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Nonfiction and fiction. I'm currently reading a book about the Vietnam war that's nonfiction but written in prose or whatever it's called and with no pictures. I don't really like the book a lot, although I like the idea of a book about war. The book is called Behind The Lines - Hanoi.

>> No.10017338

I have two other books about war:
With Rommel in the Desert by Heinz Schmidt
Rommel's War in Africa by Wolf Heckmann

>> No.10017342

>>10017338
Oh I forgot, I also have Combat Intelligence in Modern Warfare by Irving Heymont

>> No.10017354

I'm not too familiar with foreign literature, but I can certainly recommend

The Darkroom of Damocles by Willem Frederik Hermans

>> No.10017382

Do you want accounts of way ie. histories/stories of war, or do you want more abstract discussions of war such as Von Clausewitz's On War?

>> No.10017417

Some recs;

Storm of Steel from Juenger is a reasonably war-positive autobiographical novel from a German fighting in WW1

Keegan's A History of Warfare is that and much more - a large part of the book is spent on shitting on Clausewitz' ideas. VERY dense, full fo info.

The Good Soldier Švejk - hilarious Czech satire of war, never actually gets to war. A lot like Catch-22, but IMHO better, yet unfinished.

Andreyev's The Red Laugh - kind of forgotten autobiographical novella from the Russo-Japanese war, very dreamlike

Generation Kill - a collection of magazine articles from a journalist embedded in Iraq

Babchenko's One Soldier's War - autobiographical, extremely dark novel from a Russian who fought in the Chechen War

Marlantes' What's It Like To Go To War- the author is famous for autobiographical Vietnam War books, this one is more non-fiction, the effects the war had on his psyche, what he went through, and how he got over his PTSD

>> No.10017418

>>10017382
Anything, but I think it might be interesting with something that's an on-the-ground report or whatever, an account of one person's real life experience, but also with pieces of history and such in it. Or it could be something else.

>> No.10017455

Aussie Fucking Rick, nice to see you outside of GRs.
I am surprised ,you of all people's asking for Recommendations.

>> No.10017792

>>10017417
>Storm of Steel
I looked it up. I think I saw it in a chart on this board among the top novels or something. Do you recommend the 1929 edition or the Hofmann translation by Penguin? Says on amazon the latter is heavily censored.

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The Art of The War - Some Guy from Chyna!

>> No.10019234

>>10017792
I've been thinking of reading Storm of Steel too and also want info on best version to read?

>> No.10019259

>>10017792
>>10019234

I liked the older translation more. There's something stilted and unnatural sounding about the newer one, even though it won some big award.

>> No.10019262

>>10019259
Who translated this older better version?

Is it still readily available online?

>> No.10020229

My diary, desu.
>It ain't me starts playing

>> No.10021338

>>10017312
read 'the sorrow of war' by Bao Ninh you absolute faggot this is the best fucking book besides 'dispatches' by michael herr you fucking ballbag

>> No.10021526

>>10017312
In parentheses David Jones

>> No.10021619

>>10017418
>>10017312
I highly recommend Zinky Boys for accounts of people involved in the Soviet-Afghan conflict.

>> No.10021636

>>10021526
Can't find it. Sure you got that right?

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>> No.10022520

>>10021338
Aren't you an edgy teen?

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With the Old Breed - Eugene Sledge
Island of the Damned - R.V Burgin
Voices of the Pacific - Adam Makos

If you want a writer thats a bit more verbose, Helmet for my Pillow - Robert Leckie

>> No.10022739

>>10019262
Anyone know the answer to this?

>> No.10022812

>>10022621

Sledge and Leckie are good. Found them thanks to The Pacific and I expected utter shit. Glad I was wrong.

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>>10022812
Leckie also wrote book on US Military and General History, its some really good shit, most people are turned off by how verbose he is but I actually like it, he describes things and situations in engaging ways

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This book is a masterpiece and I've read it more times than I can count. Nothing has ever come close to portraying how it actually is being a soldier in Afghanistan, losing a friend, being bored and hot and wanting to die, and then coming home and being told to be normal.

I joined the army as a medic mostly because of reading this book and the story of Doc Restrepo.

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>>10017312
I thoroughly enjoyed Ghost Fleet by P.W. Singer and August Cole

>> No.10023913

Erick Maria Remarque