1. On Apr 07 2009 mariyta read Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield
  2. On Apr 07 2009 mariyta read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
  3. On Apr 07 2009 mariyta read The Ugly American by William J. Lederer
  4. On Apr 07 2009 mariyta read Rifleman Dodd by C. S. Forester
  5. On Apr 07 2009 mariyta read A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard
  6. On Apr 07 2009 mariyta read First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by Victor H. Krulak
  7. On Mar 25 2009 nickadams read Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis
  8. On Mar 25 2009 nickadams read Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
  9. On Mar 25 2009 nickadams read The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror by Bernard Lewis
  10. On Mar 25 2009 nickadams read Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
  11. On Mar 25 2009 nickadams read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
  12. On Mar 25 2009 Tom Copeland (USCG) read The Ugly American by William J. Lederer and commented:

    I expected to dislike this book just from its title - I thought it'd be all about how bad Americans are, etc. To the contrary, it weaves together a bunch of vignettes about several different Americans and their actions in and around a fictional eastern country. The scenarios and characters are reasonably believable, although the truly ugly Americans might be a little overdone. Definitely a classic about the difficulties of spreading democracy and fighting totalitarian ideologies - those tasks are hard enough without shooting outselves in the foot.

  13. On Mar 23 2009 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Billy Budd and Other Stories by Herman Melville
  14. On Mar 23 2009 Tom Copeland (USCG) read With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by E.B. Sledge
  15. On Mar 07 2009 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power by Victor Hanson