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IL, USA
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Posted: 3/19/2008 11:39:29 PM EDT
I decided to finally read Band of Brothers the other day. I am a little over half way through it. It is pretty good so far and an easy read. How about you guys?
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Posted: 7/9/2008 12:26:33 PM EDT
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A Well Regulated Militia by John Carpenter.
Need some Fiction (but seems like fact) to break up the books I just read on Gen. Stonewall Jackson and the Battle of Gettysburg. |
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CA, USA
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Posted: 7/10/2008 8:21:55 AM EDT
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Confederate Engineer.
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OH, USA
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Posted: 7/11/2008 2:10:32 AM EDT
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Bandit Country
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Posted: 7/12/2008 9:24:34 PM EDT
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The Tank Killers: A History of America's World War II Tank Destroyer Force, by Harry Yeide.
Once I'm finished that, the next books in queue are; Common Sense, by Thomas Paine The Unknown American Revolution, by Gary B. Nash The Utility of Force: The Art of War In The Modern World, by General Rupert Smith Clash of the Carriers: The True Story of The Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II, by Barrett Tillman Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45, by Max Hastings. And thanks to you bastards, I have a whole new list of books to buy!  
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AL, USA
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Posted: 7/12/2008 10:37:12 PM EDT
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The Assassins by Oliver North.
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Posted: 7/12/2008 10:54:12 PM EDT
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Farnham's Freehold by Robert Heinlein.
Fantastic. |
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Posted: 7/15/2008 6:16:43 AM EDT
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"My Early Life" by Winston Churchill
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Posted: 7/15/2008 8:09:37 AM EDT
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NightWorld by F. Paul Wilson. It is the last of the Adversary Cycle of 6 Books. The Keep, The Tomb, The Touch, Reborn, Reprisal, and NightWorld. Repairman Jack is a Main Character. Wilson has also written many stand alone Repairman Jack novels. Great revenge stories with Good/Evil Supernatural thrown In. Page Turners.
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Posted: 7/15/2008 8:12:45 AM EDT
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"Bike for Life, how to ride to 100"
Roy Wallack |
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Posted: 7/15/2008 9:26:25 AM EDT
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Just finished a great book last night.
It was called The Rising Tide, by Jeff Shaara It's was a great read. It was writen as a novel by a Phd in history. It was the first in a trilogy about WW2. This one dealt mainly with Rommel and the was in North Africa all the way though Sicily and Italy. It ends there, and I believe the next one will continue with Operation Overlord. Great book, with a writing style similar to Clancy, but historically accurate. HIghly recommend it. TXL |
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CA, USA
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Posted: 7/16/2008 9:19:43 PM EDT
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Compelled to Appear in Print It's the Vicksburg memoirs of John C. Pemberton, the Confederate who surrendered the garrison of Vicksburg to Grant. After the war, the Confederate Commander of the West, Joseph Johnston, penned his memoirs which placed the loss of Vicksburg solely on Pemberton. Pemberton prepared a rebuttal but it was never published and long forgotten - until recently when the manuscript was purchased at an estate sale in Ohio. For anyone interested in getting the Confederate perspective of Vicksburg, especially one that challenges convention, Compelled to Appear in Print is a must read book.
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Posted: 7/16/2008 9:22:20 PM EDT
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Fire Officer's Handbook of Tactics (promotional test time again)
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Posted: 7/16/2008 9:27:03 PM EDT
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I'm working through the pocket Arabic dictionary, although I have about 40 books that I'm halfway through.
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CA, USA
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Posted: 7/27/2008 10:44:31 AM EDT
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The Civil War Diary of Captain Henry A. Chambers.
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IN, USA
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Posted: 7/30/2008 7:56:15 AM EDT
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Six Minutes to Freedom by Kurt Muse and John Gilstrap
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SD, USA
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Posted: 7/30/2008 8:02:03 AM EDT
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Ivan's War: a history of the Soviet soldier in WWII written from the perspective of the common man/woman in a meat grinder on the Eastern Front.
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Posted: 8/1/2008 6:53:02 PM EDT
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Just finished one about the Biopreparat (the Soviet Biological weapons program) written by Ken Alibek, a former bioweapons scientist who came to the US after the fall of the Soviet Union.
