What are you currently reading ?

[Sandinista]

Just started "The Days of King Monmouth" by Ralph Mitchard a day by day account of the rebellion. Seems good so for.

Cheers
Ian

[freddy326]

started Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring a couple of days ago after watching the Amazon series: Turn

now trying to decide whether to buy and paint some 10mm AWI !

[Steve J]

Osprey's Essential History of the Seven Years War. I enjoyed their one on the Russian Civil War, so looking to see how this compares.

[paulr]

started Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring a couple of days ago after watching the Amazon series: Turn

now trying to decide whether to buy and paint some 10mm AWI !

They are amazing figures and a joy to paint
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,560.0.html
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,8883.msg136053.html#msg136053

[wurrukatte]

Wavro's Austro Prussian war.

W

[KTravlos]

Not so much what I am currently reading but some reviews of what I read these last months

http://phdleadhead.blogspot.com.tr/2015/06/books-reviews-19th-century-warfare.html


With Respect
Konstantinos Travlos, PhD

[kipt]

Finished volume 79, no. 2 of "The Journal of Military History". It is a quarterly publication and some of the articles are "The other Clausewitz: Findings from the Newly Discovered Correspondence between Marie and Carl Von Clausewitz", "Dirty Work?  The Use of Nazi Informants by U.S. Army Intelligence in Postwar Europe", and "This 'Horrible Example'": An Extraordinary Case of Absnt Without Leave during the Vietnam War".

Also has many book reviews which always results on putting more titles on my wants list.

[cameronian]

Wavro's Austro Prussian war.

W

And afterwards wash your brain out with soap.

[wurrukatte]

Blip blip blip....

[cameronian]

Have you read Prof Craig's Koniggratz? A better place to start than Wawro who ruins what could be a good book with careless errors and ill informed prejudice.

[Leman]

Poor old Wawro = he really is useless. Gordon Craig coupled with Bruce Weigle's 1866 rulebook gives an enormous amount of info for just two sources.

[wurrukatte]

Have you read Prof Craig's Koniggratz? A better place to start than Wawro who ruins what could be a good book with careless errors and ill informed prejudice

Hello
Yes I've read Craigs book (and a good read it was to), followed that with Quentin Barry's Road to Koniggratz.
About to start the Seven weeks war by HM Hozier.

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[cameronian]

Excellent. Hozier's a bit 19th Century but there's still lots of good stuff. Wawro's book really could have been a show stopper if he's just had a better editor, never mind. Bruce Weigle's 1866 is really worth buying, much more than a set of rules. Have a look on the HELION site, lots of good stuff there, Heidrich's Battle of the Swiepwald should be available in translation in 2016 (plug plug). Mollinary and Holdfast have produced the first volume of their 1866 series and its well worth buying, volume 2 is I believe not too far away either. Wait a bit and Fontane will be available in translation too, exciting times for us 1866ers.

[fsn]

I'm reading "Air Wargames" by the Blessed Featherstone. It's all Big Jack Mac's fault. I find that every now and again I need to refresh my wargaming spirit with the simplicity of the Master.

However, it is one of the accursed volumes "edited" by John Curry. I have a few of these now and am fiercely disappointed that they are all full of silly spelling mistakes ("pint" instead of "point") and formatting errors that make sections of the book unreadable and/or nonsensical.

I first noted this in "Airborne Wargames" when the US Airborne Forces of 1944 were permitted M60 Machine Guns. Screaming Eagle with a Pig?

I'm struggling through but the expectation of  error makes one rather tentative in one's reading.   

[wurrukatte]

Excellent. Hozier's a bit 19th Century but there's still lots of good stuff. Wawro's book really could have been a show stopper if he's just had a better editor, never mind. Bruce Weigle's 1866 is really worth buying, much more than a set of rules. Have a look on the HELION site, lots of good stuff there, Heidrich's Battle of the Swiepwald should be available in translation in 2016 (plug plug). Mollinary and Holdfast have produced the first volume of their 1866 series and its well worth buying, volume 2 is I believe not too far away either. Wait a bit and Fontane will be available in translation too, exciting times for us 1866ers.

Hello Cameronian,

It was Mollinary and Holdfast's book that first got me hooked on 1866, and I had the pleasure of seeing the Nacthod game at Salute 13. The vol 2 will be snapped up as soon as it appears for pre-order on Trotman's website.
I  have Theodor May's tactical retrospect and the Prussian staff campaign history of 1866 waiting patiently for me to finish Hozier. 
Thanks for the heads up on Heidrich and Fontane I'll keep em peeled.

regards

W

[Maenoferren]

I finished 'Beyond The Reach of Empire' and am now onto 'The River War' by Churchill.

[Leman]

Painting Wargaming Figures by Javier Gomez. some interesting stuff on mixing colours, particularly Vallejo. I was interested to note that, like me, he practices yoga to stay supple.

[FierceKitty]

Does practising yoghurt really  keep one supple? I live and learn.

[Techno]

It depends on which joints one massages it in to.
Personally, I find raspberry works best on knees and ankles.
(It can attract wasps, though.)

Cheers - Phil

[FierceKitty]

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