There have been, of course, many excellent books written about the military. The usual reading lists include ones as diverse as Once an Eagle by Anton Myrer and Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.
Two which deserve more attention are:
Stationed Safe Out Here by George MacDonald Fraser. Fraser is known for his Flashman novels, but this book is nonfiction; a memoir of his service with the British forces in Burma during World War II. It's excellent.
Balcony in the Forest by Julien Gracq. A short but memorable novel about a young French lieutenant who is in command of an anti-tank blockhouse in the Ardennes forest in World War II. It was believed that the Ardennes area was impregnable to German attack, but one day a French armor officer arrives and explains to the lieutenant just what will happen if the Germans show up.
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