Battle of the Books

It's unfortunate that no major Battle of the Bulge books have come out in recent years, for this largely determines the number of reviews and review articles on the web. Books on particular engagements. units and individuals are found elsewhere on the site.

General BooksBooklistsSpecialist monographs

General Books

Amazon. Battle: The Story of the Bulge by John Toland. Also available in hardcover.

Amazon. A Time for Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge by Charles B. Macdonald, also available in hardcover.

Amazon. Nuts!: The Battle of the Bulge, The Story and Photographs by Donald M. Goldstein. Booklist writes:

"Although hardly the first in a respectable procession of materials commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, this book is likely to become one of the more durable members of the march."

Consecutive Osprey Books:

Amazon. Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble in the West by James R. Arnold, and Battle Of Bulge: 1944, Bastogne by Steven Zaloga.

Booklists

Further Reading from PBS/American Experience Battle of the Bulge documentary.

Find out more from Robin Cross's BBC article Battle of the Bulge: Germany's Last Throw .

106th Infantry Bulge booklist. Annotated, some written for the page, some lifted from the publisher or bookseller.

Amazon Listmania! list "The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's Fatal Gamble" by David Forehand.

Bibliography from the "WW2 Database."

Specialist monographs

Amazon. The Ghost Front: The Ardennes Before the Battle of the Bulge by Charles Whiting. "A unique look at the calm before the storm--how the Germans were able to take the Americans by surprise at the Battle of the Bulge." Some reviewers detect British bias.