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I am now reading "Gettysburg: The Last Invasion" by Allen C. Guelzo
This is an account of the Battle of Gettysburg; not the why of it, but the how. For a non-fictional abbount,I find it very hard to put down; it is a very gripping account of the combat. Currently near the end of day 2 (Barksdale's attack through the peach orchard), and wondering how it will all turn out.
2014 is the inaugural year of the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History. This book was the winner (March 2014). The other shortlisted books were:
"The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945" by Rick Atkinson
"Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization of Victory, 1793-1815" by Roger Knight
"Surge: My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War" by Peter R. Mansoor
"The Men Who Lost America" by Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy (the American Revolutionary War from the viewpoint of the British leadership)
"The Bombing War: Europe, 1939-1945" by Richard Overy
I have most of these on my TBR, except for "Surge"; maybe too recent for a complete account.
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