 Really good read, and a perfect example of how arms control laws, whether they be gun control statutes or international treaties, only serve to disarm the good guys. |
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Posted: 8/10/2008 6:13:54 PM EDT
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"Gallant Lady, A Biography of the USS Archerfish"
by Ken Henry & Don Keith |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 8/11/2008 8:30:17 PM EDT
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Panzer Battles by Major General F.W. von Mellethin
Good read by the former Chief of Staff, 4th Panzer Army. Just completed the section regarding his time with Rommel in North Africa. |
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Posted: 8/11/2008 9:24:30 PM EDT
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Definately not fiction or very much history, I am currently ready (and using
 ) The Joy of Home Winemaking. It is mostly focused on making fruit base wines (which I really like). |
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CA, USA
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Posted: 8/12/2008 10:23:29 PM EDT
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Without a Scratch. It's the diary of a 5th Maine soldier in the Civil War.
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Posted: 8/13/2008 7:30:06 PM EDT
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I just picked up Matthew Bracken's second book The Reconquista (already read Enemies Foreign and Domestic). I've got a business trip next week and I'll be on a plane 10 hrs. Hopefully I'll finish it.
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Posted: 8/14/2008 1:47:37 AM EDT
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Dauntless by Barrett Tillman......A novel about SBD's and their crews at Midway and Guadalcanal.
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CA, USA
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Posted: 8/17/2008 7:36:04 PM EDT
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Joseph Glatthaar's General Lee's Army. I've already read Glatthaar's Forged in Battle and March to the Sea and Beyond. Both were very well researched, thought out and written. I'm only up to Chapter 4 and so far General Lee's Army has not been disappointing. In some ways though, it reminds me of Irving Bell Wiley's Life of Johnny Reb.
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Posted: 8/18/2008 5:11:30 PM EDT
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"Not a Good Day to Die" by Sean Naylor I believe. About the fuck ups and heroism surrounding Operation Anaconda.
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Posted: 8/18/2008 11:29:04 PM EDT
[Last Edit: rbblrwsr]
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I haven't read the entire thread so if it has been previously mentioned I apologize.
Backbone of the Wehrmacht by Richard Law. If you want to know anything about the K98k, buy this book. I'll probably be ordering the follow up edition for the sniper rifles. ETA: it took 182 tries to get a page 
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GA, USA
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Posted: 8/31/2008 3:49:32 PM EDT
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"War Paint" by Bill Goshen... Vietnam LRPs
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Posted: 8/31/2008 9:07:10 PM EDT
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Just finished Ringo's The Last Centurion and about to start Stirlings latest volume of the Dies the Fire saga.
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CA, USA
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Posted: 9/1/2008 2:24:23 PM EDT
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Museum Registration Methods. It's quite interesting and can help you organize your collection and preserve it.
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Posted: 9/6/2008 2:55:37 AM EDT
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 Best. Naval History. Ever. |
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CA, USA
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Posted: 9/6/2008 6:50:48 PM EDT
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Currently out from the local library:
Wrong on Race: The Democratic Party's Buried Past by Bruce Bartlett The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shales, and One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War by Michael Dodds The are all good. Steve |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 9/8/2008 6:16:31 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ayf43]
[#32]
The Somme..Hell and Heroism in the Trenches. By Martin Gilbert.
For being an English Author, Martin Gilbert is not very dry and long winded compared to most English Authors |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 9/10/2008 8:50:10 PM EDT
[#33]
Tiger Force ,pretty bad stuff.
