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  • #16
    Originally posted by moskos View Post
    If the War on Drugs, counts, can I modestly recommend my book, Cop in the Hood?
    I'll include it. :)
    "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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    • #17
      How about T.E Lawrence's "The seven pillars of wisdom'',Fuller's ''Military history of the western world''and for its exotic flavor-Third Axis Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941-1945 by Mark Axworthy.
      Those who know don't speak
      He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. Luke 22:36

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      • #18
        The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual (Paperback)
        http://www.amazon.com/Marine-Corps-C...9895512&sr=8-1

        Michael Yon - Moment of Truth in Iraq: How a New 'Greatest Generation' of American Soldiers is Turning Defeat and Disaster into Victory and Hope (Hardcover)
        http://www.amazon.com/Moment-Truth-I...9895490&sr=8-1

        Anybody who hasn't should head over to http://www.michaelyon-online.com/ and read his dispatches. Very encouraging.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Ironduke View Post
          To raise additional funds to invest in hardware and software for the site, Shek and I will be heading up an Amazon Astore. To stock the shelves, we need help with is the suggestion of titles of books that are relevant to the theme of the forum. My goal is to eventually have more than 1000 titles in stock in the WAB Library/Bookstore.

          Any feedback on categorization would be welcome as well.

          Link to the store:
          http://astore.amazon.com/woraffboa0b-20
          Sir, I would suggest three new fiction sections. Thrillers, Alternate history and Military Science Fiction. Both would include some lighter reading, which may be good from a selling point.
          If interested, I can send you several authors later for both of those themes, which are best-sellers.
          Best regards,
          Mario
          Regards from Brazil
          Mario Lira Junior

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          • #20
            Can you add books from other sources? or do they have to be from amazon.

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            • #21
              In an act of absolutely shameless self promotion, Iraq and the Evolution of American Strategy

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              • #22
                A few books I've read recently that I think would be good (just off the top of my head):

                No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam by Reza Aslan

                AK-47: The Weapon that Changed the Face of War by Larry Kahaner

                The Interrogators: Task Force 500 and America's Secret War Against Al Qaeda by Chris Mackey and Greg Miller

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by SteveMetz View Post
                  In an act of absolutely shameless self promotion, Iraq and the Evolution of American Strategy
                  We've already got that included, along with your book Rethinking Insurgency.

                  http://astore.amazon.com/woraffboa0b-20?node=3&page=3

                  Good to see you around on the forum though. Any suggestions for books on the subject of COIN used for research in the process of writing your books would be very welcome as well.
                  "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by flyarmy View Post
                    The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual (Paperback)
                    http://www.amazon.com/Marine-Corps-C...9895512&sr=8-1

                    Michael Yon - Moment of Truth in Iraq: How a New 'Greatest Generation' of American Soldiers is Turning Defeat and Disaster into Victory and Hope (Hardcover)
                    http://www.amazon.com/Moment-Truth-I...9895490&sr=8-1

                    Anybody who hasn't should head over to http://www.michaelyon-online.com/ and read his dispatches. Very encouraging.
                    Had the first one added already, but I've added the Yon book under the COIN & Terrorism category.
                    "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by ace16807 View Post
                      Can you add books from other sources? or do they have to be from amazon.
                      They have to be available on Amazon to be sold through the WAB Bookstore.
                      "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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                      • #26
                        Bought and read recently:
                        • Panzer Commander: The Memoirs of Colonel Hans von Luck (LINK)

                        • The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James (LINK)

                        • The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel (LINK) - Havent started this one yet

                        • The World at War (30th Anniversary Edition) (1974) - (LINK) - This is a nice boxed set of 11 discs.



                        Planning to buy soon: (if added will buy here)
                        • Panzer Leader by Heinz Guderian (LINK)

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                        • #27
                          Marine Sniper - Carlos Hathcock

                          Politics
                          Road to Serfdom - F.A. Hayek
                          Closing of the American Mind Allan Bloom
                          Liberal Fascism - Jonah Glodberg
                          Rise to Globalism - Stephen Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkely

                          Islam Rising - Jim Murk
                          The Sword of the Prophet - Serge Trifkovic
                          A Concise History of the Crusades - Thomas F. Madden


                          I think someone else already mentioned Machiavelli my copy is;

                          The Portable Machiavelli
                          edited and translated by Peter Bondanella
                          ISBN 0 14 015.092 7 contains;
                          The Private Letters
                          The Prince
                          The Discourses (abridged)
                          A Fable: Belfagor, the Devil Who Took A Wife - Funny Story
                          The Mandrake Root
                          From The Art of War

                          The Real War 1914-1918 Liddell
                          Blitzkrieg - Liddell
                          Mosbys Rangers - A Record of Operations of the 43rd Battalion Va Cav - James J. Williamson of A Company (mine is a leather bound Time Life Reprint ISBN 0-8094-4227-2

                          although I am guessing your looking for books currently in print


                          The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World
                          - Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy Original 1851. I have 3 Versions; 1899 an unknown date, and sometime in the 1950? I cannot find the copy to get the date.
                          Last edited by RadioPatrol; 22 Dec 08,, 02:32.
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                          • #28
                            Very interesting! Thank you ironduke

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                            • #29
                              Here are 3 on WWI, one of which I previously suggested, with links:

                              McBride: A Rifleman Went to War http://www.amazon.com/Rifleman-Went-...9929571&sr=8-1

                              Alexander: Through the Wheat: The U.S. Marines in World War I
                              http://www.amazon.com/Through-Wheat-...9929428&sr=8-1

                              Jünger: Storm of Steel
                              http://www.amazon.com/Storm-Steel-Pe...9929371&sr=8-1

                              One on WW2:

                              Knappe: Soldat: Reflections of a German Soldier, 1936-1949
                              http://www.amazon.com/Soldat-Reflect...9929727&sr=1-1

                              One on Vietnam:

                              Palmer: Summons of the Trumpet: U.S.-Vietnam in Perspective
                              http://www.amazon.com/Summons-Trumpe...9930487&sr=1-1

                              And one bit of literature, addressing a different war.
                              I previously suggested this, but had forgotten that the English version has a slightly different title. This is an interesting book, exploring both the mechanics and the morals of running a ruthless peasant insurgency against occupation forces.

                              Lons: The Warwolf: A Peasant Chronicle of the Thirty Years War
                              http://www.amazon.com/Warwolf-Peasan...9930647&sr=1-1

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                              • #30
                                Deception
                                Adrian Levy
                                Catherine Scott-Clark
                                ISBN-13: 978-0-8027-1554-8

                                Through Our Enemies Eyes
                                Michael Scheurer
                                ISBN 1-57488-967-2

                                Understanding Iraq
                                William R. Polk
                                ISBN-13:978-0-06-076469-2

                                Blackwater
                                Jeremy Scahill
                                ISBN 976-1-56858-394-5

                                The Commandant of the Marine Corps' Professional Reading list E4 (corporal)

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