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    Posted: 05-Nov-2009 at 06:09
Hello all,

Recently, I rekindled my love for history, and military history in particular. I want to study this particular type of history, but I have no idea where to start. I'm looking for some good books to start out with, preferable English, but Dutch books will do as well.

Of course, I know a time period is extremely important, but as of right now, I really have no clue where to start. Maybe some general books about the history of warfare are a good start, I do not know. Furthermore, I am planning to read Sun Tzu's Art of War, but I do not know if this book is too advanced to start out with.

Thanks in advance!
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What era of military history are you most interested in?
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Originally posted by Cryptic

What era of military history are you most interested in?
 
At this moment, pretty much anything. I do not have a predefined era in which I am interested. Ancient is fine, gunpowder is fine, anything up to Napoleon and the Civil War most probably.
 
Basically, I'm looking for some books to get started, so nothing really specialized I suppose.
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For ancient,  Gates of Fire, by Scott Pressfield.  Though the book is technically historical fiction it is very well researched and very well written. With the exception of one chapter, it follows the historical events very closely.
 
For WWII, Bantam Books published a huge number of WWII titles in the 1950s and 1960s. Many of the books were written by the actual combatants. Others were written by researchers. The titles include many German authors and a few Japanese.
 
Over the years, I have read dozens of them. They usually sell for a few dollars and are usually easy to find in used book stores.  I cannot recommend this source enough due to the sheer number of titles. 
 
This link here has a partial list of the books that were published.


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Hello .... please help me to search for books and articles belong to ((link King of France Philip II Augustus of the church and the papacy in 1180 until 1190))
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Originally posted by Cryptic

For ancient,  Gates of Fire, by Scott Pressfield.  Though the book is technically historical fiction it is very well researched and very well written. With the exception of one chapter, it follows the historical events very closely.
 
For WWII, Bantam Books published a huge number of WWII titles in the 1950s and 1960s. Many of the books were written by the actual combatants. Others were written by researchers. The titles include many German authors and a few Japanese.
 
Over the years, I have read dozens of them. They usually sell for a few dollars and are usually easy to find in used book stores.  I cannot recommend this source enough due to the sheer number of titles. 
 
This link here has a partial list of the books that were published.


Thanks for taking the time and putting me on to these books. I'll look into it and I think I'll start with the book you recommended written by Scott Pressfield. Hope it's as good as you make it out to be.

Thanks again.
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I am pretty sure that you'll like it.  After you finish it, please let me know what you think of it. 
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