 killingmachine123 
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Posted: 3/19/2008 11:39:29 PM
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Posted: 3/20/2008 12:07:02 AM
I just finished the first volume of Warfare in Antiquity by Delbruck. It was very challenging, but a MUST read for any student of history. I still have three volumes to go...
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Posted: 3/20/2008 11:37:07 AM
Guest of the Aytollah by Mark Bowden
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Posted: 3/20/2008 6:09:42 PM
An Army at Dawn
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Posted: 3/20/2008 7:55:34 PM
Wilderness of Mirrors by David C. Martin
If the movie Good Shepard peaked your interest in the CIA get this book and find out what really happened. Which is the best that a movie can do. |
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Posted: 3/21/2008 8:28:54 PM
German Assault Troops of the First World War. Very well researched and written.
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Posted: 3/24/2008 7:53:05 AM
"The Rape of Nanking, The Forgotten Holocaust of WWII" by Iris Chang.
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Posted: 3/24/2008 9:38:45 PM
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Steve |
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Posted: 3/24/2008 9:52:03 PM
Roughneck Nine-One by Frank Antenori, Green Berets kick butt in Iraq!
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Posted: 3/25/2008 8:33:20 PM
I finished Band of Brothers, and I am now reading Lone Star Nation: The Epic Story of the Battle for Texas Independence by HW Brands. It is pretty good so far. I really liked his books The First American which was about Ben Franklin, and Andrew Jackson, His Life and Times which were both excellent.
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Posted: 3/30/2008 9:58:58 PM
[Last Edit: 3/30/2008 10:00:07 PM by Staccato-Cough]
"Mapolisa; Some reminiscences of a Rhodesian Policeman" by David Craven
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Posted: 3/30/2008 10:47:32 PM
Taking Heaven by Storm by John H Wigger
Good book so far. IM on the edge of selling my tv so that i can get more reading and studying done. |
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Posted: 3/30/2008 10:54:04 PM
Trigger Men. It's about our snipers in Iraq. Good reading.
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Posted: 3/30/2008 11:31:23 PM
I just found Tom Clancys End War in the airplane the other day so I will read that.
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Brotherhood-of-Steel
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Posted: 3/30/2008 11:32:40 PM
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Posted: 3/31/2008 12:15:25 PM
"His Excellency" and "The Alphabet of Manliness" are my current reads.
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Frank_The_Tank
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Posted: 3/31/2008 3:49:52 PM
[Last Edit: 3/31/2008 3:50:24 PM by Frank_The_Tank]
Silent Victory, by Clay Blair
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Posted: 3/31/2008 4:24:58 PM
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Posted: 4/1/2008 8:18:35 PM
Shot Down in Flames by Geoffrey Page, DSO, DBE, DFC and BAR. Best account I've read of taking off in a Spitfire.
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Posted: 4/1/2008 8:51:29 PM
My ols man gave me an old paperback copy of "The Cruel Sea" I know it's fiction but still a good read. I've seen the movie a few times and I want to see how different the book is.
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Posted: 4/1/2008 8:53:22 PM
bible
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Posted: 4/8/2008 7:13:22 PM
Messerschmidts Over Sicily.
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Posted: 4/9/2008 5:56:23 PM
I just finished "Don't Tread on Me" and "Killer Elite."
Fascinating books, which both point to at least one conclusion: don't let the politicos run wars. Bill |
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Posted: 4/9/2008 7:41:48 PM
Baa Baa Blacksheep by Pappy Boyington. Started it today, actually.
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Posted: 4/9/2008 8:58:52 PM
Lawrence Attwell's Letters from the Front. During WW I, an Englishman joins the 1/15 Civil Service Rifles and marches off to fight in the trenches. He actually survives four years of fighting.
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Posted: 4/13/2008 4:30:48 PM
Skeletons on the Zahara by Dean King. It's 1815 story of a Connecticut ship's captain, Reily, whose ship runs aground off the coast of Africa. They're captured by the arabs who make them slaves. Beaten at the slightest mishap, there seems to be no hope for them. Then one night Reily dreams he meets a gentleman who promises him that if he can reach Swerah, he can be saved. Reily convinces one Arab trader, Sidi Hamet, to buy him and promises that the consulate in Swearah would pay a good ransom for his return. The Arab agrees and the story of their journey across the desert, drinking camel urine at times to keep hydrated, eating entrails and bugs to survive, is a story of inner strength. The hazards of the desert aren't the only foes they face as other arabs attempt to steal Reily and his handful of survivors along the way. Sidi Hamet does deliver a note to the British counsul who pays the ransom for the American. Treachery by Sidi Hamet's angry father-in-law almost forfeits the exchange but Reily and his men are saved.
If you want some insights into the Arab mind, this is a good book to read. The author Dean King doesn't denigrate the Arabs for what happened and even traced on camelback Reily's steps as best as he could. |
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