Your reading list - Page 3

CRad · 02-08-2004, 22:38

That Harvard sucks, men are standing on the necks of us poor women, and any gains we've made in terms of wage equality over the last decade or so was 1. Illusionary and 2. has disappeared.

We take it lying down by opting for early retirement, or job switching to avoid confrontation, that sort of thing. I agree with her on some of those. I get really irked by women who bitch about the "system" and how it's run by men, then turn around and either are shocked when men don't go to bat for them with the same vigor they would if the women were doing for themselves OR worse, they expect men to create the workplace equality for them.

If you can do as good as a man in your chosen field then By God, step out with purpose and do it. I'll loan you the book when I'm done, 'kay? I have to warn you though I write in the margins of books. I talk to the TV too. <shrug>

**Roguish Lawyer** · 02-08-2004, 22:41

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Originally posted by CRad
I have to warn you though I write in the margins of books. I talk to the TV too. <shrug>

Why doesn't this surprise me? LOL

lrd · 02-09-2004, 06:35

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Originally posted by CRad
I'll loan you the book when I'm done, 'kay? I have to warn you though I write in the margins of books. I talk to the TV too. <shrug>

Thanks. I like to scribble in my books, too. Besides, some of the greatest treasures STC left us were his marginalia. Someday you'll be famous for yours.

((RL - notice how C put in her smilie? ))

Solid · 02-10-2004, 10:48

Just Finished:
McRaven, Spec Ops
Swofford, Jarhead
McCauley, The Khruschev Era
Tom Clancy, Shadow Warriors and Airborne
Arthur Edwards, The Cold War (researching NSC68 alt. views)

Reading:
Bard E. O'Neill, Insurgency and Terrorism,
Caesar, The Conquest of Gaul
Kate Gilliver, Caesar's Gallic Wars
Carl von Clausewitz, On War
Martin McCauley, Russia, America, and the Cold War

On Deck:
Robert Young Pelton, Dangerous Places, The Adventurist
Stephen Ambrose, Pegasus Bridge
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
Gaddis, We Now Know- Rethinking Cold War History, The US and the Origins of the Cold War
John Keegan, Intelligence in War
Clausewitz, On Strategy

Maas · 02-10-2004, 20:37

Just Finished:

The Invasion Before Normandy: The Secret Battle of Slapton Sands by Edwin Palmer Hoyt

Reading:

Eyes Over Mog, by MI Mikey

A Ranger Born by Col. Bob Black

On the deck:

Something about the Civil War.

Solid,
Pegasus Bridge is a good book. I watched The Longest Day right after reading it and one of the guys from the movie was actually a Brit Glidermen who took that bridge.

goat · 02-10-2004, 21:16

Reading:

Inside Al Queda, by Rohan Gunaratna

Tracks, by Louise Erdrich

On Deck:

Soldier under Three Flags, by H. A. Gill

ut3 · 02-11-2004, 00:26

Currently:

"Captain Blackman"- John A. Williams
"Son of the Revolution" - Liang Heng & Judith Shapiro
"The Soul of the Law" - Benjamin Sells

On Deck:

"The Reason Why - The Story of the Fatal Charge of the Light Brigade" - Cecil Woodham-Smith
"Disappointment with God" - Philip Yancey
"One L" - Scott Turow

CommoGeek · 02-12-2004, 13:04

Read: Bridges of Battle by Donald Featherstone

Reading: The Silent War by John Pina Craven
Windows NT 4.0 Upgrade Guide by Microsoft
DNS and Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 White paper by the folks at Redmond, WA

Next: Some book about gunfights in the old west. I forget the title and author.

DunbarFC · 02-12-2004, 17:39

Just Finished - " Charlie Wilson's War "

Reading - " Six Days of War " by Michael Oren

Next up - ask me after Saturdays trip to Borders

Ghostrider · 02-13-2004, 13:42

Recently Completed:
In the Company of Heroes - CW4 (ret.) Michael Durant

Currently:

The Hunt for Bin Laden - Robin Moore

On Deck:

One Perfect OP - Command Master Chief (ret.) Dennis Chalker

Six Days of War - Michael Oren (any input on this one DunbarFC?)

CommoGeek · 02-13-2004, 15:20

GR,

I read Six Days of War a few months ago. Good book, but it delves into the political side and causes of the war quite a bit. Oren's a pretty good writer.

Oh, your bro from 3/124 should be back in town. His BN lost 2 KIA in Iraq. The unit's home now.

Ghostrider · 02-13-2004, 15:29

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Originally posted by CommoGeek
GR,

I read Six Days of War a few months ago. Good book, but it delves into the political side and causes of the war quite a bit. Oren's a pretty good writer.

Oh, your bro from 3/124 should be back in town. His BN lost 2 KIA in Iraq. The unit's home now.

Thanks CG for the info on the book. I got an e-mail from my bud, last week. He's going to be in Vegas for the next couple weeks so I'll get to see him at our drill......he's just a "little" glad to be back.

**Roguish Lawyer** · 02-13-2004, 15:34

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Originally posted by Ghostrider
Six Days of War - Michael Oren (any input on this one DunbarFC?)

I posted this a while ago somewhere else:

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I just finished it. Very good book.

Oren is a dual Israeli-American citizen who was born here and emigrated to Israel. Went to Princeton, now affiliated with the Shalem Center, a conservative Israeli think tank. He admits in an interview appended to the end of the text that his challenge was writing an objective history in the face of his natural bias. I think he has done an excellent job of being objective, although there are a couple of places where I think his bias peeks out a little. Impressive bibliography including public archives, oral interviews and many books and articles in several languages.

I think that anyone interested in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the Palestinian problem in particular, should read this book. His thesis is that the '67 war really changed the entire landscape of the conflict, forcing the Arabs to accept that Israel cannot be defeated militarily but rather must be dealt with -- Israel's '67 gains really forced the settlements with Egypt and Jordan even though the Yom Kippur war happened in between. The book also is a reminder that anti-American sentiment in the Arab world did not begin with Osama bin Laden.

The book very briefly touches on the USS Liberty incident; many of you will recall the threads on this board regarding that issue, which include links to longer articles by Oren on the subject.

Great book. I highly recommend it.

Ghostrider · 02-13-2004, 15:47

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Originally posted by Roguish Lawyer
I posted this a while ago somewhere else:

Thanks RL...uh, that advice isn't going to cost me a billable hour is it?

**Roguish Lawyer** · 02-13-2004, 16:06

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Originally posted by Ghostrider
Thanks RL...uh, that advice isn't going to cost me a billable hour is it?

Anybody have a spare LAW lying around?