Book Recommendations

[Glenn E. Meyer]

Fallout - a Jesse Stone book by Lupica. A mild book for an afternoon. Not worth buying but the library is your friend. The plot is nothing original with pretty standard motivations. Jesse deals with his alcoholism. Negatives: Jesse deals with major underworld figures who for some reason are frightened of him. Right. A Native American stereotype character which if I were one, would find mildly offensive. For some reason, Parker went down that road. Some whining about Sunny and unable to move on. Yawn. But it was worth sitting in a chair for a quick read.

History: Hitler's Fatal Miscalculation: Why Germany Declared War on the United States (Cambridge Military Histories)
Part of: Cambridge Military Histories (47 books) | by Klaus H. Schmider | Jan 31, 2021

Pretty interesting detail of before his declaration us and the internal politics across the world. A side note is a discussion of how we mobilized a gigantic armed force in a short time. Points out that today we are relatively helpless if such needed to be done. Taiwan is screwed.

[blues]

Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging Hardcover – by Sebastian Junger

Reading this one at the moment. Pretty good stuff so far.

We have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding--"tribes." This tribal connection has been largely lost in modern society, but regaining it may be the key to our psychological survival.

Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin lamented that English settlers were constantly fleeing over to the Indians-but Indians almost never did the same. Tribal society has been exerting an almost gravitational pull on Westerners for hundreds of years, and the reason lies deep in our evolutionary past as a communal species. The most recent example of that attraction is combat veterans who come home to find themselves missing the incredibly intimate bonds of platoon life. The loss of closeness that comes at the end of deployment may explain the high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by military veterans today.

Combining history, psychology, and anthropology, Tribe explores what we can learn from tribal societies about loyalty, belonging, and the eternal human quest for meaning. It explains the irony that-for many veterans as well as civilians-war feels better than peace, adversity can turn out to be a blessing, and disasters are sometimes remembered more fondly than weddings or tropical vacations. Tribe explains why we are stronger when we come together, and how that can be achieved even in today's divided world.

[Stephanie B]

Pistol & Revolver Shooting by A.L.A. Himmelwright, circa 1906

[Stephanie B]

Automatic Pistol Shooting, by Walter Winans. The book has a chapter on dueling.

[Cheap Shot]

Automatic Pistol Shooting, by Walter Winans. The book has a chapter on dueling.

Dueling really is an under served skill set among the tactical - competition training community.......

[Jim Watson]

Automatic Pistol Shooting, by Walter Winans. The book has a chapter on dueling.

LePage Galleries wax bullet dueling or the real thing?

One of the last gasps of English pistol shooting was The British Dueling Federation.
A humanoid target armed with a camera flash, blank gun, or paintball gun. Rules on how long you get to break your shot before the opponent does.

[Bigguy]

My next book will be available May 8th. It takes place in 2017, three years before the events in "From The Delta Mud." It's in the same area and has some of the same characters, but it's really a prequel. It's a different story with no plot link to the other book. "From" was a political thriller where "Beneath" is a murder mystery.

You can find me on Amazon if you're interested.

[TNK]

The Spider's House (1955) by Paul Bowles.

[dogcaller]

I am listening to "About Face" by COL Hackworth. I read it in the early 90s when I was a hard charging young NCO with zero combat time. I am enjoying it so far. It is a 40 hour listen.

An excellent book on so many levels. Memoir, small unit leadership, big picture leadership, grit, determination, setting the example, not taking excuses but taking care of your people. We need more Hacks—a lot more. Highly recommended. I read it a couple of times years ago, and couldn’t buy it fast enough hen it popped up on Audible.

[dogcaller]

I read it years ago. It's a good book.

Agreed. I read that in the 80s, probably in 8th or 9th grade. I wore out my library card in the Vietnam war section:

Tunnels of Cu Chi, Chickenhawk, Nam by Mark Baker, Platoon Leader, If I Die in a Combat Zone by Tim O’Brien, many others... All good in their own ways. A few years ago I read The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. That’s a damn fine book, different and deeper and darker than the others—moving. Also great on Audible.