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Posted: 9/11/2008 11:26:41 AM EDT
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 Synopsis A real-life Suite Française, this riveting diary by a key female member of the French Resistance in WWII is translated into English for the first time. Agnès Humbert was an art historian in Paris during the German occupation in 1940. Though she might well have weathered the oppressive regime, Humbert was stirred to action by the atrocities she witnessed. In an act of astonishing bravery, she joined forces with several colleagues to form an organized resistance—very likely the first such group to fight back against the occupation. (In fact, their newsletter, Résistance, gave the French Resistance its name.) In the throes of their struggle for freedom, the members of Humbert’s group were betrayed to the Gestapo; Humbert herself was imprisoned. In immediate, electrifying detail, Humbert describes her time in prison, her deportation to Germany, where for more than two years she endured a string of brutal labor camps, and the horror of discovering that seven of her friends were executed by a firing squad. But through the direst of conditions, and ill health in the labor camps, Humbert retains hope for herself, for her friends, and for humanity. Originally published in France in 1946, the book was soon forgotten and is now translated into English for the first time. Résistance is more than a firsthand account of wartime France: it is the work of a brave, witty, and forceful woman, a true believer who refused to go quietly. Anyone read this yet? Reviews? |
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CA, USA
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Posted: 9/17/2008 8:48:00 PM EDT
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Upton's Regulars. It's a history of the 121st New York Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.
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Posted: 9/18/2008 12:49:17 AM EDT
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A very good read......my copy is signed by a member of my church who was there, aboard the Hornet [CV12] |
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CA, USA
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Posted: 9/22/2008 7:01:36 PM EDT
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Small Arms at Gettysburg by Joe Bilby. Haven't read much of it, but what a fun read if you're also into Civil War guns.
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CA, USA
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Posted: 9/26/2008 8:43:07 AM EDT
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Battle of Brooklyn. It was the first major battle on open ground of the Revolution (the siege of Boston doesn't count nor does Lexington & Concord). Washington was badly beaten by Howe and almost destroyed. Luckily, he managed to extricate his army to Manhattan. Had Howe followed up with his successful attack, he could have captured Washington and the Continental Army and possibly end the revolution right then and there.
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UT, USA
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Posted: 10/12/2008 9:39:36 AM EDT
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Twilight in the Desert by Matt Simmons. It's his thesis about the Saudi oil fields and how they may have already reached peak production and are destined for a long, slow decline. Pretty sobering.
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Posted: 10/13/2008 7:54:31 PM EDT
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I just finished reading "First In" its about the first CIA team to be inserted into Afghanistan following 911, not a bad read. More Political than tactical though, but still pretty good.
I thought it was cool that the CIA team used Browning HPs as their side arm |
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SC, USA
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Posted: 10/14/2008 5:08:16 PM EDT
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[#41]
Just fisnished reading 32 Battalion: The Inside Story of South Africa's Elite Fighting Unit by Piet Nortje and am opening up Hemingway's Under Kilimanjaro later this week.
Edited to add; I know the Hemingway's not really history... |
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Posted: 10/14/2008 11:45:06 PM EDT
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Michelangelo and the Popes Ceiling
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Posted: 10/17/2008 12:47:56 PM EDT
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Alamo in the Ardennes. The stories from different soldiers experiences in the Battle of the Bulge during WWII
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Posted: 10/17/2008 12:59:01 PM EDT
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CA, USA
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Posted: 10/17/2008 9:47:37 PM EDT
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I'm going on vacation, so I went by the library for some reading material. I would not be able to afford my reading habit otherwise....
A Conservative History of the American Left, by Daniel J. Flynn Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45, by Max Hastings D-Day Deception: Operation Fortitude and the Normandy Invasion, by Mary Kathryn Barbier War & Peace & War: The Life Cycles of Imperial Nations, by Peter Turcbin I'm partway through Retribution, it is pretty good so far. Steve |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 10/20/2008 6:17:03 PM EDT
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The Plague by Albert Camus. Not very good.
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CA, USA
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Posted: 10/20/2008 10:55:04 PM EDT
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The Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman.
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USA
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Posted: 10/26/2008 4:53:35 PM EDT
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Recently finished Lone Survivor by Navy SEAL Marcus Lutrell.
Have not read the entire thread so not sure if this book was already mentioned. |
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Posted: 10/26/2008 5:02:40 PM EDT
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I just finished In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick about the sinking of the whale ship Essex in 1820. For those that don't know the story it inspired Moby Dick. Now I'm reading The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand.
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Posted: 10/30/2008 1:49:38 AM EDT
[Last Edit: LJM]
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Helmand, Afghanistan 3 Commando Brigade by Ewen Southby-Tailyour.
Picked it up in Dublin last month and just started it. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pKBQr3TLL._SS500_.jpg |
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