 | The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan (Soviet (Russian) Study of War)
Buy new: £19.56 / Used from: £28.18 Experiences of Soviet Junior Officers in Afghanistan. Very relevent to current operations in Afghanistan.
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 | We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Harold G. Moore
Buy used from: £2.40 The chaos of pitched battle, the difficulties of C2 and mobility and the importance of intelligence
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 | By Tank into Normandy (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Stuart Hills
Buy new: £2.25 / Used from: £0.80 Detailed portrayal of armoured troop leading in combat
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 | Fighting Fit: Complete SAS Fitness Training Handbook by Adrian Weale
Buy new: £3.01 / Used from: £2.59 Excellent guide to improving personal fitness with military aims in mind
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 | Jane's Chem-bio Handbook: International (Janes)
Buy new: £14.40 / Used from: £14.65 Vital reference guide for CBRN and TIC issues in contemporary operating environment and UK Ops, should be in every CBRN cell battle-box
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 | 18 Platoon by Sydney Jary
On the Sandhurst reading list and with good reason
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 | The Arab Mind by Raphael Patai
Buy used from: £11.75 The best book I could find to help me (as a westerner) understand Iraqi thinking
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 | Islam for Dummies (For Dummies) by Malcolm Clark
Buy new: £7.52 / Used from: £3.98 Good for understanding the basics of Islam and the various traditions within
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 | Jarhead: A Solder's Story of Modern War by Anthony Swofford
Buy new: £2.97 / Used from: £0.01 Personal view of operations from a soldiers point of view, warts and all
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 | Achtung-Panzer!: The Development of Tank Warfare (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Heinz Guderian
Buy new: £2.20 / Used from: £0.01 Great guide to manouevrist thinking and the conceptual component
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 | Knight's Cross: Life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel by Sir David Fraser
Buy used from: £5.00 Interesting guide to leadership and readable history, Beware of the long screw-driver!
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 | Flashman (The Flashman Papers) by George MacDonald Fraser
Buy new: £4.39 / Used from: £0.49 Soldiering in a more civilised era, whole Flashman series is required reading for any self respecting young army officer!
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 | Secret Soldiers: Special Forces in the War Against Terrorism (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Peter Harclerode
Buy used from: £0.20 This is a fantastic history of the evolution of international terrorism since 1970 and the fight against it
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 | Brixmis: The Untold Exploits of Britain's Most Daring Cold War Spy Mission by Tony Geraghty
Buy used from: £24.99 Although not particularly useful from a professional point of view, fascinating
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 | The Operators: On the Streets with Britain's Most Secret Service (Pen & Sword Military Classics) by James Rennie
Buy new: £6.59 / Used from: £4.46 No idea how much truth there is in this book, but a great story none the less
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 | Devil's Guard by George Robert Elford
Buy used from: £135.87 Fascinating story which raises interesting questions relating to moral thresholds in the fight against insurgents. Not necessarily ideal reading for soldiers and NCOs.
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 | Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam by John A. Nagl
Buy new: £5.40 / Used from: £13.01 Superb reading on COIN and asymetric warfare
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 | The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World by Rupert Smith
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £5.87 Vital reading for any aspiring staff officer
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 | Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War by Richard Holmes
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £2.99 A good illustration of contemporary operations, the Bn is shown in an unfairly favourable light (the author was Regimental Colonel), impression of: "we missed the war (TELIC 1) so we'll have our own"
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