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Much like the long running Netflix thread - thought a long running reading thread might be interesting for recommendations and reference.
So what are you reading now and what's on deck? (my stack of TBR is almost a fire hazard these days)
Now - Across the Fence. The Secret War in Vietnam by John Stryker Meyer
MACV-SOG book. Pretty good so far, worth reading easily.
Next - RECCE Small Team Missions Behind Enemy Lines by Koos Stadler
Special Operations stories from a guy in the South African National Defense Force for 30 years, time in 5 Reconnaissance Regiment. Things he did/what happened in the border war along Namibia and Angola against SWAPO.
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Recommended:
Intro to Chemistry
Any edition.
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Reading this now, highly recommend:
The Nazi Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
By: Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
Not sure what next.
Recently read these, excellent:
The Liberation Trilogy Boxed Set: An Army at Dawn, the Day of Battle, the Guns at Last Light
(Part of the World War II Liberation Trilogy Series)
by Rick Atkinson
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Knife Engineering
Dr. Larrin Thomas
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell
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Plant Physiology. William G. Hopkins
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The Alienist
by Caleb Carr
DON’T BE TOO PROUD OF THIS TECHNOLOGICAL TERROR YOU’VE CONSTRUCTED. THE ABILITY TO DESTROY A PLANET IS INSIGNIFICANT NEXT TO THE POWER OF THE FORCE.
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Surprise, Kill, Vanish, The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins, by Annie Jacobson
This is an absolutely fascinating book about how the CIA was formed from OSS operators after WW II, and its assassination teams who operated all over the world. Some very interesting information how they operated in Vietnam, working with U.S. Special Forces (Green Berets), and one of their fiercest warriors and soldiers, Billy Waugh, Special Forces, Airborne.
If the "clandestine" world is of interest to you, you'll not be sorry you either bought a copy or got one on loan from your local library.
L.W.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)
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This month:
[/i]Aesops Fables[i] Aesop
[/i]The Twilight of Courage[i] Thoene
[/i]Three Soldiers[i] John Dos Passos
[/i] The Foundation Trilogy[i] Asimov
Next month:
more Asimov
[/i]Dumb But Lucky[i] Richard K Curtis
and something serious tbd [/i]Crime and Punnishment[i] ?
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Anything by Cormac McCarthy and Jim Harrison.
More than a few movies spun off of their authorship.
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Finished Chaos by James Gleick, for now anyway. Moving on to: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/20-843It is interesting that the decision is based on 14th amendment issues. Should be considered required reading here, along with your state's Constitution.
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Little over half way on this, To Risk It All . On deck is “Double Canister At Ten Yards”, which is about the Federal Artillery and the repulse of Picket’s Charge. Reon
"Preserving the Constitution, fighting off the nibblers and chippers, even nibblers and chippers with good intentions, was once regarded by conservatives as the first duty of the citizen. It still is." � Wesley Pruden
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Nobody's right if everybody's wrong.
Getting into reloading to save money is like getting married for free sex.
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Starting on this:
"https://guides.loc.gov/federalist-papers/text-1-10"
Might be a long row to hoe.
note: Had to add quotes to get it to post.
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Just finished “surprise, kill, vanish “ by Annie Jacobsen” the secret history of CIA paramilitary armies, operators, and assassins,
Starting “Continental Reckoning” by Elliott West the American west in the age of expansion
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"With the Old breed at Pelilieu and Okinawa," E. B.Sledge
Don't blame me. I voted for Trump.
Democrats would burn this country to the ground, if they could rule over the ashes.
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Took the dog for a jog/walk on Saturday.
Passed a house having a garage sale. Bunch of junk, few books.
Picked up "Quantum Physics for Dummies."
Cost me $1
Figured if it wasn't a lil bit interesting, at least it will put me to sleep
DON’T BE TOO PROUD OF THIS TECHNOLOGICAL TERROR YOU’VE CONSTRUCTED. THE ABILITY TO DESTROY A PLANET IS INSIGNIFICANT NEXT TO THE POWER OF THE FORCE.
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1846 Year Of Decision by DeVoto. Or anything else KW recommends.
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Don't wish it were easier
Wish you were better
Stab them in the taint, you can't put a tourniquet on that.
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Ruark Remembered, Hush of the Land and more Capstick. MTG
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"They Fired the First Shot", 2012, A Friend of Medjugorje
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