avg rating — 4,399 ratings Stingray 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	Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq by Michael R. Gordon 3.97 avg rating — 2,102 ratings Stingray 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
39	Defeat Into Victory: (Pan Military Classics Series) by William Slim 4.39 avg rating — 1,131 ratings Stingray 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
40	The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today by Thomas E. Ricks 4.11 avg rating — 3,742 ratings Stingray 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	Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad by David Zucchino 4.21 avg rating — 1,032 ratings Stingray 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
42	Masters of Chaos: The Secret History of the Special Forces by Linda Robinson 3.98 avg rating — 1,310 ratings Stingray 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
43	Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield by Jeremy Scahill 4.08 avg rating — 5,194 ratings Stingray 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
44	Imperial Grunts: On the Ground with the American Military, from Mongolia to the Philippines to Iraq and Beyond (Vintage Departures) by Robert D. Kaplan 3.96 avg rating — 1,738 ratings Stingray 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