- On Apr 16 2017 kcholbert (USAF) read Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II by
- On Apr 06 2017 kcholbert (USAF) read One Hundred Days: The Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander by
- On Apr 06 2017 colleen (USA) read Old Man's War by
- On Apr 06 2017 colleen (USA) read The Forever War by
- On Apr 06 2017 colleen (USA) read The Martian by
- On Apr 06 2017 kcholbert (USAF) read The Martian by
- On Apr 06 2017 kcholbert (USAF) read The Forever War by
- On Apr 05 2017 kcholbert (USAF) read Pirate Alley: Commanding Task Force 151 Off Somalia by
- On Apr 03 2017 bookreader (USCG) read The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great by
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On Apr 01 2017
Tom Copeland (USCG) read
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
by
and commented:
Good anecdotes throughout. Takeaway is to stay calm, accept the situation, and make up your mind that you will do what's necessary to stay alive.
- On Apr 01 2017 kcholbert (USAF) read Red Team: How to Succeed By Thinking Like the Enemy by
- On Mar 28 2017 kcholbert (USAF) read Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare Warfare by
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On Mar 26 2017
Tom Copeland (USCG) read
The Definitive Book of Body Language: The Hidden Meaning Behind People's Gestures and Expressions
by
and commented:
Interesting stuff, a nice change of pace. Some of the evolutionary psychology stuff seems non-falsifiable, but, still, good information.
- On Mar 19 2017 kcholbert (USAF) read The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, Second Edition with a new chapter by the author by
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On Mar 17 2017
Tom Copeland (USCG) read
Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror
by
and commented:
Perhaps more interesting than any review I could write is Michael Scheuer's "review of reviews" here https://www.lewrockwell.com/2005/02/michael-scheuer/imperial-hubris/. He strikes me not as an appeaser, but as a patriot disappointed in the path his country has taken.