re: I'm looking for a good book to read.

I'm reading Postwar by Tony Judt, which might interest you. Just finished "The One Man" which is a novel about a rescue from Auschwitz. Probably far fetched, but a really haunting and enjoyable read that appears to be well researched.

If you want something a little different than the norm that guys like us go for, All the Light We Cannot See is a great book. It won a pulitzer, and it's something I put off reading for a long time. It's fiction, set in WW2, and there is probably a good chance it ends up high on the list of the best novels of the decade. It's not a true "war" book, but it is a very rewarding read.

Officer and a Spy about the Dreyfus affair may be the best book I've read in the last couple of years. It's not a war book, but it's certainly military-related.