So, now that I am back, here is a list of books I read while I was away:
Non-fiction
World War I by SLA Marshall. Fantastic!
With Wings Like Eagles: The Untold Story of the Battle of Britain by Michael Korda. Excellent.
The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose. Very good.
The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army by David Cloud & Greg Jaffe. Excellent.
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks. Unpleasant but very good.
Danger's Hour: The Story of the USS Bunker Hill and the Kamikaze Pilot Who Crippled Her by Maxwell Taylor Kennedy. Just think of the history in that guy's name. Great book, too.
The Magnificent Mitscher by Theodore Taylor. Fantastic.
The Commanders by Bob Woodward. Very good.
Death Traps: The Survival of an American Armored Division in World War II by Belton Y. Cooper. Fantastic.
Cutthroats: The Adventures of a Sherman Tank Driver in the Pacific by Robert C. Dick. Very good.
Imperial Grunts: On the Ground with the American Military, from Mongolia to the Philippines to Iraq and Beyond by Robert D. Kaplan. Excellent.
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. 5: The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942-February 1943 by Samuel Eliot Morison. Fantastic as always.
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner. Another unpleasant but very good book.
The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan by Bing West. Excellent.
Fiction
Final Justice by W.E.B. Griffen. Great.
Dead Hand by Harold Coyle. Fantastic.
Seals, The Warrior Breed: Medal of Honor by H. Jay Riker. Excellent.
Dead or Alive by Tom Clancy. Finally, after all these years! Excellent.
The Company: A Novel of the CIA by Robert Littell. Excellent.
Non-fiction
World War I by SLA Marshall. Fantastic!
With Wings Like Eagles: The Untold Story of the Battle of Britain by Michael Korda. Excellent.
The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose. Very good.
The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army by David Cloud & Greg Jaffe. Excellent.
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks. Unpleasant but very good.
Danger's Hour: The Story of the USS Bunker Hill and the Kamikaze Pilot Who Crippled Her by Maxwell Taylor Kennedy. Just think of the history in that guy's name. Great book, too.
The Magnificent Mitscher by Theodore Taylor. Fantastic.
The Commanders by Bob Woodward. Very good.
Death Traps: The Survival of an American Armored Division in World War II by Belton Y. Cooper. Fantastic.
Cutthroats: The Adventures of a Sherman Tank Driver in the Pacific by Robert C. Dick. Very good.
Imperial Grunts: On the Ground with the American Military, from Mongolia to the Philippines to Iraq and Beyond by Robert D. Kaplan. Excellent.
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. 5: The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942-February 1943 by Samuel Eliot Morison. Fantastic as always.
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner. Another unpleasant but very good book.
The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan by Bing West. Excellent.
Fiction
Final Justice by W.E.B. Griffen. Great.
Dead Hand by Harold Coyle. Fantastic.
Seals, The Warrior Breed: Medal of Honor by H. Jay Riker. Excellent.
Dead or Alive by Tom Clancy. Finally, after all these years! Excellent.
The Company: A Novel of the CIA by Robert Littell. Excellent.
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