What are you currently reading ?

[Fenton]

Does anybody here read non-military books

I listen to all sorts of stuff currently listening to Deep Waters by Barbara Nadel about a Turkish detective

[Ithoriel]

About half way through the fantasy novel "Half a King" by Joe Abercrombie, enjoying it very much.

[wurrukatte]

Henderson's Battle of Spicheren.
Very readable.

W

[Leman]

Henderson's book is tremendous value for money. He also did a good one on Froeschwiller, also available from Helion.

[Hertsblue]

My Kobo book, for reading at the station now the nights have drawn in, is Whispers Underground one of Ben Aaronovitch's tongue in cheek supernatural crime novels.

[General Greenman]

Just reading Warhorse by Philip Sidel which has been awaiting an in depth perusal and just about to Start on Sarbin's Lost battles due to doing a rehash of some ancient rules
My wife and shelves are soon to start groaning again
And in the far distance a bank manager will start gibbering !
As I am already planning at least 3 more armies as an initial result !

[Techno]

Listening to 66 degrees North by Michael Ridpath.
Cheers - Phil

[wurrukatte]

Henderson's book is tremendous value for money. He also did a good one on Froeschwiller, also available from Helion.

Hello there

Got that one too, its next on the to read list.   

regards

W

[kipt]

Just finished "Kris Longknife, Tenacious" by Mike Shepard.  Outer space Sci-Fi.  This is the 12th book in the series.  In the same vein as the Honor Harrington series.

Generally I read military history but like the military Sci-Fi as well as some fantasy, eg "Game of Thrones".

[kipt]

Finished the Osprey "US Heavy Cruisers 1943-75" by Mark Stille.  Always good data from him.

[Techno]

66 Degrees N now finished.
Now listening to 'The Riot' by Laura Wilson.
Cheers - Phil.

[Hertsblue]

Just started Fighting Techniques of the Early Modern World by Jorgensen, Pavkovic, Rice, Schneid and Scott. It covers the period 1500 to 1763, but I'm not sure yet if it's more than a superficial skim-through.

[kipt]

I did find Steve Shann's booklet "The Franco-Prussian War, Froeschwiller 6th August 1870".  It was published by Anschluss in 1987.  22 pages of text including 13 maps (all the same but the first, and each map generally shows troop positions, but at the brigade - for cavalry- and division or corps for infantry).  It then has 11 pages of OB's and suggestions for wargaming with unit strengths in figures and reinforcement schedules.

Nothing new but then it was written in 1987 and at that time much appreciated, I'm sure.

So, I still need to find his booklet on Wissembourg and volume 2 of his French Army, the Republican troops.

[kipt]

Finished "1636:The Viennese Waltz" by Eric Flint and co-authors Paula Goodlett and Gorg Huff.  It is the 15th book in the 1632 series that also has 11 other Gazettes or compilations or books by other authors using Eric Flint's world.

An alternate universe scoops a West Virginia town out of the US in 1998 (I think) and puts it in the middle of the Thirty Years War.  Up time science and people in a down time area.  Very well written and a lot of fun.

[kipt]

Also finished "The Marne Campaign" by LTC F.E. Whitton.  It cover s the first 6 weeks of the war, with a chapter for each week of the Marne.  It has a paragraph at the end of each chapter for the other areas of the war, eg East Prussian, Austria -Russian, Servia (Serbia), naval and Africa.

The interesting part is that it was first published in 1917, while the war is still going on, with this edition done in 1921.  It has 6 folding maps  and had one in the pocket in the front specifically for the Marne.  Unfortunately that is missing.  It was able to use information out of Germany as well as England and France and is generally accurate for what happened.  The reasons for German decisions during the battle on the Marne are pretty good guesses.