Looking for book recommendations-war related

forgop · 03-07-2009, 07:48 PM

Great suggestions thus far...I tried doing some research on amazon for all of the recommendations you had. So far, these are at the top of my list:

Band of Brothers Stephen Ambrose
Citizen Solders Stephen Ambrose
We Die Alone Stephen Ambrose
Currahee: A Screaming Eagle at Normandy Stephen Ambrose
Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich Stephen Ambrose
D Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II Stephen Ambrose
Crazy Horse and Custer Stephen Ambrose
Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 Stephen Ambrose
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa E.B. Sledge
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors Doug Stanton
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission Hampton Sides
Flags of our Fathers James Bradley
Flyboys: A True Story of Courage James Bradley
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 Marcus Luttrell
The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day Cornelius Ryan
The Guns of August Barbara Tuchman
The First World War John Keegan
The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 Sir Alistair Horne
Bury Us Upside Down: The Misty Pilots and the Secret Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail Rick Newman
His Time in Hell: A Texas Marine in France Warren Jackson
Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills Charles Henderson
1776 David McCullough
The Killer Angels Michael Shaara
Duty, Honor, Privilege: New York City's Silk Stocking Regiment and the Breaking of the Hindenburg Line (History of War) Stephen Harris
We were Soldiers Once and Young Harold Moore
Ivan's War: Life and Death In The Red Army, 1939-1945 Catherine Merridale
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era James McPherson
The Civil War: A Narrative Shelby Foote

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forgop Not a puffer Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Duane Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 2,869 Trading: (40)	Re: Looking for book recommendations-war related Great suggestions thus far...I tried doing some research on amazon for all of the recommendations you had. So far, these are at the top of my list: Band of Brothers Stephen Ambrose Citizen Solders Stephen Ambrose We Die Alone Stephen Ambrose Currahee: A Screaming Eagle at Normandy Stephen Ambrose Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich Stephen Ambrose D Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II Stephen Ambrose Crazy Horse and Custer Stephen Ambrose Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 Stephen Ambrose With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa E.B. Sledge In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors Doug Stanton Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission Hampton Sides Flags of our Fathers James Bradley Flyboys: A True Story of Courage James Bradley Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 Marcus Luttrell The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day Cornelius Ryan The Guns of August Barbara Tuchman The First World War John Keegan The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 Sir Alistair Horne Bury Us Upside Down: The Misty Pilots and the Secret Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail Rick Newman His Time in Hell: A Texas Marine in France Warren Jackson Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills Charles Henderson 1776 David McCullough The Killer Angels Michael Shaara Duty, Honor, Privilege: New York City's Silk Stocking Regiment and the Breaking of the Hindenburg Line (History of War) Stephen Harris We were Soldiers Once and Young Harold Moore Ivan's War: Life and Death In The Red Army, 1939-1945 Catherine Merridale Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era James McPherson The Civil War: A Narrative Shelby Foote