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General Military Books in Order
109
Books
1950
First Book
2021
Latest Book
72
Years
Below you'll find the complete list of General Military books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the General Military series? Start with "Otto Skorzeny: The Devil’s Disciple (By: Stuart Smith)" (1950) and follow publication order through all 109 books.
The complete General Military reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
1
Otto Skorzeny: The Devil’s Disciple (By: Stuart Smith)
1950
2
The Forgotten Dead: Why 946 American Servicemen Died Off The Coast of Devon in 1944 (By: Mark Rogerson,Ken Small)
1988
3
Jackspeak: A Guide to British Naval Slang & Usage (By: Rick Jolly)
1989
4
Hunt the Bismarck: The Pursuit of Germany's Most Famous Battleship (By: Angus Konstam)
2003
5
Out of Nowhere: A history of the military sniper, from the Sharpshooter to Afghanistan (By: Martin Pegler)
2004
6
Rome at War (By: Adrian Goldsworthy)
2005
7
Struggle for a Vast Future: The American Civil War (By: Aaron Sheehan-Dean)
2006
8
Rolling Thunder In A Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited (By: Andrew Wiest)
2006
9
FUBAR: Soldier Slang of World War II (By: Gordon L. Rottman)
2007
10
An Officer's Manual of the Western Front: 1914-1918 (By: Stephen Bull)
2008
11
Warship 2008 (By: John Jordan)
2008
12
Deceiving Hitler: Double-Cross and Deception in World War II (By: Terry Crowdy)
2008
13
Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World (By: Brian Lavery)
2009
14
The English Civil Wars, 1640-1660 (By: Blair Worden)
2009
15
No Greater Ally: The Untold Story of Poland's Forces in World War II (General Mi (By: Kenneth K. Koskodan)
2009
16
Battleground Prussia (By: Prit Buttar)
2010
17
The Spitfire Pocket Manual: 1939-1945 (By: Martin Robson)
2011
18
Silent Killers: Submarines and Underwater Warfare (By: Clive Cussler,James P. Delgado)
2011
19
Warship 2011 (By: John Jordan)
2011
20
Quick Training for War (By: Robert Baden-Powell,Martin Robson)
2011
21
Panther: Germany's quest for combat dominance (By: Michael; Green Gladys Green)
2012
22
The Para Fitness Guide (By: Sam McGrath)
2012
23
The Rice Paddy Navy:U.S. Sailors Undercover in China (By: Linda Kush)
2012
24
The Commando Pocket Manual: 1940-1945 (By: Christopher Westhorp)
2012
25
Concrete Hell: Urban Warfare From Stalingrad to Iraq (By: Lou DiMarco)
2012
26
America's Elite: U.S. Special Forces From The American Revolution To The Present Day (By: Chris McNab)
2014
27
American Tanks & AFVs of World War II (By: Michael Green)
2014
28
Invasion 1914: The Schlieffen Plan to the Battle of the Marne (By: Ian Senior)
2014
29
No Victory in Valhalla: The untold story of Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment from Bastogne to Berchtesgaden (By: Ian Gardner)
2014
30
The SAS Pocket Manual: 1941-1945 (By: Christopher Westhorp)
2014
31
Company of Heroes: A Forgotten Medal of Honor and Bravo Company’s War in Vietnam (By: Eric Poole)
2015
32
Germany Ascendant: The Eastern Front 1915 (By: Prit Buttar)
2015
33
The History of the Panzerwaffe: Volume I: 1939–42 (By: ThomasAnderson)
2015
34
Finland at War: the Winter War 1939-40 (By: Vesa Nenye)
2015
35
American Knights: The Untold Story of the Men of the Legendary 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion (By: Victor Failmezger)
2015
36
Finland at War: The Continuation and Lapland Wars 1941–45 (By: Chris Birks,Vesa Nenye,Peter Munter,Toni Wirtanen)
2016
37
Liberty or Death: The French Revolution (By: Peter McPhee)
2016
38
Samurai Armour: Volume I: The Japanese Cuirass (By: Trevor Absolon)
2016
39
Maps of War: Mapping conflict through the centuries (By: Jeremy Black)
2016
40
We March Against England: Operation Sea Lion, 1940-41 (By: Robert Forczyk)
2016
41
Instrument of War: The German Army 1914–18 (By: Dennis E. Showalter)
2016
42
With Their Bare Hands: General Pershing, the 79th Division, and the battle for Montfaucon (By: Gene Fax)
2017
43
Loco Spotter’s Guide (By: Stuart Black)
2017
44
The Long Range Desert Group in World War II (By: Gavin Mortimer)
2017
45
Sevastopol’s Wars: Crimea from Potemkin to Putin (By: Mungo Melvin)
2017
46
Bloodstained Sands: U.S. Amphibious Operations in World War II (By: Michael G. Walling)
2017
47
Soviet T-10 Heavy Tank and Variants (By: Stephen Sewell,James Kinnear)
2017
48
Shadow over the Atlantic: The Luftwaffe and the U-boats: 1943–45 (By: Jim Laurier,Robert Forsyth)
2017
49
Shot Down and in the Drink: True Stories of RAF and Commonwealth Aircrews Saved from the Sea in WWII (By: Graham Pitchfork)
2017
50
The Splintered Empires (By: Prit Buttar)
2017
51
Panther (By: ThomasAnderson)
2017
52
The Second World Wars (By: Victor Davis Hanson)
2017
53
Concorde Pocket Manual (By: Richard Johnstone-Bryden)
2017
54
Pacific Thunder: The US Navy's Central Pacific Campaign, August 1943–October 1944 (By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver)
2017
55
