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Republic: A Novel of America's Future 26 reviews
Charles Sheehan-Miles
Cincinnatus Press, 2007
Great Book
+ This is America, close your eyes and you will see.
+ Good plot and characters, realism questionable, needs some editing
+ Scary but imaginable
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Foo : A Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun : The Secret Prison Diary of Frank 'Foo' Fujita (War and ... 5 reviews
Stanley L. Falk, Robert Wear
University of North Texas Press, 2001
A Very Emotional account of a Japanese Prisoner of War.
+ Excellent Memoir
+ Based on his secret prison diary
+ Wonderful book about a great person.
+ This is an excellent book about a little known group.
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Our Generals Don't Even Know Who We Are: How Incompetence, Inattention, and Inefficiency Within U.S. Military ...
Dave Debatto
WND Books, 2006
Beginning with World War I and continuing through World War II and the Korean War, U.S. Army counterintelligence (CI) has been an indispensable branch of the nation's military arsenal. With only a few notable exceptions, CI special agents receive the kind of training and support that allows them to fully use their specialized, hard-learned skills, thus helping bring those conflicts to their ...
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Word of Honor90 reviews
Nelson DeMille
Grand Central Publishing, 1998
New to DeMille
+ Gut-Wrenching Masterpiece
+ A Very Good Read
+ Word of Honor by Nelson DeMille
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The Things They Carried705 reviews
Tim O'Brien
Broadway, 1998
"Some dumb thing happens a long time ago and you can't ever forget it..."
+ O'Brien Cuts To the Core Of Our Fragile Lives
+ Perfection
+ Great read - Not what I expected
+ The ThingsThey Carried
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Prayer at Rumayla: A Novel of the Gulf War19 reviews
Charles Sheehan-Miles
Cincinnatus Press, 2007
After the War
+ Excellent Depiction of Tank Warfare
+ An interesting book
+ Gives the feel of the Gulf War for those who were not there.
+ Required Reading
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CI: Team Red: An Army Counterintelligence Novel (Ci) 10 reviews
David DeBatto, Pete Nelson
Grand Central Publishing, 2005
Liaison Cards
+ Go behind the scenes of a counterinsurgency
+ Did the Russians weaponize smallpox? If so, where is it?
Climbing down from my shelf after having been CI in the early 60's, I was thoroughly impressed by the effort to portray the value of positive liaison operations expressed by DeBatto and Nelson. For years the neglect of this one facet of many in the Counterintelligence (industrial) gem, left many ...
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My War: Killing Time in Iraq85 reviews
Colby Buzzell
Berkley Trade, 2006
Great Depiction
+ Beer & Blogging in the Suck
+ Honest, Down To Earth Account - A MUST Read
+ My view....of My War.....
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B. E. F. the Whole Story of the Bonus Army
W.W. Waters, William C White
Cincinnatus Press, 2007
In the summer of 1932, General Douglas MacArthur led regular United States Army troops into the streets of Washington, D.C. to evict more than ten thousand veterans of the Great War from the streets of Washington, D.C. This is the story of those veterans, as told by their leader.
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Fields of Fire91 reviews
James Webb
Bantam, 2001
Phenomenal Read
+ "Fields of Fire"
+ Fantastic book!
+ A pity I did not discover this book sooner... thirty years old (the book not me)
+ P.
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Chasing Ghosts: Failures and Facades in Iraq: A Soldier's Perspective142 reviews
Paul Rieckhoff
NAL Trade, 2007
Honest and Insightful
+ An important read.
+ Just the truth
+ Short and Simple
+ Thought-Provoking and Intelligent
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B. E. F. the Whole Story of the Bonus Army
W.W. Waters, William C White
Cincinnatus Press, 2007
In the summer of 1932, General Douglas MacArthur led regular United States Army troops into the streets of Washington, D.C. to evict more than ten thousand veterans of the Great War from the streets of Washington, D.C. This is the story of those veterans, as told by their leader.
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Prayer at Rumayla: A Novel of the Gulf War19 reviews
Charles Sheehan-Miles
Cincinnatus Press, 2007
After the War
+ Excellent Depiction of Tank Warfare
+ An interesting book
+ Gives the feel of the Gulf War for those who were not there.
+ Required Reading
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Foo : A Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun : The Secret Prison Diary of Frank 'Foo' Fujita (War and ...5 reviews
Stanley L. Falk, Robert Wear
University of North Texas Press, 2001
A Very Emotional account of a Japanese Prisoner of War.
+ Excellent Memoir
+ Based on his secret prison diary
+ Wonderful book about a great person.
+ This is an excellent book about a little known group.
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Republic: A Novel of America's Future26 reviews
Charles Sheehan-Miles
Cincinnatus Press, 2007
Great Book
+ This is America, close your eyes and you will see.
+ Good plot and characters, realism questionable, needs some editing
+ Scary but imaginable
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Chasing Ghosts: Failures and Facades in Iraq: A Soldier's Perspective142 reviews
Paul Rieckhoff
NAL Trade, 2007
Honest and Insightful
+ An important read.
+ Just the truth
+ Short and Simple
+ Thought-Provoking and Intelligent
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Fields of Fire91 reviews
James Webb
Bantam, 2001
Phenomenal Read
+ "Fields of Fire"
+ Fantastic book!
+ A pity I did not discover this book sooner... thirty years old (the book not me)
+ P.
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CI: Team Red: An Army Counterintelligence Novel (Ci)10 reviews
David DeBatto, Pete Nelson
Grand Central Publishing, 2005
Liaison Cards
+ Go behind the scenes of a counterinsurgency
+ Did the Russians weaponize smallpox? If so, where is it?
Climbing down from my shelf after having been CI in the early 60's, I was thoroughly impressed by the effort to portray the value of positive liaison operations expressed by DeBatto and Nelson. For years the neglect of this one facet of many in the Counterintelligence (industrial) gem, left many ...
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Our Generals Don't Even Know Who We Are: How Incompetence, Inattention, and Inefficiency Within U.S. Military ...
Dave Debatto
WND Books, 2006
Beginning with World War I and continuing through World War II and the Korean War, U.S. Army counterintelligence (CI) has been an indispensable branch of the nation's military arsenal. With only a few notable exceptions, CI special agents receive the kind of training and support that allows them to fully use their specialized, hard-learned skills, thus helping bring those conflicts to their ...
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The Things They Carried705 reviews
Tim O'Brien
Broadway, 1998
"Some dumb thing happens a long time ago and you can't ever forget it..."
+ O'Brien Cuts To the Core Of Our Fragile Lives
+ Perfection
+ Great read - Not what I expected
+ The ThingsThey Carried
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