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Bill O'Reilly's new book
Posted on 6/16/14 at 8:00 pm
Posted on 6/16/14 at 8:00 pm
Is called Killing Patton. General Patton is one of my heros (KA baby), does O'Reilly do a good job with his killing series, will it be worth the buy?
ETA: sorry for the premature submission, I should have thought about baseball.
ETA: sorry for the premature submission, I should have thought about baseball.
This post was edited on 6/16/14 at 8:03 pm
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Posted on 6/16/14 at 8:02 pm to WeeWee
Great thread.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 8:05 pm to WeeWee
Buy it
Posted on 6/16/14 at 8:21 pm to WeeWee
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does O'Reilly do a good job with his killing series, will it be worth the buy?
I've read the other three - Lincoln, Kennedy and Jesus - and thought they were good. Pretty factual and little to no bloviating.
Martin Dugard does most of the researching and writing, I would assume. He's on the Patton book so it should be good.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 8:59 pm to WeeWee
I've read only the Lincoln book. While it informed me on lots of things I didn't know, it was a bit dry for my tastes.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 9:01 pm to WeeWee
I will use it for toilet paper. Camping toilet paper.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 9:10 pm to genuineLSUtiger
I liked them all. Very informative
Posted on 6/16/14 at 9:47 pm to WeeWee
[quote]WeeWee Bill O'Reilly's new book Is called Killing Patton. General Patton is one of my heros (KA baby),
I would of loved for Patton to be done by Spielberg with the ability to recreate more accurately battle settings
George C. Scott was indeed excellent in the role the use of M48 tanks as panzers and total disregard for accuracy spoiled the movie for me as a kid.
As as a soldier I would of absolutely hated to serve under his command, as a commanding officer he would be a terrible subordinate and a constant pain in the arse right until the moment you needed total aggression and unleashed him. Reeling him in after the war probably would of have nearly been impossible given his admiration of the German fighting man in general and his unadulterated hatred of Bolsheviks. His death although somewhat undignified for a man such as him was probably merciful for all involved.
I would of loved for Patton to be done by Spielberg with the ability to recreate more accurately battle settings
George C. Scott was indeed excellent in the role the use of M48 tanks as panzers and total disregard for accuracy spoiled the movie for me as a kid.
As as a soldier I would of absolutely hated to serve under his command, as a commanding officer he would be a terrible subordinate and a constant pain in the arse right until the moment you needed total aggression and unleashed him. Reeling him in after the war probably would of have nearly been impossible given his admiration of the German fighting man in general and his unadulterated hatred of Bolsheviks. His death although somewhat undignified for a man such as him was probably merciful for all involved.
This post was edited on 6/16/14 at 9:48 pm
Posted on 6/17/14 at 8:09 am to WeeWee
Don't give O'Reilly your money.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 8:38 am to WeeWee
Sounds like a waste of trees
Posted on 6/17/14 at 10:40 am to WeeWee
I've read Killing Lincoln and Killing Jesus and enjoyed both. I believe Martin Dugard is the engine behind the books while O'Reilly promotes the hell out of them.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 11:54 am to DallasTiger
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I've read the other three - Lincoln, Kennedy and Jesus - and thought they were good. Pretty factual and little to no bloviating
Posted on 6/17/14 at 12:46 pm to Jay Quest
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I've read Killing Lincoln and Killing Jesus and enjoyed both. I believe Martin Dugard is the engine behind the books while O'Reilly promotes the hell out of them.
Just the way the market works, regardless of what or how much O'Reilly contributes to the books without him the books probably would never made it to publication, and most notable authors use researchers to do most of the leg work, most of which are never acknowledged.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 2:36 pm to The Calvin
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Sounds like a waste of trees
Not interested in history?
The "Killing" series were very well received, some even by political adversaries. I do agree that they do tend to be "dry" reads, but still worthy of your time.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 6:03 pm to Oenophile Brah
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Pretty factual and little to no bloviating.
The Lincoln book continually talked about Booth's state of mind. What he was thinking. Same with Oswald in the Kennedy book. Both are impossible to know.
I thought both were good reads but it's historical fiction - at best.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 7:05 pm to DallasTiger
Killing Jesus was a very shallow book even by purely historical standards.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 7:11 pm to Oenophile Brah
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Not interested in history?
I love history - I bought the Lincoln book and got about a third the way thru before setting it aside.
I didn't like the format and I learned nothing of interest. \\
I never thought of buying the Kennedy or Jesus books. nor Patton.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 7:19 pm to DosManos
I wanted to apologize to you for accidently up voting your post. I have short fat fingers it was meant to be a down vote.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 9:12 pm to WeeWee
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Is called Killing Patton. General Patton is one of my heros (KA baby), does O'Reilly do a good job with his killing series, will it be worth the buy?
bILL o' Reilly
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