What Book Are You Reading at the moment?

[warspite1]

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

Got [this] on order [:)] Well its almost Christmas...ish

warspite1

Well that's a shame...

Amazon ....... have just advised me they are cancelling my order.... as they have given up trying to get it...[&:]

warspite1

Hussah! Just seen Amazon has this in stock now - really looking forward to getting my mitts on this [:)]

[Hotschi]

Please let me know whether your new book contains any information regarding camouflage patterns applied on the carriers during WW II - I've found plenty of information about USN patterns, but the RN remains a mystery to me in this field. Even the photographs found in the book about the British Pacific Fleet are not very usefull.
 
Finally, today I've finished the 2 volumes of George C. Dyers The Amphibians Came to Conquer - The Story of Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner in the printed version (that is, a REAL book, with paper and pages,not an e-book). On and off it took me 14 months to read it all - with breaks. Got it as Christmas present in 2012.
 
What a read!
 
I have learned a lot about amphibious warfare during the Pacific War, about planning, the actual procedures, the differences between ship-to-shore and shore-to-shore operations, OOB's, command decisions, etc etc etc - in my view it's the definite work on the USN island hopping campaign, although it almost exclusively focuses on the Amphibious Force Actions. As the subtitle says, it's also the biography of Kelly Turner - a very interesting commanding officer in the Pacific War. Highly recommended - it's also available for free online, but I prefer to possess the books (or E-Books) myself.
 
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ACTC/index.html
 
As for printed books, I'll start E.B.Potter's Bull Halsey tonight - on the Kindle it's still Corrigan's book as mentioned above.

[terje439]

"With the old breed - at Peleliu and Okinawa" by Eugene B. Sledge (sledgehammer in the series The Pacific)

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Hotschi

Please let me know whether your new book contains any information regarding camouflage patterns applied on the carriers during WW II - I've found plenty of information about USN patterns, but the RN remains a mystery to me in this field. Even the photographs found in the book about the British Pacific Fleet are not very usefull.

Finally, today I've finished the 2 volumes of George C. Dyers The Amphibians Came to Conquer - The Story of Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner in the printed version (that is, a REAL book, with paper and pages,not an e-book). On and off it took me 14 months to read it all - with breaks. Got it as Christmas present in 2012.

What a read!

I have learned a lot about amphibious warfare during the Pacific War, about planning, the actual procedures, the differences between ship-to-shore and shore-to-shore operations, OOB's, command decisions, etc etc etc - in my view it's the definite work on the USN island hopping campaign, although it almost exclusively focuses on the Amphibious Force Actions. As the subtitle says, it's also the biography of Kelly Turner - a very interesting commanding officer in the Pacific War. Highly recommended - it's also available for free online, but I prefer to possess the books (or E-Books) myself.

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ACTC/index.html

As for printed books, I'll start E.B.Potter's Bull Halsey tonight - on the Kindle it's still Corrigan's book as mentioned above.

warspite1

No - nothing specific on camo I'm afraid - its a good book though [:)]

[Orm]

I am reading Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History by Giles Milton.

It is a fun read about a conflict that is mostly forgotten today. I feel that the book exaggerates the importance of this conflict a bit. But I suppose that is to be expected after such a magnificent title.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Milt ... 27s_Nutmeg

[Orm]

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I am reading Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History by Giles Milton.

It is a fun read about a conflict that is mostly forgotten today. I feel that the book exaggerates the importance of this conflict a bit. But I suppose that is to be expected after such a magnificent title.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Milt ... 27s_Nutmeg

I really enjoyed this book and I can recommend it to anyone who wants to read about the early years of the East India Company and their struggles against the Dutch East India Company. It also the story of many of the early explorers. And it also tells why this struggle affected New York.

The downside with the book is that I feel that there is so much more to tell about this epoch and the struggle (war) for the spice trade. Where is the extended version of the book. [;)][:D]

[wodin]

Damned Good Show by Derek Robinson (the last WW1\WW2 book of his for me to read)
The Stalingrad Cauldron: Inside the Encirclement and Destruction of the 6th Army by Frank Ellis

[DampSquib]

Matterhorn - Karl Marlantes.

[wodin]

Tell me what you think of it..I read it a few months ago.

