Military fiction occupies an awkward place in a military historian's leisure reading. Friends often give books by Richard Woodman, Dale Brown, Bernard Cornwell, Tom Clancy, and similar authors, so a large collection has accumulated. The books are enjoyable, but a fictional version of the day job does not always provide much of a break. Personal purchases therefore tend toward something further removed, represented here by Terry Pratchett.
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When military fiction feels too much like work
Gifts of military fiction can feel like an extension of a naval historian's workday rather than a change of pace.