View Single Post
Old 05-21-2006, 16:53   #8
Warrior-Mentor
Quiet Professional
 
Warrior-Mentor's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: America, the Beautiful
Posts: 3,193
Quote:
Originally Posted by beedlesw
robert heinlein's 'starship troopers' is probably one of the best works of military fiction i've ever read. john ringo wrote a series of really good military/sci fi

the best bet would be military non fiction, as most of the military fiction i've read has been fairly hokey. some good authors for non fiction:
mark bowden(blackhawk down, killing pablo(i think thats the title, something pablo))
stephen ambrose(band of brothers, anything else by him, really)
Starship Troopers is a good read...wasn't thinking of the Military (Science) Fiction category.

Lots of good military non-fiction...concur with you on Bowden.

...and military non-fiction that borders (or may actually be) fiction. Rogue Warrior was an entertaining read...not sure how much is true though.
Warrior-Mentor is offline   Reply With Quote