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The 100 BEST
NON-FICTION BOOKS OF THE 20th CENTURY, as chosen by the editorial board of the Modern
Library®, includes several books of interest to military historians and followers of
COMBAT! These books are:
 | The Face of
Battle by John Keegan
This book puts a human face on three historically significant battles fought by the
British Army in Flanders: Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme. "Excellent reading for
the novice who wants to understand not only the horror of battle, but the motivation of
the men fighting these desperate struggles." |
| Battle Cry of Freedom : The
Civil War Era by James M. McPherson
Pulitzer Prize-Winning history of the Civil War. A fast-paced narrative integrates the
political, social and military. This single-volume history provides a remarkable
perspective. |
| The Civil War, A Narrative
(3 Vol. Set) by Shelby Foote
Foote's comprehensive history of the Civil War includes: Fort Sumter to Perryville,
Fredericksburg to Meridian, and Red River to Appomattox. |
| Second World War by
Winston Churchill
Boxed 6-volume set of paperbacks.
As Britain's prime minister for most of the Second World War, Winston Churchill had a
unique perspective on the conflict. As soon as he left office in 1945, he began to set
that perspective down on paper, something that he alone of the allied leaders did. This
multivolume work contains both comprehensive sweep and intimate detail. |
| The Great War and Modern
Memory by Paul Fussell
This book suggests that the modern world began on July 1, 1916, on a trench-riddled field
near the River Somme. The world changed forever: our sensibilities, our world view, even
our language and literature. "An excellent book for anyone who has been moved by the
tragedies of war." |
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