Lookin for New Stuff to Read

[Tukhachevskii]

...then I can heartily recommend

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War / World War Z- (Wiki synopsis)

It's actually a lot better than the title, and the Zombie Survival Guide to which it is the sequel, would suggest. The author has really thought hard about what a "zombie" outbreak would do to the world political system and to the art of war; i.e., the return of infantry lines and squares; the need for new TTPs to deal with the undead (do not use land-mines because you want zombies standing upright to get the headshots needed for the HEI rounds to work); the development of the "lobo" a dual entrenching and lobotomisation hammer-thingy; the destruction of the three gorges dam in China as viewed from the international space station; the initial outbreak in China and its rapid spread throughout the world (think Stephen King's The Stand written as a global military history) et al. Although a work of fiction it is very plausibly done...I read it in a day and it gave me the heebeegeebees

[Rex Brynen]

...then I can heartily recommend

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War / World War Z- (Wiki synopsis)

I have to say--as a big fan of zombies (well, the genre: shelf of Romero movies, various Zombies boardgames, etc)—I was really disappointed by the book. Many of the characters (the living ones, that is) seemed so very artificial.

On the plus side, Wilf would like it. No undead-centric Counter-Zombism (COZO?) here, which apparently doesn't work when they don't have working hearts and minds. Rather, its all kill, kill, kill...

[Tukhachevskii]

Rather, its all kill, kill, kill...

You say that like it's a bad thing!!!!!

[William F. Owen]

On the plus side, Wilf would like it. No undead-centric Counter-Zombism (COZO?) here, which apparently doesn't work when they don't have working hearts and minds. Rather, its all kill, kill, kill...

I'm not sure I would. I view war as a strictly human activity. In fact I think Zombies may provide an excellent teaching point to emphasise some fundamentals.... no really. They do!

Do the Zombies have a policy?

[Tukhachevskii]

I'm not sure I would. I view war as a strictly human activity.

#1 In fact I think Zombies may provide an excellent teaching point to emphasise some fundamentals.... no really. They do!

#2 Do the Zombies have a policy?

Re: #2, yes, if consuming every animal on the planet can be considered a policy (or just blind impulse)

Re: #1 Correct, I found that reading about warfare waged against an unthinking opponent (hardly Clausewitz's dialectic of wills) really did bring up issues that would provide a new perspective on proper warfare (rather than pest control/extermination)

[gute]

Just finished Fawkes Nature of the Beast - decent book, but definitely not in the same class as Armor, Starship Troopers and Old Man's War. 7 out opf 10 stars.

Also read Rakkasans by E.M. Flanagan. This book was okay, 5 out of 10 stars. Seemed to me most of the writing was taken from after action reports, which read like a report and not a story.

[slapout9]

gute,if you are into Systems Thinking this is a good simple book to read. Simple as in very clearly written, not a lot of fluff but plenty of meat. The guy that wrote it is in your area to.

http://www.workthesystem.com/

[gute]

gute,if you are into Systems Thinking this is a good simple book to read. Simple as in very clearly written, not a lot of fluff but plenty of meat. The guy that wrote it is in your area to.

http://www.workthesystem.com/

Thanks for the link.

Finished another one - Shadow of the Sword by Jeremiah Workman (Marine who fought in Fallujah). 4 out of 10. A little too dramatic for me and not as good as House to House.