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Hello all,
First, I used the search function, but to my dismay every link I clicked on refused to open (IT help - new laptop running Windows Edge - even tried to open in Chrome and it still came up 'blocked.')
I now have a fair amount of time on my hands and want to read more. My preferred reading is non-fiction; historical and educational.
Recently I finished I'm From the Government and I'm Here to Kill You by David T Hardy. I've also read Deinfringe by Joshua Baker. So something like those are right up my alley.
Jack Carr's "Terminal List" series is entertaining. Kurt Schlichter's series is also good.
The Killer Angels by Michael Sharra. Best civil war book I ever read. Won the Pulitzer when that still meant something.
Sidneyious
02-23-23, 19:12
got kids or family with youngins?
Better get the original Roald Dahl works before they get reprinted with sjw trash.
Orwells books will be rewritten as well
C.A. Bond’s Nemesis
CS lewis abolition of man
Hanna Pitkin's Concept of Representation
Sorry mis-read on a small screen. For nonfiction, Black Hawk Down is good, might not be totally accurate, but good. Second the Michael Sharra recommendation.
I know you said you prefer non-fiction, but you should check out Will's Vacation Gone South novellas...They're well written and very entertaining. I highly recommend
https://www.amazon.com/VACATION-GONE-SOUTH-Will-Brink-ebook/dp/B00VPC7PPK?ref_=ast_author_dp
SomeOtherGuy
02-23-23, 19:46
Hello all,
First, I used the search function, but to my dismay every link I clicked on refused to open (IT help - new laptop running Windows Edge - even tried to open in Chrome and it still came up 'blocked.')
Are you getting this:
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I'm getting that. I think Google is blocking links to the site, even though its custom search is still able to find those links. Site admin probably needs to switch to some different search provider.
Skunk Works by Ben Rich
That's definitely a good read. Lockheed had a great owner and designers, engineers, managers, fabricators, and machinists.
If the OP has any interest in US Navy submarines operating during the Cold War, I highly recommend "Blind Man's Bluff" by Sherry Sontag. Some of those sub skippers had some very big brass balls!
K-129 and Project Azorian
The Taking of K-129: How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History
Book discussing the why of K-129’s loss:
Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine's Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S.
Book discussing more of the engineering:
Project Azorian: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129
Technology and Today’s Battlefields
Like War: The Weaponization of Social Media
P.W. Singer & Emerson T. Brooking
Sandworm: A New Global Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin’s Most Dangerous Hackers.
By: Andy Greenberg
What TV Shows Made Me Read:
Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
By: Serhii Plohky
- HBO Miniseries - Chernobyl
Midnight in Chernobyl
By Adam Higginbitham
- HBO Miniseries - Chernobyl
The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War
By: Jonathan Dimbleby
- Apple+ movie - Greyhound
Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, The Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde
by John Boessenecker
- Netflix movie - The Highway Men
Just For Fun:
Red Metal
By Mark Greaney and Lt Col Hunter Rawlings, USMC
- Modern version of Tom Clancy’s Red Storm Rising
The Terminal List
True Believer
Savage Son
The Devil’s HandI
In the Blood
By Jack Carr
- Written by retired Navy SEAL on the theme of revenge and recovery
The Guns of the South
by Harry Turtledove
- What happens if the Confederacy was given AK-47s by time traveling South Afrikaners?
Without Remorse
By Tom Clancy
- the introduction to John Clark and his backstory which is an epic story of revenge.
All Time Favorites
SOG: The Secret Wars of America’s Commandos in Vietnam
by John Plaster
- Excellent intro into the most secretive and effective special operations unit in the Vietnam War
We Were Soldiers Once… And Young: Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
by Lt Gen Harold Moore and Joseph Galloway
- Extremely well written account of twin battles during the early days of the Vietnam War. The movie covered only the first battle.
Blackhawk Down: A Story of Modern War
by Mark Bowden
- Fantastically written account of the day long battle in Mogadishu in 1993. Similarities between then and the coming GWOT are astonishing.
The Raid: The Son Tay Prison Rescue Mission
by Benjamin Schemmer
- Daring raid into North Vietnam to rescue American POW’s in 1970. Details the planning and execution of one of the most successful raids in US SOF history.
