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Replenished by a book sale "Garibaldi and the Thousand (May 1860)" by George Macaulay Trevelyan "Anzio" by Lloyd Clark "A Rumour Of War" Philip Caputo...another book that claims to be the best book about the Vietnam conflict

A friend visited today and left the following books: Long, Obstinate and Bloody. The Battle of Guilford Courthouse. By Babits and Howard. Redcoats on the River. Southeastern North Carolina in the Rev. War. By Dunkerly. With Zeal and with Bayonets Only. 1775-1783. By Spring. The Revolutionary War in the Southern Back Country. By Swisher. John

Flitting between the following: - the Perries' Carlist Wars sourcebook. - "Diamonds, Gold and War" by Martin Meridith - a history of South Africa up to the end of the second Boer War. - "The British Auxiliary Legion in the First Carlist War" by Edward Brett. - "The Polish Officer" by Alan Furst - a cracking WW2 spy/resistance novel.

I've just finished that Anzio book Tardis. You're in for a treat. I've read some other Philip Caputo books but not A Rumour Of War. His other ones were nothing special I'm afraid.

I've just finished that Anzio book Tardis. You're in for a treat. That's good, having read the intro it does look like it'll be good I've read some other Philip Caputo books but not A Rumour Of War. His other ones were nothing special I'm afraid. not so good :hmm:

Just received my copy of The White War, by Mark Thompson. :wave: He has a very good writing style, and I was hooked after only a few pages. This one is hard to put down.

I am waiting for two books which I am faithfully informed were sent last Tuesday. Now I do not know how the British post is standing up these days....(or have we already bought it?), but it does NOT take 4 fucking days to send two books from Gütersloh to Berlin. Even when one of those days IS a bastard holiday!!! Now I must wait till bloody TUESDAY, these fuck bastard cunt holidays again!, before I can get in touch with the book firm. I HOPE tey have sent them, and the normal has happened, ie the post bastard has left them on top of the communal post box. Because THEN, I can inform the neighbours THEY will pay for the books, as it is THEM, and not ME that lets these little shit bag bastard cunt arseholes into the flat, because they say "Werbung" (Adverts) in the answer phone. Ironically the books are (in English, the German title is WAY too long) "Reforms and ammendments to the Theft act 2000", and "rights of the citizen to arrest and or evict intruders/unwanted people, from his property". 1200 and 850 pages respectively.

Just finished The Victors by Stephen Ambrose, picked up Anzio as per Peewee's reommendation in an airport the other day and am 1/2 way through

Ironically the books are (in English, the German title is WAY too long) "Reforms and ammendments to the Theft act 2000", and "rights of the citizen to arrest and or evict intruders/unwanted people, from his property". 1200 and 850 pages respectively. I asume that these are German laws, since (a) our Theft Act would need far more than 1200 pages to explain, and (b) our rights in terms of removing intruders from our own homes would fit on the back of a :grr: postage stamp.

I asume that these are German laws, since (a) our Theft Act would need far more than 1200 pages to explain, and (b) our rights in terms of removing intruders from our own homes would fit on the back of a :grr: postage stamp. WHICH theft act? Personally 1968 is my favourite. followed by the reformed 70s additions and amenndments. GOOD bed time reading. Actualy the German "Theft act" is, as with most other of our laws, so bloody similar to the Brits, that I only needed a refresher and orientation course of ten weeks to start locking people up here. (Any person illegaly appropriating property belonging to another, with the intent to permenantly deprive the owner thereof, commits a theft, under....blah...blah...blah.) Removing intruders comes under what we were taught AFTER Bruche (Police training center), and it is called "The ways and means act (secret) name your year." Yot will not find a copper that has a problem removing unwanted germs. :blah: It is the definitions of "property" and "appropriation", and such like, plus the case law that is a problem. But yes, my books are...WERE ( :grr: ) German law.

Just started 'Munich' by David Faber. It looks like a good read, fascinating start which has some startling details- one example, Chamberlain's return to Britain waving the famous piece of paper was only his third airplane flight. His second had been just 10 days before and he'd described his feelings to the Cabinet as he was flown up the Thames, wondering how he could possibly protect people below from a German bomber and how he felt we were 'in no position to justify waging war to-day to prevent a war thereafter'.

Poor old Chamberlain has had a rough deal from history, hasn't he? With nothing to back up any sort of bellicose stance, it's often forgotten he came back to the cheers of the British public when he said there'd be no war. Fascinating point about the limited contact with air travel - it was rather like experience of the motor car in 1914.

Certainly the description of Chamberlain's return to England with the piece of paper has run counter to my poor impression of the subject - thousands of people greeting him at Heston airfield, sent by directions published in the papers, and thousands more bringing London to a standstill in the rain just to cheer Chamberlain for several hours.

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