Need Recommendations for Good War/Military Books For Christmas

Skyman

[skyman]

This is off topic, but I'm going to treat myself to some books for Christmas presents to myself and I'm looking for recommendations.

I especially like military book themes with true stories from any modern war. (They don't need to be the latest books)

One of my recent favorites was, "One Shot One Kill" by Sasser/Roberts. It's a great book with stories of snipers through many wars. The stories are fascinating. I would love to find similar books with true interesting stories through the eyes of tanks drivers, pilots, sailors, etc. or the grunt in the field during war and battles rather than just all factual books.

Although another book I liked was, "Bogeys and Bandits: "The Making of a Fighter Pilot" by Gandt.

What are some of your favorites?

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Sky

[squidly]

Ravens by Christopher Robbins, subtitled "The Men Who Flew in America's Secret War in Laos"

Battles Lost and Won by Hanson W. Baldwin

American Caesar by William Manchester (biography of MacArthur)

Since others are sure to recommend more contemporary books, I vouch for these 3 oldies but goodies.

[RLK]

I'm currently reading the latest translation of the autobiography of Heinz Guderian, Panzer Leader. It reads better than most novels.

[SandRat]

I suggest the 2 volume set "The Patton Papers."

[maestro]

Freud and Jung and Darwin and Marx........they 'made' Aldolph Hitler to be a 'militery genious'.

/Claude Bodet

:-)

[RLK]

American Caesar is an absolute must read.

[bootless]

Flags of our Fathers - by James Bradley. About the Iwo Jima heroes.

[jnarcus]

Ghost Soldiers

Band of Brothers ( if you haven't already)

[Dedbone]

Here are a few to pique your interest http://cavalier44.my100megs.com/library.htm

[WackyKat]

Sappers in the Wire by William?Nolan-vivid account of an attack on a firebase in Vietnam.

[sissyjane]

"Bush At War", by Bob Woodward.

Just read it, and although it was a bit rough on Sec. Rumsfeld, mostly very good.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Richard Marcinko is one of the best military authors.
He writes both fiction and nonfiction.
Great reads.

[Nik Naym]

I just read "Flyboys" by the same author. A must read for anyone interested in WW2. Also should be read by students who have been "mis-educated" in history by the public school system.

Nik

[fso301]

"The Forgotten Soldier" by Guy Sajer

I can't recommend this book highly enough. After reading this, you will have a whole new insight into what fighting and conditions on the Eastern Front in WWII were like. A gripping tale told through the eyes of a sixteen year old (1942) of mixed French-German decent who was impressed/drafted into the Wehrmacht.

Something of a long read though. Don't get bored with the beginning and his description of the frigid Russian winter when he's in the transport unit (rollbahn). The book completely changes character once he and his friends volunteer for the combat infantry unit Gross Deutschland.

[TEXOKIE]

bump for later!

[buccaneer]

try marine sniper.the story of carlos hatchcock.amazing!!!!

[NormsRevenge]

Check out WEB Griffin at a used book store near you. While his books are written as fiction, they approximate many events that may have happened as he writes about them, except for name changes.

I have just read book 9 in his Corps series, can't wait for #10.

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And on a non-fiction bent

Stingray by Major Bruce Horton, USMC (Ret.)..... Stories of Forced Recon in 'Nam

The Tunnels of Cu Chi ..... by Tom Mangold & John Penycate. Stories of America's Tunnel Rats in the underground battlefields of Vietnam ( a couple of my DIs were tunnel rats)

Sergeant Major, US Marines ..... Bio of Sgt. Major Maurice J. Jacques, USMC (Ret.) by Major Bruce Horton, USMC (Ret.) & Sgt. Major Maurice J. Jacques, USMC, (Ret.)

Marine Combat Correspondent, World War II in the Pacific ..... by Samuel E. Stavisky, eyewitness accounts from a Marine who fought in some of the bloodiest battles of WW2, he was a Washington Post correspondent and Marine and member of the Combat Correspondent Corps.

[dts32041]

Military Antedoctes edited by Max Hasting Used book store.

Brotherhood of War BY WEB Griffin, (Retreat Hell, book 10 of the Corps saga Jan 04 Release date)

Victor Davis Hanson works,

Fiction Starship Troopers RAH,

Janissary Jerry Purnelle,

Hammers Slammers David Drake,

Red Army, War in 2020 Ralph Peters

An army passes through Joshua Chamberlain

Need more freepmail me.

[MediaMole]

A few:
Vietnam

We Were Soldiers Once... And Young - Gen. Harold Moore and Joseph Galloway

SOG -- John L. Plaster

WWII

The Battle of Leyte Gulf - Thomas Cutler

God is my copilot -- Col Robert Scott

Modern

Blackhawk Down -- Mark Bowden