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re: War & History buffs - book recommendations
Posted on 4/3/17 at 8:35 pm to themasterpater
Posted on 4/3/17 at 8:35 pm to themasterpater
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recommendations?
If you want to jump into a pocket of the Pacific Theater and a break from war, war, war then I suggest Flags of Our Fathers. I read it on a trip last week and it went far to quickly.
Posted on 4/3/17 at 8:39 pm to Dont_Call_Me_RAY
Any of Antony beevor's wwii books. I'm about halfway through his D day one and it's great
Posted on 4/3/17 at 8:41 pm to themasterpater
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
Posted on 4/3/17 at 8:41 pm to themasterpater
My favorite.
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Scipio Africanus (236-183 b.c.) was one of the most exciting and dynamic leaders in history. As commander, he never lost a battle. Yet it is his adversary, Hannibal, who has lived on in public memory.As B.H. Liddell Hart writes,"Scipio's battles are richer in stratagems and ruses--many still feasible today--than those of any other commander in history." Any military enthusiast or historian will find this to be an absorbing, gripping portrait.
Posted on 4/3/17 at 8:45 pm to themasterpater
The Devil's Horsemen
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The Mongols formed one of the finest armies ever known--and when they swept across the Danube on Christmas Day 1241, the west lay at the mercy of these "horsemen from hell." From a wealth of contemporary sources comes the story of these soldiers, and especially of Subedei Bahadur, the illiterate military genius who brought 20th-century warfare to Medieval Europe. A fascinating examination of their tactics and training--good enough to invent strategies that Rommel and Patton would later use to such devastating effect--proves the Mongols were more than mere barbarians: they were martial masterminds of the highest order.
Posted on 4/3/17 at 8:46 pm to themasterpater
The Dead and Those About To Die - The Big Red One at Omaha Beach
Rogue Heroes - The History of the SAS
Rogue Heroes - The History of the SAS
Posted on 4/3/17 at 8:47 pm to themasterpater
Killer Angels
Rebel Yell
A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Big Horn
Empire of the Summer Moon
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Rebel Yell
A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Big Horn
Empire of the Summer Moon
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Posted on 4/3/17 at 8:55 pm to Palo Gaucho
I really enjoyed "Empire of the Summer Moon"
Posted on 4/3/17 at 9:04 pm to themasterpater
The Rough Riders by Teddy Roosevelt. His own account of his time during the Spanish American War.
The Battle of New Orleans by Robert Remini.
The Battle of New Orleans by Robert Remini.
Posted on 4/3/17 at 9:13 pm to GenJackson1814
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The Battle of New Orleans by Robert Remini.
You mean the NOLA leadership hasn't banned that book and burned all copies?
Posted on 4/3/17 at 9:23 pm to themasterpater
Check out the West Point History of Warfare Series. It looks like they partnered with a company called Rowan Technologies to develop interactive digital atlases that has embedded videos to go along with the books.
Posted on 4/3/17 at 9:42 pm to armytiger96
Napoleon: A Life
The Killer Angels
Killing Patton O'Reilly
The Killer Angels
Killing Patton O'Reilly
Posted on 4/3/17 at 9:55 pm to themasterpater
Defence of Duffers Drift. British Empire in Africa. Read now, thank me later.
Posted on 4/3/17 at 9:59 pm to themasterpater
Posted on 4/3/17 at 10:28 pm to themasterpater
To understand our modern world, you've got to understand World War I. To Understand World War I, you've got to understand the Franco-Prussian War. Start here...
Then go here...
Once you've read and understand these books, you can START to understand WWI.
You'll thank me later.
Then go here...
Once you've read and understand these books, you can START to understand WWI.
You'll thank me later.
This post was edited on 4/3/17 at 10:30 pm
Posted on 4/3/17 at 10:47 pm to themasterpater
War as I knew it by George S. Patton
Posted on 4/3/17 at 11:06 pm to themasterpater
Non Fiction -
Helmet For a Pillow
With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa
The Winter War
Historical Fiction
To The Last Man - WW1
The Company- Cold War
Matterhorn- Vietnam
An Officer and a Spy- The Dreyfus Affair
Helmet For a Pillow
With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa
The Winter War
Historical Fiction
To The Last Man - WW1
The Company- Cold War
Matterhorn- Vietnam
An Officer and a Spy- The Dreyfus Affair
Posted on 4/3/17 at 11:12 pm to TheGooner
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With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa
Great book by a great Marine, Eugene Sledge. His son is a good friend of mine.
Posted on 4/3/17 at 11:12 pm to Darth_Vader
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. In a state of "total war", the major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust (in which approximately 11 million people were killed)[1][2] and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centres (in which approximately one million were killed, and which included the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki),[3] it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities. These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history.[4]
The Empire of Japan aimed to dominate Asia and the Pacific and was already at war with the Republic of China in 1937,[5] but the world war is generally said to have begun on 1 September 1939[6] with the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and the United Kingdom. From late 1939 to early 1941, in a series of campaigns and treaties, Germany conquered or controlled much of continental Europe, and formed the Axis alliance with Italy and Japan. Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of August 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union partitioned and annexed territories of their European neighbours, Poland, Finland, Romania and the Baltic states. The war continued primarily between the European Axis powers and the coalition of the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth, with campaigns including the North Africa and East Africa campaigns, the aerial Battle of Britain, the Blitz bombing campaign, the Balkan Campaign as well as the long-running Battle of the Atlantic. In June 1941, the European Axis powers launched an invasion of the Soviet Union, opening the largest land theatre of war in history, which trapped the major part of the Axis' military forces into a war of attrition. In December 1941, Japan attacked the United States and European colonies in the Pacific Ocean, and quickly conquered much of the Western Pacific.
