What are You Reading?

General General Discussion
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I started reading Six Minutes to Freedom by Kurt Muse and John Gilstrap. I can see why Kurt Muse chose John Gilstrap to write his story. I really like his writing style. I finished the first chapter before going to sleep and I didn’t want to put it down. Has anyone else read it? If so, what did you think?

I recently finished The Man Without a Face by Markus Wolf, who was the chief of East German foreign intelligence for over 30 years. The book had a lot of interesting information, but it was a little dry in some parts.

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Longitude

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I read Six Minutes to Freedom about 3 months ago and I really enjoyed it.

After watching the Everest show on the Discovery Channel I’m going to borrow a couple of Everest books from a buddy of mine and read them over the holiday break.

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About to start “Killing Pablo” by Mark Bowden.

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I just recently found Brad Thor’s work. I highly reccomend his books!!!

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I read that a few years ago, a very interesting book.

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I will definitely check them out. I looked at his website and his books look interesting.

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No True Glory by Bing West - Awesome Book

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I do a little martial arts on the side.

A new one coming out soon is the Fighter’s fact book 2. Looks good, I’ve trained a little with a couple of the authors, so I’m interested to see what is in it.

http://www.turtlepress.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=FFB2

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I’m re-reading ‘Practical Shooting–Beyond Fundamentals’ --by Brian Enos and ‘Thinking Practical Shooting–A Guide to Outstanding Match Performance’ --by Saul Kirsch

I get a little something from each of these as I read them again.

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“Roberts Ridge”…bad-ass…

Mace

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I am currently enrolled in the distance Expeditionary Warfare School program and am reading “Warfighting” (the ginormous one, not the little one). Just reading this crap makes me want to get out before I have to do any of this staff tomfoolery.

I just finished reading Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road” - a postapocalyptic novel about a father and son trying to survive in a world where the only eats are canned and other people. His “Blood Meridian” should be required reading for any American of a violent bent. It is my favorite fiction novel.

My Bn CO is having us read “The Devil’s Guard” - about SS serving in the Foreign Legion in Indochina.

Killing Pablo is excellent and their is a movie in the works directed by Joe Carnahan (“Narc”), starring Javier Bardem as Escobar.

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Striker, I read “The Devil’s Guard” back in highschool and would love to get another copy.

I thought it was out of print.

Who’s the author?

TIA

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I must be the WWII geek.

Last Victory in Russia: Manstein’s Kharkov Counteroffensive - February-March 1943 by George Nipe

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French Women Don’t Get Fat. Don’t laugh, it’s working! And why do you think the Germans invade France in every century?

It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis on fascism in the U.S. during the 1930’s.

ETA: The text of Devil’s Guard is online. I have the link on my other laptop. Will post when I find it.

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I’m currently reading “The Afghan Campaign”.

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I’m currently not in the middle of any book but the last one I read was fantastic. “Firebirds” by Chuck Carlock. Amazing story of his time flying helicopters in Vietnam. It’s got to be one of the most powerful books I’ve read in a long time. It’s both sobering and hilarious at times. I highly recommend it.

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I’m finally reading Blackhawk Down, I can’t believe it took me this long to read it.

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I’d probably enjoy that Firebird book. My first book was Chickenhawk when I was 11 and it turned me on to Vietnam era books.