Napoleon: A Life
Exhaustively researched and well written. Does not drag despite its breadth.
Archive for the 'Military' Category
No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes
A rare book that encapsulates how it all went so terribly wrong. Most Americans will just have another doughnut.
No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes
Devil at My Heels
Something like Forrest Gump meets Saul of Tarsus. Head spinning life story.
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005
Wasn’t planning on it but turned out to be a rather somber read for the Memorial Day Weekend.
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005
One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
Somewhat somber piece.
A Rumor of War
Hard to believe it has been fifty years since it all started going rotten.
Julius Caesar
Clear, concise and comprehensive.
Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
One of those too strange for fiction characters.
Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies
Well researched and an interesting story.
Wolf Hunt: The Napoleonic Murders
An interesting setting and cast of characters.
The Big E: The Story of the USS Enterprise
The definitive story of a historic ship.
The Big E: The Story of the USS Enterprise (Classics of Naval Literature)
Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman
I really wanted to like this book but the format just did not work for me. Shiloh and The March receive only a couple pages.
Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman
Patton. Ballantine Illustrated History of World War II. War Leader
Manages to cover a lot of ground and makes a fair effort in addressing both sides of a very complex man.
Patton. Ballantine Illustrated History of World War II. War Leader No. 1.
Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
Really well written. Great maps and talent for explaining the high and low level strategies.
Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
George Washington’s Great Gamble: And the Sea Battle That Won the American Revolution
Author has a great cadence and brings fresh legs to often covered territory.
George Washington’s Great Gamble: And the Sea Battle That Won the American Revolution
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
An interesting book that is a bit hard to read knowing what is to transpire on home ground.
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
In Mortal Combat: Korea, 1950-1953
Really good overview of the entire war. Great maps. Like the war itself it starts face paced and then slogs to the finish.
Das Boot: The Boat
Conveys more of the desperation and hopelessness than comes through in the movie.
The Coldest War: A Memoir of Korea
Pretty interesting account of being a junior grade officer on the line in Korea.
Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution
A little bit better than a standard re-hash.
