I recently finished reading Ender's Shadow through Shadow Puppets (I have yet to purchase SOTG) for about the 3rd time and have become interested in the strategic aspects of the novels. I was wondering what books were useful to OSC in developing the tactical aspects of these novels and if anyone else has read anything good on military strategy.
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
I haven't read it, because I have no interest in the topic, but The Art of War is supposed to be the best book for this. Posted by NinjaBirdman (Member # 7114) on :
The Art of War is great.
But I guess I should mention I haven't read any other military strategy books.
[ April 23, 2005, 04:10 AM: Message edited by: NinjaBirdman ]
Posted by Locke2525 (Member # 7554) on :
shadow of the hedgemon is an amazing book for that
Posted by lonelywalker (Member # 7815) on :
"On War" by von Clausewitz.
Probably also Machiavelli's "The Prince", although it isn't directly about war.
Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :
Biographies of good generals will often talk a lot about the strategies they employed. You can usually learn quite a bit from them. One of the better ones I read was Blood and Iron: From Bismarck to Hitler the Von Moltke Family's Impact on German History. It wasn't entirely focused on military strategy, but it contained a lot of great information on the wars which gave rise to Germany's unification. It was a very interesting read.
Posted by lonelywalker (Member # 7815) on :
I read a good one on Rommel's desert campaigns, but I don't remember the title.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
You might try Osprey Publishing. I've got a fantastic little book published by them on the battle of the Kalka river. It goes into a fair amount of detail about both the strategy and tactics of the Mongols and the Russians in the 13th century.
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