The best non-American military books: I’d like some suggestions for a top 10 list
A major in the 101st Airborne suggests that we do a reading list of modern military books that are not about the American military experience (and not the usual classics). Three of his suggestions are The Dambusters, Defeat into Victory , and Churchill’s Generals. To that start, I’d add Keegan’s Face of Battle and Alistair Horne’s ...
A major in the 101st Airborne suggests that we do a reading list of modern military books that are not about the American military experience (and not the usual classics). Three of his suggestions are The Dambusters, Defeat into Victory , and Churchill's Generals.
A major in the 101st Airborne suggests that we do a reading list of modern military books that are not about the American military experience (and not the usual classics). Three of his suggestions are The Dambusters, Defeat into Victory , and Churchill’s Generals.
To that start, I’d add Keegan’s Face of Battle and Alistair Horne’s Savage War of Peace. What else? I’ll allow histories, memoirs, novels, and poetry.
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