So women should be excluded? Maybe everyone should read them. One of my favorites is The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman. There are several books on the War of Secession aka The Civil War. Then there is the biography of Curtis LeMay, Ulysses S. Grant, Eisenhower, Churchill, etc. Not being argumentative and all but .....
What you expect from a site called “The Art of Mnaliness”?
haha.
ps. Guns of August is very good. Should be on the list.
>> Not being argumentative
Are too! :-)
In Atlanta, GA: the War of Northern Aggression, On the monuments in/around Galena, IL (U. S. Grant's home town): The War of the Rebellion.
Then there is the biography of Curtis LeMay, Ulysses S. Grant, Eisenhower, Churchill, etc.
About 1958 I read through the summary written by Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, on the conduct of the Pacific campaign, starting with assuming command of the forces in New Guinea, and righting the conduct of the Pacific campaign (which we were about to lose) by defeatin the Japanese at Buna. The book went on to describe the strategy of the Pacific campaign by island-hopping, bypassing whole segments of the Japanese forces, and denying them supplies to continue. This book, I think titled "Our Jungle Road to Tokyo," could well be on this list, as it was a very graphic account of fighting through personal direct command of the New Guinea fighting forces, right in close action there. I have talked with men who served under him, that saw him as a fine and reliable battle commander. Eichelberger was a "can-do" kind of gritty warrior, and took no guff from MacArthur.