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I'm Building a Reading List of US Military History, Need Recommendations (Vanity)
Nov 9, 2013 | frankenMonkey

Posted on 11/09/2013 1:06:18 PM PST by frankenMonkey

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Thank you for your assistance. And Happy Birthday Marines!!! (one day early)
1 posted on 11/09/2013 1:06:19 PM PST by frankenMonkey
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With The Old Breed by EB Sledge


2 posted on 11/09/2013 1:11:10 PM PST by Stonewall1
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Don’t forget the Cold War. Everyone forgets it, but there were Americans going in harm’s way every day for those decades.


3 posted on 11/09/2013 1:13:16 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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Winkler’s “Cold War at Sea” is a good one along that vein.


4 posted on 11/09/2013 1:15:41 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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Don’t forget the war in the Philippines. It is extremely relevant today, especially when dealing with insurgencies. It has been mostly forgotten but our actions, while effective, would be considered highly controversial in today’s political landscape.


5 posted on 11/09/2013 1:16:37 PM PST by drunknsage
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Try this book...

http://fearlessnavyseal.com/

... a FReeper is prominent in the book (but not the main subject of the book). That FReeper later died when Extortion 17 was shot down.


6 posted on 11/09/2013 1:17:22 PM PST by OwenKellogg (Fundamental transformation sucks.)
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John Keegan has good books on the World Wars.

Shelby Foote's Civil War series is a very readable narrative of the War Between the States.

Stephen Ambrose is a good writer, haven't read his WWII books but Dauntless Courage is a MUST read.

7 posted on 11/09/2013 1:18:28 PM PST by abishai
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OOPS you said MODERN. Sorry.


8 posted on 11/09/2013 1:19:08 PM PST by abishai
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Definitely.


9 posted on 11/09/2013 1:20:48 PM PST by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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That’s ok!


10 posted on 11/09/2013 1:20:55 PM PST by frankenMonkey (Here's a big "Howdy!" to all the guys at NSA!!!)
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Start with the freebies. Army History magazine is free online, including their back issues. One of my faves is issue #79, which has a lot of back story from the Philippine Insurrection.

http://www.history.army.mil/armyhistory/issues_complete_guide.html


11 posted on 11/09/2013 1:24:24 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Welfare is the new euphemism for Eugenics.)
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Possibly anything by Stephen Ambrose. I have been making my way through this one and it is fascinating. It's about WWII.
12 posted on 11/09/2013 1:24:47 PM PST by rabidralph
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Interesting.


13 posted on 11/09/2013 1:27:30 PM PST by GeronL
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Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides

If You Survive by George Wilson.

14 posted on 11/09/2013 1:27:45 PM PST by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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There is a pretty good list on CougarGA7's profile .
15 posted on 11/09/2013 1:28:51 PM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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neptunes inferno .... ww2 naval action in the solomons .... quite a mess


16 posted on 11/09/2013 1:29:01 PM PST by Patton@Bastogne (Swine Piss be upon the Sodmite Obama, and his Child-Rapist False Prophet Mohammed)
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Excellent, thank you!


17 posted on 11/09/2013 1:29:02 PM PST by frankenMonkey (Here's a big "Howdy!" to all the guys at NSA!!!)
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Silent Victory - WWII, chronicles the U.S. submarine war in the Pacific against the Japanese. We strangled the Japanese merchant marine / transportation shipping. Amateurs study tactics, professionals study logistics.

Iron Coffins - WWII, German submarines vs. the British and U.S. They didn’t do nearly as well, as we figured out ASW techniques.

Panzer Battles by von Mellenthin - Primarily Eastern Front vs. the Soviets. There was a copy of it on Schwartzkopf’s desk in his little monk’s cell of a room in the command bunker during Desert Storm. Noticed that when he did a TV interview.

The Second World War by Winston Churchill, the full six volume set, not the abridged version. Just because it’s Churchill.

Brave Men by Ernie Pyle - front line accounts by the preeminent U.S. war correspondent of WWII.

All of Ambrose’s WWII books. Band of Brothers, The Wild Blue, etc.

The Two Ocean War by Samuel Elliot Morrison - WWII U.S. naval history.


18 posted on 11/09/2013 1:29:44 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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These three will give you the definitive History of the US Navy in WWII.

United States Submarine Operations in World War II by Theodore Roscoe, US Naval Institute Press

United States Destroyer Operations In World War II by Theodore Roscoe, US Naval Institute Press

History of US Naval Operations in WWII, 15 Vols by Samuel Eliot Morison

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19 posted on 11/09/2013 1:29:55 PM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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Thx!


20 posted on 11/09/2013 1:30:12 PM PST by frankenMonkey (Here's a big "Howdy!" to all the guys at NSA!!!)
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