good military books!

[Armour recon]

I just bought The Falkland war, grandfathers tale: The story of German sniper and the great escape.

Also the Company of heroes is fantastic and the Eisenhower: Soldiers life

Anyone read a good military book lately?

[Roger Rabbit]

The March Up

its about the US Marines in Iraq this summer.

[NcDeuce]

Good reads as well...

In The Company of Heroes - M. Durant

Black Hawk Down - M. Bowden

We Were Soldiers - H. Moore & Galloway

The Killer Angels - M. Shaara

Band of Brothers - S. Ambrose

The Longest Day - C. Ryan

Shadow Warriors - T. Clancy & Stiner

THe Hunt for bin Laden - R. Moore

Chariots of the Damned - M. McKinney

A Bridge Too Far - C. Ryan

D-Day - S. Ambrose

The Last Battle - C. Ryan

The Greatest Generation - T. Brokaw

Gods & Generals - J. M. Shaara

Bravo Two Zero - A. McNabb

[GLax]

Ghost Soldiers : Hampton Sides

Marine Sniper, 93 Confirmed Kills : Charles Henderson

Starship Troopers : Robert Heinlein (somewhat of a military book)

[Armour recon]

If you've read the bravo 2-0 and Chris Ryan's version, you get the feeling that they had something between the teeth on eachother.

[Fargin]

Jarheads: Anyhony Swofford

Read it once, now it's my favourite toilet read.

[California Joe]

Some excellent books already posted...

Son of the Morning Star, about Little Bighorn by Evan S. Connell

A Soldiers Story by Guy Sajer about the Russian Front from an Alsatian's point of view. Brilliant.

Scouting on Two Continents by Frederick Russel Burnham. Fought Apache's and Zulu's and Boer's. Should have been a Masterpiece theatre series a long time ago.

[Ratamacue]

My favorites:

- Band of Brothers (Stephen Ambrose)
- Black Hawk Down (Mark Bowden)
- Starship Troopers (Robert A. Heinlein)
- We Were Soldiers Once...and Young (Harold G. Moore & Joseph Galloway)
- Jarhead (Anthony Swofford)
- The Pepperdogs (Bing West)

[Scrim]

Good books mentioned already especially The March Up. I must add
Gates Of Fire by Steven Pressfield.
A Mouthfull Of Rocks(Modern Adventures In The French Foreign Legion) by Christian Jennings.

[Gringo]

Some of the Tom Clancy books are good, prefrebly those with John Clarke in, Jack Ryan is quite boring sometimes behind his desk. Rainbow Six is very good though.
I also recommend Task Force Dagger.
Some of the Chris Ryan books are quite good aswell.

[Seoulstriker]

Fighter Combat: Tactics and Maneuvering

^^ teaches about dogfighting, air to air combat, and air to ground combat.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0870210599/ref=sib_rdr_dp/002-3579887-8210439?%5Fencoding=UTF8&no=283155&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER&st=books

[California Joe]

Yeah, I need to know that for driving to work in the morning. Asshead.

[Seoulstriker]

Yeah, I need to know that for driving to work in the morning. Asshead.

dude. how are any of these books for driving to work in the morning?

[ST4]

One Perfect Op: An Insider's Account of the Navy Seal Special Warfare Teams - Dennis Chalker

In the Company of Heroes: A True Story - Michael Durant

The Warrior Elite: The Forging of Class 228 - **** Couch

Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War - Mark Bowden

Killing Pablo - Mark Bowden

None Braver: U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen in the War on Terrorism - Michael Hirsh

Just to name a few (the books are not in my favorite order).

[California Joe]

It was a joke. Are you sure you're from this planet?

Fighter Combat: Tactics and Maneuvering

^^ teaches about dogfighting, air to air combat, and air to ground combat.

How could that possibly be interesting to read unless I was a pilot?

[Jack Mehoff]

Maxim

'nuff say

[Seoulstriker]

It was a joke. Are you sure you're from this planet?

Fighter Combat: Tactics and Maneuvering

^^ teaches about dogfighting, air to air combat, and air to ground combat.

How could that possibly be interesting to read unless I was a pilot?

well, if you play any flight sims, it might be a help. ;)

[Haiw]

dude. how are any of these books for driving to work in the morning?
None are..the point is, the others are still enjoyable for the average human being while a public resemblance of an army manual on dog fighting is of no interest at all for anyone who doesn't jerk off to Janes weekly...

[Seoulstriker]

dude. how are any of these books for driving to work in the morning?
None are..the point is, the others are still enjoyable for the average human being while a public resemblance of an army manual on dog fighting is of no interest at all for anyone who doesn't jerk off to Janes weekly...

right on, right on.

