1. On Jul 25 2019 Michael Van Ness read Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond and commented:

    Smallpox, a great virgin population killer.

  2. On Jul 25 2019 Michael Van Ness read The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman and commented:

    A classic

  3. On Jul 25 2019 Michael Van Ness read Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder and commented:

    The Germans had the highest ratio of persons killed by Germans to casualties among Germans. To me, an astounding fact

  4. On Jul 13 2019 Warner W. Johnston read The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer
  5. On Jul 11 2019 colleen (USA) read Enchiridion by Epictetus
  6. On Apr 24 2019 spaike read The Defense Of Duffer's Drift by Ernest Dunlop Swinton and commented:

    Fun and short, but heavily colonialist.

  7. On Apr 13 2019 spaike read Platoon Leader - A Memoir of Command in Combat by James McDonough
  8. On Mar 27 2019 spaike read Maneuver Warfare Handbook by William S Lind
  9. On Mar 26 2019 colleen (USA) read Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It by Marc Goodman
  10. On Mar 26 2019 colleen (USA) read Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
  11. On Feb 24 2019 colleen (USA) read Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley McChrystal
  12. On Feb 07 2019 colleen (USA) read The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil
  13. On Feb 02 2019 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Brief: Make a Bigger Impact by Saying Less by Joseph McCormack and commented:

    Author consulted with JSOC, good anecdotes!

  14. On Jan 28 2019 colleen (USA) read Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
  15. On Jan 24 2019 David Serafini read Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow and commented:

    The defining one volume work on Washington.