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YABT: Looking for military literature to read

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StevenYoo

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title says it all.

like i have said many times before, i am a bigly major huge fan of Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen series, which can kind of be considered fantasy military.

i've also read Glen Cook's Black Company series, another fantasy military series.

i just picked up Starship Troopers, the supposed military classic.

what other military books (fiction or non) are there that are worth reading?

something that a civilian with minimal military knowledge could pick up and read.

Band of Brothers is the only book i can think of right now.

thanks in advance.

*EDIT* i haven't read Tom Clancy. whats the general consensus on him? overrated? really good?
 
Stephen Ambrose books are pretty good. D-Day and Citizen Soldiers are entertaining reads.

As for Tom Clancy, I'd have to say Red Storm Rising and Patriot Games are my favorite Clancy novels, RSR being more war oriented while PG is more of a action/indiana-jones-meets-splinter-cell-esque story.
 
Originally posted by: elbosco
Stephen Ambrose books are pretty good. D-Day and Citizen Soldiers are entertaining reads.

As for Tom Clancy, I'd have to say Red Storm Rising and Patriot Games are my favorite Clancy novels, RSR being more war oriented while PG is more of a action/indiana-jones-meets-splinter-cell-esque story.
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how's Hunt for Red October? i hear good things about that one.

was Rainbow Six written before or after the game?
 
Originally posted by: GuybrushThreepwood
Originally posted by: elbosco
Stephen Ambrose books are pretty good. D-Day and Citizen Soldiers are entertaining reads.

As for Tom Clancy, I'd have to say Red Storm Rising and Patriot Games are my favorite Clancy novels, RSR being more war oriented while PG is more of a action/indiana-jones-meets-splinter-cell-esque story.
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how's Hunt for Red October? i hear good things about that one.

was Rainbow Six written before or after the game?
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Rainbow Six, before/better than the game

Any Tom clancy should satisfy your urge
 
Read the Killer Angels/Gods and Generals/Last Full Measure series (Civil War). Maybe more fiction than you want as it follows the characters more than the fighting, but theres still lots of fighting and a lot on their tactical decisions.

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If you saw the movie Gettysburg or Gods and Generals, these books are what the movie is based on.
 
Older Tom CLancy is better. The new ones arren't bad, but the older ones are better.

Also, I love Vince Flynn's novels. They arren't exactly military, but cia/assassin type stuff. Brad Thor is very similar.
 
Enemy at the Gates

My favorite WW2 reading as of yet. Yes, it is SIGNIFICANTLY different/better than the movie.
 
Tom Clancy- Rainbow Six, first read it about 5 years ago and absolutely loved it. Newer "Clancy" books are kinda craptastic, to say the least.
 
Originally posted by: TallBill
Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
Ender's Game 😛

I'm very serious hehe
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That book is amazing! Isn't there a sequel?
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yeah! i forgot to mention Ender!

i read the first one, i'm DEFINITELY going to read the rest, especially the books about Bean

thanks for the responses, i'll check out WEB Griffin and the old Clancy books
 
Originally posted by: gabemcg
Originally posted by: GuybrushThreepwood
Originally posted by: elbosco
Stephen Ambrose books are pretty good. D-Day and Citizen Soldiers are entertaining reads.

As for Tom Clancy, I'd have to say Red Storm Rising and Patriot Games are my favorite Clancy novels, RSR being more war oriented while PG is more of a action/indiana-jones-meets-splinter-cell-esque story.
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how's Hunt for Red October? i hear good things about that one.

was Rainbow Six written before or after the game?
Click to expand...

Rainbow Six, before/better than the game

Any Tom clancy should satisfy your urge
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Aye, RSR is a standalone book. Might want to read it first.

After that, Hunt for Red October kicks off his "series" (although in terms of the setting, Without Remorse is set before it).
 
Here's a few gems:

Stephen Pressfield - Gates of Fire
Patrick O'Brian - Master & Commander (~20 books in this series)
Machael Shaara - The Killer Angels
Jeffrey Shaara - To The Last Man
Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day
David Anthony Durham - The Pride Of Carthage
Bernard Cornwell - Sharpe's Tiger (~20 books in this series and an excellent DVD set)
 
Try reading books by:

Gerry Carroll
Richard Aellen
Ted Albury
Mark Berent
Larry Bond
Dale Brown
James Cobb
Larry Collins
Stephen Coonts
Harold Coyle
Clive Cussler
Len Deighton
Ken Follett
Frederick Forsythe
W.E.B. Griffin
Richard Hagberg
Marshall Harrison
Payne Harrison
Eric L. Harry
Richard Herman
Stephen Hunter
John LeCarre
Robert Ludlum
Harrison Marshall
David Poyer
Craig Thomas
Barrett Tillman
Duane Unkefer
Tom Wilson

Of course Clancy > all of them
 
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Try reading books by:

Gerry Carroll
Richard Aellen
Ted Albury
Mark Berent
Larry Bond
Dale Brown
James Cobb
Larry Collins
Stephen Coonts
Harold Coyle
Clive Cussler
Len Deighton
Ken Follett
Frederick Forsythe
W.E.B. Griffin
Richard Hagberg
Marshall Harrison
Payne Harrison
Eric L. Harry
Richard Herman
Stephen Hunter
John LeCarre
Robert Ludlum
Harrison Marshall
David Poyer
Craig Thomas
Barrett Tillman
Duane Unkefer
Tom Wilson

Of course Clancy > all of them
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wow, nice list.

of these authors, are there any that really stand out?

which ones are really nitty gritty?
 
Originally posted by: TallBill
Older Tom CLancy is better. The new ones arren't bad, but the older ones are better.

Also, I love Vince Flynn's novels. They arren't exactly military, but cia/assassin type stuff. Brad Thor is very similar.
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I like all of Tom Clancy's books except for his newest one, Red Rabbit. I just couldn't get into that book.

Dave
 
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