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Heres a couple.

Dirty little secrets of World war II(can't recall the two authors names offhand):Filled with sometimes strange facts and lots of statistics.

A helmet for my pillow by Robert leckie:A personal account of his experinces from right bfore joining the Marines to the early desperate fight for Guadacanal on through to the assault on Peleliu.The older soft cover version,which was written in the fifties,was just rereleased as a hardcover book a couple years back.

Eagle against the Sun
The American war with Japan:A decent general history of the Pacific war.With the first couple chapters dealing with American and Japanese pre-war attitudes as well as the different roles of their armed forces were expected to play in the coming conflict.

Thanks to all once again.

If everyone just posts a couple of books they recommend I`m sure that everyone would find the eventual comprehensive list very useful.

Both from an general interest level, and from a scenario design level.

The only problem I`m having now is finding the funds:D

Keep them coming....

Paul

Have you ever tried Bargain Books?They have a decent General military history section as well as for specific conflicts or eras.I've bought some books from them that went for over $20 in the bookstore for as little as $5 or $10.

My personal favourite is 'The First and the Last', by Adolf Galland. It was first published in 1953 and has a foreword written by Douglas Bader. I don't know whether it is still in print (my own copy is from 1970), but it's definitely worth looking out for.

Maliki, I`m from the UK. I assume Bargain Books, are US based. There are "bargain book" and other discount stores here in the UK, but the choice of military related matters is small.

Thanks for the suggestion though.

"the first and the last" sound familiar. I`ll keep and eye out for that in the secondhand shops.

OOPS:o Sorry i just thought you were in the US.Yes their a discount book distirbuter based out in the northwest i think.

Ill add my recommendation to "Stalingrad", I've read it several times and it is still excellent.

Also, "Caen:Anvil of Victory" by Alexander McKee. An excellent account of the Anglo-Canadian offensive from the Landings to Operation Goodwood. I believe its out of print, but you might be able to find it second hand.

For WW1, Lyn McDonalds "1914 : The Death Of Innocence", "1915: The Dawn of Hope", "Somme" and "They called it Passechendaele" are execellent.The narritive is mainly composed of eyewitness accounts, tied together by the authors comments on strategy, and explanations of the complete tactical stuation. They are published by Penguin.