Current book...
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Current book...
..you're reading and recomendations?
I'm on the last chapter of Richard Frank's Guadalcanal, I think I'll be reading The USS Arizona (Hardcover) next.
I'm on the last chapter of Richard Frank's Guadalcanal, I think I'll be reading The USS Arizona (Hardcover) next.
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RE: Current book...
"Guns, Germs and Steel", by Jared Diamond
It explains the reasons why Eurasian civilizations ended up "on top" while the natives of the Americas, Australia and Polynesia didn´t. He shows that this has nothing to do with race or culture, but instead (in a nutshell) with the availability of food crops and domesticable animal species, which our ancestors had or could introduce, and the natives of the Americas, Australia, Polynesia and much of Africa didn´t have (for the most part) or could not get from anywhere.
Well written, very informative, and a good antidote to racist pseudoscience - I really recommend it.
It explains the reasons why Eurasian civilizations ended up "on top" while the natives of the Americas, Australia and Polynesia didn´t. He shows that this has nothing to do with race or culture, but instead (in a nutshell) with the availability of food crops and domesticable animal species, which our ancestors had or could introduce, and the natives of the Americas, Australia, Polynesia and much of Africa didn´t have (for the most part) or could not get from anywhere.
Well written, very informative, and a good antidote to racist pseudoscience - I really recommend it.
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20th Century Battlefields....famous battles of the 20th Century in quick read mode...very good and a "lite" insight into some major battles.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Worlds-Greatest ... 136&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Worlds-Greatest ... 136&sr=1-1
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Murder on the Appian Way by Steven Saylor.
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"Guns, Germs and Steel", by Jared Diamond
It explains the reasons why Eurasian civilizations ended up "on top" while the natives of the Americas, Australia and Polynesia didn´t. He shows that this has nothing to do with race or culture, but instead (in a nutshell) with the availability of food crops and domesticable animal species, which our ancestors had or could introduce, and the natives of the Americas, Australia, Polynesia and much of Africa didn´t have (for the most part) or could not get from anywhere.
Well written, very informative, and a good antidote to racist pseudoscience - I really recommend it.
Bizarrely enough, that's the one I just picked off my stack of 'To be read' to read next! [X(]
Just the first book in Harry Turtledove's Settling Accounts series, Return Engagement. First book of his I've ever read, and I quite liked it.
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RE: Current book...
"Grown ups are what's left when skool is finished."
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Heidegger's Confrontation with Modernity: Technology, Politics, Art By Michael Zimmerman
Recommended if you're interested in the intellectual atmosphere in Germany in the 30s and 40s. Not an easy read but what I understand of it is pretty fascinating.
Recommended if you're interested in the intellectual atmosphere in Germany in the 30s and 40s. Not an easy read but what I understand of it is pretty fascinating.
RE: Current book...
The Hundred Years War Vols 1+2 by Jonathan Sumption.
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Civil War: A Narrative. Volume 1, Fort Sumter to Perryville. A huge book which I'm only a third of the way thru with 2 larger ones (Volumes 2 & 3) to go after I'm finished this one!!
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..you're reading and recomendations?
I'm on the last chapter of Richard Frank's Guadalcanal, I think I'll be reading The USS Arizona (Hardcover) next.
RE: Current book...
Actually: W.S. Churchill: "The Second World War". But only the one volume edition. (that´s enough, as it has 1000+ pages [X(])
Recommendations:
Ian Kerhaw: "Hitler"
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hitler-1936-194 ... 719&sr=1-3
(didn´t find a link for the complete edition)
G.L. Weinberg: "A World at Arms. A Global History of WWII".
http://www.amazon.co.uk/World-Arms-Glob ... 602&sr=8-2
(naturally i´m reading those books in german translation. [:D])
Recommendations:
Ian Kerhaw: "Hitler"
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hitler-1936-194 ... 719&sr=1-3
(didn´t find a link for the complete edition)
G.L. Weinberg: "A World at Arms. A Global History of WWII".
http://www.amazon.co.uk/World-Arms-Glob ... 602&sr=8-2
(naturally i´m reading those books in german translation. [:D])
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RE: Current book...
Island of Fire by Jason D. Mark - Stalingrad Battle for the Barricades Gun Factory (Tactical Level, daily battle reports November 42 - February 43). Perfect book for ASL/Steel Panthers fans...
http://www.leapinghorseman.com/proddeta ... 0975107631
http://www.leapinghorseman.com/proddeta ... 0975107631
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Absolute War - Soviet Russia in the Second World War by Chris Bellamy.
http://www.panmacmillan.com.au/display_title.asp?ISBN=9780330488082&Author=Bellamy,%20Chris
http://www.panmacmillan.com.au/display_title.asp?ISBN=9780330488082&Author=Bellamy,%20Chris
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The Boer War by Thomas Pakenham.
Very interesting read on a war I knew little about. Makes me want to dig out my 3.5" floppies of "Age of Rifles" and have a go at the battle of Colenso.
http://www.amazon.com/Boer-War-Illustra ... 229&sr=1-2
Very interesting read on a war I knew little about. Makes me want to dig out my 3.5" floppies of "Age of Rifles" and have a go at the battle of Colenso.
http://www.amazon.com/Boer-War-Illustra ... 229&sr=1-2
Beta Tester - Brother Against Brother
Beta Tester - Commander: The Great War
Beta Tester - Desert War 1940-42
Beta Tester - Commander: The Great War
Beta Tester - Desert War 1940-42
RE: Current book...
Been playtesting BoB/BTR so I started reading "The Mighty Eigth" by Roger Freeman.
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RE: Current book...
I recently read The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer. It covers the battle off Samar. If you like books about the Pacific War, I recommend it.
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"A Viet Cong Memoir," by Truong Nhu Tang. Amazon has some good customer reviews.
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Just finished "Generation Kill". Highly recommend it. Waiting for "With the old Breed on Peleliu" via Amazon in a few days.
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Just started "God and Gold" by Walter Russell Mead.
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Just finished 'The Rules of the Game' by Andrew Gordon, midway through 'Absolute War' by Chris Bellamy and starting 'God's War' by Christopher Tyerman.
Can't settle to 1 non-fiction book at a time - need multiple books on the go to suit my ever-changing mood!
Can't settle to 1 non-fiction book at a time - need multiple books on the go to suit my ever-changing mood!
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Be sceptical of the things you believe are false; be very sceptical of the things you believe are true.