Favorite military novels, fiction or history

[James Langham]

Reading Quartered Safe Out Here - A recollection of the War in Burma by George McDonald Fraser

Excellent and completely honest account of the 14th Army's battles in Burma from the point of view of a section. The Flashman author gives some really interesting perspectives when comparing official histories and what was seen on the ground. Highly recommended as are the semi-fictional McAuslin series following the author just after the war.

[HorseSoldier]

Currently listening to the audio version of This Kind of War, TR Fehrenbach's 1963 history of the Korean War. Very good read about the war itself and the disastrous consequences of the gutting of the US military's conventional forces and lessening standards of military discipline in the aftermath of WW2.

[Adm.Lee]

I endorse both the above recommendations.