Lookin for New Stuff to Read

[Granite_State]

Any of the autobiographical works preserved from the Sir Harry Paget Flashmen, VC, KCB, KCIE, Chevalier, Legion of Honor, US Medal of Honor, San Serafino Order of Purity and Truth (4th Class) papers-series are well worth reading.

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Those are about as good as it gets.

[Sergeant T]

Finished Kaboom: Embracing The Suck In A Savage Little War a few weeks ago. Enjoyed it immensely. Read it because I was an avid follower of his blog until the army pulled the plug. The blog was good enough to get him a book deal after his tour.

[Valin]

Finished Kaboom: Embracing The Suck In A Savage Little War a few weeks ago. Enjoyed it immensely. Read it because I was an avid follower of his blog until the army pulled the plug. The blog was good enough to get him a book deal after his tour.

Oh sure force me to go buy another book sigh
I just hope you can live with yourself.

[Sasquatch]

Non Fiction:

The Devil's Butcher Shop by Roger Morris. Try: http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Butcher.../dp/0826310621

There are worse places to be than deployed, all about the New Mexico Prison Riot in 1980. Engrossing. UNM Press keeps it in print.

T. R. Fehrenbach. This Kind of War (title?) (The US in Korea); one of the key readings on why we entered Vietnam with a fairly decent army....See:http://www.amazon.com/This-Kind-War-.../dp/1574882597

[Tom Odom]

Oh sure force me to go buy another book sigh
I just hope you can live with yourself.

here is a FREE one

the OEF version of On Point is avaliable for download at

Combat Studies Institute

A Different Kind of War: the US Army in OEF Oct 2001-SEP 2005

[gute]

Transforming an Army at War: Desigining the Modular Force, 1991-2005 by William M. Donnelly.

Yep, the above topic has been discussed a great deal on this site, but when I did a search on this site the author's name did not come up so this book might be an nknown and it might be of interest to some of the members.

A very short read at less then 100 pages. It covers the development of the HBCT, IBCT, and support brigades. Some names mentioned in the book are Generals Schoomaker, Byrnes, Mixon, Sullivan.

Nothing earth shattering, but it does expalin the thought process and requirements imposed on the developers. Key points:

- the new HBCT same/improved lethality and capabilities of legacy BCT

- make five HBCTs out of three legacy brigades (3ID)

- Schoomkaer wanted three maneuver battalion HBCT, but wars in Iraq and Afghanistan made that impossible.

- to meet the lethality and capabilites requirements the legacy three BCT could only expand to four not five.

- much debate about reconnaissance units done by Cav or done by the CABs.

[Valin]

New Dawn, The Battles for Fallujah

New Dawn, The Battles for Fallujah
Richard S. Lowry
Savas Beatie Publishing 2010
352 pages including index

I have heard of Richard Lowry, however before "New Dawn" had not the chance to pickup one of his books. After reading this one, I believe it was a huge mistake on my part and I will actively seek out his other works. This book and the stories contained within are amazing. Honestly while reading I could not put this into a definite category - it is the Non-Fiction which reads like a Fiction.

Available at all the usual places.