Good books....
Anything by David McCullogh. The Great Bridge, The Path Between The Seas(gruesome working conditions in Panama until the mosquitos were walloped), Truman, 1776
Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans by Wendell Potter - think you know a lot about how health care works? Think again....this from a fellow who worked on the inside for a long time. It ain't pretty...
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Laura Hillenbrand - POW story and the fellow survives and forgives his Japanese tormentor sixty years later
The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II Gregory A. Freeman - I had never heard of this escape and it is an amazing story
The Faustball Tunnel: German POWs in America And Their Great Escape (Bluejacket Books) John Hammond Moore (Author) - The Nazis still held power in the American POW compounds until the administration decided to segregate them.
Grandfather's Tale: The Tale of a German Sniper
Timothy Erenberger (Author) - Great book, except the way the story was told, I thought the Germans had won WWII until the last few pages.
Wahoo: The Patrols of America's Most Famous World War II Submarine
Richard H. O'Kane - I like submarine books
Another great sub book - Blindman's Bluff - you won't believe how much we violated Russian territorial waters during the cold war. Pure and simple, an act of war. But the fellows did it.
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson - I always liked Ben
If you need any more ideas, let me know!!
