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Circles of Hell by Eric Morris: The War in Italy, 1943–45

Read a review of Circles of Hell by Eric Morris, exploring the Allied campaign in Italy, military strategy, leadership, and…

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Circles of Hell

by Eric Morris

Italy’s forgotten campaign and the staggering human cost. One must…

Swords Around a Throne

by John R. Elting

A 700-page masterwork on Napoleon’s Grande Armée, covering every branch…

Freedom’s Forge

by Arthur Herman

How American business produced the weapons that won World War…

Nelson

by David Walder

A brilliant but vain admiral, a scandalous love affair, and…

The Crimean War

by Orlando Figes

Figes brings the past alive and never goes off into…

Organizer of Victory, 1943-1945: George C. Marshall

by Forrest C. Pogue

A modern-day Cincinnatus who guided a nation through its greatest…