The Soldier / Private (Cannon Fodder)

Books: The Sorrow of War by Bảo Ninh The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers The Ice-Cream War by William Boyd The Thin Red Line by James Jones The Last Detail by Darwin Cooke The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić The Assault by Harry Mulisch

Characters: Private Walker — Dad’s Army Corporal Jones — Dad’s Army Arnold Rimmer — Red Dwarf Sergeant Nicholas Angel — Ashes to Ashes Colonel Saul Tigh — Battlestar Galactica Sergeant Bosco — Generation Kill The Major — Hellsing Ultimate Captain Benjamin Sisko — Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Sergeant Doakes — Dexter Baldrick — Blackadder Goes Forth

Movies: Starship Troopers The Dirty Dozen Kelly's Heroes Come and See The Men Who Stare at Goats the Beast How I Won the War Southern Comfort No Man’s Land Deathwatch The Train The Mouse That Roared

Music: The Soldiering Life by The Decemberists The Band Played Waltzing Matilda by The Pogues The Green Fields of France by The Fureys War Dance by Cabaret Voltaire The War Song by The Pop Group The Light at the End of the Tunnel (Is the Light of an Oncoming Train) by Half Man Half Biscuit The Battle of Epping Forest by Genesis March of the Sinister Ducks by The Art Bears Red Army Blues by The Waterboys Soldier’s Things by Tom Waits The Old Dun Cow by The Dubliners The Final Solution by Pere Ubu Frontier Psychiatrist by The Avalanches Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford Army Dreamers by Kate Bush

TV Shows: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Generation Kill Das Boot Tour of Duty The Liberator Blackadder Goes Forth Catch-22 Bluestone 42 The Last Post Our Girl The Crimson Field SAS: Rogue Heroes

Video Games: This War of Mine Hidden & Dangerous 2 Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood The Regiment The Last Train Home Radio Commander Door Kickers 2 The Red Solstice 2: Survivors Easy Red 2 Foxhole Isonzo Receiver 2