My favourite book 'the sharp end'

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World War II: The Sharp End
1.  World War II: The Sharp End by John Ellis
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  "An understanding of what war is like"
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Barbarossa: The Russian German Conflict: The Russian German Conflict, 1941-45 (CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS)
2.  Barbarossa: The Russian German Conflict: The Russian German Conflict, 1941-45 (CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS) by Alan Clark
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  "To a very good writer."
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Cassino: The Hollow Victory - The Battle for Rome, January-June, 1944
3.  Cassino: The Hollow Victory - The Battle for Rome, January-June, 1944 by John Ellis
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  "Another John Ellis book, Fine classic."
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Stumbling Bear: Soviet Military Performance in Afghanistan
4.  Stumbling Bear: Soviet Military Performance in Afghanistan by Scott McMichael
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  "Thgis book is about how badly an army can become."
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Unheralded Victory: Who Won the Vietnam War?
5.  Unheralded Victory: Who Won the Vietnam War? by Mark W. Woodruff
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  "Very good in understanding the Vietnam war."
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Vietnam the Necessary War: A Reinterpretation of America's Most Disastrous Military Conflict
6.  Vietnam the Necessary War: A Reinterpretation of America's Most Disastrous Military Conflict by Michael Lind
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  "A very  good interpretation of the Vietnam war, a must!"
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Fighting in Hell: German Ordeal on the Eastern Front
7.  Fighting in Hell: German Ordeal on the Eastern Front by Erhard Rauss
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  "A very good book, used this in my dissertation."
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The Anvil of War: German Generalship in Defense on the Eastern Front
8.  The Anvil of War: German Generalship in Defense on the Eastern Front by Erhard Rauss
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  "Also used this in my dissertation, good book."
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The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme
9.  The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme by John Keegan
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  "One of the best, he leads the way in the 'new' history of finding new archives of history"
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Achilles in Vietnam
10.  Achilles in Vietnam by Jonathan M.D. Shay
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  "A very good book in understanding the stresses of war."
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Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism
11.  Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism by John K. Cooley
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  "A very good book in understanding the modern terrorist problem"
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The Other Side of the Hill (Pan Grand Strategy Series)
12.  The Other Side of the Hill (Pan Grand Strategy Series) by B. H. Liddell Hart
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  "A very good writing who inspired both sides of the war."
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Dilemmas of the Desert War: The Libyan Campaign of 1940-1942
13.  Dilemmas of the Desert War: The Libyan Campaign of 1940-1942 by Michael Carver
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  "A very good writing who has produced some of the best war studies books I have read."
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Eagle Against The Sun: The American War with Japan
14.  Eagle Against The Sun: The American War with Japan by Ronald Spector
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  "A good overview of the pacific war."
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The Taliban Phenomenon: Afghanistan (1994-1997) (Oxford Pakistan Paperbacks)
15.  The Taliban Phenomenon: Afghanistan (1994-1997) (Oxford Pakistan Paperbacks) by Kamal Matinuddin
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  "A good understanding of the Taliban, interesting."
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The Day That Shook the World
16.  The Day That Shook the World by BBC News Team
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  "A interesting book that debates why sept 11th happened."
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Killer Germs: Deadly Diseases of the Twenty-first Century
17.  Killer Germs: Deadly Diseases of the Twenty-first Century by Pete Moore
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  "A interesting look at what possibly faces us."
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Stalingrad
18.  Stalingrad by Antony Beevor
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  "Has to be regarded as one of those books that just has to be read."
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Why the Allies Won: Explaining Victory in World War II (Pimlico)
19.  Why the Allies Won: Explaining Victory in World War II (Pimlico) by R. J. Overy
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  "Has to be one book if you are doing GCSE history or degree that explains why!"
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Fighting the Invasion: The German Army at D-Day
20.  Fighting the Invasion: The German Army at D-Day by Guenther Blumentritt
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  "A very good analytical discussion into how and why the Normany invasion was as successful as it was."
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Das Boot (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
21.  Das Boot (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Lothar Gunther Buchheim
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  "A very private world that few people ever see or read about."
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The Hunt for Zero Point
22.  The Hunt for Zero Point by Nick Cook
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  "A book that makes you think why? why and how we came by the technology of today."
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Poor Bloody Infantry: 1939-45
23.  Poor Bloody Infantry: 1939-45 by Charles Whiting
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  "A fine book that everybody should read"
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Battle of Hurtgen Forest (West Wall)
24.  Battle of Hurtgen Forest (West Wall) by Charles Whiting
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  "Another fine Whiting book"
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