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#2744129 - 06/16/09 11:32 AM Books on the Marines  
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Can anyone recommend any books on the Marine culture, tactics and operations?

I read the book "One Bullet Away" by Nathaniel Fick a few years ago and wanted to follow it up with something more. Any suggestions?


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#2744133 - 06/16/09 11:38 AM Re: Books on the Marines [Re: Fridge]  
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I ordered Clancy's "A Guided Tour" about the Marine Expeditionary Unit yesterday. I liked his Army Spec Ops, Air Wing and Nuke Sub Tours, not super-detailed but good to get in gaming mood.

#2744164 - 06/16/09 01:06 PM Re: Books on the Marines [Re: Fridge]  
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Well, since you've read "One bullet away", the next logical step would be to read "Generation Kill" by Evan Wright.


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#2744176 - 06/16/09 01:36 PM Re: Books on the Marines [Re: Jayhawk]  
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"Generation Kill" is an excellent read, like the HBO miniseries is an excellent tv series. You might also want to check out "Ambush Alley: The Most Extraordinary Battle of the Iraq War" by Tim Pritchard. It's the story of the Nasiriyah battle.

#2744178 - 06/16/09 01:43 PM Re: Books on the Marines [Re: Orangutan]  
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Though not books, if you are a real policy nerd like me any of the documents on this page are really good for strategic/operational level doctrine, although A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower is not really relevant reading in this context.


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#2744268 - 06/16/09 04:16 PM Re: Books on the Marines [Re: fatty]  
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I know of an ARMA 2 based guide that will becoming out in the near future.

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#2744993 - 06/17/09 07:26 PM Re: Books on the Marines [Re: Wepps]  
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Non Fiction

Making of the Corps

WW2

Goodbye Darkness
With The Old Breed

Iraq/Afghanistan

Generation Kill
No True Glory
One Bullet Away

Fiction

Fields of Fire

#2745194 - 06/18/09 12:45 AM Re: Books on the Marines [Re: Wepps]  
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Originally Posted By: Wepps
I know of an ARMA 2 based guide that will becoming out in the near future.

ar15

Might even be tomorrow. It's pretty much done. It ended up being... biiiiig. Really, really, really big.

I think people'll get a lot out of it, though. Hope so, at least. smile

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Can't wait to see it, I learned a lot from the last one!

#2745392 - 06/18/09 01:21 PM Re: Books on the Marines [Re: Wepps]  
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Dslyecxi I am looking forward to it.


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#2819004 - 07/15/09 05:17 PM Re: Books on the Marines [Re: Jayhawk]  
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It's the same Lt. Fick is it? Interesting. I didn't know he had written a book as well. Is it any good?

#2819019 - 07/15/09 05:33 PM Re: Books on the Marines [Re: Cicero]  
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Yeah, One Bullet Away was written by Lt. (later a Captain). I'm waiting on mine to arrive.

#2821487 - 07/18/09 05:08 PM Re: Books on the Marines [Re: Wepps]  
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Originally Posted By: Wepps
Yeah, One Bullet Away was written by Lt. (later a Captain). I'm waiting on mine to arrive.


I'll have to have a look at it I think. I got one called 'We Were One' about Marines during the battle for Fallujah today for holiday reading when I go to Berlin next week. Anyone here read it? looks like it's got a few tactical maps in it which might be interested for mission building in a few different games.

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Originally Posted By: Cicero
Originally Posted By: Wepps
Yeah, One Bullet Away was written by Lt. (later a Captain). I'm waiting on mine to arrive.


I'll have to have a look at it I think. I got one called 'We Were One' about Marines during the battle for Fallujah today for holiday reading when I go to Berlin next week. Anyone here read it? looks like it's got a few tactical maps in it which might be interested for mission building in a few different games.


Just finished it. Pretty good book. Basically oral history and "embedded" reporting weaved together.

The March Up and No True Glory by Bing West (You might also read his Vietnam memoir The Village for a better idea of his background and perspective on counter-insurgency).

We Were One by Patrick K O'Donnel

Hogs in the Shadowss by Milo S. Afong (collection of stories about Marine snipers in Iraq).

One I am thinking about reading, but may wait for paperback:

Victory Point by Ed Darack


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#2821883 - 07/19/09 07:56 AM Re: Books on the Marines [Re: akdavis]  
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Not marines, but a very engaging, heartening (and scary as all hell) book for me was Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines with the Elite Warriors of SOG, nonfiction by John L. Plaster. It's Vietnam, and was an eye opening (for me at least) read regarding special forces culture and tactics of that time.


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