Any of you like to read books?

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OrangeEmpire

OrangeEmpire

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I just finished the Newt Gingrich, William Forstchen trilogy on the Civil War: Gettysburg, Grant Comes East and Never Call Retreat, pretty good alternate history that kind of gets what if theory's going.

Just curious if any one else has read any of the books?
 
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No... I loves me some political non-fiction, though.

Next one I have lined up is Henry Kissinger's Diplomacy.
 
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No. I did read some of the Harry Turtledove books a few years ago about what if the south won the war. Interesting stuff.
 
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I like to read, but I'm usually too lazy to start a book.

Last one I started was Pete Rose's latest book, but I had to put it down about 3/4ths of the way through as I'd already read the same thing 3 or 4 times earlier in the book.
 
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(VolunteerHillbilly @ Apr 21 said:
No. I did read some of the Harry Turtledove books a few years ago about what if the south won the war. Interesting stuff.
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All I can think of right now is Family Guy where they go to the Civil War reenactment where the Confederacy wins. :lol:

... They don't really do that, do they? :unsure:
 
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The Confederacy wins Gettysburg, not necessarily at Gettysburg, ends up taking Baltimore, destroys the Army of Potomac and still loses the war.

There was no way for the South to win other than Lincoln losing his nerve or Lincoln being voted out of office.
 
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I'm reading the DaVinci Code
mattvols I read that book and really liked it I cant wait for the movie to be released though I think I may have to read it again. Did you read angels and deamons?
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Don't read much fiction, and the last political book that I read was Theodore Rex (he remains one of my favorite politicians and Presidents). Favorite historical novel is Killer Angels.


I do recommend a book, especially Knoxville natives, called Suttree. It is a novel by Cormac McCarthy which follows the exploits of a man who gave up a life of privilege to live on a houseboat on the river in Knoxville.
 
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My fondest memory of T-Rex is a game he played with his children. They would establish a goal and they would have to walk in a straight line to reach the goal. Even if it meant swimming a pond, climbing a wall....etc.....great stuff!

Did you like Michael Shaara's sons books Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure?
 
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God's and Generals was a little dissapointing after Killer Angels he is not as good as his father at character exploration IMO. I have not read the Last Full Measure.

I also read Candide and Rasselas at least once a year. Great satire.
 
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I may pick it up. I haven't read anymore of Johnson's books. I had to read Rassellas in a classics class in college. I am fascinated by Johnson's life story though. Any recommendations?
 
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I read two or three books a week but I just read Oliver North' 3 book series and it took a little longer. It is a good story line and it was nice to read something that didn't have cuss words on every line or explicit sexual encounters. The main characters are Christians and the books deals with the things that face a Christian in a military setting. :thumbsup:
 
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King's stand and desperation are both great books. I have been reading alot of world war 2 books, experinces of one or two guys through the war, and some of the books are about a whole group of people (those are the hardest to follow I swear). Last book I read was a War torn sky. Pretty good, needed to be alot longer.
 
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Books that everone should read, to better inform them of the situation we are presently in:

The Iraq War (John Keegan)
The Iraq War (Murray and Scales)
A Company of Soldiers (Rick Atkinson)
Three great books by 3 great military historians covering the first year and a half of the Iraq War. Perspectives include a British military historian (Keegan) and 3 star general (Scales) and a Washington Post columnist and editor, who is against the war effort (Atkinson.)
This Man's Army (Andrew Exum)
The Last True Story I Will Ever Tell (John Crawford)
Primary accounts from soldiers serving in the Global War on Terror. Neither are the stereo typical war loving soldiers, and both feel they lost a piece of themselves in the war. However, their accounts speak volumes as to what we are doing over there.
Disinformation (Minter)
Intellectual Morons (Daniel Flynn)
Two books that pretty much show how easily it is for the average American to be duped by the media, the government, or any other entity/movement that needs your persuasion. Exposes a lot. Both challenge you to be skeptical of what those who have an agenda tell you and to inform yourself as to what you believe and why.
Freakonomics (Steven Levitt)
Great book, really gets you thinking about a lot of interesting things.
On Combat (Lt. Col. Dave Grossman)
Philosophical and psychological study on the effects of combat on soldiers. Should be required reading for all soldiers and soldiers family prior to leaving and again upon their return.
Warrior Politics (Kaplan)
The Pentagon's New Map (Barnett)
Two books that take completely opposite sides of the spectrum as it concerns our foreign policy initiatives as we move farther into the 21st Century. Barnett takes the position that we should aid countries in their efforts to become more connected to the world, thus avoid conflict through continued education and diplomacy. Kaplan takes the stand that through initial great force and hard stands, future conflicts will be avoided.
 
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