Military Books

[rgrokelley]

On the Revolutionary War, I must put in a plug for two of Kenneth Roberts (author of Northwest Passage) classics:

Rabble In Arms - describes the campaign from the rebel side and has the expected slant.

Oliver Wiswell - told in first person from the colonial Loyalist point of view. It gives one an entirely different perspective on the issues and can make the reader empathetic to the Loyalists.

Roberts did a whole series with the same characters in Rabble in Arms. Arundel is another one. Basically it is a bunch of soldiers with ARnold, before Arnold turned traitor. They are pretty good. Most of the really good Rev War novels were written decades ago. I don't know of any current ones that are as good.

[chuck976]

Rangers I purchased 3 of the books you all suggested off Amazon yesterday; Of Their Own Accord, We Were Soldiers Once...and Young, and Military Fitness: A Manual Of Special Physical Training. I cannot wait to read them all, especially Of Their Own Accord, knowing that a Ranger on this site wrote it.

[BruteForce]

I've been reading Dalton Fury's book: "Kill Bin Laden". I believe the author is a member here, but this just showed up on the shelves at my local Barnes & Noble. Not too bad a read so far.

[RetPara]

Why not have Books as a seperate sub-board or a sticky thread?

[MichRanger]

DISPATCHES by Michael Herr. My all time favorite book on war.

[Invictus]

On the Revolutionary War, I must put in a plug for two of Kenneth Roberts (author of Northwest Passage) classics:

Rabble In Arms - describes the campaign from the rebel side and has the expected slant.

Oliver Wiswell - told in first person from the colonial Loyalist point of view. It gives one an entirely different perspective on the issues and can make the reader empathetic to the Loyalists.

Roberts did a whole series with the same characters in Rabble in Arms. Arundel is another one. Basically it is a bunch of soldiers with ARnold, before Arnold turned traitor. They are pretty good. Most of the really good Rev War novels were written decades ago. I don't know of any current ones that are as good.

You didn't like Shaara's take on it, or Bernard Cornwell's?

Haven't read Cornwell's (on the Revolution anyway) but I rather liked Shaara's...

[rgrokelley]

On the Revolutionary War, I must put in a plug for two of Kenneth Roberts (author of Northwest Passage) classics:

Rabble In Arms - describes the campaign from the rebel side and has the expected slant.

Oliver Wiswell - told in first person from the colonial Loyalist point of view. It gives one an entirely different perspective on the issues and can make the reader empathetic to the Loyalists.

Roberts did a whole series with the same characters in Rabble in Arms. Arundel is another one. Basically it is a bunch of soldiers with ARnold, before Arnold turned traitor. They are pretty good. Most of the really good Rev War novels were written decades ago. I don't know of any current ones that are as good.

You didn't like Shaara's take on it, or Bernard Cornwell's?


Haven't read Cornwell's (on the Revolution anyway) but I rather liked Shaara's...

Nah, too many inaccuracies. For example, Cornwell has the British goose stepping through Philadelphia with their boots on. Brits didn't have boots. I know its a minor thing, but if you know history, it bugs you. It would be like Rangers at Pointe du Hoc using M14s.

[Lefty]

DISPATCHES by Michael Herr. My all time favorite book on war.

Highly overrated IMHO