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Indeed, excellent collection of books
Mitch

villagehorse said:
Just finished 'Panzerwrecks' 11, number 12 out in April. 97 pages of real life photo's 1944/45 of over run German vehicles, mostly tanks. Great inspiration for diorama scenes using 'Collectors Showcase' WW11 vehicles in the damaged option, to recreate the scenes. Highly recommend these books around $30 each. Cheers, Robin.
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Re-reading "Fighting the Flying Circus" by Eddie Rickenbacker. Last read it as a kid, probably 45 years ago. Have been impressed with how well written it is. As one would expect from the title, this is a war bio, not a life bio. This is an action packed read and covers Rickenbacker's many exploits as well as 94 Squadron, USAS, and it's various actions and personalities. It moves right along and I highly recommend it if you have any interest in aviation or war bios. -- Al
 
Now reading Richard Watt's "The Kings Depart", about the Paris Peace Conference, Versailles Treaty and German Revolution in 1919. Picked it up with a couple of other books at a $1 a piece at the Secaucus show yesterday.

Prost!
Brad
 
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theBaron said:
Now reading Richard Watt's "The Kings Depart", about the Paris Peace Conference, Versailles Treaty and German Revolution in 1919. Picked it up with a couple of other books at a $1 a piece at the Secaucus show yesterday.

Prost!
Brad
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That's a good read, Brad. I am particularly fond of Watt's "Dare Call It Treason", about the 1917 French Army mutinies. -- Al
 
lancer said:
Re-reading "Fighting the Flying Circus" by Eddie Rickenbacker. Last read it as a kid, probably 45 years ago. Have been impressed with how well written it is. As one would expect from the title, this is a war bio, not a life bio. This is an action packed read and covers Rickenbacker's many exploits as well as 94 Squadron, USAS, and it's various actions and personalities. It moves right along and I highly recommend it if you have any interest in aviation or war bios. -- Al
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Sounds like a must read for me. I'll try to scare up a copy!:smile2:
 
Recently read "Troublesome Young Men" by Lynne Olson. Very good narrative of the efforts of a dedicated group of Tory MPs to define the war thru its "phony" phase and urge the gov't to treat it seriously. High drama when they forced the resignation of Chamberlain. Highly recommended.

Have any of our friends across the pond read this one?
 
Just finished the latest John leCarre novel, which I thought was generally a real waste of time. I loved his earlier cold war stuff, even Drummer Girl, but this wasn't very good. Started on Mark Twain's vol 1 of autobiography, but may put that off to the summer, it's a big read with about 300 pages of notes. Also reading a collection of short stories by Fredrick Remington. So far the ones I've read are centered on the Apaches. The book has been sitting around the house for 30 years, and I'm almost sure I never read it.
 
Jay said:
Just finished the latest John leCarre novel, which I thought was generally a real waste of time. I loved his earlier cold war stuff, even Drummer Girl, but this wasn't very good. Started on Mark Twain's vol 1 of autobiography, but may put that off to the summer, it's a big read with about 300 pages of notes. Also reading a collection of short stories by Fredrick Remington. So far the ones I've read are centered on the Apaches. The book has been sitting around the house for 30 years, and I'm almost sure I never read it.
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Used to read all of LeCarre's stuff but it definitely went downhill at the end of the cold war. His early works are real thrillers. I haven't read anything from him in last few years.
 
I'm currently reading Prit Buttar's 2010 book Battleground Prussia: The Assault on Germany's Eastern Front and re-reading Harry Turtledove's series Settling Accounts - I'm up to The Grapple.
 
through blue skies to hell: America's ''bloody 100th'' in the air war over germany
Edward Sion

Fortress Ploesti
Jay Stout

Both are very good
Mitch
 
really interesting read as you say. Can't disagree about the rumanians
Mitch
 
Finished "The Kings Depart" on Saturday, and started another one that I picked up at Secaucus last Sunday, "Warrior", Ariel Sharon's autobiography. One tough customer...
 
Just finished a 1999 edition of "Decisive Day" by Richard Ketchum, which was originally published in 1962 as "The Battle for Bunker Hill". Don't know if there is any difference between the 2 editions but I sure enjoyed the one I read. Good detail and really liked the rendition of the battle itself which took place on June 17, 1775. The tactics used by the British worked but at a brutal cost. Almost half the British soldiers became casualties, as did a third of the colonists. It was a very bloody affair. Good book. -- Al
 
Got a wild hair and went into the way-back machine. Hunted down and bought 4 books that I once had in my first collection. All German WW2 oriented. I got "The Order of the Death's Head" by Heinz Hohne, done in 1970. It is a very good general history of the SS, all branches. Also got "Anatomy of the SS State" by four authors, Krausnick, Buchheim, Broszat, and Jacobsen, done in 1968. It is also a good general history, with a view to the political aspect. Along with these came "The SS: Alibi of a Nation 1922-1945" by Gerald Reitlinger, done in 1957. This covers all aspects of the SS and is a favorite of mine. Picked up an early biography of Heydrich called "Heydrich: Hitler's Most Evil Henchman", by Charles Wighton from 1962. This book was my introduction to Heydrich way back in high school. The most recent of these books is 40+ years old, so the scholarship is dated, though still solid. Much about the SS and it's history has been uncovered in the last 30+ years but all these books are solid starting places for a study of the SS as an organization. They are not battle histories, with the Waffen SS only being touched on, but they are essential for the politics and policies of Hitler's guard. -- Al
 
"The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt." I keep expecting to have a quiz on this after reading each chapter, but fascinating topic. A civilization 4,000+ years old. Hard to imagine that expanse of time.
 
I recently finished "The War For All Oceans," by Roy & Lesley Adkins, which takes the reader from the Nile through Waterloo. It's a great read for anyone who's interested more in the lives of the common men & women on all sides of the naval conflicts from that time period and less about what Sam Watkins referred to as the "big bugs."

I would also recommend "Moscow 1812; Napoleon's Fatal March," by Adam Zamoyski.
Again, it's less about the "big bugs" and draws more on the common person's experiences.

I did an online search for T.A. Dodge's "Napoleon," but came up short. While that work is referenced by people like David Chandler, I wonder why it's not easy to find. Does anyone know?
 
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