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06-27-13, 05:47 AM | #1246 |
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Chris Bishop, German Infantry in WW II
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06-28-13, 05:01 PM | #1247 |
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Reading Winter's Bone.
Great movie.....aaannndd so far an equally great book.
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06-29-13, 04:12 PM | #1248 |
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Currently reading Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941. About a third of the way in and really enjoying it so far. Been too long since I've read a naval history so thick it shakes my entire dining room table if I drop it more than six inches.
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06-30-13, 11:50 AM | #1249 |
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U-Boot im Focus Nr. 9. Love this magazine
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07-02-13, 08:39 AM | #1250 |
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Re-reading Operation Drumbeat. This time the e-book edition.
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07-02-13, 10:50 AM | #1251 |
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07-02-13, 02:13 PM | #1252 |
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Yes, I agree Jimbuna, I bought now three publications from this series (Italian submarines and two parts about US WWII subs).
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07-02-13, 02:21 PM | #1253 | |
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07-07-13, 06:46 PM | #1254 |
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Just finished reading Kaigun yesterday. Really great book that goes a long way to explaining why the IJN faired so poorly against the USN after the first year of the Pacific War, and why the entire "decisive battle" strategy was ridiculous. Trying to decide if I want to buy a copy of Edward Miller's War Plan Orange, or re-read Norman Friedman's US Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated Design History.
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07-07-13, 07:08 PM | #1255 |
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I have his US Cruisers and US Destroyers, as well as a couple of his new books on British ships. I use them more as reference than straight reading, though I have done a little of that.
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07-07-13, 09:07 PM | #1256 |
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Friedman's books are fascinating, but not for the faint of heart. I was looking at my copy of US Battleships earlier today, and it still has a "cheat sheet" I created tucked inside listing the name, hull number, and class of every American battleship. His US Submarine Since 1945 is a lot worse in that regard. I had to read it three times, because it's so suffocatingly dense with tables, diagrams, technical details, and jittery caffeinated writing it gave me a headache when I tried to read it at my "normal rate!"
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07-08-13, 11:39 AM | #1257 |
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07-10-13, 11:11 PM | #1258 |
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Finished the Winter's Bone book...it was just as great as the movie, if a bit darker and more intense.
I've started to read Rites of War by C.A. Mobely According to the Goodreads page on it, it's the first book in a trilogy. I like it so far. --- On Monday I'm planning to take a bunch of my old books I used to read and take them to a used book place so I can get credit and get other books from there. I'm hoping for Run Silent, Run Deep and Das Boot along with a few others... Anything to recommend guys?
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07-11-13, 04:51 AM | #1259 |
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Hitler's U-Boat War (both volumes) by Clay Blair.
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07-11-13, 11:34 AM | #1260 |
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Put into a sticky note on my phone.
Anything else?
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