The Fall of Berlin
Some interesting first person accounts.
Archive for the 'Military' Category
Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945
Interesting book. Surprisingly little about the big three, but plenty of detail on Churchill’s early days.
The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Brings in a lot of information but doesn’t get bogged down.
The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Mountbatten a Biography
Author is a little too close to his subject. A bit of a slog in places.
The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat
well written – hard core
The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat
D Day: The Climactic Battle of World War II
Tries to cover it all, which makes the narrative thin in places. First person accounts are great, along with the maps.
Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle
Covers all the bases. Drags a bit after the fight for Henderson Field.
The Dead Hand
Some good parts. Only scratches the surface.
The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy
Shiloh
Great maps and exhausting order of battle detail. A good book to have at the battlefield.
A Stillness at Appomattix
Sheridan rises to the top in this volume.
Glory Road
Some interesting insights into the desertion problems for both North and South.
My War Gone By, I Miss It So
Not for the squeamish – brutally honest.
Experience of War
Covers a lot of ground and manages to stay interesting.
Panzer Battles
Written in the 50’s – some interesting insights, but bogs down in places.
A Murder in Wartime: The Untold Spy Story That Changed the Course of the Vietnam War
Really well written. Seems to encapsulate the entire mess.
A Murder in Wartime: The Untold Spy Story That Changed the Course of the Vietnam War
No Quarter
Very detailed, but a bit drawn out.
Soldiers and Slaves
Nasty bit of forgotten history repeated countless times throughout the slave camps of Nazi Germany.
Soldiers and Slaves: American POWs Trapped by the Nazis’ Final Gamble
Black Edelweiss
An unusual memoir written by a machine gunner for the Waffen-SS during his captivity in an American POW camp in 1946.
Black Edelweiss: A Memoir of Combat and Conscience by a Soldier of the Waffen-SS
