Favorite War/Military books

[Sayeret]

What are they?

[CONSERVATIVE53]

Given up for Dead, War In 2020, Inside Delta Force, All Quiet on the Western Front.

[zonk]

chicken hawk

dear mom a snipers vietnam

black hawk down

we were soldiers once and young

charlie rangers

[RoyalAir]

Chris Ryan ~ The one that got away


At one point I was really interested in the SAS and read all the books on them, and about 4 of them were about McNab's patrol in Iraq in 91. Ryan's story was very impressive, even though there are some differences between McNab's and Ryans account of what went down I tend to lean more tworads Ryans story. That man is truly one to look up to. He went through hell and back in just over a week.

[Sayeret]

how's generation kill?

[EasyC]

I read that "Stalingrad" book, pretty interesting.

[Kilgor]

Yes, Beevor's stalingrad.

[Lokos]

For goodness' sake, don't look to Beevor for an authoritative account of Stalingrad...

He is not, and should not be considered a true military historian.

Lokos

[digrar]

Signaller Johnston's Secret War, by Peter Pinney. Australian Commando's in WWII, up in the Islands.

[Ratamacue]

Colder Than Hell (Joseph R. Owen)
Band of Brothers (Stephen Ambrose)
Starship Troopers (Robert A. Heinlein)
The Heritage Trilogy (Ian Douglas)
Star Corps (Ian Douglas)
The Pepperdogs (Bing West)

[DariuszM]

Red storm - Tom Clancy

[drGreen]

From Leningrad to Berlin, the dutch SS legion - Pierik
Stalingrad - Anthony Beevor
Grenadiere - Kurt Meyer
Tigers in mud - Otto Carius
Berlin - Anthony Beevor
D Day - Ambrose
A bridge too far - Ryan
Achtung Panzer! - Guderian
Monte Cassino 1944 - Matthew Parker
Fighting in Normandy: The German Army from D-Day to Villers-Bocage - Fritz Kramer, Fritz Ziegelmann, Freiherr Von Luttwitz, Heinz Guderian
War of Rats - David L Robbins

[<Gypsum Fantastic>]

how's generation kill?

I'm reading it now. A very interesting "warts and all" account of the invasion of Iraq. It shows the shocking incompetence of the leadership as opposed to the bravery and skill of the troops. Alot of personal accounts of things like killing civilians and how they deal with it and the underhanded tactics of the Iraqi army/insurgents.

Well worth a read.

[Roldwin]

The trai of the fox (David Irving)
Rommel (David Frasier)
A bridge too far (Cornelyus Ryan)
WWII (Winston S. Churchill)
Pegasus Bridge (Stephen E. Ambrose)
Band of Brothers (Stephen E. Ambrose)
Citizen Soldiers (Stephen E. Ambrose)
Infantry Attacks (Erwin Rommel)
Memoirs (Erwin Rommel)
etc etc etc

[Kilgor]

For goodness' sake, don't look to Beevor for an authoritative account of Stalingrad...

He is not, and should not be considered a true military historian.

Lokos

Yes, because he says bad things about Soviet soldiers, and examines war from the human perspective as well as the strategic

[Stavka]

Noone has mentioned

"Johnny got his gun" by Dalton Trumbo

I am disappointed in you. You are all barbarians. Hairy, muscular smelly barbarians that rape and burn the literary heritage of our ancestors. I like it.

[Clete Torres]

Rambo: First Blood

[Scottie]

Peagasus Bridge - Stephen Ambrose
Parachute Infantry
Shoot to kill - Michael Asher
Sabre Squadron - Cameron Spence
Wild Blue - Stephen Ambrose

all great books, some of my favourites :)

[dunkin]

Pop a Yellow Smoke - Charles Truitt.

Nothing fancy, just first hand account of this man's tour in Vietnam.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1932124527/qid=1125307077/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-1096874-4068621?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

[Holstein]

Dispatches-Michael Herr
Dawn of D-day-Howarth

[James]

Fiction:

Fields of Fire, by James Webb
Her Privates We, Frederic Manning
Black Tulip, Milt Bearden
End of War, David Robbins
Gates of Fire, Steven Pressfield
Through The Wheat, Thomas Boyd
Verdun, Joules Romains
Battlecry, Leon Uris
The Right Kind of War, John McCormick

Last but not least, my unpublished 1st novel (Going West, copyrighted 2003) that will regale you all with the adventures and horrors of the USMC in WWI... ;)


Nonfiction:

At Belleau Wood, Robert Asprey
Price of Glory, Alistair Horne
Anything by Lyn MacDonald - magnificent oral histories of the great war from a Brit/Colonial perspective
Band of Brothers, Ambrose
Anything by Cornelius Ryan
Donald Burgett's memoirs about being in the 101st in WWII
Devil Dogs, George Clark
Parachute Infantry, David Webster
With the Old Breed, E.B. Sledge (I would call this THE classic memoir of a U.S. Marine from WWII - if you have one book left to read in your life, read this one)

I could go on and on. I read A LOT. I have hundreds of books.

[Mark Sman]

Well,
I'm a nerd
The Sten (NI)
series
Karl, in case you wondered

[Maverick77]

Run Between The Raindrops
Blood on the Risers
Band Of Brothers
Jarhead

[Lokos]

Yes, because he says bad things about Soviet soldiers, and examines war from the human perspective as well as the strategic

No, it's actually because his sourcing is unprofessional, his remarks dishonest and his representation of objectivity merely flawed AT BEST.