The Outpost: The Untold Story of America. Valor
By Jake Tapper
- History of an ill placed outpost in Afghanistan where an epic battle was held which resulted in 2 troops earning the MoH.
Military Flying
The Ravens: The Men Who Flew in America’s Secret War in Laos
by Christopher Robbins
- Details the battle between USAF FAC’s and the North Vietnamese in Laos. Excellent stories of flying and daring during a secret war.
The Blonde Knight of Germany: A Biography of Erich Hartmann
by Raymond Toliver
- Account of the highest scoring ace in world history along with his time in a Soviet Gulag and post war West German Luftwaffe
The Star of Africa: The Story of Hans Marseille, the Rogue Luftwaffe Ace Who Dominated the WWII Skies
by Coliin and Heaton
- The epic story of a largely forgotten German ace who lived the fighter pilot’s life before being killed in North Africa
I Could Never be So Lucky Again
by Jimmy Doolittle
- It’s Jimmy “Freaking” Doolittle’s story… Military pilot, the first with a doctorate in aeronautics, combat general in WWII. An amazing book about an amazing pilot and leader.
Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds
by Robin Olds
- Amazing book about a fighter pilot more people should know. WWII and Vietnam veteran who led fighter units to success in combat.
Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
by: Robert Coram
- John Boyd - a Colonel in the USAF - became a legend in the Marine Corps for his OODA Loop theory. Also fought more battles in the halls of the Pentagon to develop the fighter aircraft we needed, not what industry pushed.
Dragon’s Jaw: An Epic Story of cougar and Tenacity in Vietnam
By: Stephen Coonts and Barrett Tollman
- Story about trying to drop the Dragon’s Jaw bridge in North Vietnam.
The Hunter Killers: The Extraordinary Story of the First Wild Weasels, the Band of Maverick Aviators Who Flew the Most Dangerous Missions of the Vietnam War
By Dan Hampton
- History of the development of the Wild Weasel mission and aircraft during the Vietnam War
The Saga of Pappy Gunn
By George Kenney
- The story of Pappy Gunn written by the commanding general of the Air Force in the southwest Pacific. Gunn literally put the guns on the B-25 turning them into commerce raiders.
Jack Carr's "Terminal List" series is entertaining.
I second that. Those books are hard to put down. For gun guys, it's a treat. He drop lots of names on guns and gears. I've read all four and waiting for the release of the 5th.
I Could Never be So Lucky Again
by Jimmy Doolittle
- It’s Jimmy “Freaking” Doolittle’s story… Military pilot, the first with a doctorate in aeronautics, combat general in WWII. An amazing book about an amazing pilot and leader.
I second this one. Amazing read.
Would also strongly recommend:
The Quiet Professional: Major Richard J. Meadows of the U.S. Army Special Forces by Alan Hoe
SOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam by John Plaster
Unintended Consequences by John Ross. Great mixture of fact and fiction.
At Dawn we slept, Neptune's Inferno, The Fleet at Flood Tide, Indianapolis, The making of the atomic bomb, Now it can be told.
Read those books in that order for an incredible tale of ww2 history.
At Dawn we slept, Neptune's Inferno, The Fleet at Flood Tide, Indianapolis, The making of the atomic bomb, Now it can be told.
Read those books in that order for an incredible tale of ww2 history.
For WW2 maritime need to add Halsey’s Typhoon to that list. Nick Brokhausen’s books We Few and Whispers in the Tall Grass are both excellent (and very entertaining) reads about his time in SOG. And for the forgotten war pick up The Last Stand of Fox Company which you would be hard pressed to put down.
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill’s Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops -Damien Lewis
https://www.amazon.com/Ministry-Ungentlemanly-Warfare-Churchills-Warriors/dp/B094YRTWQC/ref=sr_1_6?crid=BYF1HL56NBJU&keywords=Ministry+of+Ungentlemanly+Warfare&qid=1677245024&s=books&sprefix=ministry+of+ungentlemanly+warfare%2Cstripbooks%2C103&sr=1-6
I need to add a few more books to my reading list. Thanks for the recommendation!
FromMyColdDeadHand
02-24-23, 09:20
I'll second Boyd: Boyd was fascinating, and that he is 'modern' but there are few recordings or complete copies of his presentations - considering the impact that they have had, is amazing.
Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
by: Robert Coram
- John Boyd - a Colonel in the USAF - became a legend in the Marine Corps for his OODA Loop theory. Also fought more battles in the halls of the Pentagon to develop the fighter aircraft we needed, not what industry pushed.
Often quoted, usually misunderstood- Machiavelli "The Prince". It isn't long. I find it is more appropriate for business than 'war'. It is about power- and how to yield power when you are the disadvantaged underdog with limited resources and shaky power structure- so basically modern business orgs in the US. Worth an afternoon so you can say that you have actually read it.
Carnage and Culture by Victor Davis Hanson. He could use and editor on it, but he hammers down the point about why Western warfare is soooo lethal. Cortez is lucky that his name isn't remember with "Custer" after his burning ships motivational speech technique.
Organic Chemistry by Morrison and Boyd... just kidding.
I may be biased, but Vacation Gone South gets good reviews. Part I:
https://www.amazon.com/VACATION-GONE-SOUTH-Will-Brink-ebook/dp/B00VPC7PPK?ref_=ast_author_dp
All four in the series as print exists too.
I second this one. Amazing read.
Would also strongly recommend:
The Quiet Professional: Major Richard J. Meadows of the U.S. Army Special Forces by Alan Hoe
SOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam by John Plaster
I also recommend John Stryker Meyer's books on SOG as well - excellent books across the board (Across the Fence, On the Ground and SOG Chronicles 1). And if you're not listening to his SOG Cast podcast you are really missing out - he's getting 2-3 hour interviews with a lot of SOG men. Reading it is one thing but it is indeed another hearing them tell the stories.
I just finished "No Guts, No Glory" by Jim Bolen - it is very entertaining book written for the author's grandkids. Talks of his time in SOG, fighting in Rhodesia, being Larry Flynt's bodyguard and all sorts of other fun stories.
No good SOG reading list is complete without Frank Miller's "Reflections of a Warrior." 6 tours and a MOH with SOG.
I may be biased, but Vacation Gone South gets good reviews. Part I:
https://www.amazon.com/VACATION-GONE-SOUTH-Will-Brink-ebook/dp/B00VPC7PPK?ref_=ast_author_dp
All four in the series as print exists too.
How about a 5th book in the series? Just noticed the 4th was 2017. Time to get busy!
Have I got a book for you!
7003 Days: 21 Years in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness
https://www.caxtonpress.com/7003days21yearsinthefrankchurchriverofnoreturnwilderness.aspx
How about a 5th book in the series? Just noticed the 4th was 2017. Time to get busy!
Spin off story is sorta #5:
https://www.amazon.com/Old-Angry-Novella-Will-Brink-ebook/dp/B0844KJ7R2
After that, I went back to scifi/fantasy. I am a slow a$$ fiction writer to be sure.
Spin off story is sorta #5:
https://www.amazon.com/Old-Angry-Novella-Will-Brink-ebook/dp/B0844KJ7R2
After that, I went back to scifi/fantasy. I am a slow a$$ fiction writer to be sure.
Already read that. :)
Already read that. :)
I hope you left a review! That one could use some more for sures. I like characters like Paul even more than Wink as he's old school crusty salty no BS guy who has BTDT. Paul is based on a real person, friend of mine who was LLRP in 'Nam. As a person, he's the opposite of the book character but it was a dedication of sorts to him and his ilk.
Working title for next adventure is "Men With Guns."
BTW, even if you're not a SciFi reader, that one has a Wink connection and is all action and future combat oriented:
https://www.amazon.com/Pleiades-Rising-Novella-Shimmering-Death-ebook/dp/B013ZSTXXI
Already read that. :)
How about this opening from Soul-Mind (https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Mind-Novella-Will-Brink-ebook/dp/B079P8BNN2?ref_=ast_author_dp):
It all starts for me shortly after I killed a man—well, several men. They were not the first men I’d killed, not by a long shot, but they were the first men I’d killed as a civilian. I’m not proud of it, but they had it coming, truth be known, so f’em. The end of the day, stuck in a cell for the rest of my days or trying not to get killed in some battle, or alone with my nightmares, mattered little to me. I could happily sit in my cell, reading a novel on a tablet or watching the holograph viz plates ’till my life-ride on this planet was over.
