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[Jasmine, Gatekeeper of Giveaways.]

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[Viji]

Looking for book suggestions for these tasks:

B.A. Major: Military Science

Books about WWII, from the axis perspective.

Books (fiction or nonfiction) about any high ranking military officer (the United States or global) - Could books about Alexander the Great be used for this task?

Thanks.

[Lindsey]

I would think Alexander the Great would work for a high ranking military officer.

As for WWII from the axis side, I was thinking The Women in the Castle or At the Wolf's Table

[Chris]

Viji wrote: "Looking for book suggestions for these tasks:

B.A. Major: Military Science

Books about WWII, from the axis perspective.

Books (fiction or nonfiction) about any high ranking military officer (the..."

I would think there are lots of books on Napoleon, U.S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Patton, Eisenhower, and MacArthur to name a few Generals.

[Jodi]

Lindsey wrote: "I would think Alexander the Great would work for a high ranking military officer.

As for WWII from the axis side, I was thinking The Women in the Castle or At the Wolf's Tabl..."</i>

I just read Women in the Castle with my book club last night and I thought it was excellent. Another book from the axis perspective is [book:Those Who Save Us. Neither of the books are military stories, however, both books feature German characters during WWII.

[Jasmine, Gatekeeper of Giveaways.]

Viji wrote: "Looking for book suggestions for these tasks:

B.A. Major: Military Science

Books about WWII, from the axis perspective.

Books (fiction or nonfiction) about any high ranking military officer (the..."

Books on Alexander the Great are fine. Other possibilities Grant:, The Rickover Effect: How One Man Made a Difference, Patton: A Genius for War. Whatever general you are interested in. You can also do high ranking military officers from other countries, I am just not personally familiar with many.

An axis book that was suggested by another member and has been pinned is: Fatherland.

[Jodi]

Fatherland counts even though it’s an alternate history?

[Jasmine, Gatekeeper of Giveaways.]

Jodi wrote: "Fatherland counts even though it’s an alternate history?"

It will work in this instance.

[Viji]

Thanks a lot, Lindsey, Chris, Jodi and Jasmine for the suggestions. I love this group as I could always depend on all of you to learn more.

I have Women in Castle and one task is taken care of!

Would Tiger Claws by John Speed work for the task - a high ranking military officer? Shivaji was a great Marata warrior and he was a nightmare to the Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb and he led Marata to freedom from the Moguls.

Another book I have is Ponniyin Selvan Book 1: Fresh Floods
This is about the the great Chola King Rajaraja who was also a great military general. There are two volumes of this book.
The book Ponniyin Selvan by Kalki has another translated version in 5 parts by C.V. Kathik Narayanan. The first volume is -
The First Floods and there are 4 more separate volumes.
All the five volumes are here: Ponniyin Selvan All Volumes

There is also another 4 part book by Kalki called Sivakamiyin Sabadham. This is about the great Pallava Emperors Mahendra Varmar and Narasimha Varmar (lovingly referred to as Maamallar, who was instrumental in creating the beautiful sculptures in Mamallapuram) - both of them were great military leaders. The first volume is Sivakamiyin Sabadham

These are translated versions from Tamil to English. Would any of these books suit the task?

In 2018, I read two books which would have fitted this task easily - Fatherland and
I, Krishnadevaraya
Krishnadevaraya was the Emperor of Vijayanagar and a military genius.

Thanks.

[Tom]

If you are looking for a book about Alexander the great, can I suggest Jennifer Macaire's is excellent 'Time for Alexander' series. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...)

[Viji]

Tom wrote: "If you are looking for a book about Alexander the great, can I suggest Jennifer Macaire's is excellent 'Time for Alexander' series. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...)"

Thanks a lot, Tom.

[Viji]

Ooops! Mixed up the tasks. My query in Msg. #9 is foro the task:
Military Science : B.A. Major
Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) about any high ranking military officer (the United States or global)

Thanks.

[Viji]

About the task:
Military Science-
Read 2 books from the Professional Military Reading List.

There are many lists mentioned in some of the links, i.e. pertaining to years 2014, 2015, 2016 etc.
Could the 2 books be from any of the lists or it should be only from the latest list in a particular link?

Thanks.

[Jasmine, Gatekeeper of Giveaways.]

Aim for the latest list

[S.E.]

Viji, you could try Picton's Division at Waterloo. by Philip Haythornthwaite( non-fiction).
Picton was known famously known by the Duke of Wellington as a foul-mouthed devil and was Welsh minor gentry. He often rode to battle on a blue topcoat and top hat, and died at Waterloo shot through that same hat which is in Carmarthen museum. I enjoyed it and it does give an insight into Wellingtons general tactics, (Mostly find really good places to fight and only be drawn into battles if you are in one.) Pretty sensible eh!.

[Jasmine, Gatekeeper of Giveaways.]

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[Maureen]

I have just finished my HFU 2019. Can one of the mod’s please review it.

Thank you Maureen
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