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War Reading List


U.S. Civil War:

Ada     Adams, Richard                  Traveller
Cra     Crane, Stephen                  The Red Badge of Courage
Fra     Frazier, Charles                Cold Mountain
Vau     Vaughan, Robert                 Andersonville
Wic     Wicker, Tom                     Unto This Hour

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World War I:

Ben     Bennett, Jack                   Gallipoli
Big     Biggins, John                   The Two-Headed Eagle
Big     Biggins, John                   The Emperors Coloured Coat
Car     Carroll, James                  Supply of Heroes
Col     Collins, Richard O.             Contessa: A Novel of Italy
Fai     Fairchild, William              No Man's Land
Fau     Faulks, Sebastion               Birdsong
Hel     Helprin, Mark                   A Soldier of the Grat War
Rem     Remarque, Erich                 All Quiet On the Western Front
Tur     Turtledove, Harry               The Great War:  American Front

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World War II:

All     Allington, Maynard              A Fox in the Field
Bin     Binding, Tim                    Luing With the Enemy
Boo     Booth, Martin                   The Jade Pavilion (Hong Kong)
Dav     Davis, John G.                  The Land God Made In Anger
Dav     Davis, J. Madison               And the Angels Sing
Def     Deforges, Regine                Lea:  A Novel of France Under 
                                        the Occupation
Deh     De Hartog, Jan                  The Captain
Deh     De Hartog, Jan                  The Trail of the Serpent (Dutch
                                        East Indies)
Den     Denny, Robert                   Night Run:  A Novel of the Night
                                        Witches
Dic     Dickey, James                   To the White Sea (Japan)
Dun     Dunmore, Spencer                Squadron
Fau     Faulks, Sebastion               Charlotte Gray
Fin     Findley, Timothy                The Wars
Hel     Heller, Joseph                  Catch-22
Hem     Hemingway, Ernest               A Farewell to Arms
Ken     Keneally, Thomas                Schindler's List
Mit     Mitchell, Jared                 The Invincible
Par     Park, Therese                   A Gift of the Emperor
Sea     Searls, Hank                    Kataki:  A Novel of Revenge
Ste     Steinbeck, John                 The Moon is Down
Tre     Trevor, Elleston                The Killing Ground
Van     Van Rjndt, Philippe             Last Message to Berlin
Vii     Viirlaid, Arved                 Graves Without Crosses
Von     Vonnegut, Kurt                  Slaughterhouse Five
Wak     Wakefield, Dan                  Under the Apple Tree
Wel     Welcome, John                   A Call to Arms
Wou     Wouk, Herman                    The Winds of War
Wou     Wouk, Herman                    The Caine Mutiny
Wri     Wright, Patricia                Heart of the Storm

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Other Wars:

Cam     Campbell, John T               Raid on Truman (Korea)
Cor     Cornwell, Bernard              Sharpe's Rifles (Napoleonic)
Cro     Crowley, Elaine                The ways of Women (Irish Uprising)
Day     Day, Douglas                   The Prison Notebooks of Ricardo
                                       Flores Magon (mexican Revolution 1914)
Del     Del Castillo, Michel           Child of Our Time (Spanish Civil War)
Der     De Rosa, Peter                 Rebels (Irish Rising 1916)
Dye     Dye, Dale A                    Platoon (Vietnam)
Fal     Fallaci, Oriana                Inshallah (Beirut)
Hem     Hemingway, Ernest              For Whom the Bell Tolls (Spanish Civil War)
Hud     Hudson, Christopher            The Killing Fields (Cambodia)
Koc     Koch, Christopher              Highways to a War (Cambodia)
Mal     Malouf, David                  The Great World (Australian P.O.W.
                                       in Thailand)

Updated Aug 2001

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