Books on war

hrpearce · #1 27-07-10, 22:38

Up until now I haven't had much interest in books except for instruction manuals, vintage car books and books on steam engines. Lately this has changed and I am getting more interested in history.
At the moment I am reading a book writen from the diries of a soldier on the
western Front and find it hard to put down.

H.G. HARTNETT
a digger's story of the western front
OVER the TOP
edited by Chris Bryett.

hrpearce · #2 28-07-10, 10:25

The book that got me started was one of Dad's old books.
The Phantom Major by Virginia Cowles.
Now thanks to Andrew I have Europe WW2 and Blueprint for Victory to read.

Howard · #3 28-07-10, 12:55

I read a book about helium once... Couldn't put it down!

But seriously, Folks...

Howard · #4 28-07-10, 13:05

One of my favorite books is "Voices of War", compiled by Michael Caulfield.

(I have read it twice, which is quite remarkable as the only 'read time' I get is also, erm, "Toilet time".... At 500+ pages, that's a lot of... erm... poo.)
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The blurb: "Drawn from engagements ranging from World War I through to operations in East Timor and Iraq, the stories are taken from the Australians at War Film Archive, a collection of the memories of over two thousand Australians who have served, both on the front line and at home.
Some are unbelievably, unbearably tragic, even after sixty or seventy years, others are the golden memories of happy, albeit unusual, times. And, more often than not, they are stories which have never been shared with others, even family members.
There are stories from winners of the Victoria Cross; stories from the POW camps of Asia and Europe; from the patrols of Vietnam, through to those who served as peacekeepers in Rwanda and Somalia. There are stories from nurses, from those who have volunteered to serve with aid agencies and stories of ordinary Australians caught up by circumstances and by duty, in wartime. Here are their words."

hrpearce · #5 28-07-10, 13:09

I was hopeing for serious replies to give me an idea of what was out there that may interest me and also if others had read the books I've read and their opinions on them.
Howard I take it you are only into light reading

hrpearce · #6 28-07-10, 13:39

Thanks Howard I just bought that book should get it by the end of next week.

cliff · #7 28-07-10, 22:29

Convoys Up the Track by Alan Smith is a good read. Alan was an Officer with one of the Transport Companys delivering supplys to Darwin during the early stages of the war when the Japanese were bombing Darwin. He also has another book as well but I don't have it.