[PatrickHenry]

Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara. About the Battle of Gettysburg. I think the movie, Gettysburg, was based on it. But the book is better by far.

[DCBryan1]

Must reads:

Gates of Fire, Stephen Pressfield

Stalingrad by Beevers,

WInter War by Foss

Lost Battalion

Infantry Tactics by Erwin Rommel

Last Man in Rome (political mostly, some military)

Flags of our fathers

Utmost Savagery

With the Old Breed at Okinawa and Pelilu

Hope these Help...its about 2 mos worth of reading.

[South Dakota]

A must read. A Bridge too Far

[Enlightiator]

Can any of you help with my request for best of the best military books? Thanks!

[Larry Lucido]

I'm listening to "A History of WWII" by Martin Gilbert on unabridged audiocassette during my one-hour daily commute. I'm almost done, and it's quite compelling.

I just got an MP3 player for my daily runs, and downloaded "American Caesar: Douglas McArthur" by William Manchester as my first audiobook. I'm about 2 hours into it so far.

As you can see, I listen to a lot more books than I read. I'll bookmark this thread for more ideas later on.

[kaylar]

Sea of Glory, by Father Francis Thornton. (Fictionalized under the same title by Ken Wales). About the sinking of a US troop carrier in 1943. The four chaplains (Catholic, protestant, and Jewish) chose to stay on board the sinking vessel, relinquishing their life preservers and chances at a spot on the lifeboats in favor of other men.

Unlikely Liberators by Masayo Umezawa Duus. About the Japanese-American troops in WW II, who fought to free Occupied Europe.

When the Guns Roared by Philip Van Doren Stern. Has to be read to be (dis)believed. Very entertaining as a result. Highly biased, to put it mildly. I don't believe this book has ever been reprinted once, and this country has an unquenchable appetite for civil war books.

[SamAdams76]

There is a huge 3-volume narrative on the Civil War by Shelby Foote that is the definitive account of the Civil War. I purchased this set in April and it is very worthy.

[clintonh8r]

"Goodbye, Darkness" by William Manchester. About his experince as a Marine in the Pacific campaign.

[pa_dweller]

A Rifleman Went to War by H.W. McBride, Lancer Militaria, 1987 - WWI

They Fought Alone, Maurice buckmaster Publisher: tells the real life story of Wendell Fertig, an American soldier who fought in the Philippines during World War II and became a hero. (They Fought Alone is released on DVD or VHS. They Fought Alone In Theaters: Estimated for November 2003. Starring: Brad Pitt

[Ancient_Pistoll]

Company Aytch by Sam Watkins and Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed kills by Charles Henderson.

[Mike Darancette]

Dreadnaught
Guns of August
The Great Game
Winston Churchill (WWI & WWII)

[dts32041]

If you wish to read Military History start with this link and its recommendations.

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/

[Valin]

Bump! I've put it on the Mn. page.

[uncbob]

Semper Fi Mac

Goodbye Darkness

Both Marine histories in the Pacific WWII

[Grut]

Morotai: A Memoir of War
by John S. Boeman

B-24 ops in the southwest pacific; no heroics, lots of routine bravery, not much sense of accomplishment and a fair amount of confusion. Remarkably like my own war a generation later.

[Dante3]

I read that Neil Roberts's favorite book was TO THE LAST CAARTRIDE by Robert Barr Smit. I've tried to find it but neither bookstore nor the library has it.

[JimVT]

Great read, but haven't seen the movie yet

The book is still sitting on my desk where I quit at page 261.

The hell that those brave guys went through was too much for me. I wanted to do nasty things to the military and civilian pricks who let them down.

For that reason, I won't watch the movie or video-tape.

I trust we learned something useful from this incident but doubt it.

[Lee_Atwater]

A couple of my recent reads (concentrating on the German-Russian War 1941-1945):

Ostfront: The German Defensive Battles on the Russian Front 1944 by Alex Buchner

With Our Backs to Berlin: The German Army in Retreat 1945 by Tony Le Tissier

[muleboy]

"Enemy at the Gates" by William Craig 1973.

I first read it in 1979. I have never read anything as powerful before or since.

When I first heard that a movie was being made from it, I considered it a personal gift from the Gods. The movie is based on a few characters from one chapter of the book. As with most movies, justice to the book was not done.

The story of what Hitler did to the men of the 6th Army is a monument to the stupidity of hubris.

[JMJ333]

SOG: The Secret Wars of American Commandos in Vietnam, By MAJ John L. Plaster