I am getting a little tired of reading the same stack I have own right now. Anything good come out? WW2 or anything modern is what I am looking for.
Any new good military history books release recently?
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Hopefully he shows up the mofo frequents this section every once in a while I guess.
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Not new, but perhaps you do not have this one in your stack? (what I'm reading atm): Bernard B. Fall's "Hell in a Very Small Place".
Amazon link: Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu
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A more recent one in the spirit of Michael Herr's classic "Dispatches" (on Vietnam), is Dexter Filkins's prize-winning book on Iraq/Afghanistan:
Amazon link: The Forever War
Amazon link: The Forever War
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Generation Kill. A lot of people have read this already; however, if you haven't, I suggest getting your hands on it ASAP. Definitely the best book I've read about the Iraq War. Amazon link below.
http://www.amazon.com/Generation-Kill-Captain-America-American/dp/042520040X/ref=tmm_pap_title_popover_0
There's also an HBO series which I haven't seen but I've heard is quite good.
http://www.amazon.com/Generation-Kill-Captain-America-American/dp/042520040X/ref=tmm_pap_title_popover_0
There's also an HBO series which I haven't seen but I've heard is quite good.
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What's all this about trolling?!?!?
If you want to read about the Eastern Front then you could read The Retreat by Michael Jones (which I and my wife helped with a little on the translation side) or David Glantz's trilogy about Stalingrad - I think all 3 volumes are out now - but that is an ultra heavyweight read in more than one sense.
Alternatively I noticed some book out recently about Soviet women soldiers - Soviet Women in Combat by Anna Krylova. Dunno if it's any good as I haven't read it yet but it is published by Cambridge and that is usually a good sign.
Any of Jason Mark's are worth a read as well - I have been meaning to get 'Death of the Leaping Horseman' about the 24.Panzer-Division in Stalingrad but I expect it is sold out...was last time I looked. His Island of Fire is very very good, if you can ignore all the typoes.
Other than that, Ivan's War by Catherine Merridale is good for a laugh too... she is not too hot on the technology and weaps side of things but the psychology of the frontoviki is covered rather well.
And merry new year to all the basterds on this thread who call me a troll
If you want to read about the Eastern Front then you could read The Retreat by Michael Jones (which I and my wife helped with a little on the translation side) or David Glantz's trilogy about Stalingrad - I think all 3 volumes are out now - but that is an ultra heavyweight read in more than one sense.
Alternatively I noticed some book out recently about Soviet women soldiers - Soviet Women in Combat by Anna Krylova. Dunno if it's any good as I haven't read it yet but it is published by Cambridge and that is usually a good sign.
Any of Jason Mark's are worth a read as well - I have been meaning to get 'Death of the Leaping Horseman' about the 24.Panzer-Division in Stalingrad but I expect it is sold out...was last time I looked. His Island of Fire is very very good, if you can ignore all the typoes.
Other than that, Ivan's War by Catherine Merridale is good for a laugh too... she is not too hot on the technology and weaps side of things but the psychology of the frontoviki is covered rather well.
And merry new year to all the basterds on this thread who call me a troll
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If you want to read about the Eastern Front then you could read The Retreat by Michael Jones (which I and my wife helped with a little on the translation side) or David Glantz's trilogy about Stalingrad - I think all 3 volumes are out now - but that is an ultra heavyweight read in more than one sense.
Any of Jason Mark's are worth a read as well - I have been meaning to get 'Death of the Leaping Horseman' about the 24.Panzer-Division in Stalingrad but I expect it is sold out...was last time I looked. His Island of Fire is very very good, if you can ignore all the typoes.
Other than that, Ivan's War by Catherine Merridale is good for a laugh too... she is not too hot on the technology and weaps side of things but the psychology of the frontoviki is covered rather well.
I can only find "The Retreat" on the Amazon UK site are they good about sending books to the USA?
I am ordering "Death of the Leaping Horsemen" tonight it sounds great and there are plenty of pages to read on. I checked out some other books by the same author and it looks like I will purchase even more from them.
I have owned "Ivans War" for about two years now it's still on my bookshelf and has been read a few times.
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I read this many moons ago, it has just been re-released.
Another aspect of the war...
Another aspect of the war...
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what about any realistic historic fiction?
One book in this category i quite enjoy is the book jem memoirs of a ottoman secret agent.
One book in this category i quite enjoy is the book jem memoirs of a ottoman secret agent.
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Regarding historic fiction, may i recommend you Turtledove (autor) good Sir?
It's a bit whacky sometimes but its pretty well written stuff.
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Antony Beevor book about D-Day, has the most recent and detailed information about all those those days.
Dunno about the most recent WW2 military book.
Dunno about the most recent WW2 military book.
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