Daniel T
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A Hymn for Battle by John Ringo. The first book in a great military sci-fi series by a vet who knows what he's talking about.
What books do you recommend?
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That's "A Hymn BEFORE Battle"
Balog
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I started reading "Red Storm Rising" a little while back. I'd always heard that Clancy knew his stuff when it came to guns, but.....
The book opens with Islamic radicals blowing up a Soviet oil refinery. One of the terrorists grabs a guard's "belt-fed AK" which he then proceeds to "reload" quickly and easily. It seemed pretty clear that he was talking about the AK-47, not one of the belt-fed variants. Not a big thing, but it kinda turned me off.
The book opens with Islamic radicals blowing up a Soviet oil refinery. One of the terrorists grabs a guard's "belt-fed AK" which he then proceeds to "reload" quickly and easily. It seemed pretty clear that he was talking about the AK-47, not one of the belt-fed variants. Not a big thing, but it kinda turned me off.
Didnt read all 3 pages so sorry if I regurgitate
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God,Guns, and R&R ...the Nuge
In the gravest Extreme...Ayoob
Hell I was there...Kieth
Death in the Long Grass...Capstick
Hoglegs,Hipshots,& Jalapenos...Skelton
Hunting Alaska...Batin
Im strictly a non-fiction guy.
:God,Guns, and R&R ...the Nuge
In the gravest Extreme...Ayoob
Hell I was there...Kieth
Death in the Long Grass...Capstick
Hoglegs,Hipshots,& Jalapenos...Skelton
Hunting Alaska...Batin
Im strictly a non-fiction guy.
Dave Markowitz
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I didn't notice these mentioned:
A Rifleman Went to War and The Emma Gees, both by H.W. McBride.
With British Snipers to the Reich , by Captain C. Shore.
Brown on Resolution, by C.S. Forester (good luck finding a copy ).
Anything by H. Beam Piper (very pro-RKBA sci-fi).
A Rifleman Went to War and The Emma Gees, both by H.W. McBride.
With British Snipers to the Reich , by Captain C. Shore.
Brown on Resolution, by C.S. Forester (good luck finding a copy
).Anything by H. Beam Piper (very pro-RKBA sci-fi).
Benjamin
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McClellan, Sherman & Grant, by Thomas Harry Williams
Pretty much anything by P. J. O'Rourke. Most of his books can be had used on Amazon for under $5 shipped.
If you want to loose all faith in humanity, read
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
by Christopher R. Browning
In short, it's a posthole book about some voluntary participants in a particular series of mass killings during WWII.
I Cannot Forgive by Rudolf Vrba - also a Holocaust book. Details being rounded up, shipped off, camp life, escape, telling the world.
Turning Points of the Civil War
by James A. Rawley
The Last of the Fathers : James Madison and the Republican Legacy
by Drew R. McCoy - particularly well done. I'm somewhat biased, though, having studied under him.
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn - how Stalin's USSR worked to isolate every person
La Place De LA Concorde Suisse
by John McPhee - sort of a fluff book about the Swiss military. Author participates in some exercises. Unabashed adoration. Still, it's an entertaining read.
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
by Joseph J. Ellis
The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
by Fareed Zakaria
-- On why a rush to elections in newly free countries is often a Bad Thing. Tremendously readable political work with good insight into the world situation.
Pretty much anything by P. J. O'Rourke. Most of his books can be had used on Amazon for under $5 shipped.
If you want to loose all faith in humanity, read
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
by Christopher R. Browning
In short, it's a posthole book about some voluntary participants in a particular series of mass killings during WWII.
I Cannot Forgive by Rudolf Vrba - also a Holocaust book. Details being rounded up, shipped off, camp life, escape, telling the world.
Turning Points of the Civil War
by James A. Rawley
The Last of the Fathers : James Madison and the Republican Legacy
by Drew R. McCoy - particularly well done. I'm somewhat biased, though, having studied under him.
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn - how Stalin's USSR worked to isolate every person
La Place De LA Concorde Suisse
by John McPhee - sort of a fluff book about the Swiss military. Author participates in some exercises. Unabashed adoration. Still, it's an entertaining read.
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
by Joseph J. Ellis
The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
by Fareed Zakaria
-- On why a rush to elections in newly free countries is often a Bad Thing. Tremendously readable political work with good insight into the world situation.
280PLUS
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anyone mention idriess yet?
i highly rcommend 1. "The Desert Column" and 2. "The Guerilla Series"
by ion l. idriess - aussie WW1 sniper in the palestine area
do a search on ebay or www.ozbook.com has some titles of his
if you do a search here on him aand thos titles you may come up with a few of the other times i got into a little more depth on him and his books
sorry,,,no time now for anything long,,,p/m me for more if you want
happy reading
m
ps,,,the prices at ozbook and some of the prices on ebay are in australian dollars and not as high in US $
i highly rcommend 1. "The Desert Column" and 2. "The Guerilla Series"
by ion l. idriess - aussie WW1 sniper in the palestine area
do a search on ebay or www.ozbook.com has some titles of his
if you do a search here on him aand thos titles you may come up with a few of the other times i got into a little more depth on him and his books
sorry,,,no time now for anything long,,,p/m me for more if you want
happy reading
m
ps,,,the prices at ozbook and some of the prices on ebay are in australian dollars and not as high in US $
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