Richard Berg 
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- James Chambers' "The History of the Mongol Conquests"
- David Nicolle's "Armies of Medieval Russia"
- David Nicolle's "Mongol Warlords"
- David Nicolle's "The Mamluks 1250-1517"
- Reuven Amitai-Preiss' "Mongols and Mamluks: The Mamluk-Ilkhanid War, 1260-1281"
- Stephen Turnbull's "Mongols"
- Terence Wise's "Medieval Warfare"
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Gene Billingsley
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- Richard B. Frank's "Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle"
- "Definitive" says it all. I picked up the book looking for info on the Cactus Air Force and couldn't put it down. Excellent situation maps, cogent analysis, and an in-depth look at strategy, tactical execution, and the personalities involved make this book a terrific read for anyone interested in the air-land-sea battle for Guadalcanal.
- Tom Blackburn's "Jolly Rogers"
- I love flying stories, especially tales that follow a squadron from formation through combat. This is such a book. Commander Blackburn takes the reader back to the beginnings of VF-17, when all the aviators were being introduced to each other and to a completely new aircraft, the F-4U Corsair. Within less than a year of those introductions, they were engaged in deadly daily aerial knife fights with the pride of the IJN. The book's combat descriptions are just outstanding; the author is skilled at creating a picture in the reader's mind of just what it must have been like to fly and fight the "bent-wing bird." If you're at all interested in WWII air combat, check out this book.
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Steve Carey
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- Rich Atkinson's "An Army at Dawn: The War in Africa, 1942-43"
- AN ARMY AT DAWN truly enhanced my enjoyment of GMT's Kasserine game. It really highlighted the chaos and variability of assets in battle, which I think the game reflects very well.
- Barry Strauss' "The Battle of Salamis"
- This book is excellent(!), and is the perfect companion to GMT's Salamis expansion for War Galley.
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Rodger MacGowan
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- "History of the Later Roman Empire" Volume 2 by J.B. Bury
- Excellent book on the Justinian period. Insights and detailed reports on the battles found in the Cataphract game. A must if you are a GBoH player.
- "Mongols, Huns, and Vikings" by Hugh Kennedy
- "The Ancient World in the Cinema" by Jon Solomon
- "Film Noir Reader" series by Alain Silver and James Ursini
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Bill Ramsay
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- Beyond the Beachhead - Joseph Balkoski
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- Decision in Normandy - Carlo d'Este
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Alan Ray
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- Strassler, Robert B. ed, "The Landmark Thucydides. A Comprehensive Guide to
the Pelopennesian War"
- A well annotated translation of Thucydides work. The editor provides
copious maps cross-referenced to the text. A must for readers new to reading
ancient authors.
- Diodorus Siculus, "The Library of Historey" Volumes V, VI, and X from the
Loeb Classical Library.
- In these volumes, Diodorus covers much the same ground as Thucydides
and Xenophon, but preserves the viewpoints of other ancient authors whose
works are lost to us. For the later Hellensitic period, he is often the only
source.
- Procopius, "History of the Wars" Volumes I-V from the Loeb Classical Library.
- Procopius provides an eye witness account of the campaigns of
Belisarius and an overview of the Justininian period. His detailed account of
the seige of Rome (he was there) provides great insight on what it was like
to be engaged in this form of warfare on a daily basis.
- Treadgold, Warren, "A History of the Byzantine State and Society"
- A 1000 page comprehensive modern history of Byzantium. A must read
for anyone interested in the topic.
- Treadgold, Warren, "Byzantium and its Army 284-1081"
- Well written, detailed assessment of the Byzantine Army. A wargame
designer's delight.
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Mike Welker
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- David Glantz's Kharkov 1942 : Anatomy of a Military Disaster
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Rob Winslow
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- Fred Anderson's "Crucible of War"
- We used this book extensively for Wilderness War. It's the best book on the subject (imo), and it reads just like the game plays.
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