What are you reading now...?

[pjbluetogreen]

By LTC (ret) Dave Grossmen
the book expands on his book On Killing also a great read.

[Richard]

Killing The Blues - a Jesse Stone novel by Rbt B. Parker.

I also enjoy the movie adaptations of the series starring Tom Selleck as Jesse Stone.

[greenberetTFS]

Originally Posted by Richard

Killing The Blues - a Jesse Stone novel by Rbt B. Parker.

I also enjoy the movie adaptations of the series starring Tom Selleck as Jesse Stone.

Me too..........

Big Teddy

[CW1287]

Just finished Platoon Leader by COL (R) James McDonough and Tom Clancy's Dead or Alive.

Starting to Re-read the Ranger Handbook today.

[miclo18d]

Escape from Camp 14 is the story of Shin Dong-hyuk. Born into the Gulag system of the "Workers Paradise" of North Korea, Shin knew nothing else in life other than he was being punished for the "crimes" of his parents. He even turned in a competitor for food, his mother, that was trying to escape. She was hung and his brother shot right in front of him.

Later, met a few people that had lived on the outside and told him that there were other things to eat other than cabbage soup. He later decided to escape himself only his desire was not freedom, because he didn't even know what that meant, but the desire to eat the foods he had heard about.

A tad under 200 pages, I read it in one day and was more astonished with the accounts of the totalitarian system than the escape. He seemed to run more on luck than skill but the system that he lived under seems to run on the same kind of luck. It was a good fast read that I didn't want to put down.

Camp 14 rule#9: Prisoners must genuinely repent of their errors. Anyone who does not acknowledge his sins and instead denies them or carries a deviant opinion of them will be shot immediately.

Reminds me of "Boots, boots, boots..."

[BryanK]

I just started Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair). The man was ahead of his time.

[Streck-Fu]

Abandon Ship. The story of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis

Nothing Like it in the World. About the building of the transcontinental railroad.

[njmiller26]

I am trying to knock out as much of the SF suggested reading as possible before SFAS. I try to read two at a time. A Sample:

Currently:
The Quiet Professional - MAJ Richard J. Meadows of The U.S. Army Special Forces (Great Book so far)

Get Selected! For Special Forces (2nd Time) - Critical read and easy to apply techniques in training. I will read this over and over applying techniques, until I attend SFAS.

Recently:
Chosen Soldier by Dick Couch - Fantastic insight into the SF Pipeline

Man's search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl - Unbelievable story of perseverance and how to survive through the most horrendous circumstances.

Obamas Wars by Bob Woodward - Not SF related but interesting insight to our Commander in-chief. Most interesting aspect to me was the decision making process appointing the military and civilian leadership in the National Security posts.

Next:
Unlimited Power by Anthony Robbins (Select portions first)

Special Forces, A Guided Tour of U.S. Army Special Forces by Tom Clancy - Excited about this one since this will be my first Clancy book.

[Requiem]

When We Walked Above the Clouds is H. Lee Barnes' memoir of A-107, Tra Bong, and the Vietnam War. Good read so far.

S.

[MR2]

Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis by James Rickards (Portfolio, 2011) is so far, a tad bit over my head. Excellent history of economics and monetary policy on a global scale. Describes what happened and why. Looking forward to the conclusions.

[MR2]

War and Militarism in Modern Japan; Issues of History and Identity - Guy Podoler (2009)

Read it to get some more perspective of the attitudes during the Russo-Japanese War but found the post WW2 attitudes the most illuminating.

[Rob_Frey]

Ulysses S. Grant
Memoirs and Selected letters
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant
Selected Letters 1839 - 1865

[Dad]

by Bruce Bartlett. Tax reform, why we need it and how we get it. The author, an economist, served on the staffs of and in the administrations of Jack Kemp, Ron Paul, George HW Bush and Ronald Reagan. Discusses the various government entities involved in writing tax legislation and advising congress. The economic effects of various taxes, etc. A good read and an eye opener. The author seems to be what I have always called a traditional Republican. In other words, an honest realist.

[Barbarian]

"Memoirs, Correspondance, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Late POTUS"

Scanned PDF version. Just started it. EXCELLENT so far. Should be required reading for HS students, IMHO.

[MR2]

Just finished listening to A Short History of World War I - James L. Stokesbury (Nelson Runger) 96Kb (1981). It was a pretty easy listen and held my interest as my knowledge base held major gaps. Covered several causes and the diplomacy leading to the war as well as a chronological, by topic, history of the war. Good basis for further study.

Started listening to Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy - David Hoffman (Bob Walter) 64Kb (2009)

Wife handed me Alien Nation: Common Sense about America's Immigration Disaster - Peter Brimelow (RH, 1995). So far it is busting some long held myths.

And I still have one last SOF Porn by Tom Kratman - A State of Disobedience (Baen, 2003) to finish up.