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All Hell Let Loose, Max Hastings. Very well thought of single volume history of WWII. Very easy read.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Hell-Let-L ... +let+loose

Alone Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk : Defeat into Victory

Michael Korda

I have enjoyed every page so far. Many great quotes I haven't heard.

Chuck

https://www.amazon.com/Alone-Britain-Ch ... 1631491326

Possible book recommendation for Mr Warspite1? [:D]

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Battleship-Warspite-Hardback/p/14024?

Women At War in the Classical World, by Paul Chrystal.

Breem's Eagle in the Snow.

Did not like the first part of the book. It moved too fast.He went from childhood to marriage to betrayal by best friend to wife passes away all in the first couple of chapters. Seemed like pacing was uneven. Once he gets to Germania then it becomes very good. Top notch reading.

ORIGINAL: redcoat


Possible book recommendation for Mr Warspite1? [:D]

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Battleship-Warspite-Hardback/p/14024?

warspite1

What makes you think I would be interested in this?


[:D]

Review: Munich - Robert Harris

I am not a fast reader but had this one done and dusted in four days – I couldn’t wait to read the next page, then the next, then the next…..

Robert Harris is such a great storyteller and so easy to read. This story is never edge of your seat gripping, but as usual fails to disappoint.

The author’s expertise is his attention to detail. Here he really brings the days leading up to the Munich agreement to life, inter-weaving real life characters – particularly the too often wrongly-maligned Neville Chamberlain - and historical events, with fictional characters from his own fertile mind.

Without wanting to spoil the ending I would say this book would be more of interest to those who have a keen interest in WWII and the prelude to the war, as opposed to a reader seeking an out and out thriller.

Harris has a self-confessed passion for this period of time and this comes out in his writing. The little vignettes with Mr and Mrs Chamberlain – such as breakfast at No.10 - are delightful. Harris describes the palaver that was trying to use the telephone in those days. He lets us into No.10 Downing Street, the Fuhrerbau and Hitler’s train – Amerika – via his powers of description allied to painstaking research.

Excellent stuff and a solid 5 stars from me for this one.

Picked up a few new booklets from "Ares Forlag", this is a small publisher in Norway that focuses on military history. The booklets are about 150 pages and cover one battle.
Currently reading about what is called "The Winter War" in english.

These booklets are more introduction level than in depth, but they occasionally have some information that is new to me, and at a low cost they are worth it imo.

The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History by Thomas Woods.

Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters.

A brilliant read written by a very humble man.

ORIGINAL: AlanPartridge

warspite1

Knowing Me, warspite1, Knowing You Alan Partridge AHA!

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ORIGINAL: AlanPartridge

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warspite1

I am looking for something to wear at the weekend. I am torn between:

"L'homme du Sport"
"I'm in control of my vehicle"
Or perhaps
"Imperial Leisure"

For the last one do you know where I can get an Alan Partridge tie and blazer badge combination?

I have shelved War in the West - Volume 1 (again). This time its to read The Vietnam War (Lawrence). This is only 185 pages and is meant as an overview of the war. For a novice to the subject like me I must say it is an excellent read. I have noticed a few lines from this book were repeated word for word in the recent Ken Burns documentary.

Last book I read

The most dangerous enemy. By Stephen Bungay, THE book if you want to no more about the Battle of Britain.

Right now

The sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark, about how Europe went to war in 1914.

ORIGINAL: sven6345789

Last book I read

The most dangerous enemy. By Stephen Bungay, THE book if you want to no more about the Battle of Britain.

Right now

The sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark, about how Europe went to war in 1914.

warspite1

The Bungay book is excellent. I also enjoyed the Clark book, although a bit heavy going at times.

I am curently reading-Do androids dream of Electric Sheep?', a science-fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. The novel is set in a post apocalyptic dystopian future, where Earth and its populations have been damaged greatly by nuclear war and most of the animal species have either been wiped out or become endangered. The author is brilliant!

yeah, Philip K. Dick is a great author, I'm just reading Blade Runner

I thought they were the same thing, blade runner being the movie name?

Anyway, I have just bought Rome and Juliet by William Shakespeare; 50p from the charity shelf at the supermarket.

Bit of a change from Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War which the bastard didn't even finish writing properly - leaving you mid sentence - "sacrifice to Artemis...."

ORIGINAL: altipueri

I thought they were the same thing, blade runner being the movie name?

Anyway, I have just bought Rome and Juliet by William Shakespeare; 50p from the charity shelf at the supermarket.

Bit of a change from Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War which the bastard didn't even finish writing properly - leaving you mid sentence - "sacrifice to Artemis...."

warspite1

Don't you just hate it when th.....