Favorite Military History Books

[LBurke6652]

I got a bookstore gift card for my birthday and want to spend it all on military history books.  Anybody out there have any favorites that they might want to recommend?

I'm currently reading a book entitled "Anzio" by Lloyd Clark.  It is excellent.

[Masherbrum]

"Given Up for Dead" - Bill Sloan
"A Question of Honor" - Lynne Olson and Stanley Cloud
"An Army at Dawn" - Rick Atkinson
"The Day of Battle" - Rick Atkinson
"The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors" - James Hornfischer

"Given Up for Dead" is probably the most moving, well written novel I have ever read.   Everyone should read this book, it is that good. 

[DREDIOCK]

Anything written by Stephen Ambrose (excluding "the Wild blue")

"Up Front" by Bill Mauldin (He Drew the "Willy& Joe" Cartoons for Stars & Stripes
Examples

"Able Fox Five to Able Fox. I got a target but ya gotta be patient."


"Ever notice th' funny sound these zippers make, Willie?"

and probobly the most famous

[Selino631]

The Stephen Ambrose books are really good. my 2 favorite

Band of Brothers and Wild Blue

[BnZs]

"Brave Men" by Ernie Pyle.

[avionix]

"A Glorious Way to Die" - Russell Spurr

This is a great book about the final mission of the Japanese battleship Yamato.  I would highly recommend this one.

[OSU]

"Citizen Soldiers" - Stephen Ambrose
"1942" - Winston Groom
"Anzio" - Lloyd Clark
"Black Hawk Down" - Mark Bowden
(Not quite sure if that is considered military history or not.)

[Treize69]

If you want historical novels, grab any of the Jeff Shaara novels or Michael Shaaras "Killer Angels".

Jeff has a great novel about WWI (Lufbery and Richtofen are main characters) and a series in WWII. All his characters are real people and most of it is taken from memoirs and diaries. His Civil War, Mexican War and Rev War novels are pretty much standard reading for reenactors.

[bj229r]

Enemy At The Gate (movie was clipped into insipid love story)
The Forgotten Soldier-- Guy Sajer--conscript from Alsace Lorraine, spent the entire war on Russian front and lived to tell about it
The Ten Thousand--Harold Coyle

[Swager]

"At War With The Wind"

"Serenade to the Big Bird"

"A Thousand Shall Fall"

[oakranger]

"The Hornets Nest" - Jimmy Carter
"Empires Collide: The French and Indian War 1754-1763" - Ruth Sheppard
"A good Year to Die"

[JunkyII]

If you want historical novels, grab any of the Jeff Shaara novels or Michael Shaaras "Killer Angels".

Jeff has a great novel about WWI (Lufbery and Richtofen are main characters) and a series in WWII. All his characters are real people and most of it is taken from memoirs and diaries. His Civil War, Mexican War and Rev War novels are pretty much standard reading for reenactors.

This and gods and genrals, I read this book while on guard called "The Whole Truth" Its not a war book but its a kinda conspiracy to WW3 book hard to explain but great none the less

[trax1]

"Given Up for Dead" is probably the most moving, well written novel I have ever read.   Everyone should read this book, it is that good. 

Sounds interesting, whats it all about?

[Masherbrum]

Sounds interesting, whats it all about?

Wake Island after Pearl Harbor was attacked.   

[DREDIOCK]

"Citizen Soldiers" - Stephen Ambrose

Great book.
If you read this. You would do well to read "D-Day" by Ambrose as Citizen soldiers picks up where D-Day leaves off.