What are you reading right now?

I am currently reading The Secret Language of Birthdays, as I'm preparing birthday gifts for my twin brothers.

[Sailor Steve]

WELCOME ABOARD!

[aergistal]

Still on Joshua Slocum. Now reading 'The Voyage of the Liberdade'. Good humour.
Oh yes and it's free as in no copyright:
http://ia311011.us.archive.org/3/ite...00slocgoog.pdf

[STEED]

I'm half way into...

Most Secret War

British Scientific Intelligence 1939-1945

R.V. Jones

And reading the latest from the Osprey Campaign series...

Operation Nordwind 1945
Hitler's last offensive in the West

Steven J Zaloga

Number 223

[Cy-Fox]

Reading the Red Book of Submarine Tactics & Strategy as well as Tom Clancy's Submarine.

[zxc23]

Almost finished Iron Coffins by Commander Herbert A. Werner. I'm up to August 1944. It's so depressing

It's amazing how he continually manages to survive though

[Herr-Berbunch]

I'm also on Iron Coffins at the minute, about 3/4 of the way through.

Recently finished: Secret Agent: The True Story of the Special Operations Executive

and before that: Malta Convoys 1940-1943.

Just reserved The Cruel Sea from my local library too.

Not a naval book but still an interesting topic from a generally respected military historian is Kenneth Macksey's Why the German's Lose at War - The Myth of German Military Superiority. (ISBN 10 1-85367-693-4)

I have read much of what Prof Macksey has written since I was a teenager too many decades ago and have always considered him a solid and reliable source in most things. However I was hugely disappointed by this book which is inferior, superficial and contains no real insights into the long-winded subject of the title.

Anybody actually looking here for why German arms achieved battlefield success only to meet defeat in the end should probably go elsewhere for answers. The book quickly chronicles the creation of the Great General Staff but its seminal functioning in the Great War is briefly dealt with in an off hand and dismissive manner. If Germany defeats were systemic you cannot tell from Why the German's Lose... because there is no real attempt at analysis. Rather it mostly consists of finger-pointing narratives and tired first-person apologias dealing almost entirely with WW2. For a subject this complex the bibliography is remarkably sparse and there are no notes or explanations outside the body of the text.

Compared to much of Macksey's other military works Why the German's Lose... is so inferior it is almost like it was ghost-written by a Germanophobic undergraduate minion or cranked out in a weekend to fill some sort of contractual obligation to the publisher.

This unworthy and sadly deficient book is available at Amazon, buy through Subsim's link and you can automatically throw Neal some coinage, perhaps the only good thing about purchasing it.

http://www.amazon.com/WHY-GERMANS-LO...1811812&sr=8-1

If you are still interested in a definitive book on the subject you should probably keep looking.

[Gerald]

for help and find two dangerous fugitives for jailbreak in Arizona.this is need to be up to date all the time,and this is a well known story,in RL!

Originally Posted by Vendor

for help and find two dangerous fugitives for jailbreak in Arizona.this is need to be up to date all the time,and this is a well known story,in RL!

And this belongs in the "reading right now" thread because?

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Randomizer

And this belongs in the "reading right now" thread because?

what did you expect






Note: Everything is included here, do not have to be related to WWI-WWII,but what it takes for the moment.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Vendor

Note: Everything is included here, do not have to be related to WWI-WWII,but what it takes for the moment.

Just a misunderstanding, I think.

@ Vendor: this thread is intended for discussion or comments about books that members are reading or interested in reading.

Discussion of current events and other news items that members read about, will get more viewings and a better response if you start a thread on them in the General Topic forum.

Originally Posted by Vendor

what did you expect
Note: Everything is included here, do not have to be related to WWI-WWII,but what it takes for the moment.

Ahh, I understand. It's all about upping your post count and has nothing whatever to do with reading, books, literacy or comprehension. Well, carry on then...

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Just a misunderstanding, I think.

@ Vendor: this thread is intended for discussion or comments about books that members are reading or interested in reading.

Discussion of current events and other news items that members read about, will get more viewings and a better response if you start a thread on them in the General Topic forum.

Thanks for the tip! I can only say that interest over there, I mentioned from including what I read at this time,is not possible or no interest of creating a thread for that matter on grounds of public, policy in the subject,and there are good reasons for it! Good to have an interested third eye

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Randomizer

Ahh, I understand. It's all about upping your post count and has nothing whatever to do with reading, books, literacy or comprehension. Well, carry on then...

if you really believe in your imagination that is the case,then you have a lot to take care of,if so, I wish you all the luck you can get!