I’d fought in the war for almost three years, and one day it was over. I’d seen enough killing and death and bodies—and parts of bodies—smoldering ruins and scorched earth, to last ten life times. World War III had started some place in the Middle East, spread from there, and gone global shortly after. The war didn’t go so well for what had been the United States, and we ended up fighting a defensive fight on our own soil. The tide changed slowly, but surely, and we’d pushed them back to what had been the state of Texas and south of that. With losses of life in the billions worldwide, new territorial lines were drawn, and humanity worked on picking up the pieces and starting over again to rebuild. Our side had “won,” whatever that means when the entire planet was in shambles. I don’t even remember if the war had started over the always popular “my God is better than your God” or like most wars, really about resources hidden behind a seemingly justifiable cause. Good old human tribalism at its best.
Defaultmp3
02-24-23, 16:41
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Only-Plane-in-the-Sky/Garrett-M-Graff/9781501182204
Heart-wrenching book that is an oral history of 9/11, from the perspective of normal civilians to the highest ranks in government, in chronological order.
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Only-Plane-in-the-Sky/Garrett-M-Graff/9781501182204
Heart-wrenching book that is an oral history of 9/11, from the perspective of normal civilians to the highest ranks in government, in chronological order.
I probably couldn't get through that. The 911 calls from that day are hard enough to listen to.
All,
Thanks for the suggestions. I've written down almost all of them. Gotta go shopping now!
Are you getting this:
I'm getting that. I think Google is blocking links to the site, even though its custom search is still able to find those links. Site admin probably needs to switch to some different search provider.
Yeah that's it.
The_War_Wagon
02-24-23, 17:36
https://www.armedlutheran.us/product/duty-to-defend-2nd-edition-signed/
https://www.armedlutheran.us/wp-content/uploads/DutyToDefend-e-CoverFINAL-scaled-e1669961340863.jpg
I wrote 2 chapters in the original edition, & penned a new chapter for this new 2nd edition - the Gnostic roots of gun control. I get no monies from the sale, & if you'd like me to autograph your copy, I'll do so for free.
The Dumb Gun Collector
02-25-23, 00:40
The Secret Horsepower Race: Western Front Fighter Engine Development.
Very interesting history. Amazing how much development was done in such short amount of time. Other than Electronic fuel injection, I'm not sure that we have done much new in piston engines since the 40s.
https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Horsepower-Race-Western-Development/dp/1911658506/ref=sr_1_1?gclid=Cj0KCQiA3eGfBhCeARIsACpJNU-ZG7SbM9eYtq8oM3vtI6w_ggJhQRsPIXzKoIq1dQXq1tKk9SJEwfAaApy2EALw_wcB&hvadid=504137332531&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9011230&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=b&hvrand=17126885526253569912&hvtargid=kwd-1216329889674&hydadcr=19171_10197332&keywords=the+secret+horsepower+race+book&qid=1677307210&sr=8-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.18ed3cb5-28d5-4975-8bc7-93deae8f9840
Unintended Consequences by John Ross. Great mixture of fact and fiction.
Without a doubt should be required reading for every red-blooded American.
Unintended Consequences by John Ross. Great mixture of fact and fiction.
https://archive.org/details/unintended-consequences-by-john-ross-audiobook/Unintended+Consequences+Part+1+Seeds+Of+Discontent+Chapters+1+To+13.mp3
I can't read, or I refuse to read better said. I found this audio version.
Our Southern Highlanders: A Narrative of Adventure in the Southern Appalachians and a Study of Life Among the Mountaineers by Horace Kephart
https://books.google.com/books/about/Our_Southern_Highlanders.html?id=P_XCPQ_EIXgC#v=onepage&q&f=false
Some of the people mentioned in the book.
https://zerogov.com/2017/01/24/quill-rose-and-the-quiet-insurrection-by-john-meyers/
https://www.wcu.edu/library/digitalcollections/kephart/photoalbum/index.htm
One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey by
Sam Keith and
Richard L. Proenneke
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124718.One_Man_s_Wilderness
National Park Service (.gov)
https://www.nps.gov › uploadPDF
More One Man's Wilderness-Proenneke-508
https://www.nps.gov/lacl/learn/historyculture/upload/More-One-Mans-Wilderness
https://www.nps.gov/lacl/learn/historyculture/upload/More-One-Mans-Wilderness-Proenneke-508.pdf
One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey by
Sam Keith and
Richard L. Proenneke
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124718.One_Man_s_Wilderness
National Park Service (.gov)
https://www.nps.gov › uploadPDF
More One Man's Wilderness-Proenneke-508
https://www.nps.gov/lacl/learn/historyculture/upload/More-One-Mans-Wilderness
https://www.nps.gov/lacl/learn/historyculture/upload/More-One-Mans-Wilderness-Proenneke-508.pdf
Snippets of film footage by Proenneke.
