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To: GodfearingTexan
Anything by:

1. William Manchester, especially “The Arms of Krupp.”

2. Robert Massie, especially “Dreadnought,” which is about the Anglo-German naval arms race that lead up to World War I.

3. Jon Krakauer.

AND

Any biographies you can find about Admiral Sir John “Jackie” Fisher, a fascinating man who modernized the British Navy.

46 posted on 11/18/2007 9:33:58 PM PST by Huntress (Those who surrender liberty for security will have neither. --- Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Huntress

William Manchester, The Glory and the Dream


101 posted on 11/19/2007 8:46:06 PM PST by Snoopers-868th
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