Cpl Rootes Posted 2 September , 2006 Share Posted 2 September , 2006 Just thourght that i would like to see everyone's recommended reads (any period - military theme). I'll start, so settle down and listen to: Rootes' Recommeded Reads: Pre WW1: Fact: Caeser - Christian Meier Fiction: The 'Emperor' series - Conn Iggulden The 'Sharpe' series - Bernard Cornwell Pompeii - Robert Harris WW1: Fact: World War 1 in Photographs - Paul Whittle (editor) Great Battles of World War 1 - Anthony Livesey A Western Front Companion 1914-1918 - John Laffin Forgotten Voices for the Great War - Max Arthur Tommy - Richard Holmes Fiction: Great First World War stories - Chancellor Press The First Casualty - Ben Elton Rememberance - Theresa Breslin WW2: Fact: Band of Brothers - Stephen E. Ambrose D-Day - Stephen E. Ambrose The Victors - Stephen E. Ambrose Pegasus Bridge - Stephen E. Ambrose Overlord - Max Hastings Stalingrad - Anthony Beevor Berlin - Anthony Beevor Campaigns of World War II Day by Day - Chris McNab, Chris Bishop Chronicles of World War II - David G. Chandler, Colin McIntyre, Michael C. Tagg The Desert Rats - Kevin Jones The Normandy Landings - Derek Blizard World War II in Photographs - Paul Whittle (editor) Forgotten Voices of the Second World War - Max Arthur Post WW2: Fact: The Royal Navy today and tomorrow - J. R. Hill The British Army today and tomorrow - H. C. B. Rogers The Royal Air Force today and tomorrow - R. A. Mason Shoot to kill - Michael Asher Fighting Forces - Richard Bennett Fiction: All books by Chris Ryan All books by Andy McNab Miscellaneous: Fact: 20th Century Military Uniforms - Chris McNab 20th Century Artillery - Ian Hogg Fighting Vehicles of the world - Philip Trewhitt, Chris McNab Fighting Ships of the world - Robert Jackson, Steve Crawford Horrible History series - Terry Deary (I know that these books are not filled with military knowlage, but they are what got me interested in history when i was very young) Fiction: What if - Robert Cowley (editor)* Magazines: Skirmish Armourer Soldier *In what if military historians imagine what could have been, for example if Hitler had stopped D-Day. Anyone else like these books? Tell me and post your own. For a prize, guess my age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMHart Posted 2 September , 2006 Share Posted 2 September , 2006 12? Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 2 September , 2006 Share Posted 2 September , 2006 welcome to the forum - an interesting list of books Bit of an odd question to guess your age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Rootes Posted 2 September , 2006 Author Share Posted 2 September , 2006 nope i'm not 12. Older. And i asked to see what people think the age of someone who reads books like these is (i apologise, this sounds very vain) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw Posted 2 September , 2006 Share Posted 2 September , 2006 I'll go for 16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 2 September , 2006 Share Posted 2 September , 2006 Fourteen and threequarters and your surname is Mole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 2 September , 2006 Share Posted 2 September , 2006 Here is my current list. Borden Battery Recommended Reading List on the Canadian Expeditionary Force Marching to Armageddon - Canada and the Great War 1914-1919 Desmond Morton and J. L. Granatstein, Lester & Orpen Dennys, (1989) A general overview book which provides a good initial overview of the conflict from a CEF perspective. When Your Numbers Up - The Canadian Soldier in the First World War ** Desmond Morton, Random House of Canada (1993) This book details the training and life of a typical Canadian soldier. The Journal of Private Fraser - Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1918 ** CEF Books, Edited by Reginald Roy, (1998) An excellent, observant, personal journal on one man's direct experiences which remains contemporary. Barker VC - William Barker, Canada's Most Decorated War Hero Wayne Ralph, Doubleday Canada (1997) Canada tends not to honour any war hero; Barker included. Vimy Pierre Berton, McClelland and Steward, (1986) A classic, easy-read of one of the pivotal battles of the Canadian Corps. No Place to Run - The Canadian Corps and Gas Warfare in the First World War Tim Cook, UBC Press (1999) Well written book which documents poison gas by and on the CEF; will become a classic reference text. Shock Army of the British Empire - The Canadian