Books read, July-September, minus a couple from the library. Also read American Prometheus, the ‘05 bio on Oppenheimer. Still haven’t seen the movie though.
SOG: The Secret Wars of Amerca's Commandos in Vietnam. - by John Plaster This book and it sequel scared the crap out of me! The situations these amazing men would get into behind the lines, 6 to 8 guys, hunted by NVA forces makes for just terrifying reading. The author was one of them. Give them a read, it's my favorite war books.
Been reading books about Shackleton's failed Trans-Antarctic expedition. Reading The Lost Men, about the crew sent to the other side of Antarctica to lay supply depots for and pick up Shackleton and his party upon the completion of the trip.
Now I’m re-reading the Troy Rising series by John Ringo. Also A Blight Of Blackwings by Kevin Hearne.
“The knife is the strongest, the most immortal, the most brilliant of man's creations. The knife has been a guillotine; the knife is the universal means of solving all knots; along the knife's edge is the road of paradoxes — the only road worthy of a fearless mind.” — Yevgeny Zamyatin, “We” (1921)
Best fiction book I've read for the Vietnam War - "The Five Fingers." A hand picked team of special operations from several countries are tasked with the assassination of General Giap inside China. Extremely intense action that keeps you on the edge of your seat.
“It is not a novel, even less is it an epic poem, and still less an historical chronicle. War and Peace is what the author wished and was able to express in the form in which it is expressed.” - Leo Tolstoy, 1868 As nonsensical as this description of his own work might sound, I’m not sure I could come up with a better one myself. This is a literary work quite unlike any other, though many since have been derivative of it in one way or another. I’ve wanted to tackle this for some time, and I finished a couple weeks back. Took about two months. I was fortunate enough to have access to my great uncle’s copy, which he obtained during his service in WWII. This was a frequently read and studied text during that time, for understandable reasons. Happy upcoming 4th everyone.
