stgn 39 Posted March 26, 2003 Rainbow Six is the best Military book i have read. Whriten by Tom Clancy Andy McNab's history about him self before GW1 is also good. STGN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lowjack 0 Posted March 26, 2003 I'm currently on another one of my WWII era phases right now, thanks to IL2. I'm somewhere in the middle of a great read, Baa Baa Black Sheep. It's written by Col. Gregory Boyington about his Black Sheep Squadron in the Pacific. Pretty laid-back autobiographic style, very entertaining. Another autobiography, is My Jihad, by Aukai Collins. You may have seen him on Pelton's- World's Most Dangerous Places. He was an American who went to fight the Soviets as a Mujahid in Afghanistan. The first hand accounts of his rag tag bunch taking on the might of the USSR are very engaging. It really brought back many OFP memories when he describes events like sneaking up on an unsuspecting BMP with his rpg. The latter portions deal with his disillusionment towards jihad after 9/11. His view of 'resistance' actually involved fighting the invading military, and not the civilians. What a novel idea. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cam0flage 0 Posted March 26, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Memoirs of Zhukov, Guderian and von Mellenthin.<span id='postcolor'> Very recommended! I've read all of these too. Especially Panzer Battles by von Mellenthin is a very good book if you are interested in tank battles in both Africa and Russia. </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">"Icebreaker" and "M-Day" by Viktor Suvorov. It's a very hard read for a Russian, but Suvorov makes a compelling case against the official version of what happened in the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.<span id='postcolor'> I'm not familiar with these two books but I got his "Aquarium: The career and defection of a Soviet spy" in my bookshelf and I wasn't too impressed with that. It's been a while since I read it, but I remember that he is maybe trying a bit too much with the book, being only an average writer. Decent fiction anyway, if you ask me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallenPaladin 0 Posted March 26, 2003 There`s a pretty good german book about a german marine pilot in WW2, describing torpedo bombing and so on. It`s called "He flew on my side", but I can`t remember the author right now. I`ll add him to my post if I find his name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Col. Kurtz 0 Posted March 26, 2003 Dispatches was very good. It's done by Vietnam War journalist Michael Heer and it's all about his experiances fron the war. Talking to an American Colonel who thinks the war could be ended by dropping Piranahs on the paddy fields of North Vietnam and lots of other interesting things. First hand accounts of the siege of Khe San etc. etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hellfish6 7 Posted March 27, 2003 Yes... F.W. von Mellenthin's book is a great, great way to learn about maneuver warfare as well as history. And it has very good maps that make it easy to follow the action. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schoeler 0 Posted March 27, 2003 Fields of Fire is the best war story I ever read, and no joke I've probably read over 600 books. I have boxes full of them. Amazon Link Oh, Chickenhawk was an excellent book as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Winters 1 Posted March 27, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (crewcutkid @ Mar. 26 2003,14:12)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">WINTERS! Ive read Charlie Mike! Great Book, the love story blew though. -Crew<span id='postcolor'> I read it after i went to Airborne School, Lt. Col. Scott was the commander of the school when i was there so i bought his book, He is sooooo like John Wayne. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skul 0 Posted March 27, 2003 A definite read for you all is " '48 " by James Herebert. Here's an overview of the story (I got this from the back cover). 'In 1945, Hitler unleashes the Blood Death on Britain as his final act of vengeance. Hoke, an American pilot and one of a tiny minority with a blood group unaffected by the killer disease, has survived among the debris and the dead of London for three years. Now in '48, he is running for his life - hunted through the ruined city's ravaged streets by a desperate group of slow-dying Fascist Blackshirts. They're after his blood.' I'm nearing the end of the book at the time of writing this. It's excellent, and you should get it. It's like an alternate reality where Hitler had launched the V-2s, which were assumed to have carried biological warheads. Like I said before, read it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
