Military Literature

[belisarius]

google the battle of leyte gulf, "turkey trots to water". it's the best account of the battle and tells of the musashi's final foray.

 

the yamato and musashi were the biggest, most heavily armored battleships on record. theirs was the biggest guns mounted on a ship.

[UNDergroundX]

google the battle of leyte gulf, "turkey trots to water". it's the best account of the battle and tells of the musashi's final foray.

 

the yamato and musashi were the biggest, most heavily armored battleships on record. theirs was the biggest guns mounted on a ship.

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Did it participate in the battle of Leyte Gulf? I heard it was just out from docking bay a few kms before it was bombed like baghdad by the U.S forces? Tnx belisarius

[shadowspy]

i do not know if this counts as military literature but Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the classic Chinese epic drama, has some very good war tactics. Also, A Swift, Elusive Sword is an interesting read.The basic idea of the book was what if Sun Tzu and John Boyd did a review of the US national defense. For those interested, here is the link http://www.cdi.org/mrp/swift_elusive_sword.pdf

[istaksamson]

Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield is a fictionalized account of the Battle of Thermopylae. Nice read.

[willow_boy]

I'm currently reading "The Forgotten Soldier" by Guy Sajer. It's a true story of a German soldier's experiences on the Russian Front during WW2.

[ken_2_10_nah]

Did it participate in the battle of Leyte Gulf? I heard it was just out from docking bay a few kms before it was bombed like baghdad by the U.S forces? Tnx belisarius

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The Musashi and Yamato were sister ships. They both participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The Musashi was sunk during the battle by US aerial attack in the Sibuyan Sea (that's in the Philippines) on 24 October 1944. Yamato survived the battle and was later sunk near Okinawa by US aerial attack on 7 April 1945.

[belisarius]

one of the best novels i've ever read is a war book, "the caine mutiny" by herman wouk.

[ganjaman318]

for you military buffs try getting the autobiography of david hackworth entitled "about face"...it chronicles his rise from a private to a full colonel...and how he grew to be a peace activist as a result of the vietnam war...real good read!

[Dr_PepPeR]

for you military buffs try getting the autobiography of david hackworth entitled "about face"...it chronicles his rise from a private to a full colonel...and how he grew to be a peace activist as a result of the vietnam war...real good read!

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Where is it available? I'd want to read it just because Col. Hackworth is such an extraordinary soldier and person.

[belisarius]

among the world war two air war books, the most informative i've read was "wing commander", written by a british pilot. i forgot the author's name but he debunked many of my old notions about air warfare. books by galland, sakai and boyington spoke more about personal experience rather than the science of aerial combat.

[Podweed]

one of the best novels i've ever read is a war book, "the caine mutiny" by herman wouk.

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I like his books, too. Two of them, at least. I've only read "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance" though.

[naked_angel]

i loved james clavell's king rat and pat conroy's lords of discipline

[Dr_PepPeR]

I like his books, too. Two of them, at least. I've only read "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance" though.

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Herman Wouk has always been one of my favorite writers. Sometimes I just find the characters a bit distracting but I could hardly put down his books. His Trinity is also good as well as the book about US Marines in the Pacific I forgot the title.

[ken_2_10_nah]

Herman Wouk has always been one of my favorite writers. Sometimes I just find the characters a bit distracting but I could hardly put down his books. His Trinity is also good as well as the book about US Marines in the Pacific I forgot the title.

 

Trinity and Battle Cry (the book about the US Marines) were written by Leon Uris, not Herman Wouk. Uris also wrote Exodus, Mila 18, and QB VII, among others.

[chillout416]

I like Clancy's "Red Storm Rising".

 

If you like Red Storm Rising, try to check out the books by Howard Coyle (Sword Point, The Ten Thousand, Team Yankee and Bright Star) or Red Army by Ralph Peters....pretty good stuff. :thumbsupsmiley: