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    I read on average a book a week, mainly military history or something similar, however, I think that it may be time to expand my horizons. What book(s) would you recomend I read?

    Here are two of my favourites
    Most secret was R. V. Jones
    Chickenhawk R. Mason

    Thanks
    Mike :))
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  • #2
    Well I guess the typical suggestions would be stuff like the "art of war", "about war" or "the new wars" but i guess you already know these.

    Other stuff in that direction would be "Achtung Panzer" by Guderian or "Infantry Attacks" by Rommel (if you not already have those), if it should be something not about military I would suggest the roundworld books by Terry Pratchett.

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    • #3
      This week I'm reading "Deep Survival" by Laurence Gonzales and "Wars of Blood and Faith" by Ralph Peters.
      Reddite igitur quae sunt Caesaris Caesari et quae sunt Dei Deo
      (Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things which are God's)

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      • #4
        Viktor Suvorov - The Aquarium.

        A true story (some things have been changed for safety of writer) of a defected GRU spy. Great language (at least in Russian it was so) and good descriptions of both the GRU Spetznaz and the realm of the spy.

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        • #5
          Anything by Hans Helmut Kirst.
          The funniest book I ever read was Three Cheers for Me, by Donald Jack.
          Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.

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          • #6
            I found "Paper Money" by Adam Smith quite intriguing.

            "Wealth and Poverty of Nations" was an excellent read.

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            • #7
              Pratchett´s ´Discworld´ -series are always entertaining for me too .
              If i only was so smart yesterday as my wife is today

              Minding your own biz is great virtue, but situation awareness saves lives - Dok

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              • #8
                I have read an abridged version of art of war, and Guderian's achtung panzer.
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                • #9
                  Is "Achtung, Panzer!" still actual?

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                  • #10
                    Actual as in print yes, doctrine and militarily up to date I am unsure as I was a Gunner not a tankie, bloody good read though, maybe Tankie knows. :)
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                    • #11
                      By the way Entropy I like the posters you used in your halls.
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                      • #12
                        'Cryptonomicon' by Neil Stephenson

                        'Faranheit 451 ' by Ray Bradbury

                        'Neuromancer' by William Gibson

                        'Foucault's Pendulum' by Umberto Eco

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                        • #13
                          Oh yes and the Strugatski brothers are horribly underestimated. Perhaps someone of more respectable age will remember them, but I doubt it.
                          They are Russian science fiction writers, but not science fiction as you know it. They give you a very different perception of philosophy, time, reality and mathematics in general, asking the question of how men would behave in certain situations and what is possible and not possible in the universe. The Noon Universe is a good world created by them, but also their side-works such as the Picknick on the Roadside. If you are interested, ask me for recommendations. Their books can be found online for free.

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                          • #14
                            When reading russian science fiction books I get always the feeling it was not written by a proffessional Author, but by a mathecian who decided to write a novel (uhm that is not meant as a bad thing).

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Tarek Morgen View Post
                              When reading russian science fiction books I get always the feeling it was not written by a proffessional Author, but by a mathecian who decided to write a novel (uhm that is not meant as a bad thing).
                              Which one?

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