Over the past couple of weeks, I read Walter Lord’s “Day of Infamy” (an annual re-read for the anniversary of Pearl Harbor); Stephen Ambrose’s “Citizen Soldiers” and “The Victors”; “The 5000-Year Leap”, and since yesterday afternoon, I re-read “The Hobbit” (once again proving that Peter Jackson has ruined Tolkien by turning an enjoyable little story you can read in an afternoon into 10+ hours of dreck).
Read a couple not too long ago,
Warrior’s Rage by Douglas Macgregor,a non fiction book about the Persian Gulf War.Very interesting to hear his opinion of some famous generals.
Tin Soldiers by Michael Farmer,a fiction book that takes place after the Persian Gulf War.Its written on the company level with some brigade level also.Very similar to Team Yankee (MY FAVORITE BOOK).Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys modern armor fiction.
Thank you Steve
Stik, I agree with you about Conan Doyle and his Sherlock Holmes stories. Great stuff there. I think you’ll like it all. I read his complete Holmes stuff several years ago, when my kids were watching “Wishbone.”
Not sure who the best film Holmes would be?
honor harrington series by david weber, will be rereading books 1 and 2 of the formic wars (pre ENDER’S GAME) as the 3rd book just came out, A WARRIOR’S WAY by Avigdor Kahalani,
I just finished reading Winter Journey Through the 9th, a history of the 9th Air Force and Tactical Air. Franck is a great writer and really tells the story of the 9th, though beware, much of history is from D-Day forward. Not that that is a bad thing, but I was looking for more of the history than just later history. It is an excellent read, and I learned much about tactical air support and the end of the war.
Highly recommended.
My wife bought me “Killing Patton”, by Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard. I’m almost finished with it. Danged excellent read, as all of the “Killing…” books are.
Is that another novel by Robert Ferrigno? He wrote a trilogy set in an America torn by civil war after half the country converted to Islam. That was an interesting what-if premise.
I’m working on the 50th anniversary edition of 'The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" by Shirer.Very dey reading,but I wanted to get thru this one.
I am currently reading the book Auschwitz, a very chilling and detailed account of the horrors of the Nazi Death Camps. It is told from the views of both former SS guards and prisoners. I have read several books and seen several documentaries about the Holocaust and I have to say that things that are in this book are told in more detail than most.
I also tend to read a lot of Civil War history books. The last couple I’ve read are the book Gettysburg by Stephen Ambrose and one specifically about General Chamberlain of the 2nd Maine. A friend of my is the author of the book and a distant relative of Chamberain’s. Its a neat read. I’ll have to look at the title again.
Hey waynec, I am a huge David Weber fan and love his work. Have you ever read the Safehold series by him? To me it raises some interesting questions about faith and religion, given that it is set in a science fiction time with late 1600s technology and but with a few futuristic twists. Could anyone recommend a good book or 2 about the Korean War? I am starting a research kick on that time, as my dad served in combat there and I have never heard or seen much about it. Thanks.
Assassin’s Creed: Unity is the newest book I’m currently reading.
I’m almost finished The Forgotten 500. It’s a book about airmen who had to parachute out over Yugoslavia during WWII. They were taken in by Drazz Mahailovich’s men and protected from the Germans until the OSS could arrange air transport for them out of the country. It also tells the story of how the US and British governments, due to Stalin’s and Communist infiltrators mis-information, were against Mahailovich and considered him a German collaborator. A great book about a part of history that few know about.
Yup - have that book and already read it. A good read for sure.
" Eye-Deep in Hell: Trench Warfare in World War I "
by John Ellis
1977
Excellent overview of the suffering experienced by soldiers in the WWI trenches.
http://www.amazon.com/Eye-Deep-Hell-Trench-Warfare-World/dp/0739403710
If I may add a video of a similar theme to this, I watched the video " Joyeux Noël " on Christmas ; a fictionalized adaptation of the unofficial 1914 Christmas truce in the Western Front trenches.
I take that out and re-read it every couple of years, too. I think Shirer’s book is still an excellent book, if not the best book, on precisely that subject–the rise and fall of the Third Reich. I got an argument a couple of years ago from someone who cited a lot of detailed literature on very specific areas of that history, but I don’t think he refuted my point. Shirer had his own notes, plus tons of archived and eyewitness material, to write the book.
OK, wait–I think I get it now. You’re talking about the video game, now, aren’t you.
No. The newest Assassin’s Creed book. :))
I have just finished reading “Lucifer’s Court”, which was written by SS Obersturmfuhrer Otto Rahn as a companion piece to his “Crusade Against the Grail”. It is more or less a diary of his travels in search of the Holy Grail, but it makes for fascinating reading. Rahn was obviously very well educated in esoterica and occult history, but he was also a very poetic author with a great understanding of medieval history and mythology. Some of the points he addresses in this diary have me tempted to review my old notebooks concerning the Grail, but classes start up again in another week or so, so it’s probably best that I get after the required reading for my business law classes…
A couple of months ago I finished a book titled “Knights Templar”. Can’t remember the authors name. Good book though. The history of the Knights.
Jim [cptn]
“Raven One”, by Kevin Miller. Modern day setting of an F-18 squadron deployed to the Gulf region.