I“m reading "They marched into sunlight" which is dedicated to commemoration of 64 American soldiers that got killed in action on Oct 17th 1967 of Vietnam War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYhKbBrRHHo
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Rising Tides by Tayor Anderson (Destroyermen #5).
http://www.amazon.com/Rising-Tides-D....../B00466ISOY
Got the hardcover for $13.40 (2 day free shipping), Kindle was $12.99! Not much of a discount, I'd like to see the ebook versions a whole lot cheaper before I switch over. I might end up just using both.
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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)
The Officers Club by Ralph Peters . Hardcover online was same price as Kindle from Amazon. Hmmm...
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...+officers+club
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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)
Where Russians Go Wrong in Spoken English by L. Visson
The Surgeon's Apprentice by John Biggins.
Amazon.com: The Surgeon's Apprentice (9780956542328): John Biggins: Books
By same author who wrote the Otto Prohaska series, this is even better. Buying this was interesting, a new title only in paperback and is a "print on demand" from the publisher. The way of things to come?
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)
just finished The Rise and the Fall of the British Empire...
now re-reading the Peshawar Lancers while waiting for Captain Sir Richard Burton to come through Amazon.
time to wear the pith helmet...eh wot?
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "My ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."- Isaac Asimov
Halfway through Foundation and Earth by Asimov.
Amazon.com: Foundation and Earth (9780553587579): Isaac Asimov: Books
True story.
Recently finished William Lind's Maneuver Warfare Handbook and Capt. Adolf von Schell's Battle Leadership. Currently reading Dupuy's Genius for War: The German Army and General Staff, 1807-1945 and Clark's Barbarossa.
Soldat. Good book so far. Depicts a lot of the pre war tension leading up to the sitzkrieg and the like.
Can anyone recommend a well written fighter pilot memoir or the like preferably taking place in north africa or the eastern front?
Dr Adrian Goldsworthy - The Complete Roman Army
lots of interesting illustrations but the writing did not impress me so far.
J'ai en marre.
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "My ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."- Isaac Asimov
Halfway through Rebel Private: Front and Rear by William Fletcher. A bit different from a typical U.S. Civil War book in that it reads more like a diary or memoirs of a private soldier, rather than a biography of a General or an analysis of battles.
W. Fletcher belonged to one of Hood's Texas units, and saw combat through the entire war. What I find particularly striking is just how bloodthirsty this guy was. He is unapologetic for his descriptions of "row upon row of Yankee dead" that gladdened his heart, and for looting the dead, etc. This book was written near the end of the man's life, so is a bit disjointed, but you can tell that even circa 1910, this man carried around love of the lost cause, and hatred of the Yankees.
It is also very obvious that Fletcher was a helluva soldier.
Very good read so far.
The Fall of Carthage by Adrian Goldsworthy
For Gallifrey! For Victory! For the end of time itself!!
Just finished The Winter Soldiers: The Battles for Trenton and Princeton by Richard Ketchum.
Just started Stephen R.Taaffe's The Philadelphia Campaign, 1777–1778.
Remember that it is the Actions and not the Commission that make the Officer and that there is More expected from him than the title. GEORGE WASHINGTON
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