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- 2012-09-17 11:58pm
- Forum: History
- Topic: Good exhaustive World War 1 History?
- Replies: 12
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Re: Good exhaustive World War 1 History?
The Guns of August is a fairly classic WWI book, but is somewhat limited in scope and research. I also found Mosiers The Great War Myth to be worth the read, but be warned it's conclusions are controvertial. It's still worth reading for the statistics and the doctrinal discussions, one just needs t...
- 2012-09-17 11:51pm
- Forum: History
- Topic: Book recommendation/request thread
- Replies: 218
- Views: 248135
Re: Book recommendation/request thread
I found a several of these and bought them / bookmarked the online versions...looks to be what I wanted and should keep me busy for a few weeks at least. Thanks for the assistance
- 2012-09-15 01:28am
- Forum: History
- Topic: Book recommendation/request thread
- Replies: 218
- Views: 248135
Re: Book recommendation/request thread
I really want something that addresses doctrine, tactics and their effectiveness on the battlefield with analysis of individual encounters being probably neccessary. It seems every book I pick up on the subject is basically a personal biography or a political big picture discussion. I'll see if I ca...
- 2012-09-14 01:37pm
- Forum: History
- Topic: Book recommendation/request thread
- Replies: 218
- Views: 248135
Re: Book recommendation/request thread
I'm looking for good books on the following topics: 1: In depth analysis of the strategies that would be used in a full nuclear exchange between the US and USSR, bonus if it gave evaluations for different time periods during the Cold War to reflect changing Geopolitical, Technological and Doctrinal ...