re: I'm looking for a good book to read.

Read a map. People will be more inclined to like you if you know where they're from

Operation Mincemeat

If you're really interested in the impact of militant forces read about the founder of seal team 6 and his security testing measures.

The government forced him out and banned him from writing non fiction due to his efficieny at capturing officials on military installations all over the globe it really is impressive how little you need resource wise to dominate a force of strength when you have the advantage of information in the smallest of scenarios such as where people like to eat lunch with their families

That sounds interesting. Thanks.

Not the last good book I read (read long ago), but if you want a war book then read the greatest war (or anti-war) book ever written: All Quiet on the Western Front. Readable in one sitting. Secondly, Reach for the Sky, by British fighter ace Commander Douglas Bader, if you can find it.

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates is an unbelievable nonfiction story of American history.

Now It Can Be Told by Phillip Gibs. WWI book and British reporter, Phillip Gibbs tells all his horrors from the war. It's name is such that because during the war, he couldn't write a lot of these sights in his newspaper articles due to censorship and just the sheer horror it would bring the people. Vastly interesting.

With The Old Breed by Eugene Sledge. Marine mortarman that fought at Peleliu and Okinawa. Pretty guy wrenching stuff in there.

Helmet For My Pillow[/img] by Robert Leckie. Marine that fought in Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, and Peleliu.

[i]The Last Stand Of Fox Company by Bob Drury. Talks about one Marine rifle company that had to hold one part of the road open for the entire 1st Marine Division's breakout of the Chosin Reservoir to be successful.

I agree. I first read All Quiet when I was 10 (my parents didn't read and Didnt pay attention to what I was reading). And I have read it at least 10 times since then. It's neat to grow up with a book and have your understanding of it expand over the years. I did the same thing with Little Big Man.
Two amazing books.

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