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12 books with a reading profile close to The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel. Outward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

by Stephen E. Ambrose

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Stephen E.
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Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II

by Mitchell Zuckoff

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

In 1945, a transport plane nicknamed the Gremlin Special crashed into a remote valley in Dutch New Guinea, leaving only three survivors: WAC corporal Margaret Hastings, Sergeant Kenneth Decker, and Lieutenant John McCol…
3

A History of the World in 6 Glasses

by Tom Standage

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Tom Standage organizes human civilization into six distinct eras defined by a dominant beverage: beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola.
4

Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission

by Hampton Sides

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Hampton Sides chronicles the 1945 raid on the Cabanatuan prisoner of war camp in the Philippines.
5

One Summer: America, 1927

by Bill Bryson

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Bill Bryson chronicles the rapid cultural and technological shifts in American life during five months in 1927.
6

A Night to Remember

by Walter Lord

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Walter Lord recreates the final hours of the RMS Titanic through a chronological sequence of events beginning at 11:40 PM on April 14, 1912.
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D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches

by Stephen E. Ambrose

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Stephen Ambrose reconstructs the Allied invasion of France through hundreds of oral histories from the men who fought on the ground.
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Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

by Ross King

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

In 1418, the architects of Florence faced a structural crisis: the massive central opening of the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral remained uncovered, as no known building method could support a dome of such scale withou…
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Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II

by Liza Mundy

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S.
10

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

by Sebastian Junger

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

In October 1991, a rare meteorological convergence created a "meteorological bomb" off the coast of New England.
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

by Nathaniel Philbrick

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

In the winter of 1820, a massive sperm whale repeatedly rammed and sank the whaleship Essex in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
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The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

by Malcolm Gladwell

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Malcolm Gladwell examines the technological evolution and moral dilemmas of industrial warfare through the rivalry between General Haywood Hansell and General Curtis LeMay.

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