Stories of War and Revolution

CarltonC: War and the horror of war through the eyes of someone on the losing side

elkiedee: A German perspective on WWI

AbigailAdams26: One of the classic stories of a common soldier, set during WWI. I read this for a college course.

CarltonC: War and the politics

thorold: Classic British WW1 memoir

CarltonC: War and the horror of war through the eyes of someone who went back

captainsunbeam: world war in the Discworld universe

perennialreader: Best opening paragraph ever!

elkiedee: American WWII novel

Adakian: This work covers what is probably the most lopsided engagements fought by the United States Navy in its history—the Battle of Leyte Gulf. James Hornfischer really brings the story to life and places the reader on board the escort carriers, destroyers, and destroyer escorts of Taffy 3 as they struggle to survive an attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy’s heaviest surface warships.

paradoxosalpha: Paradigmatic.

librorumamans: A book that we wish Cheney and Rumsfeld had read before invading Iraq.

CarltonC: War and the horror of war - a fictional account that allows multiple viewpoints

thorold: Great, rambling, unfinished satirical account of war from the point of view of a subversive Czech citizen of the Austrian empire

perennialreader: My first foray into Russian lit

LibraryCin: Written in 1959, the book is based on questionnaires and interviews with many people who were there. We get to see what happened from various points of view – the Allies, the Germans, and even some of the French civilians living in Normandy at the time of the attack.

captainsunbeam: Set during the 17th century English Civil War

aspirit: WWI (British POV)

perennialreader: Attempt to prevent WWI

tommi180744: For some reason doesn't get Green Tick, but first read & admired 50 years ago, still got book

paradoxosalpha: A war correspondent's reflections about the perennial nature of war and what it does to societies and individuals.

AbigailAdams26: I found this memoir from a veteran of the Vietnam War immensely powerful. He discusses his experiences both during and after the war.

perennialreader: The entire series is really good

tommi180744: French perspective on the 1940 debacle known as the 'Fall of France'

paradoxosalpha: A novel of the outbreak of the Haitian revolution.

AbigailAdams26: A photojournalist's documentation of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. Chilling.

perennialreader: a national and personal story of WWI

CarltonC: Vietnam, relentlessly

thorold: The first modern anti-war novel? A reminder that there were some very nasty European wars long before the 20th century, and that the 30 Years War was one of the most devastating for civilians.

paradoxosalpha: Metafictional War of the Roses.

AbigailAdams26: A heartbreaking children's book about the experiences of a young survivor of the Iran-Iraq War, 1980-88.