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Intrinsic · 11-02-2006, 09:56 PM

Anyone have any leads on Napoleon biographies or studies of his strategies, etc ? I always wanted to take a course on him in college but never got the chance.

Cybsled · 11-03-2006, 04:14 PM

Flyboys and Flags of our Fathers.

manslayer · 11-03-2006, 05:48 PM

I tend to read personal accounts such as Charlie Rangers, Dear Mom, 93 Confirmed Kills etc, vs the more overview types of war books. Just more interesting to me personally.

Dekton · 11-04-2006, 04:44 PM

War is a Racket: by Smedley D. Butler

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

Anything by Hackworth

Intrinsic--> The Campaigns of Napoleon-Chandler

Aulirophile · 11-04-2006, 04:54 PM

Never read it, but a friend mentioned to me once a "fictional" book written by an ex-Navy Seal about his job to break into impenatrable Goverment facilities... which he penetrated anyway. He couldn't publish it as fact, but apparently managed to get it published as fiction. Never got around to reading it though and the friend is dead, sadly. Wish I could remember... it'd probably be fun to read if you could figure out which book it was.

Dekton · 11-04-2006, 05:24 PM

Would you be thinking of Rogue Warrior By Richard Marcinko ?

vurt · 11-04-2006, 08:47 PM

Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World.

It's about the Paris Peace Conference following the First World War. It gets into the personal motivations of the parties involved and paints a vivid illustration of the context. Much of the world's political borders are a direct consequence of a few people's decisions at that conference. It neatly lays the stage for the Second World War as well, so it fits right into the "WW1-2" timeline you're looking for, Eomer.

About Jared Diamond, I read both those books a couple years ago and really enjoyed them. I still think they're great, but I've recently found that Diamond's theories about community ecology and anthropology are considered outdated and rather unscientific. That, and I saw some of his National Geographic TV mini-series, and the dude is just plain odd. I know he's brilliant, but he's odd to watch.

Avellon · 11-13-2006, 10:49 AM

I was wondering if anyone might know of this book I've heard about, but dont' know the name or author.

The basic premise is modern generals who are swept through history, and they view important battles and generals of the past and their strategies.

11-03-2006, 04:14 PM	#17 (permalink)
Cybsled Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 9,215 +14 Internets	Flyboys and Flags of our Fathers. __________________ Training the citizens of Norrath from 1999-2003!

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Dekton Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 52 +0 Internets	a couple War is a Racket: by Smedley D. Butler The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman Anything by Hackworth Intrinsic--> The Campaigns of Napoleon-Chandler

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Aulirophile Ultima Ratio Regum Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: California Posts: 1,587 -3 Internets	Never read it, but a friend mentioned to me once a "fictional" book written by an ex-Navy Seal about his job to break into impenatrable Goverment facilities... which he penetrated anyway. He couldn't publish it as fact, but apparently managed to get it published as fiction. Never got around to reading it though and the friend is dead, sadly. Wish I could remember... it'd probably be fun to read if you could figure out which book it was. __________________ "Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire." ~Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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11-02-2006, 09:56 PM	#16 (permalink)
Intrinsic is More and Faster Join Date: May 2002 Location: Little Rock, AR Posts: 400 +0 Internets	Anyone have any leads on Napoleon biographies or studies of his strategies, etc ? I always wanted to take a course on him in college but never got the chance.

11-03-2006, 05:48 PM	#18 (permalink)
manslayer El Presidente Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Deep Dark Cold Posts: 351 -5 Internets	I tend to read personal accounts such as Charlie Rangers, Dear Mom, 93 Confirmed Kills etc, vs the more overview types of war books. Just more interesting to me personally.

11-04-2006, 05:24 PM	#21 (permalink)
Dekton Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 52 +0 Internets	Would you be thinking of Rogue Warrior By Richard Marcinko ?

11-04-2006, 08:47 PM	#22 (permalink)
vurt vurtvertvirtvyrtvort Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: FSJ, BC Posts: 1,256 -4 Internets	Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World. It's about the Paris Peace Conference following the First World War. It gets into the personal motivations of the parties involved and paints a vivid illustration of the context. Much of the world's political borders are a direct consequence of a few people's decisions at that conference. It neatly lays the stage for the Second World War as well, so it fits right into the "WW1-2" timeline you're looking for, Eomer. About Jared Diamond, I read both those books a couple years ago and really enjoyed them. I still think they're great, but I've recently found that Diamond's theories about community ecology and anthropology are considered outdated and rather unscientific. That, and I saw some of his National Geographic TV mini-series, and the dude is just plain odd. I know he's brilliant, but he's odd to watch.

11-13-2006, 10:49 AM	#23 (permalink)
Avellon Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 431 +0 Internets	I was wondering if anyone might know of this book I've heard about, but dont' know the name or author. The basic premise is modern generals who are swept through history, and they view important battles and generals of the past and their strategies.