Case Red: The Collapse of France (By: Robert Forczyk)
2017
56
Legion versus Phalanx
2018
57
The Mosquito Pocket Manual: All Marks in Service 1941–1945 (By: Martin Robson)
2018
58
Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Naval Campaign of World War II (By: Jeffrey R. Cox)
2018
59
Cutty Sark Pocket Manual (By: Arron Hewett,Louise MacFarlane)
2018
60
The British Home Guard Pocketbook (By: A.F.U. Green)
2018
61
Snapdragon: The World War II Exploits of Darby's Ranger and Combat Photographer Phil Stern (By: Liesl Bradner,PhilStern)
2018
62
Tidal Wave: From Leyte Gulf to Tokyo Bay (By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver)
2018
63
HMS Belfast Pocket Manual (By: John Blake)
2018
64
The German Soldier's Pocket Manual: 1914–18 (By: Stephen Bull)
2018
65
Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat: Naval slang and its everyday usage (By: Martin Robson)
2018
66
Valley Of The Shadow: The Siege Of Dien Bien Phu (By: Kevin M. Boylan,Luc Olivier)
2018
67
Day of the Rangers: The Battle of Mogadishu 25 Years On (By: Leigh Neville)
2018
68
Forts: An illustrated history of building for defence (By: Jeremy Black,National Archives)
2018
69
The Third Reich is Listening: Inside German codebreaking 1939–45 (By: Christian Jennings)
2018
70
Charlie Company Journeys Home: The Forgotten Impact on the Wives of Vietnam Veterans (By: Andrew Wiest)
2018
71
Run to the Sound of the Guns: The True Story of an American Ranger at War in Afghanistan and Iraq (By: Nicholas Moore,Mir Bahmanyar)
2018
72
Soviet T-54 Main Battle Tank (By: Stephen Sewell,James Kinnear,Andrey Aksenov)
2018
73
Hitler's Death (By: Luke Daly-Groves)
2019
74
The Great Bear at War: The Russian and Soviet Army, 1917–Present (By: Chris McNab,Mark Galeotti)
2019
75
The Pirate World: A History of the Most Notorious Sea Robbers (By: Angus Konstam)
2019
76
How to Survive in the Georgian Navy: A Sailor's Guide (By: National Archives)
2019
77
An Englishman Abroad: SOE Agent Dick Mallaby’s Italian Missions, 1943–45 (By: Gianluca Barneschi)
2019
78
War Bows: Longbow, crossbow, composite bow and Japanese yumi (By: Mike Loades)
2019
79
Pilgrim Days: A Lifetime of Soldiering from Vietnam to the SAS (By: Alastair MacKenzie)
2019
80
Panzerartillerie: Firepower for the Panzer Divisions (By: ThomasAnderson)
2019
81
Holding the Line: The Naval Air Campaign In Korea (By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver)
2019
82
World War II Battle by Battle (By: Nikolai Bogdanovic)
2019
83
Doctor for Friend and Foe: Britain's Frontline Medic in the Fight for the Falklands (By: Rick Jolly)
2019
84
Warship 2019 (By: John Jordan)
2019
85
Scapa 1919: The Archaeology of a Scuttled Fleet (By: Innes McCartney)
2019
86
Wade McClusky and the Battle of Midway (By: David Rigby)
2019
87
German submarine U-1105 'Black Panther': The naval archaeology of a U-boat (By: Aaron Stephan Hamilton)
2019
88
Soviet T-55 Main Battle Tank (By: Stephen Sewell,James Kinnear,Andrey Aksenov)
2019
89
The Hurricane Pocket Manual: All marks in service 1939–45 (By: Martin Robson)
2019
90
On a Knife's Edge (By: Prit Buttar)
2019
91
Case White: The Invasion of Poland 1939 (By: Robert Forczyk)
2019
92
Sent by the Iron Sky: The Legacy of an American Parachute Battalion in World War II (By: Ian Gardner)
2019
93
The Persian War: In Herodotus and Other Ancient Voices (By: William Shepherd)
2019
94
Blazing Star, Setting Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign November 1942–March 1943 (By: Jeffrey R. Cox)
2020
95
Audacious Missions of World War II: Daring Acts of Bravery Revealed Through Letters and Documents from the Time (By: National Archives)
2020
96
Be PARA Fit: The 4-Week Formula for Elite Physical Fitness (By: Sam McGrath)
2020
97
Hitler's Tanks: German Panzers of World War II (By: Chris McNab)
2020
98
The Master Shipwright's Secrets: How Charles II built the Restoration Navy (By: Richard Endsor)
2020
99
Lawrence of Arabia on War: The Campaign in the Desert 1916–18 (By: Rob Johnson)
2020
100
The Devil's Bridge: The German Victory at Arnhem, 1944 (By: Anthony Tucker-Jones)
2020
101
Rome - City in Terror: The Nazi Occupation 1943–44 (By: Victor Failmezger)
2020
102
I Will Run Wild: The Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway (By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver)
2020
103
The Reckoning (By: Prit Buttar)
2020
104
Mutiny on the Spanish Main: HMS Hermione and the Royal Navy's Revenge (By: Angus Konstam)
2020
105
Blood, Metal and Dust: The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq 2001–14 (By: Ben Barry)
2020
106
The Churchill Quiz Book: How much do you know about Britain's wartime leader? (By: Kieran Whitworth)
2021
107
Warship 2021 (By: John Jordan)
2021
108
Soviet T-62 Main Battle Tank (By: Stephen Sewell,James Kinnear,Andrey Aksenov)
2021
109
Jutland 1916: The Archaeology of a Naval Battlefield (By: Innes McCartney)
2021
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