books about: soldier     books:       The Forgotten Soldier192 reviews Guy Sajer Potomac Books Inc., 2001 Memoir of survival What an amazing book. The author's luck in surviving nearly 3 years of combat as a conscripted 17 year old is eye opening. He describes in detail how his training and first missions went as a supply soldier attempting to rescue Stalingrad. The difficulties in logistics in providing food, shelter, and sanitation in the vast open Russian steppe is clearly made. The author also describes ...             The Return of the Soldier11 reviews Rebecca West Digireads.com, 2008 A beautiful work This is a beautiful book. I had to read it for class, but I absolutely loved it. I read it in a day and as soon as I finished, I wanted to re-read it. It was heartbreaking and wonderfully written.             Soldier's Heart : Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First ...165 reviews Gary Paulsen Laurel Leaf, 2000 MFMS students' review After reading it in class, this is what the MFMS's 8th grade Language Arts thought of the book: "We liked the story because some parts of the story were really detailed and seems like you were actually there. Well, not really. It was easy to read because there was not so much hard words, which made it easier and better." --Colleen and Jessica. "I liked the story because it was extremely ...             We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam5 reviews Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway Harper, 2008 wistful and weepy Hal Moore sums up his interesting life in this short book. It's only partially tied to the 1965 battle in the Ia Drang Valley. Still, he describes moving events in 1993 when he, Joe Galloway, a few veterans and a couple of former North Vietmanese officers meet to reflect, re-live and celebrate sacrifice on both sides. They even hold hands and pray. The book is more about the important events ...             Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior35 reviews Dick Couch Three Rivers Press, 2008 As close as you can get to being there This is an excellent, no b.s. account by Dick Couch, himself a SEAL and fmr CIA Operative who writes without any ego driven agenda. He has been given excellent access by the Army. This clearly isn't written from a warm, dry desk. He goes into the cold, heat, and rain to get it right. Starting before training, Couch follows (runs alongside) the Special Forces "training process", which is more ...             A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier28 reviews Joseph Plumb Martin Signet Classics, 2001 The Original GI Grunt This priceless memoir is one of those works often quoted, but never read. Countless Rev War historians quote this work by pvt. Joseph Plumb Martin, and many TV documentries do the same. At length I was finally able to obtain a copy of this most elusive, yet oft used work. Martin's recollections range from the trivial, to the fascinating. His homespun style of writing catches the mood of ...             We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - the Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam16 reviews Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway Presidio Press, 2004 we were soldiers once and young This is one of the finest most vivid true story accounts of the war in Vietnam these young men were the true heroes of there generation. if you saw the movie read the Book. a fascinating account of courage and heartbreak during fierce battle against NVA And VietCong forces in the Ia drang Valley.             We were Soldiers Once...And Young: Ia Drang--The Battle That Changed The War In Vietnam248 reviews Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway Random House, 1992 An excellent historical account of this battle with commentary included After seeing the movie version starring Mel Gibson based on this book, I wanted to read the historical account of the battle. Lt Gen Moore and Joseph Galloway do an excellent job describing the details in sequence of the two phases of the Ia Drang battle in the Viet Nam war (the movie covers the first phase only) including both facts and personal accounts of the battle. Lt Gen Moore's ...             The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion (Oxford World's Classics)55 reviews Ford Madox Ford Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 Narrative Extradonaire [30] Although formulaic in concept for early 20th century literature, this book's style separates itself from its peers. During pre World War I, we meet the British Edward and Leonora Ashburnham and American Florence and John Dowell. As though it was a Fitzgerald novel -- the American couple resides in luxury, in Europe, the woman is talkative but fragile, and there is something brewing among the ...             A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier394 reviews Ishmael Beah Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 K.Ramu A heart wrenching story told in a simple yet elegant way.Ishmael really proved that "Children can outlive their sufferings, if given a chance".I wonder how many more Ishmael's are yet to be discovered from countries like Sierra Leone. A must read book.             