if people have a better steam forum to post this I am open to that too. I've already sent this wuestion to other websites as well.

I like the Hornblower Series.

not identical but gives me very Sharpe feels.

Shogun by James Clavell About a European who is in Japan just before the Sekigahara Battle that decided the fate of Japan.
Not a line infantry warfare but probably one of the best historical fictions out there - and its got action.
The Samurai can wage war with simple technicalities in manners alone.
It is based on a real person too.

Hornblower is good tv series have not read the books but they must be good.

Flashman - I am soon to be reading this.

-Washing of the Spears a historical book but you can skip to the actual invasion of Zululand.

-Britains forgotten wars, by Ian Hernon.
Another Historical book that is all about the Empire wars. And it does not hold back, there is no white washing in that book, the good and the bad.

oh, yes, Shogun is a goodie

引用自 DutyCallsBackNextYear：

Shogun by James Clavell About a European who is in Japan just before the Sekigahara Battle that decided the fate of Japan.
Not a line infantry warfare but probably one of the best historical fictions out there - and its got action.
The Samurai can wage war with simple technicalities in manners alone.
It is based on a real person too.

Hornblower is good tv series have not read the books but they must be good.

Flashman - I am soon to be reading this.

-Washing of the Spears a historical book but you can skip to the actual invasion of Zululand.

-Britains forgotten wars, by Ian Hernon.
Another Historical book that is all about the Empire wars. And it does not hold back, there is no white washing in that book, the good and the bad.

The sengoku Jidsi was bassically Japan's crash course with pike and shotte. I love the era just many depoctions tend to get... animefied.

I also heard that the Japanese actually came up with the concept of rifling before europeans with the matchlocks they bought. No idea if it's true or not but cool of it is.

Will definetly try that one out. (so long as people aren't slicing bullets out of mid air with their swords.)

welcome to your new addiction

https://psteamproxy.yuanyoumao.com/app/589290/Holdfast_Nations_At_War/

引用自 -OrLoK- Слава Україн：

I like the Hornblower Series.

not identical but gives me very Sharpe feels.

Was hornblower mainly naval? I don't know as much about naval combat or terms so those are weightier reads for me

引用自 Beltneck：

Fighting In Hell: The German Ordeal on the Eastern Front.

Its a collection of German and Russian field manuals, along with some officer commentary from after the war, then translated to English. Lots of good tactics for fighting in cold climates and forests. Must read book for Rangers and Alpine soldiers.

While it's not what I'd read for entertainment on my lunchbreak. I looked it up and it looks like great research for the historic military fiction I am trying to write.

引用自 Beltneck：

引用自 Larry：

While it's not what I'd read for entertainment on my lunchbreak. I looked it up and it looks like great research for the historic military fiction I am trying to write.

eh, fiction is full of holes. Field Manuals and After Action Reports where its at.

It's why I do fiction in the first place. I love reading about the actual warfare, the mechanics of it and actions taken to secure victory. But I do not care too much about places, people or countries. I want to write battles, politics interfering with warfare, harsh traveling theough hostile terrain with little supplies and the atrocities of war without worrying about the minutia of learning about specific people years, where/when the battle was actually fought.

Field manuals would be research for me and I'm too autistic to fully absorb those while everyone in Wallmart is screaming. I will read it at home though after The Book of the Constitutional Soldier.

引用自 Beltneck：

引用自 Larry：

It's why I do fiction in the first place. I love reading about the actual warfare, the mechanics of it and actions taken to secure victory. But I do not care too much about places, people or countries. I want to write battles, politics interfering with warfare, harsh traveling theough hostile terrain with little supplies and the atrocities of war without worrying about the minutia of learning about specific people years, where/when the battle was actually fought.

Field manuals would be research for me and I'm too autistic to fully absorb those while everyone in Wallmart is screaming. I will read it at home though after The Book of the Constitutional Soldier.

The Art of War would be good for you then too. Just try to avoid versions that have a lot of commentary. It covers a lot of military doctrines that still apply today. Technology might have changed, but the principles haven't.

It has a whole section on different kinds of terrain, and the effect is has on infantry - but also the grand strategy. The section on 'Fire' applies to pretty much any weapon you would employ that isn't precisely controlled. Like gas weapons, war dogs, or even theoretical zombies.

Let's not sidestep Machiavelli.
After all, what is war but ultimate politics?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biggles

(Admittedly, I haven't read any of the books, and only know that he was a Cardinal with the Spanish Inquisition for a time.)

Also,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leatherstocking_Tales
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GlYa20-JZY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War

Shelby Foote's "The Civil War: A Narrative" A different area, and a different time, might be to educational since it has politics, first hand accounts and the like, rather than just a story. There is a YouTube series about the Franco-Prussian war with similar accounts, but I forgot what it was call, but makes a good audio book.

引用自 Beltneck：

引用自 Сааребас：

Let's not sidestep Machiavelli.
After all, what is war but ultimate politics?

Machiavelli is a must if you wan't to get into business.

Business is war too.

Reading his books never really hurts, as with 41 laws of power.

The fundamentals of approach and positioning are very well layed bare.
Something the art of war also addresses in depth.

引用自 Beltneck：

引用自 Сааребас：

Let's not sidestep Machiavelli.
After all, what is war but ultimate politics?

Machiavelli is a must if you wan't to get into business. cuz business is war too. The territory is market share, and monies are your soldiers.

Honestly you make the art of war sound more appealing than everyone who's told me about it previously. Alot of people tended to just give me some tame quote trom the book and qcted like it was mind blowing and that always put me off of it.

Machiavelli on the other hand has not been in a conversation involving me for over 20 years. I've never actually thought too much about him before but he could definetly help me write a cold blooded politician.

引用自 DutyCallsBackNextYear：

Hornblower is good tv series have not read the books but they must be good.

Flashman - I am soon to be reading this.

-Washing of the Spears a historical book but you can skip to the actual invasion of Zululand.

-Britains forgotten wars, by Ian Hernon.
Another Historical book that is all about the Empire wars. And it does not hold back, there is no white washing in that book, the good and the bad.

Same question for flashman as hotnblower, is it mainly naval combat?

I will give the last two a look also. I can't abide a book that does not show off all the tragedy that follows war.