08-17-2010, 01:10
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
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Re-reading
-The Gulag Archipelago Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
-The references that the early communist make to themselves as "progressives" sound all too familiar.... 
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A model or pattern of excellence
"Three energetic young men of the hooligan type, in neck-wraps and caps, were packing wooden cases with papered-up bottles, amidst much straw and confusion".-H.G. Wells
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08-17-2010, 18:01
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#542
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Guerrilla
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Home of the Free
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The Post-American Presidency
The Post-American Presidency:
The Obama Administration's War on America
Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer
John Bolton (Foreword)
http://www.amazon.com/Post-American-.../dp/1439189307
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Do not say this unfatherly expression, "Well! Give me peace in my day."
Rather a generous parent would say, "If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace;"
and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty.
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08-17-2010, 22:15
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#543
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Asset
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: EU
Posts: 55
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TACTICAL TRACKING OPERATIONS, David Scott-Donelan
very good, more like a manual
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08-24-2010, 21:02
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#544
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SF Candidate
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Oakland, California
Posts: 17
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Just finished:
War Footing: 10 Steps America Must Take to Prevail in the War for the Free World
- Frank Gaffney, foreward by Jim Woolsey, Intro by Victor Davis Hanson
The Haj
- Leon Uris
- Excellent. A fictional story depicting Arab culture that conveys similar themes as Wafa Sultan's non-fiction work A God Who Hates
Currently Reading:
Reliance of the Traveller: A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law
- Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri
On Deck:
The Arab Mind - Patai
Understanding Terror Networks - Sageman
Understanding Jihad - Cook
Surprise, Security, and the American Experience - Gaddis
Lightning Out of Lebanon: Hezbollah terrorists on American soil - Diaz
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"Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat."
~ Sun Tzu
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08-24-2010, 21:08
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#545
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Guerrilla Chief
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: The Nam
Posts: 777
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Just purchased and started: "off the grid: inside the movement for more space, less government, and true independence in modern america" by Nick Rosen. My jury is still out on it. Though, thus far, it has provided some interesting ideas for my chosen lifestyle.
Also purchased "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. It came highly recommended for the last few years, so I figured..what the heck!
Still looking for my copy of "Reliance of the Traveller". Figured it would be easier to find. Can't have it shipped to me because I travel so doggone much I am NEVER home! <shrug> It will find it's way into my hands, I am sure. 
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A tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny ~ Aesops Fables; The Lamb and the Wolf
Am fear nach gleidh na h-airm san t-sith, cha bhi iad aige 'n am a' chogaidh
"He that keeps not his arms in time of peace will have none in time of war" Old Gaelic
Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them. Thomas Paine
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08-24-2010, 21:15
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#546
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: NorCal
Posts: 15,370
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Stieg Larsson - The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest
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“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)… There are just some kind of men who – who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” - To Kill A Mockingbird (Atticus Finch)
“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” - Robert Heinlein
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08-26-2010, 21:15
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#547
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Area Commander
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Midwest
Posts: 7,133
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One Soldier's Story by Senator Bob Dole. Some of his actual letters to home are included...so far a great read. Picked it up for a buck at the resale shop. It covers his service during WWII, and the long road to recovery after his near fatal injuries.
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08-30-2010, 21:30
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BANNED USER
Join Date: Jun 2009
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Fancy Books
I like the Turds posting about all the fancy books they have read. Please.
MARSOC 06
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08-31-2010, 05:33
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: NorCal
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Frederick Forsyth - The Cobra
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“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)… There are just some kind of men who – who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” - To Kill A Mockingbird (Atticus Finch)
“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” - Robert Heinlein
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08-31-2010, 09:48
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Asset
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Earth
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Currently reading - Horse Soldiers, Doug Stanton
Gone Native, Alan G. Cornett
On The Genealogy Of Morals, Friedrich Nietzsche
Just finished - Shooter, Jack Coughlin
Roughneck Nine - One, Frank Antenori and Hans Halberstadt
We Were One, Patrick K. O'Donnell
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- Xenophon
"Servare Vitas"
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08-31-2010, 13:56
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Area Commander
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: USA-Germany
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Just finished, The Great Siege : Malta 1565 by Ernle Bradford
Excellent history of an incredible battle with fanatical bravery on both sides, the Fort St. Elmo section makes me want to visit Malta.
Next up,
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes by Tamin Ansary
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"Men Wanted: for Hazardous Journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success.” -Sir Ernest Shackleton
“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” –Greek proverb
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09-02-2010, 19:36
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Area Commander
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Southern California
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Special Forum: "Workers, Labor, and War: New Directions in the History of American Foreign Relations," Diplomatic History 34:4 (September, 2010): 641-736.
An introduction, four articles, and three commentaries (one by David Montgomery) that attempt to bridge the gaps among diplomatic, labor, and working class history. The essays are at once compelling, inspirational, and infuriating. The footnotes are interesting.
One illustration inspired hysterical laughter on a crowded train--never a good thing. 
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09-02-2010, 20:19
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Asset
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace
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I finally picked up a copy of Five Years to Freedom, so thats next on the list. School has me locked on so it might be a while before I really get into it. Nevertheless I can't wait to open it up.
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09-14-2010, 13:19
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Asset
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: South Louisiana.
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Summer Break List.
I've enjoyed these books during my summer break:
From OSS to Green Beret - Col. Aaron Bank
Inside the Green Berets - Col. Charles Simpson (amazing and very well done book)
Masters of Chaos - L. Robinson
Chosen Soldier - Capt. Couch
The Company They Keep - A. Simons (I'm mixed on my opinion about this one)
The Green Berets - R. Moore
Get Selected! - Maj. Martin & M.Sgt. Dodson
The Only Thing Worth Dying For - E. Blehm
Revolt in the Desert - T. E. Lawrence
No Gun Ri - Maj. Bateman (A must read about 1st Cav history, journalism, and the Korean War.)
The Village - B. West
"The Sword of the Lord and Gideon" - T. Roosevelt (Short story about Sgt. York and what a fine man he was on and off the battlefield)
The Red Badge of Courage - S. Crane
For Whom the Bell Tolls - E. Hemingway
Gates Of Fire - S. Pressfield
Currently reading:
Hunting Al-Queda - Anonymous
Beowulf - for my British Lit Class (back to school!)
I did not know anything about the Army SF until I read some of these books. My hats off to the Quiet Professionals.
Inside the Green Berets by Col. Simpson was easily my favorite read about the SF.
No Gun Ri by Maj. Bateman is my choice for best non-SF/non-fiction read.
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09-16-2010, 09:00
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#555
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Colorado
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Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
recently read Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Jon Krakauer
some serious "up's" in that story...Cover up's....fuck up's...typical BS from the top leading to men on the ground paying the price.
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