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What are you reading?

I was at Borders a few nights ago and I picked up 'Warhammer 40,000: The Killing Ground', 'The Art of Clint Langley: Dark Visions from the grim Worlds of Warhammer', 'The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road: 1567-1659' by Geoffrey Parker, 'Forgotten Wars: The End of Britain's Asian Empire' by Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper and 'The grand Strategy of Philip II' by Geoffrey Parker.

I finished 'The Lover' by Marguerite Duras a few days back. I have just started on 'Battles of the Thirty Years War: From White Mountain to Nordlingen 1618-1635'. I am also in the midst of a few other books including 'God is not great: How religion poisons the world' by Christopher Hitchens.

What you are guys reading?

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Permalink Reply by Chuang Shyue Chou on June 9, 2009 at 11:59pm: I am browsing mainly pictorials of World War II tanks now.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Eric Martin on June 11, 2009 at 7:20pm: Liberty and Tyranny by Mark Levin.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jim Werbaneth on June 11, 2009 at 7:23pm: Men in Arms: A History of Warfare and its Interrelationships With Western Society, by Richard A. Preston and Sydney Wise.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Chuang Shyue Chou on June 14, 2009 at 10:31pm: May I know if anyone has read 'Vietnam: The History of an Unwinnable War, 1945-1975 (Modern War Studies)' by John Prados?

http://www.amazon.com/Vietnam-History-Unwinnable-1945-1975-Studies/...

If so, how did you find it?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Smitty on June 24, 2009 at 6:04pm: I found it - at least interesting....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Joseph on June 16, 2009 at 4:50pm: Finished; "The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization" by Bryan Ward-Perkins. This is about the continuous debate on how Rome fell. By violence or was it a peaceful fall. The author supports the violent reason as do I. Too much evidence to support this like all the evidence to support evolution over "A higher Power". The book was dry but short, 183 pages to read plus the glossary, etc. The first chapters were very good but later chapters dry when the author put forward the evidence.This was a necessity though to prove his point. Its sorta like, listening to the lawyers, present their evidence in a courtroom, mostly dry stuff but necessary.

Another book was "Defense of the Faith: Charles V, Suleyman the Magnificent, and the Battle for Europe, 1520-1536, by James Reston, Jr. Overall a good read but must be careful of the author's prejudices in favor of the muslims. Read one of his other books on the Western counter-crusades:"Warriors of God" where he was very prejudiced against the Western Crusaders and in favor of the brutal muslim crusaders. This is the normal revisionist history of today of the left.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Eric Martin on June 24, 2009 at 2:57pm: Just started "Liberal Fascism" by Jonah Goldberg. Some powerful stuff here in light of what our President is trying to accomplish.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jim Werbaneth on June 24, 2009 at 2:59pm: I just started Caution & Cooperation: The American Civil War in British-American Relations by Phillip E. Myers. I'm reviewing it for Military Review.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Smitty on June 24, 2009 at 6:06pm: I have started the new Stalingrad book by Glantz...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Marc Geelhoed on June 24, 2009 at 8:48pm: "How Far from Austerlitz" by Alistair Horne; next in line is "Crisis in the Snows" (the Eylau Campaign) by James R. Arnold & Ralph R. Reinertsen; after that, "The War of Wars, the Great European Conflict 1793-1815" by Robert Harvey; these should keep me busy for a while.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bill Lawson on June 24, 2009 at 8:52pm: No Simple Victory by Norman Davies.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mike on June 24, 2009 at 9:23pm: A Savage War of Peace by Alistair Horne. Looks like buying Ici, C'est la France might be a definite possibility when it's published.; ▶ Reply to This