| Books (22) |
2006
 |
Among the Soldiers of Ward 57
by Michael Weisskopf Oct 2006
 (3 reviews) List: $25.00
320 pages
Henry Holt and Co
| Mike Weisskopf (a reporter) lost his hand the night a grenade bounced into the HMMWV he was riding in. He picked it up, and tossed it out of the vehicle - and it blew up pretty much in his hand, blowing it off - but, incidentally, saving the lives of the soldiers in the vehicle.
|
|
 |
Front-Line Dispatches from Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan
by Matthew Currier Burden Sep 2006
 (14 reviews) List: $15.00
304 pages
Simon & Schuster
| The book is about the soldiers, their families, and the fighting of the war. (It isn't about making the case for the war, or arguing the conduct of the war.)
|
|
2005
 |
A Comprehensive Guide to Your Military & Veterans Benefits
by Christopher P. Michel Nov 2005
 (30 reviews) List: $20.00
400 pages
Simon & Schuster
| If you are about to retire from the military...
...or have done so recently - buy this book (even is the author *is* a Squid).
|
|
 |
The Commanding General of Abu Ghraib Tells Her Story
by Janis Karpinski Oct 2005
 (24 reviews) List: $24.95
256 pages
Miramax Books
| One of the most poorly edited and written books I've read in a long time. It was, despite its flaws, a fascinating read.
And I believe, based on her own words, she deserved to be relieved, and probably not prosecuted for dereliction.
|
|
 |
How Americans Are Seduced by War
by Andrew Bacevich Apr 2005
(52 reviews) List: $28.00
288 pages
Oxford University Press, USA
|
|
|
 |
The German View of Market Garden and the Battle of Arnhem September 1944
by Robert Kershaw Jan 2005
(14 reviews) List: $24.95
364 pages
Ian Allan Publishing
|
|
|
2004
 |
The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Simon Winchester Oct 2004
(51 reviews) List: $13.95
288 pages
Oxford University Press, USA
| Winchester illustrates the drama of the soap opera that was the compilation and publishing of the Oxford English Dictionary. What a debt we owe the people, especially James Murray, that managed to "get 'r done!".
|
|
 |
A History of America's Disastrous Relationship with France
by John J. Miller,
Mark Molesky Oct 2004
 (96 reviews) List: $24.95
304 pages
Doubleday
|
|
|
 |
by Tommy Franks,
Malcolm McConnell Aug 2004
(130 reviews) List: $27.95
608 pages
Regan Books
|
|
|
 |
Why the West is Losing the War on Terror
by Michael Scheuer Jul 2004
(160 reviews) List: $27.50
352 pages
Potomac Books
|
|
|
 |
by John Keegan May 2004
(52 reviews) List: $24.95
272 pages
Knopf
|
|
| 2003
 |
by Martin Middlebrook Nov 2003
(1 review) List: $11.99
336 pages
Pen and Sword
|
|
|
 |
A World History
by Mark Kurlansky Jan 2003
(69 reviews) List: $16.00
498 pages
Penguin (Non-Classics)
| I love books like this, that take common things and make them, in a sense, uncommon, give them a sense of drama beyond what we'd imagine. If only textbook writers could master the telling of history like this.
|
| 2002
 |
Turning Point, World War II
by John Bierman,
Colin Smith Sep 2002
(9 reviews) List: $32.95
400 pages
Viking Adult
| A good general read if you know nothing about El Alamein and the Brits and to some extent, German view of the war in North Africa.
|
|
 |
William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
by Simon Winchester Aug 2002
(92 reviews) List: $13.95
352 pages
Harper Perennial
| An immensely readable book on what amounts to the invention of geology, oddly enough via geography.
Were I teaching those subjects in high school or college these days, my students would be reading that book. It wouldn't reach all of them, certainly, but the ripples of interest would spread wider.
|
| 2000
 |
The Problem of Battle Command
by S. L. A. Marshall Sep 2000
(6 reviews) List: $19.95
224 pages
University of Oklahoma Press
| Marshall's methodology and conclusions have, over time, suffered some severe tarnish. Marshal is still a worthy read for the younger leader, regardless, as long as you have your eyes open.
|
|
1998
 |
by Robert A. Heinlein Nov 1998
(14 reviews) List: $6.99
496 pages
Baen
|
|
| 1992
|
A Battle Is Fought to Be Won
by Mark Adkin May 1992
(9 reviews) List: $47.50
305 pages
Trans-Atlantic Publications
|
|
|
1987
 |
by Robert A. Heinlein May 1987
(637 reviews) List: $6.99
272 pages
Ace
|
|
| 1983
|
by Max Hastings,
Simon Jenkins Jun 1983
(21 reviews) List: $3.98
384 pages
W W Norton & Co
|
|
|
1981
 |
Technology and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century
by Daniel R. Headrick Mar 1981
(6 reviews) List: $31.95
232 pages
Oxford University Press, USA
| Per Instapundit: Westerners tend to forget it, but it was a few key technologies -- primarily steam navigation and repeating firearms -- that made the era of Western colonialism possible.
|
| 1961
|
by R. Davis Jan 1961
(4 reviews) List: $9.95
Little, Brown
| The book that set me on the path to soldiering. I still reread it periodically.
|
|
TheDonovan.com
