1. On Dec 17 2008 Tom Copeland (USCG) read The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour by James D. Hornfischer
  2. On Dec 16 2008 Tom Copeland (USCG) read We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - the Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Harold G. Moore
  3. On Dec 02 2008 Tom Copeland (USCG) read 1776 by David McCullough
  4. On Dec 01 2008 Tom Copeland (USCG) read The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester and commented:

    On a personal level, anyone who has stood a long watch will sympathize with the description of the time that Capt Krause spends on the bridge in this book. The cold, the boredom with the underlying tension, the inability to leave the bridge to make a head call - it all adds up. This is a superb story of sub vs destroyer combat and one that bears rereading.

  5. On Dec 01 2008 Tom Copeland (USCG) read The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
  6. On Dec 01 2008 Tom Copeland (USCG) read The Caine Mutiny: A Novel by Herman Wouk
  7. On Nov 29 2008 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card and commented:

    This is the first book in the Ender series. I've read the sequels "Speaker for the Dead", "Xenocide", and "Children of the Mind" and this first book is by far the best. It's a little preachy at times, but overall a great story with an unexpected ending.

  8. On Nov 29 2008 Tom Copeland (USCG) read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
  9. On Nov 29 2008 Tom Copeland (USCG) read Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
  10. On Nov 29 2008 Tom Copeland (USCG) read The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat and commented:

    A classic story of WWII naval warfare. Like "The Good Shepherd", it captures the exhaustion of being at sea.

  11. On Nov 29 2008 Tom Copeland (USCG) read The Second World War, Volume 1: The Gathering Storm by Winston S. Churchill and commented:

    In one of his many memorable quotes, Churchill said, "History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it". "The Gathering Storm" is the first in Churchill's superb series on WW II, and I think it's the best of the lot. I'm an American, so it was especially interesting to read a survey of WW II from a British perspective.