ORIGINAL: DampSquib

Matterhorn - Karl Marlantes.

[Kuokkanen]

I'm still reading Heavy Metal: A Tank Company's Battle to Baghdad. Book has roster of the Cobra Company. I'm confused about part detailing M113 APCs. Only 1 M113 (Cobra Seven-Seven) list vehicle commander (1st Sgt. Jose Mercado), but others seem to be without. And then is vehicle (Cobra Communications) with only 1 crewman listed (Spc. Marcelle Tucker).

[Hotschi]

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No - nothing specific on camo I'm afraid - its a good book though [:)]

As I expected, but thanks for the information.

By the way, in case someone is interested, John B.Lundstrom's book, The First South Pacific Campaign: Pacific Fleet Strategy December 1941 - June 1942 will be published as paperback on March 30 - the original hardcopy, published 1977, currently sells from 110 Euros (used) up to Euro 185 (new) [X(]

[warspite1]

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ORIGINAL: warspite1


No - nothing specific on camo I'm afraid - its a good book though [:)]

As I expected, but thanks for the information.

By the way, in case someone is interested, John B.Lundstrom's book, The First South Pacific Campaign: Pacific Fleet Strategy December 1941 - June 1942 will be published as paperback on March 30 - the original hardcopy, published 1977, currently sells from 110 Euros (used) up to Euro 185 (new) [X(]

warspite1

Yes I am interested - thanks for the tip Hotschi. Do you have the original? Is it just a story about the Battle of the Coral Sea?

[Hotschi]

I don't own the original. Ever so often I search a couple of authors (among them Lundstrom) too see what's available. And since Jonathan Parshall (author of "Shattered Swords") wrote a review of the original '77 edition and recommends it, I guess it'll be a good read.
 
According to Amazon, this title deals with strategy from January to June 42. I ordered this title today, if you want to wait, I can report when it arrives.
 
I got another book by Lundstrom, The First Team: Pacific Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway which I haven't read yet either [:D] - there's only so few hours a day...
 
 

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Hotschi

I don't own the original. Ever so often I search a couple of authors (among them Lundstrom) too see what's available. And since Jonathan Parshall (author of "Shattered Swords") wrote a review of the original '77 edition and recommends it, I guess it'll be a good read.

According to Amazon, this title deals with strategy from January to June 42. I ordered this title today, if you want to wait, I can report when it arrives.

I got another book by Lundstrom, The First Team: Pacific Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway which I haven't read yet either [:D] - there's only so few hours a day...

warspite1

Thank-you, I will wait and get your feedback if that is okay. I currently have:

Third Axis, Fourth Ally - Half read
Scramble for Africa - about 1/5th read
RBS, Fred Goodwin and the Men who blew up the British Economy - Just started
Monty's Men - Chapter 2

As you say - too little time...[:(]

[shunwick]

Currently reading Barbarossa to Berlin - a two volume set by Brian Taylor. A day by day account of The Great Patriotic War with each day divided into AGN, AGC, AGS sections. Engrossing.

Best wishes,
Steve

[Hotschi]

Four books at the same time! [X(]

I couldn't do that, I'd get confused. I can only read two at the same time, and they have to be different topics, otherwise I'd get - again - confused. Most time it's one e-book and one classic printed book (which I prefer over e-books).

Must be an age thing....

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Hotschi

Four books at the same time! [X(]

I couldn't do that, I'd get confused. I can only read two at the same time, and they have to be different topics, otherwise I'd get - again - confused. Most time it's one e-book and one classic printed book (which I prefer over e-books).

Must be an age thing....

warspite1

[:)]

I am not saying its ideal - its just difficult to say no when something really appeals [X(]

Fortunately the RBS book has been unputdownable(?) so having got it on Monday I have just a few pages left - then its back to the brilliant Scramble For Africa [:)]

[Orm]

I often attempt to have three or four active books at the same time. But this often ends in failure and one, or two, of the books is dropped to be read at a later date.

[barkman44]

"Alexander the Great"by Phillip Freeman a good readable account.

[berto]

On to the next volume in the series:

The Story of Civilization: The Age of Reason Begins [volume 7], by Will & Ariel Durant