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That's exactly what happened....started with the Civil War....now I've already bought books on WWI. I particularly want to review the Vietnam War as well...this occured during my lifetime but I was too young to take interest.
And the Mongols I found just fascinating.
Guess I have a lot to look forward to...so much to learn, so little time! Didn't know there was a D-Day museum...the Holocaust Museum is certainly moving to visit...
My bookcases are overflowing.
here is a "teaser" for your interest in Vietnam...……..
this is an excellent website I have been a member of for years……...it studies all wars and ages...…..some members are authors and historians...…...there is some info buried in the older threads not available anywhere else...………
There comes a point where you look at the blurb for every book involving the war and realize you have heard and read that particular story dozens of times...interest wanes.
I started reading the popular books from the other side....German and Russian. That provides a really good balance as to how things were. Recently read the story of the top Japanese Ace. Great book...
I started out a Civil War buff.
Then WWI and WWI.
In the last decade or two a number of personal Vietnam books have been written. Scary stuff....but also some of them are from the "others"....meaning that most people who served in Vietnam never fired a shot.
Last year I developed a further interest in the US Civil Rights movements....some amazing books about all of that.
There is too much to know...you can't know it all. But it is nice to get fairly deep into a subject so that you don't get swayed by the tone of one or two books.
As a baby boomer my parents, aunts and uncles were all involved in World War Two. My mother worked in a war plant. An uncle was on a ship off Okinawa during the Kamikaze attacks. My next door neighbor was a Marine on Guadalcanal. He was probably the reason I joined the Marines during Vietnam.
So I’ve always been fascinated by this period of history and have read about it since I was a kid. During my military service I was stationed in Singapore and visited most of the battle sites related to the Japanese conquest of that island. I also have plans this year to tour the battlefields of Europe.
this is an excellent website I have been a member of for years……...it studies all wars and ages...…..some members are authors and historians...…...there is some info buried in the older threads not available anywhere else...………
As a baby boomer my parents, aunts and uncles were all involved in World War Two. My mother worked in a war plant. An uncle was on a ship off Okinawa during the Kamikaze attacks. My next door neighbor was a Marine on Guadalcanal. He was probably the reason I joined the Marines during Vietnam.
So I’ve always been fascinated by this period of history and have read about it since I was a kid. During my military service I was stationed in Singapore and visited most of the battle sites related to the Japanese conquest of that island. I also have plans this year to tour the battlefields of Europe.
Awesome trips!
I'd love to see the island my dad, as a paratrooper, jumped on...Corregidor. There are many buffs into this island in particular, with an organization solely regarding all who served there. I check the website occasionally.... some visit the island and still find war remnants to this day.
I've been interested in World War II for the past 40 years. It started with the Battle of Midway, my interest having been sparked by seeing the movie Midway. This event is still my main focus of interest. But it's gradually expanded to other Pacific aircraft-carrier battles, then other Pacific naval battles, then other Pacific aerial campaigns, then other Pacific battles of any type, then European air battles, and then European battles of other types. My interest in this subject has waxed and waned over time, but right now it's really going strong. There's just so much there to hold one's interest.
I've been interested in World War II for the past 40 years. It started with the Battle of Midway, my interest having been sparked by seeing the movie Midway. This event is still my main focus of interest. But it's gradually expanded to other Pacific aircraft-carrier battles, then other Pacific naval battles, then other Pacific aerial campaigns, then other Pacific battles of any type, then European air battles, and then European battles of other types. My interest in this subject has waxed and waned over time, but right now it's really going strong. There's just so much there to hold one's interest.
My interest started by reading the book IKE. Name of author escapes me right now. It was so interesting...of course D-Day info was included so lots to peak my interest.
I watch that stuff on TV all the time.
Before AHC, people called the History Channel the "Hitler Channel" because there was so much Hitler on it.
Now there's very little actual history on the History Channel.
Interesting fact:
James Doohan (otherwise known as Scotty on Star Trek) was shot 6 times on D-Day.
He had no middle finger on his right hand because it got shot off.
I started reading the popular books from the other side....German and Russian. That provides a really good balance as to how things were. Recently read the story of the top Japanese Ace. Great book...
Can you give me a couple of recommendations of books from the German and Russian side?
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