https://youtube.com/@swererbob
Just For Fun:
Red Metal
By Mark Greaney and Lt Col Hunter Rawlings, USMC
- Modern version of Tom Clancy’s Red Storm Rising
I'm halfway through Red Metal right now. Excellent military thriller. Very smart how the Russians went about their operation.
I also want to recommend Wrath of the Wendigo by Clay Martin. Just came out last year. It's a short novel but a total page turner and the ending does NOT disappoint.
Basically its a tale of how a part of America managed to break away from the lunacy of the Left and start their own nation. Time frame is approximately 20 years from now when political correctness and wokeness is in extreme hyper drive (as if it isn't already now).
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T1/images/I/51+AKjL9JQL.jpg
teufelhund1918
04-12-23, 05:05
I am reading Steven Oates "To Purge This Land With Blood" now and it is a good read if you like older history. It is the story of John Brown, his life and the Harper's Ferry raid. It is pretty straight forward without taking sides pretty much.
"Operation White Star" by Richard O. Sutton; it is technically a fiction book but was written mirroring the author's experiences (my wife took care of him on a hospital admission and he gave her an autographed copy). It is about the early days of U.S. Special Forces involvement in SE Asia. The author was sent to Laos in 1962 as an XO of a Special Forces team, and this book essentially reflects his experiences there. It's not a new book (maybe 1990 or 91) but was very interesting.
I thought Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson was a good book.
I thought Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson was a good book.
That was a really good one
Fearless, The story of Adam Brown would be interesting to most everyone in this community.
Very well written and a true story but profoundly sad in the end.
Averageman
04-12-23, 21:00
"Custer in 76" Walter Camps notes on the Custer Fight. edited by Kenneth Hammer.
Very interesting book that was uniquely put togeather.
The Son of an Indian Agent interviewed a lot of the Indians who fought there that day. Also a lot of interviews of Soldiers and Civilians in the area. Hammer took all of this raw data and edited it down to a tight book.
I'm really not that interested in the subject, but it turned out to be a real page turner for me. The idea that these interviews were from the actual Fighters to me was amazing.
Brotherhood of Warriors. Aaron Cohen.
Cool Commando stuff, fun read.
Fearless, The story of Adam Brown would be interesting to most everyone in this community.
Very well written and a true story but profoundly sad in the end.
I also enjoyed this one. It ended up on my shelf for a while, unread, but the audiobook was a “play straight through” over a few days driving. It is a good book.
Brad Meltzer books on Washington, lincoln, Valley Forge.
Mark Levin American Marxism
“One Nation Under Blackmail” Volumes 1 & 2 by Whitney Webb.
Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose. It’s about the Lewis & Clark expedition start to finish. It reads like the best movie you’ve ever seen. It’s one of the only books I absolutely could not put down.
If you’re a business owner or thinking of starting a business yourself- I would suggest two books 1) “the great game of business” and 2) “scaling up/Rockefeller habits 2.0”.
Diamondback
04-26-23, 21:41
Skunk Works by Ben Rich
To add to this, Rich's mentor Kelly Johnson also published memoirs that help set the foundation to understand where R cme from, best read in tandem.
Johnson, Clarence L. 'Kelly' and Maggie Smith. Kelly: More Than My Share Of It All. Triumph and tragedy, in work and at home, it's all in there.
To add to this, Rich's mentor Kelly Johnson also published memoirs that help set the foundation to understand where R cme from, best read in tandem.
Johnson, Clarence L. 'Kelly' and Maggie Smith. Kelly: More Than My Share Of It All. Triumph and tragedy, in work and at home, it's all in there.
I've read both and I agree with the recommendation.
"The Guts To Try", by Col. Jim Kyle (USAF, Ret.). The story of the 1980 Iran hostage rescue mission as told by the air component commander.
