1. On Feb 22 2017 cynic2 read The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War by Ali Ahmad Jalali
  2. On Feb 22 2017 cynic2 read Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden
  3. On Feb 22 2017 cynic2 read Infantry Attacks by Marshall Erwin Rommel
  4. On Feb 22 2017 cynic2 read House to House: An Epic Memoir of War by Sgt. David Bellavia
  5. On Feb 22 2017 cynic2 read Face of Battle by John Keegan
  6. On Feb 22 2017 cynic2 read The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare from Trafalgar to Midway by John Keegan
  7. On Feb 22 2017 cynic2 read The Savage Wars Of Peace: Small Wars And The Rise Of American Power by Max Boot and commented:

    A very detailed and interesting description of small operations easily forgotten or overshadowed by the wars that followed.

  8. On Feb 22 2017 Tom Copeland (USCG) read The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry and commented:

    Pretty brutal how it spread through the Army camps, and the bit about Wilson getting influenza at the negotiations was something I'd never heard before.

  9. On Feb 21 2017 ralston read In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat by Rick Atkinson
  10. On Feb 21 2017 ralston read Summons of the Trumpet: U.S.-Vietnam in Perspective by Dave R. Palmer
  11. On Feb 21 2017 ralston read Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany by Stephen E. Ambrose
  12. On Feb 21 2017 ralston read The Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944-1945 by Paul Fussell
  13. On Feb 21 2017 ralston read Common Sense Training: A Working Philosophy for Leaders by Arthur Collins
  14. On Feb 21 2017 ralston read Nineteen Stars: A Study in Military Character and Leadership by Edgar Puryear
  15. On Feb 21 2017 ralston read Small Unit Leadership: A Commonsense Approach by Dandridge M. Malone