A book worth of reading / kill time

[Quoheleth]

About Face by Col David Hackworth.

Not so much about training the reader, per se, but the story of a man of arms who spent his life training his men to keep them safe. A two-thumbs-up read.

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[KC&97TA]

depending on your age, military affiliation, I've read and reread the following 4

Generation Kill, One Bullet Away, Yellow Smoke, A Marine named Mitch

I'm currently reading, The soldier's load and the mobility of a nation, but it's a long Esay style of writeing, mostly about logistics, mentaility and basic leadership that gets forgotten about... I wouldn't recommend it

 

[rogerjames]

"The Gift of Fear" by Gavin De Becker
http://www.amazon.com/Gift-Fear-Gav...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264387704&sr=8-1

This book is not about guns, but about self-awareness and instinct. It is about the importance of reacting to your initial instinct, before human cognition can rationalize the sequence of events. As humans, we tend to rationalize our fears. Animals just react. This is not so much about about confronting a threat... but using our instincts to identify and avoid a threat. One of the best books I have read.