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8623557 No.8623557 [Reply] [Original]

What are some good starting books to read about the World Wars? I'd like to start from WWI to understand the relations between nations at the time, the politics leading to the war, the actual battles fought, and the aftermath following.

Autobiographies are encouraged.

>> No.8623569
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youre not gonna get good autobiographies on ww i or ii that give u what u want.

try death and retribution by christopher atlee or maybe

edge of obliteration by gerald scheerer

im sure they will have what youre looking for


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>> No.8623615

I think Sleepwalkers explains how WWI came to be. Haven't read it though, was a recommendation from my history teacher.

>> No.8623618

Psychology of the Great War by Gustave Le Bon

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This is essential for wwii

>> No.8623670

>>8623557
if you want autobiography then mein kampf is a good place to start actually for ww2

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>>8623557
best ww1 book, hands down

>> No.8623769

For WWII Geofrey Roberts is very good on the Soviet position. Also for Soviet Foreign policy (with Europe) Gorodetsky's "Grand Delusions" is excelent. If you want general history in 1 volume Mazower has a good book (don't like his other books though), and Rich Evans has a famous 3 volume series on Germany. One thing I recommend is to be very careful in trusting views on the Soviets... increadible the amount of rubbish