Armor

I'd never even heard of Armor (John Steakley, IIRC) but it showed up in
my 
bookstore with a cover boasting "The Classic, back in print" and the
cover 
was the kind of picture that should have been on Starship Troopers or
The 
Forever War or StarGrunt II.

I recommend it for the tactics, technology, and the lead character of
the 
first section of the novel.  Not your typical hero, but very good at
what he 
does.  A nice commentary on the bureaucracy, as well.

In many ways, a more believable picture of future war than Cobra
(Timothy 
Zahn), though Zahn's society is more believable to me, and his aliens
are 
better fleshed out.

Tom
Tom + Dana McCarthy