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I have Hitler's Pre-Emptive War coming to me for my birthday - hussah! This is another work on the Battle for Norway in 1940. It looks like it may concentrate too much on Narvik to the detriment of the rest of the campaign, but we'll see....

Happy Birthday, old bean! Lemme guess: 62? You can't be a day over 63 then?

warspite1

Thank-you. 62? No, I just feel that old......

A interesting book about Pyrrhos. Although I suspect that it is only available in Swedish.

"Season of Storms", the new book in The Witcher cycle (it is the sixth one, but it actually covers the time period between book 1 and 2, so one could say that it is book 1.5 of the saga).

Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw by Mark Bowden.

Grenadiers by Meyer again

Re issue of Island of Fire by J Mark, fav book of all time, thankyou Mum for early birthday present:)

Snow & Steel - Battle of the Bulge by Peter Caddick-Adams. Well written for sure, and quite comprehensive.

For a complete change of scene I'm reading The Lost Generation. This is a book about three up and coming British racing drivers - Roger Williamson and Tony Brise (both English) and Tom Pryce (Welsh) that were tipped for success in the pinnacle of motor sport - Formula 1 - but were tragically killed between 1973, and 1977 before they got the chance to go for the big prize.

Well written, very interesting and ultimately sad and frustrating in equal measure this book is a real page turner. Britain had to wait almost 20 years after James Hunt won the world championship in 1976 for another champion - this lost generation of genuine talent may well be the biggest reason for that.

Taking a break from History of US Marine Corps in World War II: Volume IV: Western Pacific Operations: Peleliu, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Well written, but-ugh-what a bloody shambles Peleliu was. [:(]

So I'm re-reading (I read it maybe 20 years ago when it was new) John Keegan's The First World War. I may have to go back to Iwo Jima to get away from the senseless barbarism of 1914. What a bloody shambles. This one's even more depressing.
[:(]

Wheels for the World by Douglas Brinkley.

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For a complete change of scene I'm reading The Lost Generation. This is a book about three up and coming British racing drivers - Roger Williamson and Tony Brise (both English) and Tom Pryce (Welsh) that were tipped for success in the pinnacle of motor sport - Formula 1 - but were tragically killed between 1973, and 1977 before they got the chance to go for the big prize.

Have you seen "Rush" by Ron Howard? Beside being a great movie, it is also a great reconstruction of when having 2-3 pilots dead every season was totally normal.

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For a complete change of scene I'm reading The Lost Generation. This is a book about three up and coming British racing drivers - Roger Williamson and Tony Brise (both English) and Tom Pryce (Welsh) that were tipped for success in the pinnacle of motor sport - Formula 1 - but were tragically killed between 1973, and 1977 before they got the chance to go for the big prize.

Have you seen "Rush" by Ron Howard? Beside being a great movie, it is also a great reconstruction of when having 2-3 pilots dead every season was totally normal.

warspite1

Yes I have this wonderful film on DVD. Only one criticism of the film; it should have featured the other protagonists more.

Have finished The Lost Generation and moved onto Nigel Mansell's Staying on Track and am now onto James Hunt The Biography. Really make a change from military history - much quicker to read too [:)]

The President Is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson.

'The Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917–21' by Prit Buttar

The end of WWI, and the little known wars afterwards.

Anyone after a WW1 cover all book, has to be Pandoras Box.

The Big Red One: America's Legendary 1st Infantry Division Centennial Edition, 1917-2017 by James Scott Wheeler
Preparing for the release of The Bloody First Close Combat and in general learning more how units were structured.

Just finished Keegan's one-volume The First World War. A good general review of the entirety of the war. What a bloody shambles...[:(]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Just finished Keegan's one-volume The First World War. A good general review of the entirety of the war. What a bloody shambles...[:(]

A good follow on is Margaret McMillan's Peacemakers mainly about the Versailles portion of the post-war peace making process. If the war was a shambles, what followed more than matched it.

Its a seriously good book, debunks a lot of myths, I think is a bit too generous to some participants, but does an excellent job of capturing the attempts (such as they were) to balance off national interests, Wilson's intermittent interest in a new approach and all the various national/ethnic/etc lobby groups that turned up to press this or that cause.

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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Just finished Keegan's one-volume The First World War. A good general review of the entirety of the war. What a bloody shambles...[:(]

A good follow on is Margaret McMillan's Peacemakers mainly about the Versailles portion of the post-war peace making process. If the war was a shambles, what followed more than matched it.

Its a seriously good book, debunks a lot of myths, I think is a bit too generous to some participants, but does an excellent job of capturing the attempts (such as they were) to balance off national interests, Wilson's intermittent interest in a new approach and all the various national/ethnic/etc lobby groups that turned up to press this or that cause.

Maybe later. Still depressed about that whole bloody shambles. It's like reading about the American Civil War-such pointless slaughter amongst brothers. [:(]

Again check out Pandoras Box.

Also 're WW1 the lions and donkeys myth was so entrenched for many years that probably best going for recent titles.

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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Just finished Keegan's one-volume The First World War. A good general review of the entirety of the war. What a bloody shambles...[:(]

A good follow on is Margaret McMillan's Peacemakers mainly about the Versailles portion of the post-war peace making process. If the war was a shambles, what followed more than matched it.

Its a seriously good book, debunks a lot of myths, I think is a bit too generous to some participants, but does an excellent job of capturing the attempts (such as they were) to balance off national interests, Wilson's intermittent interest in a new approach and all the various national/ethnic/etc lobby groups that turned up to press this or that cause.

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Again check out Pandoras Box.

Also 're WW1 the lions and donkeys myth was so entrenched for many years that probably best going for recent titles.

ORIGINAL: loki100

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Just finished Keegan's one-volume The First World War. A good general review of the entirety of the war. What a bloody shambles...[:(]

A good follow on is Margaret McMillan's Peacemakers mainly about the Versailles portion of the post-war peace making process. If the war was a shambles, what followed more than matched it.

Its a seriously good book, debunks a lot of myths, I think is a bit too generous to some participants, but does an excellent job of capturing the attempts (such as they were) to balance off national interests, Wilson's intermittent interest in a new approach and all the various national/ethnic/etc lobby groups that turned up to press this or that cause.

Lions and Donkeys Myth? [&:]

Keegan's book was written in 1998. Probably sufficiently recent for my tastes.