Latest Book Received

Thought I'd kick off a new thread here that people can add to as they acquire printed material to their library that they care to share with the members.

Just got these two titles of a local eBay seller....

"Machine-gun paced action... mortar-blast climaxes..."

Spotted on-line by my wargaming buddy. Lots of good tactical details about missiles, avionics etc., including dogfight manoeuvre diagrams. Foreword by John McCain.

OTB wrote:"Machine-gun paced action... mortar-blast climaxes..."

Damn, I hope SO!

Got this one recently and have already started reading it.

I have that one - it's a great read. Lots of good detail.

I did a game based on one battle in the book:

http://www.venetic.co/VietnamAttackOnNhiHa.html

Three finds today:



The Osprey book is from my local model shop/second-hand bookstore, the novel was from a charity store, and the Pol Pot book was in a vintage/retro store.

OTB wrote:I have that one - it's a great read. Lots of good detail.

I did a game based on one battle in the book:

http://www.venetic.co/VietnamAttackOnNhiHa.html

Wow, that's great OTB. While reading these types of book my brain will start cooking up scenarios. It's awesome to see you already put some of it on the table.

Latest finds at a local second-hand bookstore...

The Long Gray Line by Rick Atkinson; a profile of the West Point Class of 1966, most of who ended up in Vietnam. The book follows the impact the Vietnam War had on their lives and their army careers. Flicking through, I found it even has reference to a race riot that occurred in Erlangen (West Germany) at an army base in the 1970s. Erlangen is an odd little town I once spent time in - beneath its pretty exterior there is some hard-core Nazi history, given it's in Bavaria and is not far from Nuremberg. Looks like it will be an interesting read.

The Raid by Benjamin F. Schemmer is about the raid on Son Tay prison in North Vietnam in 1970. I'm reading it at the moment and it is very well written and researched.

The Gate by François Bizot is the memoir of a Frenchman who was captured by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and was the only Western prisoner to survive and escape from there post-1975. It looks like a good "sequel" to Dieter Dengler's "Escape From Laos". Unlike Dengler, he was living in South-East Asia when he was captured and he spoke Cambodian fluently, so he has some unique insights into the mentalities he encountered.

Those look like some great find OTB.

Well lookee there - Santa's sent me all the Vietnam War books I spotted cheap at an on-line second-hand bookstore. Another two days to wait before I can open them....

Wow... that looks like a haul. I have to admit though, my eyes were immediately drawn to the Scotch.

FlyinSquirrel wrote:I have to admit though, my eyes were immediately drawn to the Scotch.

Mine too! It does have.....ahem.... "his name all over it".

The glass was for scale. It had 10 year-old Cuban rum with falernum in it.

Time to unbox the Christmas delivery....

Nice assortment of books there OTB. Quite a broad range of topics there too.

You will soon need more bookshelves at this rate, OTB.

Tom

Thanks guys. Rod, yes, they're a quite varied bunch. I included some novels as I need to read more fiction: I have started Matterhorn, which is stunningly good.  Tom, I've pretty much run out of shelf space in  my house and garage. Living in an earthquake zone, I'm not prepared to go all the way and fill the house and garage with floor to ceiling shelves. Recently I have been thinking of taking some old books on other topics down to the charity store to make way for the Vietnam War stuff.  I need to consolidate the Nam collection too - I've got books in the garage, in my bedroom, the Vietnam language ones are upstairs, and the DVDs and video cassettes should be with them too.

Books have a way of taking over a home.

Tom

Great selection of books OTB.

I had the "Meditations in Green" paperback version ages ago but never read it.



I remember thinking "I hope it's not written by this Stephen Wright".

I've only read the on-line book site reviews so far and the people there either loved or hated it, so I thought I would give it a go since it was going cheap.

I consolidated my scattered Vietnam War books etc. collection today. It fits in nicely beside the wargames table:

BravoSix wrote:I remember thinking "I hope it's not written by this Stephen Wright".

That's a pretty good size book to be filled with one-liners!!  

Nice looking collection there OTB.

Thanks Rod

Big gaming tables, big book shelves..... that's it.... I'm moving to New Zealand.