Outside of ww1 and ww2 what are you reading?
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Re: Outside of ww1 and ww2 what are you reading?
I'm reading Germania by Simon Winder. I find it very instructive and fun to read. I was hesitant to buy it, because I heard Winder's tendency to be humourous spoiled the narrative and that the book is too silly. I think it's refreshing to brush up on my non- 1914-1945 German history and i like the book!
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I'm readin "Der Baader-Meinhof Komplex" by Stefan Aust, about the communist terrorists in the Germany of the 1970's. Very hard to put down.
The best books about the BRD that I've read so fare are
- Michael Seufert: Der Skandal um die Hitler-Tagebücher.
- simon reeve: Ein Tag im September. Die Geschichte des Geiseldramas bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen in München 1972 („One day in September“)
- Stefan Aust: Der Baader-Meinhof Komplex
(edit= BRD is Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or West-Germany)
The best books about the BRD that I've read so fare are
- Michael Seufert: Der Skandal um die Hitler-Tagebücher.
- simon reeve: Ein Tag im September. Die Geschichte des Geiseldramas bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen in München 1972 („One day in September“)
- Stefan Aust: Der Baader-Meinhof Komplex
(edit= BRD is Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or West-Germany)
Re: Outside of ww1 and ww2 what are you reading?
Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson by S.C Gwynne
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Re: Outside of ww1 and ww2 what are you reading?
The second Volume of Gregor Schöllgen's "German foreign policy": 1945 - present (2013)
I've only started, but it's interesting and easy to read
I've only started, but it's interesting and easy to read
Re: Outside of ww1 and ww2 what are you reading?
Biography, Odyssey of C.H. Lightoller.
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Re: Outside of ww1 and ww2 what are you reading?
Crowley's Contantinople the last great siege, a good account on the many attempt to conquest Constantinople until it really happened in 1453
Re: Outside of ww1 and ww2 what are you reading?
Just read Crowley's Empires if the Sea. Excellent read. Can't question the veracity of the information, but thoroughly enjoyed it.
Re: Outside of ww1 and ww2 what are you reading?
recently finished reading...
"Saga of the Jomsvikings." (tr. Hollander)
"Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion." by Herbert Aptheker
"Saga of the Jomsvikings." (tr. Hollander)
"Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion." by Herbert Aptheker
Re: Outside of ww1 and ww2 what are you reading?
Currently reading this Vietnam War book-
The Magnificent Bastards: The Joint Army-Marine Defense of Dong Ha, 1968 by Keith Nolan.
Its a blow by blow account of the battle packed with eyewitness accounts.
The Magnificent Bastards: The Joint Army-Marine Defense of Dong Ha, 1968 by Keith Nolan.
Its a blow by blow account of the battle packed with eyewitness accounts.
Re: Outside of ww1 and ww2 what are you reading?
Just read The Knights of Islam by James Waterson and The Court of the Caliphs by Hugh Kennedy. Well worth a read.
Re: Outside of ww1 and ww2 what are you reading?
I'm reading this at the moment it's not bad.
The Rise of Islamic State: ISIS and the New Sunni Revolution by Patrick Cockburn
The Rise of Islamic State: ISIS and the New Sunni Revolution by Patrick Cockburn
Re: Outside of ww1 and ww2 what are you reading?
The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries: Cosmology and Salvation in the Ancient World
by David Ulansey
by David Ulansey
Re: Outside of ww1 and ww2 what are you reading?
Just finished Instrument of War by Christopher Duffy and The Wars of Frederick the Great by Dennis Showalter. Can recommend both.
Re: Outside of ww1 and ww2 what are you reading?
Empire of Fear: Inside the Islamic State by Andrew Hosken.
It's a good book and describes well the rise of ISIS.
It's a good book and describes well the rise of ISIS.
Re: Outside of ww1 and ww2 what are you reading?
Currently reading this book-
The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 by Carlotta Gall.
It's a interesting read regarding the relationship of Pakistan's role in the War in Afghanistan.
The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 by Carlotta Gall.
It's a interesting read regarding the relationship of Pakistan's role in the War in Afghanistan.