If You Had Just One Book?

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Permalink Reply by ER Bickford on March 20, 2012 at 1:52pm

I like this:

 

The Battle for North Africa 1940-43 by WGF Jackson 

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Permalink Reply by Bill on March 20, 2012 at 8:42pm

Moscow to Stalingrad  Earl Ziemke

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Permalink Reply by Kev on March 21, 2012 at 9:24am

I dont know that title. I must say for someone who claims to like East Front games, I now next to nothing. I really need to get my shit in gear!

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Permalink Reply by Kev on March 21, 2012 at 2:11pm

I was reading a web site last nite- a Napoleonic enthusiast, who lambastes The Duke of Wellington "old Hookey" as being an uninspired, not as great as history portrayed General. Good read.

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Permalink Reply by Anthony Hicks on April 11, 2012 at 4:04pm

2nd Punic War: I really liked Carthage Must Be Destroyed. It does not have exhaustive coverage of that particular war but has all you need to know about the rise of Carthage and the background that led to the three wars between Rome and Carthage. T.A. Dodge's old title, Hannibal, has great detail on the battles of the 2nd Punic War with diagrams. 

Eastern Front: My reading has not been exhaustive but I liked Alan Clark's book, Barbarossa.

Vietnam: Stanley Karnow's, Vietnam: A History.

Peloponessian War: Donald Kagan's book by that title. Kagan is kind of "the man" on the war. 

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