Just picked up To America by Stephen Ambrose. They had a book fair at work today and it was the only book that looked at all interesting.

I just bought

An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson

and

The Yom Kippur War : The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East by Abraham Rabinovich

Reading

Hazardous Duty by John K. Singlaub

On Deck

Medal of Honor by Roy Benavidez

Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides

Rand.
 

I cant say enough good things about Atlas Shrugged. Kipling.... hmm.

The last 2 good books I read were:

"Unscathed" by Royal Marine Major Phil Ashby
"The Real Bravo Two Zero" by Michael Asher

I am 3/4 through reading Five Years to Freedom, which I picked up partially because of the MoH thread regarding Rocky Versace, partially because I wanted to learn more about James N Rowe and his famous SERE school, and then lastly to fill in my knowledge about the Vietnam war.

Well, this is a great book, but very intense. It is written in a repetetive manner that stresses the inhumanity of the LNFs "lenient policy". Lots of good lessons in there, about overcoming hypocricy with passive resistance. Most of all, it is the story of an amazing hero, and the heros who he knew.

Suggestion
 

NG_M4_Shooter,

If you liked Atlas Shrugged, pick up Fountainhead, when you have a chance.

Roycroft201

Re: Suggestion
 

Oh, I like this teacher! D9, you see this? :)

I currently have quite a few books that I intend to read, but haven't yet gotten to/finished.
Here goes:
Uhuru, Robert Ruark
Fear and Loathing in America, Hunter S Thompson
On the Road, Jack Kerouac
The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe
and an old favorite;
Been Down so Long It Looks Like Up to Me, Richard Farina

Yes; I know heavy on the 60's/ 70's counter culture. It's just that I keep seeing references to these authors and Titles in other books(especially Thompson's) and, as I have not read them, I feel that I cannot fully understand the points that the author is trying to present.

Uh huh. Sure. ;)

OK Fine, I am trying to find out why so many of the folks who survived that time period are so F*&ked up:p

NDD has offered some very good advice which I am going to share with you:

When you're in a hole, stop digging. :p

I recommended that he add a copy of Thompson's classic "Hell's Angels" to the list.

Just trying to help.

TR

Recent reads.

Angels and Demons Don Brown

Conan the Freebooter Robert E. Howard
Classic sword & sorcery

Hell no I won't stop digging, It's Not just a hole, It's a defensive position:p