The Axis advance halted in 1942 when Japan lost the critical Battle of Midway, near Hawaii, and Germany was defeated in North Africa and then, decisively, at Stalingrad in the Soviet Union. In 1943, with a series of German defeats on the Eastern Front, the Allied invasion of Sicily and the Allied invasion of Italy which brought about Italian surrender, and Allied victories in the Pacific, the Axis lost the initiative and undertook strategic retreat on all fronts. In 1944, the Western Allies invaded German-occupied France, while the Soviet Union regained all of its territorial losses and invaded Germany and its allies. During 1944 and 1945 the Japanese suffered major reverses in mainland Asia in South Central China and Burma, while the Allies crippled the Japanese Navy and captured key Western Pacific islands.
The war in Europe concluded with an invasion of Germany by the Western Allies and the Soviet Union, culminating in the capture of Berlin by Soviet troops and the subsequent German unconditional surrender on 8 May 1945. Following the Potsdam Declaration by the Allies on 26 July 1945 and the refusal of Japan to surrender under its terms, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 August and 9 August respectively. With an invasion of the Japanese archipelago imminent, the possibility of additional atomic bombings, and the Soviet Union's declaration of war on Japan and invasion of Manchuria, Japan surrendered on 15 August 1945. Thus ended the war in Asia, cementing the total victory of the Allies.
World War II altered the political alignment and social structure of the world. The United Nations (UN) was established to foster international co-operation and prevent future conflicts. The victorious great powers—the United States, the Soviet Union, China, the United Kingdom, and France—became the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.[7] The Soviet Union and the United States emerged as rival superpowers, setting the stage for the Cold War, which lasted for the next 46 years. Meanwhile, the influence of European great powers waned, while the decolonisation of Asia and Africa began. Most countries whose industries had been damaged moved towards economic recovery. Political integration, especially in Europe, emerged as an effort to end pre-war enmities and to create a common identity
The Empire of Japan aimed to dominate Asia and the Pacific and was already at war with the Republic of China in 1937,[5] but the world war is generally said to have begun on 1 September 1939[6] with the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and the United Kingdom. From late 1939 to early 1941, in a series of campaigns and treaties, Germany conquered or controlled much of continental Europe, and formed the Axis alliance with Italy and Japan. Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of August 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union partitioned and annexed territories of their European neighbours, Poland, Finland, Romania and the Baltic states. The war continued primarily between the European Axis powers and the coalition of the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth, with campaigns including the North Africa and East Africa campaigns, the aerial Battle of Britain, the Blitz bombing campaign, the Balkan Campaign as well as the long-running Battle of the Atlantic. In June 1941, the European Axis powers launched an invasion of the Soviet Union, opening the largest land theatre of war in history, which trapped the major part of the Axis' military forces into a war of attrition. In December 1941, Japan attacked the United States and European colonies in the Pacific Ocean, and quickly conquered much of the Western Pacific.
The Axis advance halted in 1942 when Japan lost the critical Battle of Midway, near Hawaii, and Germany was defeated in North Africa and then, decisively, at Stalingrad in the Soviet Union. In 1943, with a series of German defeats on the Eastern Front, the Allied invasion of Sicily and the Allied invasion of Italy which brought about Italian surrender, and Allied victories in the Pacific, the Axis lost the initiative and undertook strategic retreat on all fronts. In 1944, the Western Allies invaded German-occupied France, while the Soviet Union regained all of its territorial losses and invaded Germany and its allies. During 1944 and 1945 the Japanese suffered major reverses in mainland Asia in South Central China and Burma, while the Allies crippled the Japanese Navy and captured key Western Pacific islands.
The war in Europe concluded with an invasion of Germany by the Western Allies and the Soviet Union, culminating in the capture of Berlin by Soviet troops and the subsequent German unconditional surrender on 8 May 1945. Following the Potsdam Declaration by the Allies on 26 July 1945 and the refusal of Japan to surrender under its terms, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 August and 9 August respectively. With an invasion of the Japanese archipelago imminent, the possibility of additional atomic bombings, and the Soviet Union's declaration of war on Japan and invasion of Manchuria, Japan surrendered on 15 August 1945. Thus ended the war in Asia, cementing the total victory of the Allies.
World War II altered the political alignment and social structure of the world. The United Nations (UN) was established to foster international co-operation and prevent future conflicts. The victorious great powers—the United States, the Soviet Union, China, the United Kingdom, and France—became the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.[7] The Soviet Union and the United States emerged as rival superpowers, setting the stage for the Cold War, which lasted for the next 46 years. Meanwhile, the influence of European great powers waned, while the decolonisation of Asia and Africa began. Most countries whose industries had been damaged moved towards economic recovery. Political integration, especially in Europe, emerged as an effort to end pre-war enmities and to create a common identity
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