John Ferling: A Leap in the Dark : The Struggle to Create the American Republic
William Manchester: American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964
James M. McPherson: Battle Cry of Freedom : The Civil War Era (Oxford History of the United States)
Thomas E. Ricks: Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
How Race Is Lived in America : Pulling Together, Pulling Apart
Stanley Karnow: In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines
Kayla Williams: Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army
Bing West: No True Glory : A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah
Taylor Branch: Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63
Eric Foner: Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 (New American Nation Series)
Robert Leckie: Strong Men Armed: The United States Marines Against Japan
Robert A. Caro: The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 1)
Rory Stewart: The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq
Daniel Yergin: The Prize : The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
David Zucchino: Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad
David Halberstam: War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals