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Grenadiers: The Story Of Waffen SS General Kurt 'Panzer' Meyer (Stackpole Military History) 15 reviews
Kurt Meyer
Stackpole Books, 2005
Incredibly compelling, if not entirely believable, memoir from Waffen SS general
+ Compelling
+ a soldier's soldier
+ Panzermeyer!
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Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War 92 reviews
Robert Coram
Back Bay Books, 2004
Tempering Boyd with Chesterton
+ Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
+ Not What I Expected- A Real Eye-Opener
+ He turned air combat upside down.
+ Tempering Boyd with Chesterton
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Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II23 reviews
Charles B. MacDonald
Burford Books, 1999
Charles B. MacDonald
+ The Best Company Level Book to Come out of World War II
+ The Toil and Drudgery
+ Company Commander
+ An ex-marine's review
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The Mind of War: John Boyd and American Security16 reviews
Grant Tedrick Hammond
Smithsonian Books, 2001
Build your Boyd Library... and know more than the AF does!
+ 2 of the best books that I have ever read
+ Balancing Boyd with Chesterton
+ The OODA Loop
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American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-196453 reviews
William Manchester
Dell, 1983
Unflinching look at our greatest soldier
+ MacArthur
+ Highly readable bio of the enigmatic/self-assured general
+ Very well done.
+ A Great Biography
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Revolt in the Desert7 reviews
T. E. Lawrence
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2005
Never Meant For Publication & Mass Distribution!
+ History repeats
+ "Shakespeare Moderne"- Arguably one of the greatest literary works of the 20th century. "Not a wasted word."
+ A classic, though strange and oddly written
+ Exciting and enjoyable
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German Generals Talk13 reviews
Basil H. Liddell Hart
Harper Perennial, 1971
Belongs in Your WWII History Library
+ The Wehrmacht Speaks
+ Inside the other side
+ Unique perspective
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Tank Rider: Into the Reich with the Red Army9 reviews
Evgeni Bessonov
Greenhill Books, 2006
Fascinating Account
+ Viewing WWII from the back of a tank
+ A good story that needed a better editor
+ grittty, realistic look at Russian tank crews and infantry pushing into Germany in WWII
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A Soldier's Story (Modern Library War)16 reviews
Omar N. Bradley
Modern Library, 1999
Great Military History makes you proud to be an American
+ Gives A Good Overall Picture of World War II in Europe.
+ A Must read for any history student
+ Great Work from a Great General
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Personal Memoirs: Ulysses S. Grant (Modern Library War)65 reviews
Ulysses S. Grant
Modern Library, 1999
Simplicity of character is sometimes the highest form
+ If you only read one book on the Union war effort, read this one
+ Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
+ U S Grant Personal Memoirs
+ Remarkable Memoirs
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The Forgotten Soldier192 reviews
Guy Sajer
Potomac Books Inc., 2001
Gripping tale will stay with you a long time
+ Forgotten Soldier
+ Is it fake?
+ Memoir of survival
+ Interesting perspective from the other side of WWII
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Once a Warrior King: Memories of an Officer in Vietnam 5 reviews
David Donovan
Ballantine Books, 1986
Read This Book!
+ Buy the Hardcover you will want to read this book again
+ Excellent book. Easy to read; hard to put down
+ Once a warrior king, By David Donovan
+ On the short list of Vietnam must-reads
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Scipio Africanus42 reviews
B. H. Liddell Hart, Michael Grant
Da Capo Press, 1994
Innovative Commander.
+ Best General ... Ever
+ Giving an underrated or under publicized general his just due
+ A Great General Gets His Due
+ Excellent and Interest premise for book
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Panzer Leader37 reviews
Heinz Guderian, General Heinz Guderian
Da Capo Press, 2001
Courage, and brains, are not the property of one side...
+ Valuable Details on WWII Battles: Blitzkrieg 1939 and Warsaw Uprising
+ Good inside story of the German military
My son got me this for Christmas a couple of years ago...it may well be the finest memoir by a General Officer I have ever read [I have to admit that most of those by Confederate Generals are bure bilge]. Heinz Guderian was a commander of early, primitive, tanks in WWI, essentially invented modern ...
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Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman (Library of America)29 reviews
William Tecumseh Sherman
Library of America, 1990
Good Writers Make Good Generals!
+ Five star precious gem of a book
+ Read it !
+ "MEMOIRS" BY W.T. SHERMAN
+ Sherman in his own words...
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A Soldier's Story (Modern Library War)16 reviews
Omar N. Bradley
Modern Library, 1999
Great Military History makes you proud to be an American
+ Gives A Good Overall Picture of World War II in Europe.
+ A Must read for any history student
+ Great Work from a Great General
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Revolt in the Desert7 reviews
T. E. Lawrence
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2005
Never Meant For Publication & Mass Distribution!
+ History repeats
+ "Shakespeare Moderne"- Arguably one of the greatest literary works of the 20th century. "Not a wasted word."
+ A classic, though strange and oddly written
+ Exciting and enjoyable
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Grenadiers: The Story Of Waffen SS General Kurt 'Panzer' Meyer (Stackpole Military History)15 reviews
Kurt Meyer
Stackpole Books, 2005
Incredibly compelling, if not entirely believable, memoir from Waffen SS general
+ Compelling
+ a soldier's soldier
+ Panzermeyer!
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American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-196453 reviews
William Manchester
Dell, 1983
Unflinching look at our greatest soldier
+ MacArthur
+ Highly readable bio of the enigmatic/self-assured general
+ Very well done.
+ A Great Biography
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Once a Warrior King: Memories of an Officer in Vietnam5 reviews
David Donovan
Ballantine Books, 1986
Read This Book!
+ Buy the Hardcover you will want to read this book again
+ Excellent book. Easy to read; hard to put down
+ Once a warrior king, By David Donovan
+ On the short list of Vietnam must-reads
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