Those seriously interested in the battles of Stalingrad and Berlin should steer well and truly clear.

Lokos

[James]

Gentlemen, let's try and keep this on track...

Thanks.

[FozzieBear]

the normandy battles - bob carruthers and simon trew

[Nordic Fire]

Military/political history:

William L. Shirer, "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671728687/qid=1125315781/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-5884863-6175154?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)
Heinz Guderian, "Panzer Leader" (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0306806894/qid=1125315810/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/104-5884863-6175154?v=glance&s=books)

I don't read military fiction, so I don't have a favourite in that genre.

[Adam Wilhelm]

All quiet on the western front. by Erich Maria Remarque

[WoodChipper]

1. Blood on the risers.
2. Charlie Rangers.
3. Generation Kill.
4. SBS.

[Chulo]

Enders Game and the whole Ender series.. its Sci Fi though

[CQB_Operator]

No Room for Error - John T Carney
None Braver - Michael Hirsh
Inside the Delta Force - Eric Haney
Black Hawk Down - Mark Bowden
Bravo Two Zero - Andy McNabb
The warrior Elite - **** Couch
The finishing School - **** Couch
Delta force - Charlie Beckwith
First into Action - Duncan Falconer
Black Water: By Strength and by Guile - Don Camsell
Etc.

[Aerosoul]

Inside Delta Force - Eric Haney
Black Hawk Down - Mark Bowden
Killing Pablo - Mark Bowden
In the Company of Heroes - Michael Durant

[Drako]

Kamienie na szaniec (Stones on the barricade) - don't remember the author
Partisants - Alistair MacLean
HMS Ulisses - Alistair MacLean
Krzyzacy (Teuton Knights) - Henryk Sienkiewicz

[duck]

By theme: Eastern Front:

Alan Clark: Barbarossa

Erich von Manstein: Lost Victories

Von Mellenthin: Panzer Battles

Vasili Chuikov: The Beginning of the Road

[Cecinator]

I like Richard Marcinkos, Rogue Warrior series. Lots of badwords, shooting, hurting people and all that other good stuff. I've read Rouge Warrior, Green Team and Detachment Bravo so far.

[Howie Kaluha]

I like Richard Marcinkos, Rogue Warrior series. Lots of badwords, shooting, hurting people and all that other good stuff. I've read Rouge Warrior, Green Team and Detachment Bravo so far.

Very good books. Recognize my username ;)

[gaijinsamurai]

Stalingrad-Anthony Beevor (I don't care if he pisses Lokos off!)
The last Battle-Cornelius Ryan
Soldat-Siegfreid Knappe
The Forgotten Soldier-Guy Sajer
Band of Brothers-Stephen Ambrose
Panzer Leader-Hans Von Luck
A Rifleman Went to War-McBride
Fields of Fire-James Webb
The 13th Valley-John DelVeccio
Goodbye Darkness-William Manchester
Verdun-Alistair Mclain
Heaven and hell-Martin Poppel
Street Without Joy-Bernard Fall
In the Comapny of Heroes-Michael Durant
Blackhawk Down-Mark Bowden
Tarawa-Story of a Battle-Martin Russ
Quartered Safely Out Here-George MacDonald Fraser
A Bright Shining Lie-John Paul Vann and America's Involvement in Vietnam-Sheehan
With the Old Breed-Sledge
Flags of Our Fathers-Bradley
The One That Got Away-Ryan

[punchinout]

Thunder Run
The Hunt For bin Laden
Black Hawk Down
It Doesn't Take A Hero: The Autobiography of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf.
Band of Brothers
We Were Soldiers Once, And Young

[MEGR]

Blackhawk Down
Thunder Run
Reflections of a Warrior
Good to Go
The Siege at Hue
Gunners Up!
Warrior Soul
Blackjack 33 and 34
Not a Good Day to die
Secret Commandos
Point Man

and many more.......

[Fargin]

Jarhead
Das Boot

[scrybe]

3 pages and no one has mentioned Marine Sniper?! C'mon! Carlos Hatchock?!

[mudbunny]

Citizen Soldiers by Stephen Ambrose

[Seraphim]

I just got Thunder Run and Generation Kill in the mail today. From Amazon...seemed like the ****er dropped Generation Kill on floor while enroute to packaging. Right on the bottom of the spine. :bash: :bash: :bash: :fork: :fork: :fork:

[Red]

Band of brothers
None braver
Downrange
Not a good day to die
We were soldiers once and young

[Cecinator]

Very good books. Recognize my username ;)

At first I didnt, but once my mind started moving, yeah. Hes one of Marcinkos original SEALS I think, havent read rogue warrior or greenteam in awhile.
Marcinkos books kick butt. I was never realy a reader until I picked up Green Team from my teachers shelf.

[Hot Lips]

Do they have any of these on audio? No reason.

[EvanL]

Do they have any of these on audio? No reason.
you just like audio cus its oral

[digrar]

Aural?

[EvanL]

Aural?
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[Hot Lips]

Arial?

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[EvanL]

Arial?

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[Hot Lips]

Sausage Linker.