Harsh Realism discussion

The title says it all, but make sure you recommend and talk about the books that follow people closely, not the strategic ones.

I loved All Quiet on the Western Front.

Red One is an astonishing book.Ivison’s unflinching descriptions of the events of February 28 2006, of the intensity of the work carried out against the backdrop of a potentially deadly riot and close by the bodies of his friends, bring the book to life. The detail with which he then charts his own emotional response, his disintegration into post-traumatic stress disorder, demonstrates bravery, perhaps even greater than that he displayed in Iraq, and for which he was awarded the George Medal.

Taskforce Black is amazing if you want an insight into the cluster-fuck that was Iraq

Goodbye, Darkness by William Manchester, about WWII Pacific Theater
Once a Marine by Alexander Vandegrift, about Guadalcanal in WWII
The Dead Are Mine (author unknown), about Graves Registration in WWII
Samurai by Saburo Sakai, about the Japanese ace in WWII
The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang, about Japanese atrocities in China in WWII
Life Magazine November 1943 edition: In the Bougainville article, you can see my stepdad drinking out of a coconut!

Goodbye, Darkness by William Manchester, about WWII Pacific Theater
Once a Marine by Alexander Vandegrift, about Guadalcanal in WWII
The Dead Are Mine (author unknown), about Graves Registration in WWII
Samurai by Saburo Sakai, about the Japanese ace in WWII
The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang, about Japanese atrocities in China in WWII
Life Magazine November 1943 edition: In the Bougainville article, you can see my stepdad drinking out of a coconut!