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I have delved into a let's say "interesting" book called "The men who stare at goats" by Jon Ronson (it was checked out for me, I didn't do it  ). I thought it was going to be one to toss in the return box the next day, but it's actually an entertaining read.
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03-30-2009, 15:16
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I have delved into a let's say "interesting" book called "The men who stare at goats" by Jon Ronson (it was checked out for me, I didn't do it ). I thought it was going to be one to toss in the return box the next day, but it's actually an entertaining read. |
BryanK--
Sir, in some circles, "interesting" and "entertaining read" are ways of damning a book with faint praise  . (Much the same way a tuna casserole is described as 'interesting'. Yet, somehow, I always get seconds while I mull over the connotations of 'interesting'.  )
Would you recommend the work? 
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03-31-2009, 10:32
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BryanK--
Sir, in some circles, "interesting" and "entertaining read" are ways of damning a book with faint praise . (Much the same way a tuna casserole is described as 'interesting'. Yet, somehow, I always get seconds while I mull over the connotations of 'interesting'. )
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Absolutely. It's the fact that it touches on a subject not often discussed. Abstract thought. A little too abstract for some I'm sure, but I am really enjoying it. Imagine a high ranking military official walking into your office and saying "Why can we not walk through walls?". I'm paraphrasing, but those are some of the subject matters in this book.  Good read thus far.
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03-31-2009, 11:32
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I just started reading SERPICO, by Peter Maas. I love the book. So I did an online search and found this.
PACO's Blog
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04-01-2009, 00:38
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I just started reading SERPICO, by Peter Maas. I love the book. So I did an online search and found this.
PACO's Blog
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Zuluzerosix--
Sir, for what my two cents are worth, I agree that Mr. Serpico's blog postings are hard to like.
That being said, based upon my understanding of the his experiences (drawn from the film Serpico and some on-line research), I empathize with the man no matter how reprehensible I find many of his political views.
(It would be great if Pacino were to revisit his performance in that movie. All the guy does now is yell.)
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04-01-2009, 07:17
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I know what's been said about it here, but I just finished "Kill Bin Laden" by " Dalton Fury". Not terribly impressed by anything, but was more interested in learning anything I could about the mountainous region in eastern AFG
Before KBL, I finished "The Bear went over the Mountain" and have just started "Afghanistan - in the words of the Mujahideen" - which is kind of the sister work to the Russian TBWOTM. Apparently, the TTPs and locales in these two books are being re-learnt today. Figured I'd study as much as possible.
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04-01-2009, 11:47
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Just picked up "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand.
See you all in 8 months.
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04-03-2009, 21:24
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04-03-2009, 22:28
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Danger Close by Mike Yon
Danger Close: Tactical Air Controllers om Afganistan and Iraq by Steve Call
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04-04-2009, 16:02
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Deadly Scenarios: A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century, Andrew Krepinevich.
- The Collapse of Pakistan
- War Comes to America
- Pandemic
- Armageddon: The Assault on Israel
- China's "Assassin's Mace"
- Just Not-in-Time: The War on the Global Economy
- Who Lost Iraq?
Richard's $.02
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04-04-2009, 20:14
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Just finished General H. Norman Schwarzkoph, The Autobiography, It doesn't Take a Hero. I found it very interesting, as many of the units and a few names were familiar.
Now starting American Soldier by General Tommy Franks.
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04-05-2009, 02:28
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I'm rereading Nathaniel Frick's memoir, One Bullet Away.
I am also working through Grand Strategies in War and Peace (1991).
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04-05-2009, 06:23
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latest 3 knocked out:
-"Chosen Soldier" (Dick Couch) 3x reading it
-"Training in Christianity" (Soren Kierkegaard)
-"The Greatest American Speeches - the stories and transcripts of the words that changed our history" (Quercus Publishing)
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04-05-2009, 10:43
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29Tudor, see also
29Tudor,
I also found Chosen Soldier to be informative.
You may be interested in the author Dave Grossman. Although, I should warn you, his books are a little dense. I started reading On Killing and ended up stuck thigh deep in bog. I tried to back track and box around it; I started reading On Combat and ended up in worse shape than I was before!
At the back of On Combat though, Grossman makes reference to a list of virtues distilled from Erasmus' work, Enchiridion Militis Christiani: A Guide for the Righteous Protector.
I really enjoyed the list of virtues. I would post them here but, that would probably constitute a hijacking. See link below.
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Erasmus' Principles in Training the Mind NousDefionsDoc
http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=258110
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04-05-2009, 11:51
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You may be interested in the author Dave Grossman. Although, I should warn you, his books are a little dense. I started reading On Killing and ended up stuck thigh deep in bog. I tried to back track and box around it; I started reading "On Combat" and ended up in worse shape than I was before!
At the back of On Combat though, Grossman makes reference to a list of virtues distilled from Erasmus' work, Enchiridion Militis Christiani: A Guide for the Righteous Protector.
I really enjoyed the list of virtues. I would post them here but, that would probably constitute a hijacking. I do a search to see if some has already posted the list of virtues, if not I find an appropriate place to put it.
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I find LTC Grossman's books pedantic and simultaneously overly-generalized.
If you are having trouble wading through his little books, you may want to consider whether SF is for you.
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