My latest reading obsession is historical biographies related to war. After watching HBO’s “Band of Brothers” (highly, highly, highly recommended) I’ve been fascinated by personal tales of military tragedies and triumphs. I am especially taken with prisoner of war stories, which account for the last four of six war-related novels I’ve read recently:

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle Nest, Stephen Ambrose
Edith’s Story, Edith Velmans-Van Hessen
Faith of our Fathers, John McCain, Mark Salter
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II’s Greatest Rescue Mission, Hampton Sides
In Love and War: The Story of a Family’s Ordeal and Sacrifice during the Vietnam Years, James & Sybil Stockdale
We, Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese, Elizabeth M. Norman