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Ok fellow FreePs, what are you reading this Summer?

Posted on 07/18/2013 11:12:35 AM PDT by US Navy Vet

I am starting "The Guns of August: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic About the Outbreak of World War I"


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: bookreview; books; reading; readinglist; summer; vanity
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To: US Navy Vet

About to finish “The Shelter Cycle” by Peter Rock, and start on “The Blood of Heaven” by Kent Wascom, why’re you axin’?


21 posted on 07/18/2013 11:33:25 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: US Navy Vet

So Far:

The Generals
by Thomas E. Ricks

The Outpost
by Jake Tapper

Civilization
by Niall Ferguson


22 posted on 07/18/2013 11:34:39 AM PDT by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: Revolting cat!

It’s always nice to know what fellow SMART people are reading. Might give some people ideas on good/or bad books to read/avoid.


23 posted on 07/18/2013 11:34:49 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: Stormdog

What did you think of “The Generals”?


24 posted on 07/18/2013 11:35:28 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: US Navy Vet

Read The Fifth Wave. Really enjoyed it.


25 posted on 07/18/2013 11:36:35 AM PDT by ChocChipCookie ("Demons run when a good man goes to war.")
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To: US Navy Vet

“Guns at Last Light”, volume three of Rick Atkinson’s liberation trilogy about the U.S. war in Europe.


26 posted on 07/18/2013 11:36:38 AM PDT by 0.E.O
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To: US Navy Vet
Invisible Armies: An epic history of guerilla warfare

Resistance to Tyrants: Romans 13 and the Christian duty to oppose wicked rulers

Currently on book 6 of 10 of this excellent novel series.

27 posted on 07/18/2013 11:37:07 AM PDT by SENTINEL (Kneel down to God. Stand up to tyrants. STICK TO YOUR GUNS !)
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To: US Navy Vet
I've heard that this is a great read, if you enjoy being outraged by the current situation:

Amazon: Dangerous Diplomacy: How the State Department Threatens America's Security
"...investigative reporter Joel Mowbray exposes the hidden agendas, mixed allegiances, and outright anti–Americanism that has infected the U.S. State Department. Relying on exhaustive interviews with State Department personnel and extensive research into State's publications, procedures, and recent history, Mowbray reveals an astounding pattern of shortsighted and misguided policies, compounded by an ingrained and self–criticism and correction."

28 posted on 07/18/2013 11:38:03 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Remember... the first revolutionary was Satan."--Russian Orthodox Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov)
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To: US Navy Vet
Just finished The Wilder Shores of Marx and Farewell Fear by Theodore Dalrymple. Great stuff. Re-read The New Class by Milovan Djilas in preparation for my current read, The Fall of the New Class, also by him. It's basically why Communism never turned out the way Marx or the Marxists expected it to, by a guy who earned the right to say so.

I'm also reading The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went To War In 1914, which sort of led to all the reading above. Slow, excruciating detail and scary as all git out because we're headed down a very similar road.

29 posted on 07/18/2013 11:38:39 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All

TM 9-1005223-35, Rifle, 7.62-MM: M-14, July 1968 and TM 9-1005-211-12, Pistol, Caliber .45,Automatic, M1911A1, With Holster, Hip, September 1968, as well as Marine Bayonet Training, FMFM 1-1,25 March 1965. What else is there to know?


30 posted on 07/18/2013 11:38:43 AM PDT by chulaivn66 (Semper Fidelis)
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To: US Navy Vet

I liked it. It was well worth the read. I saw the author on a panel on C-Span and the current military thinkers didn’t really seem to like this guy.


31 posted on 07/18/2013 11:39:42 AM PDT by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: US Navy Vet

I was only kidding, and yes, I always look for ideas on what to read. Here and everywhere.


32 posted on 07/18/2013 11:40:15 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: US Navy Vet

“The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War” by David Halberstam. It blows....


33 posted on 07/18/2013 11:40:27 AM PDT by GenXteacher (You have chosen dishonor to avoid war; you shall have war also.)
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To: US Navy Vet

“Margaret Thatcher The Downing Street Years” by Margaret Thatcher


34 posted on 07/18/2013 11:44:23 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Hardraade

I consider “Blacklisted by History” one of three “must reads” for all Freepers. The other two are “Death By Government” by RJ Rummel, and “The Harbinger” by Johnathan Cahn.


35 posted on 07/18/2013 11:44:43 AM PDT by SENTINEL (Kneel down to God. Stand up to tyrants. STICK TO YOUR GUNS !)
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To: US Navy Vet

Let’s see, finished so far these last two months.

War of the Rats, The Book Thief, brave new world, pirates, a couple more.

War of the Rats was real good, Book thief was excellent writing.

Pirates was fun. Another good one I read recently was Pathfinder. Which reminds me I have to make another stop at the thrift shop to find a new couple of books. I’d be broke if I bought new.


36 posted on 07/18/2013 11:48:34 AM PDT by CJ Wolf
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To: US Navy Vet

Free Republic, Lucky magazine (fashion), on book 3 of Games of Thrones, and the subtitles for Korean dramas-—yes, that is reading; for those interested, I recommend Rooftop Prince(time travel), Answer Me 1997 ( boy band fan girl angst) and Personal Taste (mistaken identity) all sweet love stories with old fashion morality.


37 posted on 07/18/2013 11:49:59 AM PDT by lulu16 (May the Good Lord take a liking to you!)
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To: US Navy Vet

Harry Potter in Spanish. Good way to learn.


38 posted on 07/18/2013 11:50:05 AM PDT by Moonmad27 ("I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." Jessica Rabbit)
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To: US Navy Vet
"Harry Potter and Sherlock Homes: THE MYSTERY OF THE VAGINAL MESH

FMCDH(BITS)

39 posted on 07/18/2013 11:50:43 AM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: US Navy Vet

I’m on the third out of the four books from the “Andrew Britton Bundle: The American, The Assassin,The Invisible, The Exile”. Four books available on Amazon for $9.99. Sort of a Mitch Rapp style CIA agent.


40 posted on 07/18/2013 11:52:10 AM PDT by pie_eater
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