Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
Start by marking “First Clash:Combat” as Want to Read:
First Clash:Combat
Enlarge cover
Rate this book
Clear rating
Open Preview

First Clash:Combat

3.75  ·  Rating details ·  72 ratings  ·  4 reviews
Paperback, 248 pages
Published April 1st 1988 by Berkley (first published 1985)
More Details... Edit Details

Friend Reviews

To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

Reader Q&A

To ask other readers questions about First Clash, please sign up.

Be the first to ask a question about First Clash

Community Reviews

Showing 1-50
Average rating 3.75  · 
Rating details
 ·  72 ratings  ·  4 reviews


More filters
 | 
Sort order
Start your review of First Clash:Combat
Conrad Kinch
An odd book, originally comissioned as a manual for the Canadian Armed Forces in the early eighties, it describes the first three days of a (thankfully) fictional World War Three as experienced by the men of a Canadian armoured battle group. The group is engaged in a delaying action against a numerically superior Soviet force and each chapter covers one part of the operation, preparing initial defensive positions, launching counter attacks and so forth.

The narrative is presented as a novel with
...more
David Garvin
Jan 01, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Without a doubt, this is the best of all the "Cold War Tuned Hot" novels. If you only read one book about the potential war between the Warsaw Pact and NATO in the mid-1980s, THIS is it. ...more
Bill
Feb 06, 2021 added it
The book was originally published a Canadian Forces Publication B-GL-309-006/FT001.
Jim
Sep 06, 2010 rated it did not like it
From my Army time
Dave
rated it it was ok
Jul 23, 2011
Michael
rated it really liked it
Aug 29, 2008
Jason Williams
rated it liked it
Nov 20, 2012
Patrick
rated it it was ok
Jan 12, 2022
Steve Moat
rated it it was ok
Jul 06, 2014
Sam
rated it really liked it
Jul 25, 2014
Jeff Jones
rated it it was amazing
Feb 17, 2017
Clark Wilson
rated it it was amazing
Jul 01, 2017
Richard Lunardi
rated it really liked it
May 29, 2014
Cory
rated it really liked it
Apr 01, 2020
Christopher
rated it really liked it
Jul 29, 2012
Ronald Egy
rated it liked it
May 17, 2016
Lev
rated it really liked it
Jan 14, 2022
Liquidlasagna
rated it it was amazing
Jun 19, 2021
Paul
rated it liked it
Jul 28, 2011
Ryan Boyer
rated it it was amazing
Jan 01, 2015
Mike
rated it really liked it
Oct 02, 2014
Chris
rated it liked it
Apr 03, 2015
Mads Johnson
rated it it was amazing
Jan 17, 2019
Juha
rated it it was ok
Sep 07, 2014
Cal Goski
rated it liked it
Nov 06, 2018
Sebmar
rated it it was amazing
Aug 22, 2018
Mike Gindling
rated it it was amazing
Feb 27, 2021
Raymond Thomas
rated it liked it
Jan 07, 2013
Michael Dorosh
rated it really liked it
Jul 07, 2013
Chris
marked it as to-read
Mar 21, 2008
Mark H
added it
Jul 09, 2010
Daniel
added it
Nov 15, 2010
Stephen Hermer
marked it as to-read
Jan 03, 2011
Paul
marked it as to-read
Nov 09, 2011
Ward
added it
Feb 09, 2012
Jason
added it
Apr 28, 2012
Lee
marked it as to-read
Sep 20, 2012
Jim
marked it as to-read
Jan 22, 2013
Dbx
added it
Jan 26, 2013
Twilight Sparkle
marked it as to-read
May 29, 2013
Mikko
marked it as to-read
Jun 26, 2013
Scott Salsman
marked it as to-read
Jul 21, 2013
Belhor Crowley
marked it as to-read
Aug 16, 2013
Jfr
added it
Nov 29, 2013
« previous 1 3 next »
There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Be the first to start one »

Readers also enjoyed

  • Hard Target (The Zone, #1)
  • Blind Fire (The Zone, #2)
  • Miller and Max
  • Fire Power: The British Army: Weapons and Theories of War, 1904-1945,
  • Crowdie and Cream and Other Stories
  • Saxon, Viking and Norman
  • The Landsknechts (Osprey Men-at-Arms #58)
  • The Conquistadores
  • Medieval Warfare
  • Kursk: Russia's Lost Pride
  • Gridded Naval Wargames
  • Cooking With Columbo: Suppers With The Shambling Sleuth: Episode guides and recipes from the kitchen of Peter Falk and many of his Columbo co-stars
  • Red Phoenix (Red Phoenix #1)
  • Kiteworld
  • The Grain Kings
  • Pavane
  • Swastika Night
  • The Sound of His Horn
See similar books…
British author and historian who specialized in military history and military biography, particularly of the Second World War. Macksey was commissioned in the Royal Armoured Corps and served during the Second World War (earning the Military Cross under the command of Percy Hobart). Macksey later wrote the (authoritative) biography of Hobart.Macksey gained a permanent commission in 1946, was transf ...more

News & Interviews

There are readers who like to discover obscure titles and then there are readers who want to read the books that have everyone abuzz with...
21 likes · 5 comments