JasonT Posted June 20, 2016 Share #726 Posted June 20, 2016 Reading "The Deserters: A Hidden History of World War II" by Charles Glass, an area of WW2 history that has not been publicized much, if at all. Very interesting! I just picked up a copy of The Deserters a couple weeks ago because like you said it's not a topic you ever hear about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted June 20, 2016 Share #727 Posted June 20, 2016 The original Sherlock Holmes stories from 'Strand' magazine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bummer Posted June 20, 2016 Share #728 Posted June 20, 2016 Crucible of War by Fred Anderson . It's about the 7 years war ( French and Indian) . Living in Western Pa this is a topic my son and I both enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVSkelton Posted June 21, 2016 Share #729 Posted June 21, 2016 I'm currently reading Red Platoon by Clinton Romesha. I'm only 100 pages into it, but I highly recommend it. For those who don't know it's about the attack on COP Keating in Afghanistan. Sgt. Romesha earned the Medal of Honor for his actions during that attack, though his book does not focus on him but on the entire outpost. Excellent book so far. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFnav Posted July 4, 2016 Share #730 Posted July 4, 2016 Reading: John H. Morrow, Jr., The Great War: An Imperial History. New York: Routledge, 2004. Pretty good so far, WIDE scope, breaks things down very well. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted July 9, 2016 Share #731 Posted July 9, 2016 The Other Side of Time....a combat surgeons story of the march across Europe WWII... My first thought, when I saw the book was, combat surgeon....??? Am I going to read about amputations and battle injuries...not really my thing....but after the first ten pages, I was hooked...halfway through now...quick read... enlightening...along the same lines as Company Commander, fast paced...great detail, very personal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 13, 2016 Share #732 Posted July 13, 2016 Re Reading Robert K. Massie's Dreadnought followed by his Castles of Steel. Two big fat books on the German British Naval tensions/race, with the second on the Naval War in the Great War, a must for general military history students. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb44 Posted July 26, 2016 Share #733 Posted July 26, 2016 I'm reading book one of Jack Hunter's 'Bruno Stachel' books. The movie, "the Blue Max" was a so-so adaptation of the book and I'm about 75% through it to see the differences (the book is way better). Can't wait to read of his exploits through the inter-war years and into WW2. Yeah, Stachel died in the movie, but not in the books... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 27, 2016 Share #734 Posted July 27, 2016 I'm reading book one of Jack Hunter's 'Bruno Stachel' books. The movie, "the Blue Max" was a so-so adaptation of the book and I'm about 75% through it to see the differences (the book is way better). Can't wait to read of his exploits through the inter-war years and into WW2. Yeah, Stachel died in the movie, but not in the books... I had no idea it was from a book the movie, I thought it was a screenwriting. I guess we'll have to read the book, I know you won't spill the beans on what he does in the Third Reich era, like maybe a rival of Fatso Goering's to be head of the Luftwaffe, if so, Stachel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted August 4, 2016 Share #735 Posted August 4, 2016 I'm reading book one of Jack Hunter's 'Bruno Stachel' books. The movie, "the Blue Max" was a so-so adaptation of the book and I'm about 75% through it to see the differences (the book is way better). Can't wait to read of his exploits through the inter-war years and into WW2. Yeah, Stachel died in the movie, but not in the books... One of these days, Stachel, I am going to shake you up considerably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashdive Posted August 10, 2016 Share #736 Posted August 10, 2016 Just started John Toland's "The Rising Sun" Very interesting so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 22, 2016 Share #737 Posted August 22, 2016 Re Reading this book, it's called The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way, yes, not military, but it is History, and one I highly recommend, a keeper, once you start reading it you won't want to put it down, very fascinating stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaucoup VC Posted August 27, 2016 Share #738 Posted August 27, 2016 Outstanding book. It's hard to put down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0bbeL Posted August 31, 2016 Share #739 Posted August 31, 2016 Currently reading "Faces of War" by Jennifer Holik, book about research WWII soldiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFnav Posted October 15, 2016 Share #740 Posted October 15, 2016 I'm reading: Webster, Francis H. Somewhere Over There: The Letters, Diary, and Artwork of a World War I Corporal. Edited by Darrek D. Orwig. