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Posted: 4/28/2020 3:06:53 PM EDT
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I just started reading Birthright, by an atfcommer @Rikwriter for the second time and will pretty much read the seven or eight books of his I've got again.
I just got an email he has another book on the way out that's 99 cents on Kindle, but unfortunately I'm not in a position to spend a dollar on that luxury when I have for 500 other books I got for free on my Kindle to read first. |
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Posted: 4/28/2020 4:07:12 PM EDT
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Brian Freemantle's Charlie Muffin series. Cold war, post cold war spy intrigue set in England. The Russians are ultra-competent, the CIA & FBI couldn't find a breakfast in a WaffleHouse, and MI5 & MI6 are always riddled with spies, incompetents or OldSchoolTie buddies.
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Posted: 4/28/2020 5:59:23 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Riter]
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Always Faithful by 1st Lt. William Putney, D.V.M.
ETA: If you're a dog owner/lover, read this book! Besides training and leading a dog platoon in combat in Guam, author was involved in training them for re-integration into civilian life rather than have them destroyed. Only a handful had to be destroyed because of the program. BTW, as the only doctor available, Lt. Putney also found himself treating people (locals on Guam).  War Dogs - Canines In Combat |
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Posted: 4/30/2020 10:50:25 PM EDT
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Papuan Campaign by US War Department.
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GA, USA
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Posted: 5/2/2020 9:05:04 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Ramsey118]
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In Search Of the Warrior Spirit
Teaching Awareness Discipline to Green Berets By Richard Strozzi Heckler Not at all what I was expecting It’s more of a liberal lecture on why guns/violence and the military are bad. I do NOT recommend Stopped reading at about 1/2 through and put it in the trashcan |
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Posted: 5/2/2020 9:16:27 PM EDT
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Control Point (first book of the Shadow Ops series). Slightly cheesy, and I initially almost put it down because it was sounding libtarded, but there was an abrupt shift in tone partway through that is making me think it's the opposite of what I was expecting and after discovering that the author has been a LEO and military contractor I think my latter feelings may be correct.
It's not bad, and his writing about a war zone FOB are pretty much exactly my experiences as well, except mine was in this universe 
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Posted: 5/3/2020 12:33:03 AM EDT
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When the Devil Dances by Ringo
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Posted: 5/3/2020 7:40:50 PM EDT
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Lida Mayo's Bloody Buna.
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Posted: 5/5/2020 10:56:44 PM EDT
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USA
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Posted: 5/7/2020 9:14:53 AM EDT
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Loud and Clear: The Memoir of an Israeli Fighter Pilot, Iftach Spector
4 out of 5 stars Spector progresses from boot pilot to general officer who signed protest letter about collateral damage in occupied territories. Good stories of ground attack in 67, 73, and against the Iraqi reactor. Some good air to air action. Good leadership nuggets sprinkled throughout. Not so interested in the childhood stuff. Recommended for fans of combat aviation autobiography. |
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Posted: 5/11/2020 10:41:58 AM EDT
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Haven't read anything in a long time, so I snagged a few Louis L'Amour books from my parent's house. Started Hondo yesterday.
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Posted: 5/14/2020 3:52:45 PM EDT
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Terminal List - Jack Carr
Author is a formal Seal in real life which is cool. Lots of detailed description of guns etc.. Slightly predictable, but fast paced and a good read so far. One of the antagonist is basically the Clinton Family lol This is his first novel and is going to be a tv show with Chris Pratt on Amazon i believe. There are 2 other books in the series and I will be reading after this one |
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Posted: 5/14/2020 10:34:34 PM EDT
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Gabriel Temkin's My Just War. A Polish refugee flees to the Russian side of Poland after the German conquest. He is drafted into the Soviet Army, works in a labor battalion, is captured, escapes, rejoins (after NKVD clears him) the Red Army and fights from the Donets to Hungary.
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Posted: 5/16/2020 4:01:07 PM EDT
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Donald Burgett's quartet of books on his experience in the 101 Airborne during WW II.
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Posted: 5/17/2020 12:57:57 AM EDT
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Starship Troopers
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Posted: 5/17/2020 2:13:41 PM EDT
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RIP Ms. Tuchman
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GA, USA
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Posted: 5/21/2020 10:05:22 AM EDT
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The Book of Honor: The Secret Lives and Deaths of CIA Operatives
by Ted Gup |
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Posted: 5/21/2020 9:58:24 PM EDT
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Just finished Look Out Below!
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Posted: 5/24/2020 9:58:22 AM EDT
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Carol Mather's When the Grass Stops Growing
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Posted: 5/24/2020 2:26:56 PM EDT
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Just finished Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep... glad I finally read it, it's so much different from the movie (which I don't really care for).
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USA
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Posted: 5/24/2020 6:23:41 PM EDT
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Soldier Five, Mike Coburn, a member of the Bravo Two Zero patrol.
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Posted: 5/25/2020 2:19:33 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/25/2020 2:46:43 PM EDT
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I've been on a Nicholas Sansbury Smith kick lately.
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Posted: 5/26/2020 4:22:17 PM EDT
[#24]
The Shadow Riders by Louis L'Amour
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Posted: 5/26/2020 4:30:05 PM EDT
[#25]
West of Honor by Pournelle, I wish The Mercenary was on kindle too, only one of the books that isnt, besides the combo Falkenberg's Legion.
