Book of the Year (1 Viewer)

[Combat]

Time to name a favorite from 2010:

I'm going with Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris. Last of a trilogy on Teddy Roosevelt picking up at the end of his presidency covering his expeditions in Africa and South America, overseas tours, third party run for President in 1912, political battles with Taft and Wilson, WWI, the death of his son as a fighter pilot in France and his death at age 60 in 1918 just prior to the 1920 election which he might have won. Very readable and well-researched even if you haven't read the two previous volumes.

 

[Mitch]

My book of the year is by read and not release. 900 days : the seige of Leningrad by Salisbury. It was released 2003 and I bought it on my travels and never quite got around to reading it until october.

The best book I have read on WWII this year by far and well recommended. Addresses not only the seige but, the mentality of Stalin towards the city and its history against the regime and his actions in allowing the disaster to continue.
Mitch

 

[DMNamiot]

Wow this is a seriouly difficult question. I have to say I am having an issue narrowing it down, so far the best or rather most interesting one I read from '10 was The Relief of Chitral by Captain G.J Younghusband Queen's Own Corps of Guides and his father Colonel Sir Francis Younghusband KCIE. As you can guess it was published in 1910.

For more current writings I will have to think on it...

Dave

 

[debrito]

Mine is The Crusade see from the Arabs (Les croisades vues par les Arabes), from Amin Maalouf , IMO the best general book of the Crusades...

 

[lancer]

I would pick "Ardennes 1914: The Battle of the Frontiers" by Terence Zuber. It is rather a dry read but a very important contribution to the history of WW1. It is the first book in English dedicated to these important and bloody opening battles. -- Al

 

[Leadmen]

Just started Colonel Roosevelt. I finished Theodore Rex but don't remember the first book, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt.

 

[wadepat]

Gentle Friends,

The book that I enjoyed most was The Last Days of the Incas, by Kim MacQuarrie (ISBN: 978-0-432-6050-3). The book is a marvelous history of the clash between the Spanish Conquistador Francisco Pizarro and his men and the Inca Empire. The author makes extensive use of original resources, yet it is easy to read. I recommend it highly!

Warmest personal regards,

Pat