Corps in the Last 100 Days Shane B. Schreiber, Vanwell Publishing Ltd. (2004/1997) A well written account by a current Canadian military officer [PPCLI] of the Canadian Corps and reasons for its sustained success breaking the Hindenburg Line during the last one hundred days of the Great War. Canada's Army, Waging War and Keeping the Peace J. L. Granatstein, Univ. of Toronto Press (2002) A sound overview of many conflicts including the Great War. Paris 1919 Margaret MacMillan, Random House, (2003) A very well written and readable book with a great deal of information packed into it. Passchendaele - The Sacrificial Ground Nigel Steel and Peter Hart, Cassel Military Paperbacks (2000) An extended series of personal accounts of the true horror of this battle extended battle in Flanders. Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War - Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919, Colonel G. W. L. Nicholson, C.D., Army Historical Section [Note: Can be downloaded as a .pdf file and used for key-word searches. However, the pagination in the online document is different than the original document - therefore citations with page number references cannot be used.] http://www.forces.gc.ca/hr/dhh/downloads/O...ories/CEF_e.PDF The Canadian "Emma Gees - A History of the Canadian Machine Gun Corps Lt.-Col. C. S. Grafton, The Canadian Machine Gun Corps Association, London, Ontario, 1938 - of specific interest to students of the Canadian Machine Gun Corps http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~b...c_contents.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfh249 Posted 2 September , 2006 Share Posted 2 September , 2006 Not WW1 but I'd heartily recommend the following: The Operators - James Rennie Fifty Dead Men Walking - Martin McGartland A Bridge Too Far - Cornelius Ryan Weekend Warrior; A Territorial Soldier's War in Iraq - Kevin Mervin Regards, Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Rootes Posted 2 September , 2006 Author Share Posted 2 September , 2006 the closest was 14 3/4. that is about spot on (although i'm not called mole) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 2 September , 2006 Share Posted 2 September , 2006 I claim my prize!!!!! Wot is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audax Posted 2 September , 2006 Share Posted 2 September , 2006 Choose you prize here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0590113208 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Rootes Posted 2 September , 2006 Author Share Posted 2 September , 2006 your prize is to post the next post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 2 September , 2006 Share Posted 2 September , 2006 He who posts the last post posts loudest Audax - "the best book about the first world war"???????????????????????????? Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 2 September , 2006 Share Posted 2 September , 2006 On topic - no-one should miss reasing at least one book by Dickens. "David Copperfield" is definitely my favourite. One book on the Great War - for me, "Middle Parts of Fortune" WW2 - dunno, but I always have a soft spot for anyhting about the Battle of Britain Anything else - everyone should read "The Diary of a Nobody", and "The Card" (Arnold Bennett) is hilarious. Plus, of course, the Bible and Shakespeare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Take on me Posted 5 September , 2006 Share Posted 5 September , 2006 Interesting, although I am not such a fan of Stephen E Ambrose, although I did like Band of Brothers, Here are a few of my favorites; Miscellaneous before WW1 Battle Cry of Freedom-James M Mcpherson The American Civil War, This mighty scourge of War-Various authors WW1 Forgotten Victory-Gary Sheffield 1914-1918-David Stevenson To Win A War-John Terraine Amiens to the Armistice-Niall Barr, J P Harris Passchendaele The Untold Story- Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson Tommy-Richard Holmes Inter War The Spanish Civil War-Antony Beevor WW2 The Struggle for Europe- Chestor Wilmot The Bomber War-Robin Neillands Armageddon-Max Hastings (although not for his muddled arguments about the Bomber War) Stalingrad-Antony Beevor Miscellaneous The Penguin History of the USA-Hugh Brogan La Vie En Bleu-Ron Kedwood Charles de Gaulle, The Last Great Frenchman-Charles Williams I will post others if they come to mind, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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