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Posted: 5/26/2020 9:48:13 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By strider98: West of Honor by Pournelle, I wish The Mercenary was on kindle too, only one of the books that isnt, besides the combo Falkenberg's Legion. I started on Pournelle-edited There Will Be War volume 1 a few days ago, good stuff so far. Several volumes to go after this one. |
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Posted: 5/26/2020 11:25:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mPisi: I started on Pournelle-edited There Will Be War volume 1 a few days ago, good stuff so far. Several volumes to go after this one. Pournelle is arguably my favorite author (yes arguably, I argue with myself, doesn't everyone? )
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Posted: 5/27/2020 9:41:03 PM EDT
[#28]
I just finished The nine princes of Amber by Roger Zelzany.
I Just started reading Callahan's Cross time Saloon. Callahan's is the the bar where everyone needs to go sometime in their life. Lots f good advice and broken glasses in the fireplace. 
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Posted: 5/28/2020 9:49:19 PM EDT
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Brainwashed - by an American who as a child is forced into the Hitler Youth and becomes a Luftwaffe auxiliary at a flak battery, an arbeitdienst worker for six months and then going into the Herman Goering Div. He does rear guard action against the Russians and his officers managed to get the battalion surrendered to the Americans. Post war he gets his citizenship restored and is drafted into the army during Korea.
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Posted: 5/31/2020 11:14:16 AM EDT
[#30]
The First Fast Draw by Louis L'Amour
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Posted: 6/1/2020 3:11:53 PM EDT
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Anthony Beevor and Luba Vinogradnova's A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman With the Red Army, 1941-1945. It is based on the notebooks of Soviet Red Star (armed forces newspaper) writer Grossman.
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Posted: 6/1/2020 3:55:59 PM EDT
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David Drake's Lt Leary series. on 10 of 12.
(He's not so good with continuity. Sometimes.) ((But you might not notice if you read them when they came out, 2-3 years apart.)) {Picky, picky, picky.}
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Posted: 6/3/2020 7:52:51 PM EDT
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The Mauritius Command (Vol. Book 4) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
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Posted: 6/3/2020 8:44:09 PM EDT
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The Janissaries series since Mamelukes finally came out yesterday
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USA
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Posted: 6/3/2020 9:01:58 PM EDT
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The Book of Five Rings, Musashi
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Posted: 6/4/2020 8:27:40 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Skillshot]
[#36]
Freeze Frame Revolution by Peter Watts.
Just finished six of Sowell's books. |
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Posted: 6/4/2020 2:12:38 PM EDT
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Final of the Evans trilogy
The Third Reich at War |
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Posted: 6/4/2020 4:08:13 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Overtorque: Soldier Five, Mike Coburn, a member of the Bravo Two Zero patrol. iirc, a lot in that book contradicted the first book by "McNab". That was when I stopped believing 1st person military accounts. |
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KS, USA
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Posted: 6/4/2020 11:06:05 PM EDT
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Haven't committed to my next read just yet. Planning on deciding on American Sniper by Chris Kyle, The Postman Always Rings Twice by James Cain or The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. My last three were The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature by C.S. Lewis, American Gun by Chris Kyle and Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Freidman.
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GA, USA
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Posted: 6/5/2020 11:38:32 AM EDT
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If a Pirate I Must Be... The true story of Black Bart the King of the Caribbean Pirates by Richard Sanders |
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Posted: 6/6/2020 4:02:42 PM EDT
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Still on a Louis L'Amour kick. Read Sacket's Land a few days ago. Started on To The Far Blue Mountains today.
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USA
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Posted: 6/6/2020 6:34:37 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Overtorque]
[#42]
I have not read the McNab book in a long time. I don't remember enough of it to tell you if and where they differ in details.
I can recommend all four books for people who are interested in the SAS during the Gulf War. Edit to add: I was also surprised by how the patrol's leadership at the squadron and regimental level failed them. If that analysis was in McNab's book, I did not remember it. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Skillshot: iirc, a lot in that book contradicted the first book by "McNab". That was when I stopped believing 1st person military accounts. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Skillshot: Originally Posted By Overtorque: Soldier Five, Mike Coburn, a member of the Bravo Two Zero patrol. iirc, a lot in that book contradicted the first book by "McNab". That was when I stopped believing 1st person military accounts. |
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Posted: 6/7/2020 9:35:03 PM EDT
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Webster's Paratroop Infantry. He was a member of the Band o' Bros and jumped in Normandy, Market-Garden but missed out on Bastonge due to being wounded at Market-Garden. He returned for the invasion of Germany.
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Posted: 6/9/2020 8:41:09 PM EDT
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Supreme Commander By ambrose.
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Posted: 6/9/2020 11:15:55 PM EDT
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Mamelukes
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Posted: 6/10/2020 10:00:01 AM EDT
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Breuer's Drop Zone Sicily.
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Posted: 6/13/2020 8:08:21 AM EDT
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Max Hasting's Overlord
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TX, USA
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Posted: 6/15/2020 11:45:54 AM EDT
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David Stafford "Spies Beneath Berlin"
UK/US tunnels built under Berlin to tap into Soviet signal lines during the Cold War, good read. Hking |
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Posted: 6/16/2020 6:43:42 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Dog1]
[#49]
Just finished The Killer Angels...
In between other books have been reading the Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch series of books |
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Posted: 6/17/2020 8:26:20 AM EDT
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Dwight Eisenhower's Crusade in Europe. Started this morning.
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