"Which WWIII book next?" Topic

Ive read:
World War 3, Red Storm Rising, Team Yankee, Red Army.

What else is on par with those 4? (Btw, Im not interested in Naval battles).

Thanks.

U.K.

Chieftains for Western Europe.
Red Phoenix for Korean War II (does have some naval but it's hard to avoid considering the theatre).

Chieftains is an excellent book. Take a look at Cauldron, The Ten Thousand and Sword Point and WW3 the untold stories. There is also an excellent book called The Next War written by Caspar Weinburger with a forward by Margaret Thatcher that was a good read.

ill echo Cheiftains, and fairly cheap on Kindle if youve got one.

Yes a third Hurrah! for Chieftains by Bob Forrest Webb, if you can get hold of a copy without hving to sell the children.

Also consider 'Red Thrust' by Steven Zaloga – an excellent 'Faction' work which opens each chapter on a seperate branch of the Soviet Army with a fictional engagement – Inf, Armour, Army, Aviation, etc….

Steven was a US Army Intel Officer, so combines technical knowledge with an empathy about operational decision making which so many other academics lack!

I'll add +1 to Red Thrust, Red Phoenix (though the luvvy stuff was extraneous), and Sword Point. I think Cauldron was ok too, but for whatever reason, I haven't re-read it, unlike all the others.

Firefall by Ed Ruggero

It's not WWIII but it's WWIII's first cousin: the 2d Korean War books like Larry Bond's Red Phoenix and Ed Ruggero's 38 North Yankee. And unlike WWIII, a 2d Korean War is still in the cards.

The Next War has 5 or 6 scenarios one of which is a very scary North Korea scenario.

Vortex by Larry Bond, Invasion by Eric L. Harry.

Thanks all. Great suggestions!

I have just bought a copy of Chieftains on Amazon UK for £1.28 GBP!
The next price up for the paperback is £28.00 GBP!
Kindle price in the UK is £3.30 GBP.

Paul

Try "The War That Never Was" by Michael A Palmer – very much like Hackett's Books, an overview of WWIII. Also by the same author, "Arctic Strike" which covers the Norwegian campaign in more detail. Both books do have a fair bit of naval stuff though, particularly "Arctic Strike" as the writer is a naval historian.

I'm surprised no-one's mentioned that old favourite "First Clash" by Kenneth Macksey yet.

John.

'Total War 2006'by Simon Pearson is worth a look if you like the documentary style of Hackett's 'Third World War'. Lots of interesting ideas around possible conflicts in the Baltic and other parts of the world.

If you're after more of a traditional novel it might not be your cup of tea though, so I'll second anything by Harold Coyle or Larry Bond ('Vortex' is not exactly WWIII, and a bit fanciful, but a great read nonetheless)

You can pick copies of '2006' up pretty cheap through Amazon.
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Yes of course 'First Clash' is excellent – kind of a cross between a novel and a training aid – which of course it was, for the Canadian Army…

"Red Army" – Ralph Peters (iirc) v unusual in that in this one, oops, that'd spoil it…

Thanks again. I have added all of the above titles to my wish list.