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03-07-2009, 07:48 PM
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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 |
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03-07-2009, 08:20 PM
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Re: Looking for book recommendations-war related
The Guns of August Barbara Tuchman-- I found this to be soporific in the extreme. Almost a minute-by-minute account. Not recommended!
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03-07-2009, 08:55 PM
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Re: Looking for book recommendations-war related
A few that stand out from my WWII aviation library:
Ben Drew: The Katzenjammer Ace http://www.amazon.com/Ben-Drew-Katze...6483590&sr=8-1 The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle: Memoir of a WWII Bomber Pilot http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Flew-M...6483663&sr=1-1 A Proud American http://www.amazon.com/Proud-American...6483750&sr=1-1 Mad Rebel... A Youth at War OUTSTANDING! http://www.amazon.com/Mad-Rebel-Yout...6483813&sr=1-1 Wings Of Morning: The Story Of The Last American Bomber Shot Down Over Germany In World War II http://www.amazon.com/Wings-Morning-...6484076&sr=1-1 Goodbye, Liberty Belle: A Son's Search for His Father's War http://www.amazon.com/Goodbye-Libert...6484149&sr=1-2 Donald's Story http://www.amazon.com/Donalds-Story-...6484214&sr=1-1 Serenade to the Big Bird http://www.amazon.com/Serenade-Bird-...6484285&sr=1-1 After the Liberators: A Father's Last Mission, a Son's Lifelong Journey http://www.amazon.com/After-Liberato...6484373&sr=1-1 The Lucky Bastard Club: a B-17 Pilot in Training and in Combat, 1943-45 and Mister Fletcher's Gang http://www.amazon.com/Lucky-Bastard-...6484444&sr=1-2
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