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CA, USA
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Posted: 10/31/2008 12:36:00 PM EDT
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Professor Earl J. Hess' The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat. Good reading and it confirms a lot of my own research.
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Posted: 10/31/2008 11:42:18 PM EDT
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Still trying to find the time to finish S.M Stirlings "The Scourge of God" and Colin Woodards " The Republic of Pirates". I never should have had both going simultaneously. I just got some of the books I asked my wife to send, so in the chute I have
Gary Willis' "Lincoln at Gettysburg" James Donovans " A Terrible Glory" and H.W. Brands' "The First American" Those three should keep me going for a while. |
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Posted: 11/2/2008 8:35:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Riter]
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I just finished James McPherson's For Cause and Comrade. It's a terrific read about the Civil War soldier, what he thought, what he fought for, what sustained him and how he coped with combat.
I'm now reading his book, Tried by Fire, about Lincoln and his steep learning curve as Commander-in-Chief. Excellent reading, but would you expect otherwise from McPherson? McPherson explains why the non-military Lincoln could adapt quicker than many of his West Point trained generals. He also believes that the South would have seceded if any one was the president of estados unidos. I'm a little over 1/3 the way over and anticipate finishing it soon. |
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WV, USA
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Posted: 11/5/2008 9:20:15 AM EDT
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Current Reading List:
Law and Life of Rome Alfred's Kingdom Patriarchy, property and death in the Roman Family |
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MN, USA
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Posted: 11/6/2008 9:32:05 PM EDT
[Last Edit: GunLogic]
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NRA Firearms Sourcebook
Guess that's not a history book. Recent history book was the abridged Journals of Lewis and Clark. GL |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 11/6/2008 10:28:46 PM EDT
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"The Final Hours: The Luftwaffe Plot against Goring"....by Johannes Stienhof
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Posted: 11/8/2008 8:21:48 PM EDT
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"This Kind of War" by Fehrenbach. Good read on Korean War. Looking for suggestions on books or documentaries on this topic
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TN, USA
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Posted: 11/13/2008 2:06:48 PM EDT
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Atlas Shrugged and 1984
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 11/13/2008 7:09:35 PM EDT
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The rise and fall of the third reich
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Posted: 11/16/2008 3:10:20 PM EDT
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Panzerkampfwagen I & II by Terry Gander. Bought it for only $8 so why not? Walter Spielberger's books on tanks are much better.
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 11/16/2008 4:01:13 PM EDT
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I am Legend
Just started it yesterday, so far so good. P.S. I haven't seen the movie yet waiting till I finish the book. |
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Posted: 11/16/2008 5:09:29 PM EDT
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LaFeber's The Clash its about US-Japan relations from our first contact to current times. Very interesting read.
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Posted: 11/17/2008 8:08:31 PM EDT
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Sniping in the Great War by Martin Pegler.
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TN, USA
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Posted: 11/17/2008 8:24:25 PM EDT
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Day of Reckoning - P. Buchanan
Not a new release but I much advise you read it. |
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OK, USA
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Posted: 11/17/2008 9:55:31 PM EDT
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1776 by David McCullough
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PA, USA
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Posted: 11/17/2008 10:30:22 PM EDT
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Psychocybernetics by Maxwell Maltz. Technically its an audio book.
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KS, USA
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Posted: 11/18/2008 1:49:00 AM EDT
[#17]
Kill Bin Laden - Dalton Fury...... Very good!
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TX, USA
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Posted: 11/18/2008 2:08:01 AM EDT
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More Guns, Less Crime
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Posted: 11/21/2008 8:32:20 PM EDT
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Just finished Flying to the Limit. It's about test flying the various WW II single engine fighter planes (British, American and German).
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Posted: 11/21/2008 8:39:16 PM EDT
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For historical I am in the middle of the Federalist Papers (No. 29 to be exact, so not quite the middle)
Also, Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Service by Benny Morris. For non-fiction, I am trying desperately to get farther into my own book, and just took a break to re-read Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress for the umpeenth time. I just hope someday to write something a quarter as good as that. |
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Posted: 11/22/2008 10:32:26 AM EDT
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Currently reading Major General Robert E. Rodes of the Army of Northern Virginia.
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CT, USA
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Posted: 11/22/2008 7:25:09 PM EDT
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Patriot Pirates by Robert Patton
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IL, USA
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Posted: 11/29/2008 7:23:07 PM EDT
[#23]
The Naked and The Dead - Norman Mailer.
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NY, USA
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Posted: 12/1/2008 12:44:16 AM EDT
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To Kill a Mockingbird, since I did not read it while in school.
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Posted: 12/1/2008 12:52:11 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By scrum:
For historical I am in the middle of the Federalist Papers (No. 29 to be exact, so not quite the middle) Also, Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Service by Benny Morris. For non-fiction, I am trying desperately to get farther into my own book, and just took a break to re-read Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress for the umpeenth time. I just hope someday to write something a quarter as good as that. I'm actually reading a biography on Alexander Hamliton right now and the part I'm at is when he wrote the Federalist Papers. Good book. The books at home [I'm at work] so I couldn't say who the biographer is. |
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Posted: 12/1/2008 9:27:37 AM EDT
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Finished Sniper One by Dan Mills. It could be made into a movie like Blackhawk Down or Zulu.
Currently reading History of the 100th New York State Volunteer Regiment. |
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IL, USA
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Posted: 12/2/2008 12:26:31 PM EDT
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I have been reading a bunch of books about cocaine lately.
