Reccomend me some war novels

dij314 · #1 07-05-2009, 01:34 AM

I'd like some recs for books that deal primarily with the combat aspect of war (Any war is fine). Fiction or non-fiction. Thanks for any recommendations.

Legend · #2 07-05-2009, 04:54 AM

House to House by David Bellavia about the battle for Fallujah from a soldier's perspective.

Animal Farm Pig · #3 07-05-2009, 05:00 AM

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Good Soldier Svejk by Jaroslav Hasek

Ðvlad · #4 07-05-2009, 06:45 AM

All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Remarque
It deals primarily with the mental aspect, both at the front and in non-combat zones, but there's a good deal of combat-related and sometimes mildly-gorey text included.

MetaThink18 · #5 07-05-2009, 06:54 AM

Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front by Gunter K Koschorrek

Horatio Hornblower series by C.S. Forester.

Berlin-The Downfall by Anthony Beevor

The DeGranville Trilogy by K.M. Grant.

BadShovelhead · #6 07-05-2009, 06:56 AM

"My war gone by, I miss it so."

Excellent book about a psychotic guy, just like us.

Lman1578 · #7 07-05-2009, 06:58 AM

Bravo Two Zero - Andy Mcnab true story about the first SAS soldiers to go into the first gulf war,

zenny · #8 07-05-2009, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Animal Farm Pig

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Good Soldier Svejk by Jaroslav Hasek

Get the new "Chicago version" translation, The Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Švejk During the World War. And don't forget to Get "svejked"!

dij314 · #9 07-05-2009, 02:17 PM

Thanks guys. I have to read Catch 22 for school so I will def be reading that, i'll check out all these others too.

RosettaStoned · #10 07-05-2009, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by dij314

Thanks guys. I have to read Catch 22 for school so I will def be reading that, i'll check out all these others too.

Yes yes yes yes yes. Catch-22 is really the best book I've ever read. An absolute necessity if you like to read (or even if you don't really).

Dream of the iris · #11 07-05-2009, 05:20 PM

The Things they Carried- great short stories about combat in Vietnam.

Vega · #12 07-05-2009, 05:26 PM

Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell

**Euda** · #13 07-05-2009, 07:10 PM

You should be able to find a wide variety of them at a used book store, but here's a few ideas:

Johnny Tremain
A Farewell To Arms
From Here to Eternity
The Naked and Dead
Iron Coffins
The Wars
Execution
Red Alert
The Naked Soldier

Dionysus · #14 07-06-2009, 06:43 AM

O-Jerusalem by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins. This is easily one of my favorite books and after reading it you will understand the Israeli situation MUCH better. It is non fiction (obviously) but it is told in a very personal and engaging way.

All of you, read it

dij314 · #15 07-07-2009, 03:40 AM

Got Catch 22 and All Quiet on the Western Front from the library. They didn't have alot of the books unfortunately but I didn't check all of them yet. It turns out The Things they Carried is also a summer reading book which meant all the copies were gone, but at least they have it. Thanks for all the recs so far.

FoodStamps · #16 07-07-2009, 04:02 AM

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

Animal Farm Pig · #17 07-07-2009, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Vega

Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell

Fucking good book!

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Originally Posted by Euda

Johnny Tremain

No no no!

HippieTrippie · #18 07-07-2009, 04:20 AM

Eyes of the Emperor-Graham Salisbury
Under the Blood Red Sun-Graham Salisbury

Both good and short and about being Japanese-American during WWII.

dij314 · #19 07-07-2009, 04:20 AM

Fucking fuck Johny Tremain.

dirtyangelswithfaces · #20 07-08-2009, 08:07 AM

No one's posted Slaughterhouse Five yet.

Alec_Versalia · #21 07-08-2009, 08:10 AM

For Whom The Bell Tolls.

dij314 · #22 07-08-2009, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by dirtyangelswithfaces

No one's posted Slaughterhouse Five yet.

Read it twice

Σnigma · #23 07-09-2009, 12:19 AM

The Hunt for Red October.
From Russia, With Love.
Red Alert (basis for Dr. Strangelove)

The Short-Timers, the basis for Full Metal Jacket.

Sopio · #24 07-09-2009, 12:32 AM

The Thin Red Line by James Jones

dirtyangelswithfaces · #25 07-09-2009, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Alec_Versalia

For Whom The Bell Tolls.

A Farewell to Arms too...

@@@ · #26 07-26-2009, 06:35 AM

starship troopers

zombo.com · #27 07-26-2009, 06:39 AM

John Ringo.
He's probably the best military science fiction writer of the current generation.
His ghost series is more straight spec ops military oriented.
Kind of the same vein as the rogue warrior series, but better.

david drake's hammers slammers is great combat military science fiction as well.

Hell most of the Baen authors at this point have seen the elephant.

Trix Are For Kids · #28 07-26-2009, 06:50 AM

Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers. It's about a black guy in Vietnam. Alot of it is about his bonds with the guys in his regiment, alot is about actual combat. Overall I give a 9/10, one of my favorite books ever.

Star Wars Fan · #29 07-26-2009, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by zos

John Ringo.
He's probably the best military science fiction writer of the current generation.
His ghost series is more straight spec ops military oriented.
Kind of the same vein as the rogue warrior series, but better.

david drake's hammers slammers is great combat military science fiction as well.

Hell most of the Baen authors at this point have seen the elephant.

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Originally Posted by @@@

starship troopers

THIS MOTHERFUCKERS

There's a bunch of other shit and I can't find the sticky on the board I sometimes lurk and troll. They had a thread FULL of military science fiction links

Chris · #30 07-26-2009, 07:11 AM

twilight. lol kidding!

try out time to hunt by stephen hunter, pretty good Vietnam pieces in there.

zombo.com · #31 07-27-2009, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Star Wars Fan

THIS MOTHERFUCKERS

There's a bunch of other shit and I can't find the sticky on the board I sometimes lurk and troll. They had a thread FULL of military science fiction links

if you find it PM it to me, i read a shit ton, but you never know when you'll run into something new and decent.

Son of Liberty · #32 07-27-2009, 03:15 AM

On the contemporary US Wars:
My War: Killing Time in Iraq
One Bullet Away
Masters of Chaos
Imperial Grunts
The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell

Just damn good war books:
The Jungle is Neutral
Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story
Red Badge of Courage
The long road home
the things they carried
a long way gone

Star Wars Fan · #33 07-27-2009, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by zos

if you find it PM it to me, i read a shit ton, but you never know when you'll run into something new and decent.

This isn't it (pfft), and I even logged ino my sock acct to look for that thread that had recommendations on military sf. I'm pming the dude I remember made it. These dudes may be fucking douchebags worthy of child porn plastered on their boards but that thread is pretty cool. even if spacebattles is better.

EDIT: this isn't the thread I meant but it's something :/
https://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewto...it=+MKsheppard

EDIT 2: Oh, as to my suggestion(s). Star Wars examples-The Rogue Squadron Novels by Allston and Stackpole. Thrawn Trilogy and Duology doesn't have too much focus on the war aspects, but there are some nice infodumps. The Dark Empire graphic novels are better in some ways of the strategy.

non-star wars:
Oh, there was some BAEN book on the outer planets of this system rebelling. I forgot.

Oh, the interesting ness of The Turner Diaries

EDIT 3: Warhammer 40K novels are chock-full of this shit...