GrundleStiltzkin
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Agree, fell short of chincredible for me. I did enjoy rum as a device to tell other stories. Fun read.
Book recommendations?
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Agree, fell short of chincredible for me. I did enjoy rum as a device to tell other stories. Fun read.
GrundleStiltzkin
New Fish
1/3 into this @Doog_de_Jour , easier read (in a good way) than I was expecting. It does come across as a bit of a hagiography to this point.
had to go look up hagiography
learned a new word today
If you're into military history, Rogue Heroes by Ben Macintyre about the founding of the SAS and their service in WWII and Relentless Strike by Sean Naylor about the founding of Delta, SEAL Team 6 and JSOC.
Relentless Strike also has a local tie when discussing Delta Operator Steve Langmack who was killed in Iraq in 2005. He went to Kennedy back in the day.
#MyLancers
Relentless Strike also has a local tie when discussing Delta Operator Steve Langmack who was killed in Iraq in 2005. He went to Kennedy back in the day.
#MyLancers
GrundleStiltzkin
New Fish
Thanks.
Read one in last year about the SAS team SCUD hunting & caught discovered by shepherds. Entertaining.
GrundleStiltzkin
New Fish
Finished, excellent book, thank you for the suggestion. I learned a lot. The author does really like himself some Mongols, but he backs it up.
Doog_de_Jour
New Fish
You’re most welcome. I’m trying to read up more on non-Chinese/Japanese Asian history, and came across that book. I guess the author did another one on the daughters of Genghis Khan but I haven’t read it yet.
Bravo 2-0 or something like that. Excellent story - those fuckers are Pat Hill TUFF.
GrundleStiltzkin
New Fish
On to this.
BearsWiin
New Fish
A Man Called Intrepid is an older book about Bill Donovan, head of the OSS in WWII. I recall it being good. When I worked on Encino Man the driver assigned to us was a former WWII pilot whose job was to fly Donovan around in a special C47
Edit: Intrepid is about William Stephenson, not Bill Donovan, but Donovan played a significant part in the book
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GrundleStiltzkin
New Fish
Finished this. Great source material, solid retelling, relatively concise. Extra points for interviewing some of the tribesman who were actually there. And one of the survivors was a DWAG.https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74467372/kenneth-w_-decker
GrundleStiltzkin
New Fish
Been listening to this now. Quite good.
One more recommendation from the military history category: Five Years to Freedom.
This man was a badass. He started the SERE school after his time as a POW.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_N._Rowe
https://amazon.com/Five-Years-Freedom-Story-Vietnam/dp/0345314603
This man was a badass. He started the SERE school after his time as a POW.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_N._Rowe
https://amazon.com/Five-Years-Freedom-Story-Vietnam/dp/0345314603
The Throbber has started churning through this - but reading time is limited to long weekends at his palatial inland lake lodge so just getting up to the part where Genghis consolidates the tribes.
I don't necessarily like the author's writing style (not techinically gifted) but good content and information.
GrundleStiltzkin
New Fish
Don't know why it took me so long to get to, but just finished The Blind Side. Outstanding. I have no problem admitting I really liked the movie #NoHomo 75k. The book, of course, is must different. Probably second only to Friday Night Lights as the best sports book I've read.
GrundleStiltzkin
New Fish
Been listening to this now. Quite good.
I think I've read four of this guy's book now over the summer, and this was the best. Amazing amount of research. He covers a lot of the standard 9/11 material, but in more depth. And many things I'd never heard before. For instance, an Air Force C-130 tailed the Shanksville plane as best it could.