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2016. 277 pages. Webster was in Machine Gun Company, 168th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Division, and, sadly, he was killed in action in October 1918 in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. His cartoons, illustrations, and watercolors are very good. I've just started the book, and it looks like a good read, with his diary and letters home. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellasilva Posted October 15, 2016 Share #741 Posted October 15, 2016 I'm starting War and Peace. See you guys in a few years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeaker Posted October 20, 2016 Share #742 Posted October 20, 2016 I'm fixing to pick this back up again. It was kind of slow moving at fist so I thought I would give it another try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted October 20, 2016 Share #743 Posted October 20, 2016 Re Reading this book, it's called The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way, yes, not military, but it is History, and one I highly recommend, a keeper, once you start reading it you won't want to put it down, very fascinating stuff. s-l200.jpg 40 years ago, back in high school, I took an Lit class with Mr Wilson, the best teacher I ever had. He spent a day giving us a lecture on the evolution of the English language. It was fascinating, and just about the best darned hour of classtime ever. I'll need to look up this book. Thanks for the heads up. Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted October 20, 2016 Share #744 Posted October 20, 2016 The original Sherlock Holmes stories from 'Strand' magazine. Great choice. Holmes and Watson are my favorite literary characters! I have an original American edition Strand magazine with part of Hound of the Baskervilles. Horrible condition, but one of my favorite possessions. Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFnav Posted October 21, 2016 Share #745 Posted October 21, 2016 I'm reading: Marian Small, When Johnny Doesn’t Come Marching Home. Victoria, Canada: Friesen Press, 2016. Paperback, 341pp. It's the story of her father, a doughboy in the 147th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division; he was wounded in action. It's good so far. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
respectingthesacrifice Posted October 27, 2016 Share #746 Posted October 27, 2016 Currently reading House to house by David Bellavia. About the battle for Fallujah in 2004. Stunning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb44 Posted October 27, 2016 Share #747 Posted October 27, 2016 I’m currently reading the novel “Firefox”. While the novel is far more accurate with the technical aspects that the Clint Eastwood movie was (the MIG-31 is described as an upgraded MIG-25, not the sci-fi looking thing in the film), I think the movie did a better job with the characters. Eastwood’s character is more of a jerk in the book and not very likeable. He also had no issues with killing anyone, as in the book he kills the Russian test pilot instead of just knocking him out in the movie. The author is clearly English, by the way the prose is written, and it doesn't exactly ring true a few times when he describes the Americans or has them say some things. Also, the book’s character flew MIGs out of Tonopah for the joint CIA/USAF project to evaluate captured Soviet aircraft, instead of simply being a good pilot who had a Russian-speaking member of his family as described in the film. Anyway, it’s a darned good book and I also have the sequel, which I’ll be reading as soon as I’m finished with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonT Posted October 27, 2016 Share #748 Posted October 27, 2016 Just finishing up "Behind Hitler's Lines" aka "The Simple Sounds of Freedom" by Thomas H. Taylor. The story of Joseph Beyrle, who served in the 101st and was the only soldier to serve in both US and Soviet army during WWII. He was captured after D-day, escaped, was recaptured and tortured by Gestapo, saved by the Wehrmacht, escaped again, joined up with the Russians and was wounded during the push to Berlin. A great untold story and gives some good insight to POW life and what it was like in the Soviet army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted October 27, 2016 Share #749 Posted October 27, 2016 "A Place Among The Nations" by: Benjamin Netanyahu A history book about the formation of the state of Israel prior to, during and between various wars and other international political developments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turko Posted November 4, 2016 Share #750 Posted November 4, 2016 Reflections of a Warrior by Franklin Miller. Spent six years in Vietnam and was awarded the Medal of Honor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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