What are you reading now...? - Page 6

The antihero · 11-04-2008, 06:20

I'm in the middle of a reading spree myself. Since 10/15/2008 I have read:

The Martial Tao Te Ching - Wang Chen (edited by Ralph D. Sawyer)
The Enterprise of Law - Bruce L. Benson
One Bullet Away - Nathaniel Flick
House to House - David Bellavia
Making a Killing - James Ashcroft
The Sheriff of Ramadi - Dick Couch
Brave New War - John Robb
I Compagni del Fuoco - Ernesto Aloia (this is an Italian novel I wish you could read. The author is a personal friend of mine. The novel gives you the real picture of the european anti-war movement against GWOT)

Started today: Ender's Game - Orson Scott card

Next:

Empire Made Me - Robert Bickers
Policing Shanghai - Frederic Wakeman
The Shanghai Badlands - Frederick Wakeman

ksgbobo · 11-14-2008, 08:18

For my Modern War class the last book we are reading is Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam by John A. Nagl. Plus I am reading I dont know how many books about the Spanish conquest of Mexico by Hernan Cortes and the Tlaxcalas.

Richard · 11-21-2008, 14:27

Just picked up a copy of Kill Bin Laden for $6.98 at a used book store.

Richard's $.02

Sigaba · 11-21-2008, 14:55

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Originally Posted by Richard

Just picked up a copy of Kill Bin Laden for $6.98 at a used book store.

Richard's $.02

I got it soon after it came out. I made it through the first forty or so pages and then had to put it down. I found the introduction defensive (but ineffective). The tone is condescending (he holds his readers in contempt). In my opinion, he seems not to respect the dignity of his soldiers. The writing is, at best, terrible.

vsvo · 11-21-2008, 15:13

Liberty's Blueprint: How Madison and Hamilton Wrote the Federalist Papers, Defined the Constitution, and Made Democracy Safe for the World by Michael I. Meyerson

Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior by Dick Couch

Kill Bin Laden: A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man by Dalton Fury

optactical · 11-21-2008, 15:14

Just finished "The World is Flat" and "The Pentagon's New Map" started "Piercing the Reich" yesterday.

So far all very good reads, PTR was written in '78 and is all about the OSS.

Jgood · 11-21-2008, 18:37

How to read a person like a book by Nierenberg and Calero

Discusses body language and its meaning, so far pretty good read.

Go Devil · 11-21-2008, 19:06

For Whom the Bell Toll's

Plutarch · 11-21-2008, 20:52

I am re-reading The Bruised Reed by Richard Sibbes.

ZonieDiver · 11-22-2008, 11:17

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Originally Posted by optactical

Just finished "The World is Flat" and "The Pentagon's New Map" started "Piercing the Reich" yesterday.

So far all very good reads, PTR was written in '78 and is all about the OSS.

I bought and read Piercing the Reich when it came out in '78. I, too, highly recommend it!

12B4S · 11-22-2008, 18:53

A few weeks ago, while still living in FL and waiting to get on the computer, I picked up a book by Tom Clancy and John Grisham titled Special Forces. Early in the book, Clancy is doing an interview with General Shelton and asks him which guys stood out more to him of those he served with. He mentioned Doc Simpson on page 38. Served with him when he was assigned to SOG- Project Delta. In the brief description, he very accurately describe Doc. Doc was my Team Daddy at Flint. However, I got the guy to smile at times. Didn't want to mess with Doc.

zauber1 · 11-22-2008, 23:42

I'm reading Flashman and the Great Game by George MacDonald Frasier for the 15th time.

Richard · 11-23-2008, 08:06

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Originally Posted by 12B4S

General Shelton...assigned to SOG- Project Delta.

FWIW - GEN--then CPT--Shelton was in B52 (Delta) which was not under SOG. B56 (Sigma) and B57 (Gamma) were when they moved to SOG 5/68 and were absorbed into CCS and CCC.

Richard's $.02

12B4S · 11-23-2008, 17:17

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Originally Posted by Richard

FWIW - GEN--then CPT--Shelton was in B52 (Delta) which was not under SOG. B56 (Sigma) and B57 (Gamma) were when they moved to SOG 5/68 and were absorbed into CCS and CCC.

Richard's $.02

Yep... that's right. He did say he was assigned to B52. Read the passage some 3 to 4 weeks ago. There were several guys on the Team who served in SOG. Normally back then, it was referred to as CC. The only reason, I knew any had served in CC was some of the others on the Team, who hadn't knew who did. The guys that did never mentioned it. Thinking back, Flint had many that served with SOG. Could tell, because any given Friday or Saturday night at the NCO club. One would lose track of how many tongues were stuck in your ear.

ZonieDiver · 11-23-2008, 17:40

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Originally Posted by Richard

FWIW - GEN--then CPT--Shelton was in B52 (Delta) which was not under SOG. B56 (Sigma) and B57 (Gamma) were when they moved to SOG 5/68 and were absorbed into CCS and CCC.

Richard's $.02

Never forget that it was the actions of B-57 in regard to "Chuyen" that led to the "Green Beret Affair" and the reaction of Gen Abrams to Col Rheault and the handling of said "affair" that eventually resulted in the slaughter of SF in the early 70's when Abrams ascended to Chief of Staff in '72! Several people, such as CPT B. Williams were forever "branded" for actions that, IMHO, were in the best interests of the nation.