best books on war?

I have two other books about war:
With Rommel in the Desert by Heinz Schmidt
Rommel's War in Africa by Wolf Heckmann

>>10017338
Oh I forgot, I also have Combat Intelligence in Modern Warfare by Irving Heymont

I'm not too familiar with foreign literature, but I can certainly recommend

The Darkroom of Damocles by Willem Frederik Hermans

Do you want accounts of way ie. histories/stories of war, or do you want more abstract discussions of war such as Von Clausewitz's On War?

Some recs;

Storm of Steel from Juenger is a reasonably war-positive autobiographical novel from a German fighting in WW1

Keegan's A History of Warfare is that and much more - a large part of the book is spent on shitting on Clausewitz' ideas. VERY dense, full fo info.

The Good Soldier Švejk - hilarious Czech satire of war, never actually gets to war. A lot like Catch-22, but IMHO better, yet unfinished.

Andreyev's The Red Laugh - kind of forgotten autobiographical novella from the Russo-Japanese war, very dreamlike

Generation Kill - a collection of magazine articles from a journalist embedded in Iraq

Babchenko's One Soldier's War - autobiographical, extremely dark novel from a Russian who fought in the Chechen War

Marlantes' What's It Like To Go To War- the author is famous for autobiographical Vietnam War books, this one is more non-fiction, the effects the war had on his psyche, what he went through, and how he got over his PTSD

>>10017382
Anything, but I think it might be interesting with something that's an on-the-ground report or whatever, an account of one person's real life experience, but also with pieces of history and such in it. Or it could be something else.

Aussie Fucking Rick, nice to see you outside of GRs.
I am surprised ,you of all people's asking for Recommendations.

>>10017417
>Storm of Steel
I looked it up. I think I saw it in a chart on this board among the top novels or something. Do you recommend the 1929 edition or the Hofmann translation by Penguin? Says on amazon the latter is heavily censored.

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The Art of The War - Some Guy from Chyna!

>>10017792
I've been thinking of reading Storm of Steel too and also want info on best version to read?

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>>10019234

I liked the older translation more. There's something stilted and unnatural sounding about the newer one, even though it won some big award.

>>10019259
Who translated this older better version?

Is it still readily available online?

My diary, desu.
>It ain't me starts playing

>>10017312
read 'the sorrow of war' by Bao Ninh you absolute faggot this is the best fucking book besides 'dispatches' by michael herr you fucking ballbag

>>10017312
In parentheses David Jones

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>>10017312
I highly recommend Zinky Boys for accounts of people involved in the Soviet-Afghan conflict.

>>10021526
Can't find it. Sure you got that right?

>>10021338
Aren't you an edgy teen?

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With the Old Breed - Eugene Sledge
Island of the Damned - R.V Burgin
Voices of the Pacific - Adam Makos

If you want a writer thats a bit more verbose, Helmet for my Pillow - Robert Leckie

>>10019262
Anyone know the answer to this?

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Sledge and Leckie are good. Found them thanks to The Pacific and I expected utter shit. Glad I was wrong.

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>>10022812
Leckie also wrote book on US Military and General History, its some really good shit, most people are turned off by how verbose he is but I actually like it, he describes things and situations in engaging ways

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This book is a masterpiece and I've read it more times than I can count. Nothing has ever come close to portraying how it actually is being a soldier in Afghanistan, losing a friend, being bored and hot and wanting to die, and then coming home and being told to be normal.

I joined the army as a medic mostly because of reading this book and the story of Doc Restrepo.

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>>10017312
I thoroughly enjoyed Ghost Fleet by P.W. Singer and August Cole

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