Thread: What Book Are You Reading?

Yes. 25.

Here's a decent list. Bruce Catton's books are excellent. McPhearson's too.

Civil War Book List - NYTimes.com

Originally Posted by Bridgeburner_

Out of curiosity, is there amount of posts I much reach before I can start posting a thread? I was looking for recommendations for a good yet encompassing introduction to the American Civil War, similar to what Anthony Beevor did for WW2.

Recommend you drop down to the ACW forum under the History of International Conflict section. You will find 3 pages of recommendatrions there.

Originally Posted by sappersgt

Yeah, I've been neglecting the WAB. The GF says I need more wabbit time, says it improves my attitude. When I questioned her about my so called attitude, she reminded me I still wake up 30 minutes before dawn for "Stand To", even on weekends. Go figure.

Hey, sorry I missed this.

Welcome back.

Stand to....sure.

But do you combat park your vehicle still? Stand behind cover while waiting to get food off the grill?

Dead men risen - by Toby Harnden.

Comprihensive account of The Welsh Guards tour in Helmand Province Afghanistan 2009.

Great reading, would think it would be even more interesting for a 'non-Brit' to read......

Going over my bibilography - adding some of the new books I aquired in the last two years. (bolded are exceptionally excellent - but IMO, every Warship Annual is also excellent same for the Anatomy of the Ship series, I would recommend each book in this list - they're all great books)

Brescia, Maurizio, (2012), Mussolini's Navy A Reference Guide ot the Regia Marina 1930-1945, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis MD, ISBN 978-1-59114-544-8
Bagnasco, Erminio & de Toro, Augusto, (2011), The Littorio Class Italy's Last and Largest Battleships 1937-1948, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis MD, ISBN 978-1-59114-445-8
O'Hara, Vincent P., Dickson, W. David & Worth Richard, (2010), On Seas Contested The Seven Great Navies of the Second World War, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis MD, ISBN 978-1-59114-646-9
Worth, Richard, (2011), Thunder In Its Courses Essays On The Battlecruiser, Nimble Books, Ann Arbor, MI, ISBN 978-1-60888-101-7
Jordan, John & Dent, Stephen (2012) Warship 2012, Conway, London UK, ISBN 978 -1-84486-156-9
Roberts, John (Ed), (1995) Warship 1995, Conway, London UK, ISBN 0-85177-654-X
Roberts, John (Ed), (1994) Warship 1994, Conway, London UK, ISBN 0-85177-630-2
Friedman, Norman (2011) Naval Weapons of World War One, Seaforth Publishing,S. Yorkshire, UK ISBN 978-1-884832-100-7
Friedman, Norman (2012) British Cruisers, Two World Wars and After, Naval Institute Press ISBN 978-1 59114 078 8
Friedman, Norman (2012) British Cruisers Of The Victorian Era, Naval Institute Press ISBN 978-1 59114 068 9
Gardiner, Robert.(Ed.) (1984), Warship Vol VIII, Naval Institute Press, ISBN 0-87021-983-9
Roberts, John (Ed), (1983) Warship Vol. VII, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, ISBN 0-87021-982-0
Roberts, John (Ed), (1982) Warship Vol. VI, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, ISBN 0-87021-981-2
Preston, Anthony & Jordan, John (Ed), (2009) Warship 2009, Conway, ISBN 9781844860890
Jordan, John (Ed), (2010) Warship 2010, Conway, ISBN 9781844861101
Jordan, John (Ed), (2011) Warship 2011, Conway, ISBN 9781844861330
Jordan, John (Ed), (2012) Warship 2012, Conway, ISBN 9781844861569
Gardiner, Robert.(Ed.) (1989), Warship 1989, Naval Institute Press, ISBN 0-87021-999-5
Preston, Anthony (1977), Battleships 1865-1977, Chartwell Books Inc., Secaucus, New Jersey, ISBN 0-89009-126-9
Brower, Jack (2005), Anatomy of the Ship, The Battleship Bismarck, Naval Institute Press, ISBN 1-591140501
Skulski, Janusz, (1998), Anatomy Of The Ship, The Battleship Fuso, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, ISBN 0-557500460
Gay, Franco & Gay Valerio (1987), Anatomy Of The Ship, The Cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, ISBN 087021-900-6
Worth, Richard, (2001), Fleets of World War II, Da Capo Press, Cambridge, MA, ISBN 0-306-811116-2

Just got started on Demian by Emil Sinclair aka Hermann Hesse. Reading it in German. And Fraktur.