Military Literature

[Guest bleeding_angel]

the art of war - sun tzu

[Ken Miura]

Two favorites:

 

A Bridge Too Far (Cornelius Ryan)

 

Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad (William Craig)

[Larry]

Sharkman Six

 

written by a former Marine Lt., it tells the story of a platoon of Marines attached to the peacekeeping force in Somalia in the 90s

 

very well written and captures the prevailing emotional and political climate at the time in Somalia.

 

highly recommend this one.

[tabouki]

the art of war - sun tzu

 

of course! a must read for all armchair generals out there :thumbsupsmiley:

[BnF95]

While the Arnhem plan was daring, as a military operation it smacked of disaster since it was too complex and needed too many events to come together successfully. Strange that the other Monty operations were pure textbook accumulation of men and material before embarking on an offensive.

Monty wasn't really that good, if you think about it El Alamein was actually done pretty much by the army trained by his predecessors. Remember, the first battle of El Alamein, General Auchinleck stopped Rommel's armies, but then Monty was given the position just before the 2nd battle which gave him his rep.

 

Does anyone here read the Ring Of Fire series by Eric Flint? Pretty good stuff.

[rafi]

i rarely read military lit

the last one was years ago, i believe it was The 13th Valley by John del Vecchio

fictionalized account of american military operations in the a shau valley during the vietnam war

gives a gritty, up close and personal experience of jungle warfare

[ritzy1024]

hi guys, can you suggest me a good book which tells about the events that transpired during World War 2.. It can be fiction or non-fiction. Very similary with the books " Holocaust" "the Diary of Anne Frank" and "Schindler's List". I would like to read the drama surrounding such particular era . Appreciate your feedback po.. thanks...

[Raoul]

hi guys, can you suggest me a good book which tells about the events that transpired during World War 2.. It can be fiction or non-fiction. Very similary with the books " Holocaust" "the Diary of Anne Frank" and "Schindler's List". I would like to read the drama surrounding such particular era . Appreciate your feedback po.. thanks...

 

Hi..

 

Try "Night" by Elie Wiesel and "The Hiding Place" by Corrie Ten Boom. They're both along the same genre. Enjoy.

[ritzy1024]

thanks raoul,, actually i forgot to mention, but Ive read night by Elie Wiesel already. However, will check out the other one.. I might go to Fully Booked to check on The Hiding Place..

[Light_Hammer]

A Mindanao Story (troubled decades in the eye of the storm)

by Gen. Delfin Castro

the author is my friend's father....havent read it but i hear its interesting.....tells the real story behind our troubles in Mindanao

[one_S_H_O_T_wonder]

so, um, do you guys like the richard "sharkman of the delta" marcinko books? or you think he's a fraud.

 

the oldest military lit. i read was the red badge of courage.

[ken_2_10_nah]

hi guys, can you suggest me a good book which tells about the events that transpired during World War 2.. It can be fiction or non-fiction. Very similary with the books " Holocaust" "the Diary of Anne Frank" and "Schindler's List". I would like to read the drama surrounding such particular era . Appreciate your feedback po.. thanks...

 

You can also read the novels by Robert Harris. "Enigma" was made into a movie with Kate Winslet... "Fatherland" which is more of an alternate history where the Nazis won World War II, was made into a mini-series staring Rutger Hauer.

[Boysbe]

the art of war - sun tzu

 

I really should buy a copy of that,its really hard if you'll read it on an e-book.

 

Try Operation Cicero, its good.

[bogliboi_blue]

My only military novels so far are from Tom Clancy's Op-Center series.

 

The original Op-Center is riveting. I also have one of its sequels (Op-Center: Games of State) but that wasn't anywhere as good as the original.

[vagabond]

to eurocentrists out there... an article on the eastern front during WWII

Hayward.pdf