El ejercito Espanol en Ultramar y Africa 1850-1925
Excellent reference of uniforms and equipment for Spanish colonial units in the Philipines, Cuba and Morocco :clap:
Second attempt at reading the two volumes of Memoirs of the American Revolution by W. Moultrie. This is an original 1802 version, this was one of 2 sets originally in the Library of Congress, they are stamped accordingly. The set I purchased was the surplus copy!
The problem with reading these old books is the fear of damaging or spilling your cup of coffee over the 200 year pages!
John
This month Peewee has mostly been reading...
The Quicksand War, by Lucien Bodard - Covers the first half of the French Indochina War up until 1950. The best account of the battle for the frontier outposts that I've seen so far. Very good.
Volcano Under Snow, by John Colvin - A 'biography' of Vo Nguyen Giap. I put biography in commas because there doesn't seem to be many hard facts about the man himself. Nevertheless, a very lucid analysis of the information available, even if dealing with generalities rather than specifics.
The Siege, by Russell Braddon - About the siege of Kut in 1915. A new subject for me, and totally absorbing. He has some very harsh things to say about the British commander at Kut, quite justifiably so in most cases.
The French Navy in Indochina, by Charles Koburger - A (dissapointingly) brief overview of the French Navy in Vietnam from blue water to brown water. Interesting but short. A nice bibliogrphy to follow up on though.
Hamburger Hill, by Samuel Zaffiri - About the battle for Hamburger Hill in 1969. A good detailed account of the battle from the grunts eye view.
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, by Kate Summerscale - Absolutely nothing to do with military history, but I needed a true-life tale of foul murder and dark happenings in Victorian Wiltshire to get me through the holiday period. A good read.
'Eagles and Bulldogs in Normandy', 'Last Post' and 'The Dangerous Book for Boys'.
Evan Mawdsley 'The Russian Civil War'
Various 'The Nineteenth of April 1775, A collection of First Hand Accounts'.
"The Forever War" Joe Haldeman
"Blitzkrieg Unleashed, The German invasion of Poland 1939" Richard Hargreaves
"The Twenty-Five days, the Flanders campaign and the rescue of the BEF from Dunkirk 10 May - 3 June 1940" By John Masefield
"The Transvaal Rebellion, the first Boer war 1880-1881" by John Laband
...is the Mawdsley book any good? Could be one for the pile to read at a later date
"Geschichte der Todesstrafe 17 to 19 Jahrhundert"
History of the death penalty (in Germany) from 17 to 19 century.
I am also trying to get my hands on a copy of "Folterei, Methode und Praxis, in Mittelältlichles, bis 19 Jahrhundertes Deutschland"
"The method and Practice of torture in middleages to 19th century Germany".
Just coming to the end of Generation Kill and then will be moving onto AK-47 a history of the peoples gun.
"The method and Practice of torture in middleages to 19th century Germany"
Sounds the perfect book to be holding prominently in my hand as I answer the door to yet another visit from the local "God Squad". :devil:
You GET them there?
I thought that Shogun that cut the head of that missionary from Porugal had put paid to all that nonsence?
A scythe of fire & Mark Urbans - Rifles
P
You're back! Hows things?
Hey Timmo. Like a lizard in a blizzard :)
How are you? Good to see you back to :)
Dreaded cold/flu thing atm but ok.
I don't read the news anymore, I find I'm happier if I don't…
You can always play the BBC Credit crunch drinking game!
One shot everytime they mention it.... hehe :D