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October 4th, 2004, 06:17 PM
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The author is a warranty of quality. 'To lose a battle' is a supperb book.
And one thing I love about Alistair Horne is that he is one of the very few war historians who, before becoming a Historian, he studied Literature! Therefore his books are not only a good source, but also a good reading.
The best example of this combination is Sir Winston Churchill. No Historian will ever match that!
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October 4th, 2004, 09:08 PM
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Have just come back from a second hand book shop and I have behaved badly…
Bought some very interesting but 'reddish' stuff:
"Moscow Dateline" by Henry C. Cassidy, Boston 1943.
"Commands of the Soviet Army" (Sovetskie komandirii) by I. Bebenko, Moscow 1977.
"On the State" by V. I. Lenin, Bei-Jing 1975.
"Fundaments of Leninism" by. I. Stalin, Bei-Jing 1975.
"Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels" by V. I. Lenin, Bei-Jing 1977.
"Imperialism, superior phase of Capitalism" by V. I. Lenin, Bei-Jing 1989.
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"A mon fils: depuis que tes yeux sont fermes les miens n’ont cessé de pleurir." - Mère française, Verdun
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October 4th, 2004, 09:10 PM
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Well, not all was so leftie-oriented:
I got bt merely $3:
"La Dottrina Fascista" (Fascist doctrine), Libreria del Littorio Roma, 1930.
Original Fascits propaganda! 
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"A mon fils: depuis que tes yeux sont fermes les miens n’ont cessé de pleurir." - Mère française, Verdun
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October 4th, 2004, 10:34 PM
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Geez, Fried changes his 'signature' more than I change my underwear. Reading ;Waffen-SS Kursk 1943 and Actung Panzer #5 Sturmgeschutz III,Stug IV. Has some good pics! 
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October 5th, 2004, 02:32 AM
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Im almost finished with Thomas Taylor's Behind Hitler's Lines and Battles Lost and Won by Hanson Baldwin. I'm also reading Martin Gilbert's The Second World War for the second time, starting D-Day, and in the middle of World War Two Reader.
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October 5th, 2004, 02:24 PM
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Geez, Fried changes his 'signature' more than I change my underwear.
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I took me months to change it! Hope you take your statement back for the people-around-you's sake!
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October 6th, 2004, 02:10 AM
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Oh ya, and Secret Weapons of World War II by William Yenne.
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October 8th, 2004, 08:23 PM
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Was in the midst of George Koskimaki's D-Day: With the Screaming Eagles...
But I got sidetracked upon the arrival of Another Time, Another Place: A U-boat Officer's Wartime Album by Werner Hirschmann. Wonderful memoir from the LI of U 190. Excellent read with numerous interesting photographs from Hirschmann's personal albums! 
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October 12th, 2004, 05:30 AM
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I just picked an older book (1979 copyright) in my favorite secondhand bookstore that I had never seen before. The name of the book is Yankee Samurai: The Secret Role of the Nisei in America's Pacific Victory by Joseph Harrington. I figure that I will get to this book within the next 2 weeks as I want to finish the one I'm currently reading first. I'll report back on the book upon my completion.
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Well I have finished the book and I think I know why this book is not very widely known about now. While there were some interesting stories about Americans of Japanese descent who served in the Pacific, the first problem with the book that I realized was that there were no footnotes, bibliography or source notes in this book. This raises a huge red flag to me. The next problem is that as the book went on I began to realize that the author I most likely a conspiracy theorist. He makes accusations against the US government that I have seen elsewhere and again the lack of citations makes me dubious as to whether this was made up by the author or if recollections of the events were clouded by memory. I am hoping that it was the latter. Also some basic facts regarding the war in the Pacific were just plain wrong in the book. I would not call it a complete waste of time (I don't believe any book dealing with history is a complete waste) but I certainly would not recommend that anyone spend their hard earned money on it either. The next book on my list is "The Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan" by Ronald Spector
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October 13th, 2004, 11:22 PM
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Just got 2 more books today. Osprey's Jagpanzer Hetzer and StuG III & IV. Got them from 'Tollehaus Books',you guys should check them out. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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October 20th, 2004, 12:16 AM
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received the soft bound book # 31 from the Polish firm Kagero " 421st NFS" covering the P-61 squadron in the Pacific. an excellent title full of pics and some great profiles, translated by friend Neil Page. the squadron from what I understand has never had a written history about it.........80 pages, Polish/english text.
Also thrown in was a new mag from Poland covering a variety of subject matter like US spitfires and German Ju 88 torpedo bombers, the Jagpanther and some items on WW 1 aviation. all in Polish but great drawings, pics and profiles throughout, 68 pages, and yes some neat archaeology digs. # 1, Militaria
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October 22nd, 2004, 06:35 PM
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Curzio Malaparte´s "Leningrad burning ahead" ,
an Italian newspaperman in the ostfront.
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October 23rd, 2004, 10:57 AM
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Malaparte is a great author. haven't read this book, but La Pelle is a great read.
I am into Louis Scully's The battle For Tripsrath, the role of 1st batt. Worchestershire Regt. in Operation Clipper. Self published booklet...Good read...
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October 27th, 2004, 09:27 AM
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Just started 'Dieppe revisted: A documentary investigation' by John P. Campbell.
Also readin Azar Gat's book 'British Armour Theory and the rise of the Panzer Arm: Revising the Revisionists' an interesting look at the role of Liddell hart and his influence on the german panzer generals.
Also just started John Lundstrom's 'The First Team' A book on pacific naval air combat in the first few years of the war.
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October 27th, 2004, 12:54 PM
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The story of a Finnish waffen-SS man who actually joined the troops after Finland had made peace with the USSR....( after Sept 1944 ).
I also bought a book on German film stars printed in 1943 with 80 pics and 42 interviews. That should be interesting once it arrives by mail. Originally a Finnish book.
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October 31st, 2004, 03:39 PM
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Kurowski´s Knight´s Cross holders of the Fallschirmjäger
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October 31st, 2004, 09:31 PM
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The next book on my list is "The Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan" by Ronald Spector
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I have that book, I managed to pick it up for all of £7 at London's South Bank Book Stall. Haven't started reading it yet, but it looks meaty and should be useful. |
October 31st, 2004, 09:44 PM
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Excellent! Would be useful for my Masters on Airborne Effectiveness! Any spare places... Let me know!!!
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November 5th, 2004, 07:35 AM
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Stephen Badsey's Campaign Series Vol. 1 Normandy 1944. This series goes through everything from planning, logistics, small operations, it seems pretty cool. I have three books of this series, not quite sure how many there are.
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November 7th, 2004, 03:37 PM
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I also just started Stephen Ambrose's "Pegasus Bridge" My aviation class that I'm taking is boring me to death! LOL
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November 8th, 2004, 03:05 AM
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Just aquired a 3 volume set entitled A Pictorial History of the Second World War published in 1946. The captions are pretty much worthless but many of the photos are unique.
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November 8th, 2004, 12:20 PM
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Ryan Cornelius "The last battle" on Berlin 1945.
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November 8th, 2004, 03:53 PM
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Daniel Goldhagen's Hitler's Willing Executioners.
Talking about controversy!!!!!!!!
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