Outside of ww1 and ww2 what are you reading?

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Post by Attrition » 23 May 2011, 18:12

Martians go Home by Frederick Brown (1955).

The Martians conspire to take over earth with sarcasm.

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Post by Imad » 24 May 2011, 01:14

The Histories by Herodotus of Halicarnassus


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Post by forest43 » 03 Jul 2011, 08:48

The Fall of Paris (The Siege and the Commune 1870-71) - Alistair Horne

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Post by Imad » 03 Jul 2011, 11:51

The Death of the Messiah by Raymond Brown

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Post by Ken S. » 01 Aug 2011, 04:49

Bird Detective: Investigating the Secret Lives of Birds by Bridget Stutchbury

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Post by kgbudge » 01 Aug 2011, 05:31

Fermat's Enigma

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Post by Imad » 01 Aug 2011, 06:42

A Peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinn

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Post by Imad » 01 Aug 2011, 06:43

Muhammad by Karen Armstrong

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Post by doogal » 18 Sep 2011, 10:55

Fiasco and Cobra 2 if read together they give a substantial overview of (the mess of)US Operations and post combat operations.
Clausewitz and contemporary War by Antulio Echeverra
Clausewitz in the twentieth century the edition edited by strachan and rothe
Clausewitzs puzzle by Rothe - all of these are part of an Oxford academical research project into Clausewitz and his enduring influence:
On Clausewitz by Hugh Smith:
Started reading a translation of the Art of War by Sun Tzu while listening to another translation:
Anything on the periods 1789 - 1815=1914-1945 etc

If anyone reads this and they know of any good links to information/pdf`s/Essays concerning Ulm and Austerlitz please get in touch:

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Post by Duncan » 18 Sep 2011, 20:22

PT109

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Post by Imad » 19 Sep 2011, 02:55

God's Crucible - The Impact of Islam on the West by David Levering Lewis

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Post by IvanSR » 02 Oct 2011, 14:20

Columbine by Dave Cullen

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Post by Imad » 03 Oct 2011, 01:56

The Vietnam Wars by Marilyn Young

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Sons and Lovers by D H Lawrence

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Post by Imad » 03 Oct 2011, 01:57

The Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius

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