I have read the following and I recommend them highly. White Wash: Pablo Escobar and the cocaine wars Cocaine Wars Killing Pablo Blow The big white lie Cocaine I have also read Coca Exotica, but it is more of a history of the plant through the 80's and doesn't focus as much on what most people would consider to be the exciting aspects of Cocaine for the most part. |
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Posted: 12/2/2008 8:50:06 PM EDT
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Finished reading History of the 32nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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Posted: 12/3/2008 11:42:47 AM EDT
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I'm in the midst of my annual Red Storm Rising reading.
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Posted: 12/3/2008 8:07:03 PM EDT
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Those Damned Black Hats! by Lance Herdegen. It's about the Union Iron Brigade composed of westerners in the Army of the Potomac.
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NE, USA
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Posted: 12/5/2008 10:26:36 AM EDT
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Finished Lone Survivor by Mark Luttrel the other day. Any of us from the military or interested in it should definitely read this book. It is very inspiring
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Posted: 12/5/2008 10:30:21 AM EDT
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Honor Guard by Dan Abnett
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Posted: 12/5/2008 10:48:08 PM EDT
[#33]
Almost finished with the History of the 112th Regt. New York Volunteers. Yep, another Civil War regimental history.
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CT, USA
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Posted: 12/6/2008 8:08:34 PM EDT
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Just wrapped up Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon Wood. Fantastic read on the motivations and expectations of the Revolution, and what actually happened (and continues to happen as a result). Highly recommended.
Also currently reading Madison's many letters and writings. |
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Posted: 12/7/2008 11:13:18 AM EDT
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Eric Wittenberg's One Continuous Fight about Lee's retreat to Virginia after Gettysburg. Highly readable and the appendix has several driving tours to retrace the retreat. Well worth the money.
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Posted: 12/8/2008 1:17:45 AM EDT
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Christopher Columbus and the Enterprise of the Indies
It's a collection of Columbus' logs and letters |
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Posted: 12/10/2008 1:41:48 AM EDT
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The Last Battle by Cornelius Ryan
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TN, USA
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Posted: 12/11/2008 9:09:42 AM EDT
[#38]
That Devil Forrest " Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest "
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Posted: 12/11/2008 11:56:01 PM EDT
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Almost finished with The Cotton Thieves about one man's experience in the 6th Michigan Infantry in the Port Hudson Campaign. Oh how he was hated by his commanding generals. He refused an order from Gen. Williams that he felt was unhealthy for his men and was placed under arrest and sent to New Orleans. While there, Williams was conveniently killed when his head was removed by a cannon ball. Charges were dropped and he returned to his command where he found a new, perhaps more incompetent general in charge (Dwight). Largely an alcoholic, Dwight's previous military training included dropping out of West Point. Dwight orders suicidal charges against fixed positions, resulting in the predictable slaughter of his men. At one point, he has everyone stealing cotton bales to fortify a hilltop from which he planned to shell Port Hudson's Citadel.
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Posted: 12/12/2008 1:05:39 AM EDT
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Now reading, "Caeser's War Commentaries"
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Posted: 12/13/2008 1:43:52 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Riter]
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History of the 104th Pennsylvania Regiment . They served on the Peninsula, fought at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Battery Wagner (Morris Island).
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ID, USA
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Posted: 12/13/2008 3:09:09 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By j_galt:
Just wrapped up Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon Wood. Fantastic read on the motivations and expectations of the Revolution, and what actually happened (and continues to happen as a result). Highly recommended.. Wood is great, you should also pick up Revolutionary Characters by him. If you want a more objective view, you should look at Bernard Bailyn's Ideological Origins of the American Revolution. Bailyn was Wood's mentor but the two disagree very much on the philosophy |
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Posted: 12/16/2008 7:04:47 PM EDT
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Just finished As Seen From the Ranks. It's the reminiscences of a young musician who served at Gettysburg, was a hospital attendant for a while and joined in Sherman's march through Georgia and the Carolinas.
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Posted: 12/16/2008 7:10:01 PM EDT
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"The Moral Sense" James Q. Wilson
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KS, USA
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Posted: 12/16/2008 8:13:43 PM EDT
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"Ben Franklin: An American Life" by Walter Isaacson
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Posted: 12/16/2008 8:22:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/20/2008 12:26:52 AM EDT
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Some excellent titles for me to look into!
Currently; "A World Lit Only By Fire" by William Manchester; description of Europe on the edge of the Rennaissance and the impact of Magellen's Voyage. |
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Posted: 12/20/2008 12:58:29 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By QueenDeNile:
Originally Posted By scrum:
For historical I am in the middle of the Federalist Papers (No. 29 to be exact, so not quite the middle) Also, Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Service by Benny Morris. For non-fiction, I am trying desperately to get farther into my own book, and just took a break to re-read Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress for the umpeenth time. I just hope someday to write something a quarter as good as that. I'm actually reading a biography on Alexander Hamliton right now and the part I'm at is when he wrote the Federalist Papers. Good book. The books at home [I'm at work] so I couldn't say who the biographer is. Richard Brookhiser's work?? |
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Posted: 12/20/2008 11:38:40 AM EDT
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"Hells Angel" by Ralph "Sonny" Barger, President of the club.
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Posted: 12/20/2008 11:51:12 AM EDT
[#50]
Too Fat to Fish
by Artie Lange |
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