Reddit mentions of Tides of War: A Novel

Thanks for the recommendation. I will have to check it out.

I was also thinking of books to go along with the game and came up with these.

• The Assassin's Creed Odyssey official novel (obviously).
  
• The gates of fire by Stephen Pressfield:An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae: You can consider it as the prequel to the world of Odyssey since it covers the battle of Thermopylae. Can't say enough good things about this book. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
  
• Tides of War by Stephen Pressfield: I haven't read this but it's one of my next books since it covers the story of Alcibiades’ bodyguard and assassin and what was happening during his era.
  
• The song of Achilles:A novel: Covers the story of Achilles right before and during the Iliad (war on Troy). Again a prequel title for the world of Odyssey but an excellent read with an interesting story which covers the Gods/human interactions pretty well.
  
• The Peloponnesian War: If you search amazon, there are many books that cover the Peloponnesian War in great depth. Might not be the best read in terms of story but they're probably the best source for understanding what was really happening during the era (and how closely the game follows the actual events).

Tides of War is one of my favorite books of all time, Alcibiades is featured heavily (told from the perspective of another soldier).

Great stuff! Thanks.

I understand that Tarleton was hated by the Americans for his cruelty, but I didn't know much about Cowpens.

I only knew of Samar as part of Leyte Gulf. Even if Kurita hadn't turned away, the Japanese cause was lost. But if he continued, he could have caused untold damage to the landing fleet until Halsey got back. I think it's a kind of Pyrrhic victory.

Aegospotami I had no idea about. But Steven Pressfield wrote a great [book] (https://www.amazon.com/Tides-War-Steven-Pressfield/dp/0553381393) about Alcibiades.