I'm mostly into historical non-fiction... writers like Glantz and Beavor.
15 Dec 2020, 22:19
Books that inspire my Call of War addiction
I am usually on and off on this game so I don't burn out. I was first attracted to Bytro games back in Supremacy's earliest days. I found them after reading Tom Clancy's novel Red Storm Rising and was wanting to play a game that kind of embodied that story.
I just recently finished War Planner series by Andrew Watts. After taking several months off of this game it brought me back with a vengeance wanting to play out scenarios that I read.
Anyone else have good book series that drives their passion for CoW?
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16 Dec 2020, 03:05
Red Storm Rising is a great one! Just read it myself! I like other Tom Clancy books as well, especially his Jack Ryan series.
16 Dec 2020, 03:55
Unfortunately his newer stuff I find lacking. Well I say "his" new stuff but more of his company sponsored authors. Solid brand though. I really enjoy the early Jack Ryan days and reading about him advancing in the Bureaucracy.
16 Dec 2020, 09:14
Not only books. I like hear or watching music videos like "we are soldiers", "good day to die", almoast all of sabatons, like "panzerkampf", "Bismarck" and many many others.
But yes, several fictions of ww2 are nice have to read.
16 Dec 2020, 14:30
I think a forum favorite would probably be Man in the High Castle because of alternative history genre being linked directly to this game. Historical fiction is just so fascinating.
20 Dec 2020, 20:12
James Holland writes some amazing non-fiction books. Fictionally, the Sharpe series (all Bernard corwall books for that matter) and the Hornblower books are also great.
22 Dec 2020, 03:09
Sharpe series makes you want to play this?
22 Dec 2020, 16:03
Not really but I'm saying its a good book series.Tribunate wrote:
Sharpe series makes you want to play this?
22 Dec 2020, 19:15
I watched a little of the show. Great story but corny acting. How do you compare the book series to the TV series?
23 Dec 2020, 19:12
Sean Bean wrecked Sharpe. The books are a lot better. In fact, the fact that the Sharpe TV series survived with Sean Bean in it is just testimony to how badass Sharpe is in the books.
23 Dec 2020, 19:38
Dang you make me want to read them now. The Pennisular Campaign is always very intriguing to me but so understudied in mainstream history.
23 Dec 2020, 21:53
I suppose its because most people assume all it did was 'annoy' Napoleon. In some way, yes, it only did this but on the other hand 7 armies all led by field marshals (that is roughly what was there throughout the war) is a lot.Tribunate wrote:
mainstream history.
4 Jan 2021, 15:19 (edited)
Tom Clancy has a ton of books out there that are similar to Red Storm Rising, some (like The Hunt For Red October, Cardinal of the Kremlin, Rainbow Six) are really good. Larry Bond (who co-wrote RSR) has a ton of books too, I personally prefer Bond because he focuses more on the big geopolitical picture.My favorite is Vortex, hands down.
4 Jan 2021, 16:02
I will have to snag Vortex. Tom Clancy (in his earlier books) always had the best geopolitical details. Debt of Honor is up there, kind of a slow read but goes into the economics behind warfare too.
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