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Max the Mad Russian
Hands off Ukraine! Feet too
IMHO, Adm Stavridis is a king of generalists. Not the worst trait for a career whatever the field is, but no deep insights at all. I didn't find some.
Just saw this recommended by Tom Ricks on Foreign Policy and grabbed it at Barnes and Noble - will see how it goes: "American War" by Omar El Akkad.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/05/12...grim-novel-about-a-second-american-civil-war/
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/05/12...grim-novel-about-a-second-american-civil-war/
Looks intriguing even if the FP review was obnoxious (a review of a review? How meta). Curious to see what you think.Just saw this recommended by Tom Ricks on Foreign Policy and grabbed it at Barnes and Noble - will see how it goes: "American War" by Omar El Akkad.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/05/12...grim-novel-about-a-second-american-civil-war/
https://fromthegreennotebook.com/2017/04/13/when-war-comes-home-an-interview/
Interview with author.
Interview with author.
Just saw this recommended by Tom Ricks on Foreign Policy and grabbed it at Barnes and Noble - will see how it goes: "American War" by Omar El Akkad.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/05/12...grim-novel-about-a-second-american-civil-war/
Currently reading. Only a few chapters in, but so far it's very intriguing.
Jacob Robinson
New Member
Currently reading TGS to get psyched up for OCS. Action packed historical fiction about a WW2 captain. Its a great read so far, and its on the CNOs reading list.
Austin-Powers
Powers By Name, Powers By Reputation
Great read about an Air Force officer transitioning from AMDO to Air Guard pilot. Really interesting on a woman's point of view from war.
Listening to "Iron Dawn" on audible. Good history of the Battle of Hampton Roads.
https://www.amazon.com/Iron-Dawn-Monitor-Merrimack-Changed/dp/1476794189
https://www.amazon.com/Iron-Dawn-Monitor-Merrimack-Changed/dp/1476794189
The book also details the amount of ingenuity and work that went in to making Merrimack into Virginia. Making the armor for her consumed much of Tredegar's output for some time and the act of shipping the armor from Richmond to Portsmouth caused a great deal of disruption to the southern rail net work.
I was given a copy of Carrier Pilot recently as a graduation present, and enjoyed it. The author was a Corsair pilot with the Fleet Air Arm. He has a very British sense of humor.
I'm going to have to check that out. Thanks for the link.
He was Swedish, but he was indeed a genius.