[Supes]

"See No Evil" by Robert Baer, one of the best of the best. One of my all time favorite books.

[Guttorm]

"life in the French foreign legion"
How to join and what to expect when you get there

By Even McGorman

Very good book, written by a canadian guy who spent five years there.

[Salty Dog]

making the corps- thomas ricks
jarhead-anthony swofford
all books about LRP's and LRRP's in vietnam by gary linderer
combat swimmer: memoirs of a navy seal- robert gormly
band of brothers- stephen ambrose
parachute soldier- bill tucker

all i can think of right now

[Dalleer]

This is the one I remember being real good:


Berlin 1945- Antony Beevor

Tells of the events leading to the battle in Berlin, the battle itself and everything related.

Great book, got to like it.

[Haiw]

I don't know if they're translated into English, since I read them in German, but the trilogy Moskou - Stalingrad - Berlin by Theodor Plievier is definately worth a look, really a great read...

[Armour recon]

"See No Evil" by Robert Baer, one of the best of the best. One of my all time favorite books.


I saw that in amazon.com. Great reviews!

[Gringo]

Sun Tzu, The Art of War. It's on me Crimbo list :D

[Minjin]

All Necessary Measures Cameron Spence
CQB Mike Curtis
Sabre Squadron Cameron Spence
Who Dares Wins Tony Geraghty (sp?)

Anyone got DK's Ultimate Special Forces book? It's awesome, great pics, lots of info, great toilet read.

I really enjoy Richard Marcinko's Rogue Warrior series and Red Cell was good too...BHD was a great book.

Inside Delta Force was a great book buy Eric L. Hanley, check it out if you are interested in learning more about the Delta Force.

[OzMan]

Just went book shopping last week. Bought the "SAS Mental Endurance Handbook", "No Room For Error; America's (USAF) Special Tactics Units from Iran to Afghanistan", and "The Hunt for Bin Laden; Task Force Dagger". I've been reading The Hunt for Bin Laden for the past week, and am already half way through it. It's a book that's hard for me to put down. I love it. I plan on buying "None Braver: USAF Pararescuemen in the war on terror" and "The Art of High Risk Entry" very soon.

Other books I have/have read:

Black Hawk Down

Rogue Warrior (**** Marcinko, SEAL Team 6)

Shadow Warriors

Bravo Two Zero

The Mammoth Book of Special Forces

America's Special Forces

Rainbow Six (stopped reading after first real action sequence; too slow)

US Navy SEALs in Action

US Elite Counter-terrorist Forces (Power Series book)

SWAT Team (Power Series book)

Skunk Works (story of the F-117 stealth fighter, U2 spy plane, SR71)[/u]

[Fargin]

Das Boot
Catch 22's sequel Closingtime isn't a war novel, but worth the read.

[ORold]

1.-With Rommel in the desert (H.W.Schmidt)
2.-Band of brothers
3.-La Batalla del Ebro (J.M. Reverte9
4.-The Last battle (Cornelius Ryan)
5.-All the Sven Hassel's books

[FuturePara]

Fields of Fire
The 13th Valley
Sympathy for the Devil
Charlie Mike
The Last Run

If you want a book that really, REALLY makes you think...try Johnny Got his Gun. Without doubt the most anti-war novel ever written. It was banned during WWII do to it's content. It's about a man who returns from WWI after losing both arms, both legs, and his face and what life is like for him. Terrifying, sad book. Really makes you think.

[Ichhabe]

To you Americans: Why not read a book that does not contain US war history only???
I have only seen 1-ONE American reply mentioning a foreign book.

Damn it! Broaden you horizon for crying out load. ;)

[California Joe]

That would be me.

I also reead a lot of European Napoleonic era stuff.

So there. ;)

[OzMan]

Kinda in a hurry, didn't get a chance to read all of 'em, so please forgive me for any repeats. Here are the one's I've got, and maybe a few that I want:

Black Hawk Down: Bowden

Rogue Warrior: Marcinko

Bravo Two Zero: McNab

No Room for Error (USAF Special Tactics from Iran to Afghanistan)

The Hunt For Bin Laden: Moore

None Braver (USAF Pararescuemen in the War on Terror): Hirsch

The Art of High Risk Entry

Cold Zero (A story of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team): Whitecomb

The SAS Mental Endurance Handbook: McNab

The SAS Combat Handbook: McNab

Rainbow Six: Clancy

Shadow Warriors: Clancy

The Complete Idiot's guide to US Special Ops Forces

The Mammoth book of Special Forces


That's most of my collection. Good day all...

