What is everyone reading?

Flyboys is an interesting book. The sections regarding ChiChi Jima and the flyboys are very well done.

James Bradley, the author, seems to have been unable to decide what book he wanted to write, however. As a result, Flyboys reads like two seperate books: one book about the flyboys and a second, unrelated book about US bombing raids against Japan.

By the way, James Bradley's Flags of Our Fathers is a truly outstanding book.

As for me, I am currently reading the latest issue of Strategy & Tactics magazine which includes articles on the Spanish Civil War, Stalingrad and Imperial Germany's failed effort to re-supply Von Lettow-Vorbeck's army in east Africa using a zeppelin.

[ 14. January 2004, 06:36 AM: Message edited by: Crapgame ]

 

on my nightstand is:
Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
The United States Navy in WW2 (abridged) by Morrison
Finest Hour: the battle of britain
can any of you well read fellas recommend a book to me about Dunkirk?

 

A good one to start with - which also includes a number of veteran's accounts - is 'Pillar Of Fire : Dunkirk 1940 ' by Ronald Atkin ( Sidgwick & Jackson, 1990 ).

Although it's OOP, it sold very well and is easily available secondhand or through 'Bookfinder'.

 

Haven't finished it just yet, but it's proving a readable book so far, and seems to be pretty even handed.

One book on Haig that I've been looking for is Douglas Haig - the Educated Soldier by John Terraine. Very influential and controversial apparently, but I've had trouble getting hold of it. There are a few other works you might try, but I need to look up the titles.

 

Thank you very much, Green! I've been looking forward to it. Lord Haig is one of the most fascinating men of WWI era.

Of course there's alwats "To lose a battle" by Alistair Horne to know how could Dunkirk happen, and Robert Jackson's "Dunkirk"; small, concise and very cheap book. Has anyone read it here? How do you rate it?

 

Fried, slightly OT but were you going to finish with C. Bekkers Verdammt See information in the Prinz Eugen thread/Ostsee-Baltic in the Atlantic forum some time in the near future ?

curious

~E

 

Estoy comenzando a leer
,
de Editorial Almuzara,
ISBN 978-84-96710-86-3

http://www.editorialalmuzara.com/editorial.php?idioma=1&libro=131 sobre la Historia del ilusionista Jasper Maskelyne


Otto: Why do not convert this thread in an Post-it?

 

Who is the tittle? The image is very small

 

I change the pic. It is "Hitler's Gladiator" by Charles Messenger Biography of Sepp Dietrich

 

Sames the person of your avatar, PzJgr

 

Exactly. Not exactly a spectacular military genius but an excellent leader. He made do with what he had.

 

I just uncovered some delicious materials on my cousins unit JG 301 plus as an added bonus more on the 8th AF fg units that engaged them late 44 till wars end................... this is getting really good

 

Tom Clancy's 'Red Storm Rising'

 

OK, I'll try again since the last couple of posts have gone through.

I'm almost finished with Raid!: The Untold Story of Patton's Secret Mission, by Baron, Baum, and Goldhurst. It is a good, exciting read, but the numerous factual errors are a little irritating. The real problem with the work is the libelous, smearing of the reputations of several officers. It is very off-putting. I am disturbed by the poor treatment given to Col. Goode. The man was/is highly respected by those who served with him in the peace-time army and in combat. He is held in particularly high regard by the officers and men who served under him in the POW camps. The book would have been much better if the authors had paid more attention to the factual details, and resisted the temptation to grind a few axes.

I am also reading Erna Risch's landmark work Supplying Washington's Army. It's a tough slog, but well worth the effort.

Five-Zero-Nan

 

Thanks Slipdigit,

Now that I know what I'm up against, I'll have to buy a new rope. For some reason they always complain when I string 'em up with an old one.

Five-Zero-Nan

 

Iv'e been reading" Hitlers Third Reich-Witness the terrible secrets of Germany's evil empire"

It's a really good series of books.

 

Not WWII but quite interesting: 'About Face' by Colonel Dave Hackworth. Has anyone else read this and thought it was great?


Yours,

Bill