ORIGINAL: Mac Linehan
I do have "Neptune's Inferno" on my Kindle; will reserve judgment until read.
Respectfully,
Mac
Kindle? What are you, some kind of millennial?
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ORIGINAL: Mac Linehan
I do have "Neptune's Inferno" on my Kindle; will reserve judgment until read.
Respectfully,
Mac
I'm from the last millennium, like you.ORIGINAL: geofflambert
ORIGINAL: Mac Linehan
I do have "Neptune's Inferno" on my Kindle; will reserve judgment until read.
Respectfully,
Mac
Kindle? What are you, some kind of millennial?
ORIGINAL: witpqs
I'm from the last millennium, like you.ORIGINAL: geofflambert
ORIGINAL: Mac Linehan
I do have "Neptune's Inferno" on my Kindle; will reserve judgment until read.
Respectfully,
Mac
Kindle? What are you, some kind of millennial?
Wife & I listen to audio books in the car. An Audible subscription is tops. I wind up with some credits left over for some history to listen while I work out.
ORIGINAL: geofflambert
Dang it, I just ordered The Conquering Tide on Amazon without ordering Pacific Crucible. What's wrong with my wish list? Besides Olivia Munn not being on it.
ORIGINAL: patrickl
Bought "Ostkrieg" by Fritz. One major shortcoming of the book : hardly any maps. Not a good book there.
ORIGINAL: Zorch
I liked The Proud Tower, as well as Tuchman's other books.ORIGINAL: geofflambert
ORIGINAL: warspite1
warspite1
I object your honour.
Order in the court!
The most honourable geofflambert presiding.
warspite1, you are out of order!
Your honor, you are abject.
ORIGINAL: crsutton
Tuchman was a superb historian. I have Stillwell and have read it three times. That said it like all historical works is now a bit dated. I love the book but she got some of it wrong. But we are talking about a 40 year old book.
It was my first reading of ww1 - fond memories. Several years ago I read The Zimmerman Affair which was superb reading. Folio Society book which is beautious in its own right.ORIGINAL: geofflambert
ORIGINAL: crsutton
Tuchman was a superb historian. I have Stillwell and have read it three times. That said it like all historical works is now a bit dated. I love the book but she got some of it wrong. But we are talking about a 40 year old book.
I noticed a few things that were off, as well. I read The Guns of August way back when I was a teenager and I still have vivid memories of it, particularly in regards to Mr. Samsonov and Mr. Rennenkampf.
ORIGINAL: CaptDave
A non-recommended book about life in the US during the first month of the war (as far as we were concerned, anyway) is December 1941: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World by Craig Shirley. Here's the review I posted on www.librarything.com:
"I like the concept -- tell the story of the first month the US is in World War II via what is reported in the newspapers. One of the things I'd like to see more of in wartime history is what life is like for those not in the military.
Unfortunately, this book is not an example of good writing. Proofreading and editing are non-existent, and the author does too much editorializing and not enough analysis. A fellow World War II buff has described this book as the "biggest waste of forest products ever" -- I think that's a bit of an overstatement, but it's certainly on the right track."
The "fellow World War II buff," by the way, was someone in these forums. This came up about 4 years ago in another thread.
My Most Magnificent Lord of Gorn!ORIGINAL: geofflambert
Just to give you a flavor of Barbara Tuchman's writing, this will be from "The Proud Tower" and refers to Lord Salisbury (of the steak fame, well, not really) who was PM in the period preceding WWI.
"He never dined out and rarely entertained beyond one or two political receptions at his town house in Arlington Street and an occasional garden party at Hatfield. He avoided the Carlton, official club of the Conservatives, in favor of the Junior Carlton, where a special luncheon table was set aside for him alone and the library was hung with huge placards inscribed SILENCE. He worked from breakfast to one in the morning, returning to his desk after dinner as if he were beginning a new day. His clothes were drab and often untidy. He wore trousers and waistcoat of a dismal gray under a broadcloth frock coat grown shiny. But though careless in dress, he was particular about the trimming of his beard and carefully directed operations in the barber's chair, indicating "just a little more off here" while "artist and subject gazed fixedly in the mirror to judge the result."
I'm not clear on who she was quoting, but my dress is often drab and untidy. Could I possibly be an English Lord? Warspite1, I need to hear it from you.
ORIGINAL: pontiouspilot
Gorn in drag....not that there is anything wrong with that....in our rich and inclusive society down south.
"Gornbury" Drive?ORIGINAL: geofflambert
I lived for a time on a street called "Kingsbury". Perhaps I am related to her ...er, him.