[ShotOver]

"1001 Uses of a toothpic for the modern soldier" - Assiz Itchy

Bahahahaahha, soooo lame.... rofl

On a more serious note, i've only read one military book this year and it was Black hawk down.

I'm looking around for Bravo-two-zero though.

[Haiw]

I don't know if they're translated into English, since I read them in German, but the trilogy Moskou - Stalingrad - Berlin by Theodor Plievier is definately worth a look, really a great read...
Good news: apparently there are English translations of the Moscow-Stalingrad-Berlin trilogy...they're pretty hard to find tho. (I got the German versions from my grandfather) It's really worth the effort to find it tho...and better than Das Boot if you ask me.

[FuturePara]

The Jack Aubrey series is a great. 21 books as I recall though, I'm working on it right now.
If you like the movie Master and Commander, you'll like these books.
Ditto for the Horatio Hornblower series.

LOL, someone edited my post above, hahaha. that's funny, I was like wtf?

:lol:

by the way was Jarhead a good read?

[OzMan]

Forgive me, I am an idiot. I totally didn't see my previous post only for or five above my last post.

*Walks to garage, pulls hammer from bench, smashes hand*

:cantbeli:

[Roger Rabbit]

Napoleonic War books are the dogs gonads.

Any of the Sharpe books(ok so its fiction but its good fiction, heres the basic plot for every book. Sharpe gets in trouble, finds a woman, bangs woman, single handly helps British Army defeat the French, woman leaves him/dies/kidnapped/turns out to be spy etc etc).

Rifleman Haris is also a good book(memoirs of an actual soldier with the 95th Rifles in Spain, particularly concerned with the retreat from Coruna)

If i Die in a Combat Zone- Tom O'Brian, interesting reading about his anti-Vietnam war views whilst still going through Basic Training and then moving out to combat operations in Vietnam.

Forgotten Voices of The Great War(thats WW1 for those not in the know). An excellent book which is basically a whole collection of interviews from people in WW1. Came from the Imperial War Museam Archives so you can't go wrong with that.

Parachute Infantry by David Kenyon Webster- of the Easy Company fame but still a good book

A Soldiers Song-Ken lukowiak- a Para during the Falklands and also about his problems ajusting to civilian life afterwards.

[Enduring Freedom]

Jarhead; Anthony Swofford

Soldier against the odds; Lofty Large

Regarding Bravo Two Zero. There is a third book on it´s way. It´s written by Mike Coburn, the tittle is Soldier Five. I think it will be released next month. Mike Coburn was a member of the patrol.

[aktarian]

Gates Of Fire by Steven Pressfield.


woot woot woot woot woot

Have you read Tides of War?

Enemy at the Gates-William Craig (nothing to do with movie)
Thermopylae: The Battle for the West-Ernle Bradford
The Road to Stalingrad-John Erickson
The Road to Berlin-John Erickson
Cassino-Fred Majdalany
Iran-Iraq War in the Air-Tom Cooper&Farzad Bishop
Lost Victories-Erich v. Manstein
Panzer Battles-Mellenthin

[11F5S]

If you need inspiration to overcome hurdles in acheiving your goals in life read:

"Medal of Honor A Vietnam Warrior's Story" Roy P Benavidez

also his earlier book "The Three Wars of Roy P Benavidez"


RIP

[Gordon]

here's a few good napoleanic era books:

Man Who Broke Napolean's Codes; Mark Urban. - as it says, about the guy who broke the codes used by the French in Spain and France, real interesting stuff.

Rifles: Six Years with Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters; Mark Urban. - same author, follows the 95th through the whole of the peninsular war, an absolutely awesome book.

Both those books are great, if you haven't read 'em yet Joe go grab 'em.

[Andyman]

"The One That Got Away"

- Chris Ryan

Talks about the British SAS mission into the Iraqi territory to hunt down scud launchers but the whole thing got screwed up and only one guy made it out without being captured or killed. Chris had to hike over 400 miles to reach the border and escape and the tale is pretty harrowing about what happened to the rest of his team. There is another book done by the squad leader Andy Mcknabb and he talks about the same **** but from a different point of view obviously. Apparently Andy Mcknabb hates Chris Ryan for something that happened in the mission but I've onyl read Chris' book so I never really found out why Andy felt that way. A good read though I highly recommend it. p-)

[gaz]

"Falklands Commando" by Hugh McManners is a good read.

Please be aware this link is for the UK version of Amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0007141750/qid=1074654603/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_11_4/026-2248919-3915608)