The Buffalo Soldier: A Novel41 reviews Chris Bohjalian Vintage, 2003 Held my attention from beginning to end. I LOVED this book. The story line and character development where very well done. You could truly feel each character's personality and plight. I also enjoyed how history on the buffalo soldier was weaved throughout the book. Great read -- kept my attention from start to finish. In fact, I was sorry to see it end, but did very much enjoy how it ended.             Night Soldiers: A Novel56 reviews Alan Furst Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002 Recommended For Those Who Know History This was my "first" Furst novel. Given to me as a gift several years ago, it worked its way to the top of my read "stack." What a pleasant surprise! An excellent novel. A great spy story, with characters that are interesting and nicely developed. I would highly recommend it. But be forewarned that it helps, greatly, to have some knowledge of 1930's Europe and the war-before-the-war among ...             A Soldier of the Great War150 reviews Mark Helprin Harvest Books, 2005 My big fat feast of a read! A writer of the classification that Mark Helprin merits is a rarity. A complete mystery, however, remains as to why this remarkably and richly talented writer is not given the credit that is due. Pick up this book and you will see from the very first page of what I speak. It took me all of three months to complete this mammoth read, but it was worth every delicious sentence. This is a tale of ...             Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?: The Transformation of Modern Europe15 reviews James J. Sheehan Houghton Mifflin, 2008 How Europe became "Civilized" It is easy to think of Europe as the birth place of modern civilization. After all, look at the technology, science, and political thought that has arisen there and spread out through the rest of the world. Those of us who grew up in the West are used to looking to Europe as the foundation for the modern world. Even the United States, the undisputed leader of the world in the early 21st ...             The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier11 reviews Jakob Walter Penguin Books, 1993 Wonderful!! An outstanding book for anyone interested in history. Although it was somewhat common for politicians, generals and admirals to keep logs, it was extremely rare for a person of lower rank to write anything. Mainly because few of them could read or write. The main part of the book and by far the most interesting is the authors diary of Napoleon's march into Russia during 1812. Nearly half of ...             Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission137 reviews Hampton Sides Anchor, 2002 excellent read This book brings an important period during WWII to life with stories that paint the horror that existed during this time and location of the war.             The Good Soldier (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics) Ford Maddox Ford Barnes & Noble Classics, 2005 The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford , is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics : New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies ...             The Good Soldier Svejk: and His Fortunes in the World War (Penguin Classics)9 reviews Jaroslav Hasek Penguin Classics, 2005 Probably My Favorite Book I first read Hasek's masterpiece almost 30 years ago in a shorter and more Bowdlerized translation. The Cecil Parrot edition is, needless to say, far preferable (it even contains a wonderful introduction including a discussion of Czech profanity as compared to that in English) and I've read it again and again since it came out in 1974. Shelby Foote said somewhere that every year he reads Proust ...             Summer of My German Soldier (Puffin Modern Classics)200 reviews Bette Greene Puffin, 2006 An adult's review of an excellent book My daughter is now too older and far too accomplished a reader in her own right to need or want me to read to her, but I wish I had known of this when we were still reading together. I read this for a couple of reasons. As a native of Little Rock I wanted to read what is perhaps the most celebrated juvenile novel to have come out of my home state. Second, I have seen it highly praised and ...             Soldier Boy : The War Between Michael and Lucifer4 reviews Raymond Dennehy Trafford Publishing, 2008 Captivating, Irresistible, and Profound This is an amazing feat that Raymond Dennehy has produced. Written in a dialogue between the humble, genuine, steadfast Michael and the brilliant and devious Lucifer, I found it incredibly difficult to stop reading after I got started. I was concerned about the fate of Michael for a couple of days when I was forced to put the book down: Would Michael be able to parry the best of Lucifer's ...              search for books account, battlefields, between, buffalo, changed, classics, enlistment, forgotten, fortunes, goddard, greatest, journey, lucifer, memoirs, michael, minnesota, mission, napoleonic, narrative, passion, penguin, revolutionary, service, soldier, soldiers, special, transformation, vietnam, volunteers, warrior books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen VHS: Five Deadly Venoms home  impressum - about us