LowSpeed_HighDrag
04-28-23, 06:20
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes.
A novel on his Vietnam experience. Best book I’ve ever read. Convinced my wife to read it, a genre she’d never read before, and she now lists it as one of her all time favorites.
Enemies Foreign and Domestic by Matthew Bracken
I haven't read it yet but this is on my own list:
http://benmacintyre.com/blog/book/sas-rogue-heroes/
I've read a few of his other books, I like his writing.
I’m going to go way off center here and say that Tim Keller’s The Prodigal God and The Prodigal Prophet are both great books.
The Law by Bastiat.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/44800/44800-h/44800-h.htm
I'm a big 17'th and 18'th century North American history geek. Suggestions in that vein:
1) King William's War (Michael G Laramie)
2) Whirlwind (John Ferling)
3) Crucible of War (Fred Anderson)
Diamondback
04-28-23, 18:15
If you're into WWII Pacific: Shattered Sword by Tully & Parshall. Best book on Midway I've found yet, play-by-play for both sides though some might not like added emphasis on the human stories of the doomed men who sailed in under the Rising Sun. (Tully and Parshall are noted IJN technical-history experts, the brains behind CombinedFleet.com )
Old West: Wyatt Earp Speaks! Don't recall editor, but a collection of primary-source writings of those in the OK Corral/Earp Vendetta Ride and those around them.
In the kitchen: The White House Family Cookbook by former WH Executive Chef Henry Haller. The foods the First Families he served ate, and some human-interest stories around them.
https://archive.org/details/whitehousefamily00hall
I'm halfway through Red Metal right now. Excellent military thriller. Very smart how the Russians went about their operation.
I also want to recommend Wrath of the Wendigo by Clay Martin. Just came out last year. It's a short novel but a total page turner and the ending does NOT disappoint.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T1/images/I/51+AKjL9JQL.jpg
Finished Red Metal a couple days ago. Enjoyed quite a bit, great recommendation.
Now, Wrath of The Wendigo…I kept waiting for it to get better. Decent enough background story, and hooked me in a bit, but dang, it’s like the author looked up every random conspiracy theory of the past two hundred years, flavored it with some 2016-2022 headlines, put in a dab of the weird Viking fetish of the past ten years, and mixed them all together just to see what would come out. The book itself is awful…
Ok, who recommended W. Michael Gear to me?? These Donovan books are addicting. Good sci fi.
Thank you!!
For the history nerds, Lone Star by T R Fehrenbach is a fantastic book covering the history of Texas / Texans (who obviously came from all over) going back to Spain influence. (prehistory to present)
I love good novels & Not Between Brothers by David Marion Wilkinson writes a brilliant historical view of Texas using the facts presented in Lone Star from various perspectives of the Comanche, anglo & hispanic points of view...this one was tough to put down.
Averageman
09-03-23, 19:27
For the history nerds, Lone Star by T R Fehrenbach is a fantastic book covering the history of Texas / Texans (who obviously came from all over) going back to Spain influence. (prehistory to present)
I love good novels & Not Between Brothers by David Marion Wilkinson writes a brilliant historical view of Texas using the facts presented in Lone Star from various perspectives of the Comanche, anglo & hispanic points of view...this one was tough to put down.
I do believe I read that for my Texas History credit in College.
Just read The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I really good overview of pre-war WW1 and Rudolf Diesel, who made this 5.3l GM guy really think about changing trucks. Overall its quite nerdy in a historical sense, and doesn't focus enough on the engineering in my opinion, but does a really great job of tangling a web of where you think it will conclude only to have you on Wikipedia searching obscure links at 11pm. Definitely a thinking mans book, but really great synopsis of the life and inventor of the Diesel engine.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=rudolf+diesel+book&hvadid=557271718040&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9018898&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=6613552951075545443&hvtargid=kwd-834642483250&hydadcr=7691_13469233&tag=googhydr-20&ref=pd_sl_4l78tssvsh_e
I read Falcon of Sparta by Conn Iggulden, about Xenophon’s Ten Thousand Greeks, then started his Empire series about Julius Caesar. They’ve been good so far.
End Times by Peter Turchin
This book looks at why countries committed suicide and how we are on the same path.
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