<p>Have read the Samet book (great) , and am now reading Rick Atkinson’s 2nd volume of his proposed Liberation trilogy, “The Day of Battle – Sicily and Italy”. “An Army at Dawn: the War in North Africa”, Vol I, was great and “The Day of Battle” is, I think, even better. Granted, the strategy and tactics of the North African and Italian campaigns of WW2 may not be of importance in today’s wars, but I do think that his characterizations of the major players (makes you want to read bios of Ike and Monty), as well as the guys who got it done (Waskow et al) are relevant to today’s studies. </p>
<p>I mention this mostly with the hope that we can create an active thread which lists books that are of interest to the WP community – prospective cadets, and those who are currently at WP, and what they find relevant reads.</p>