What are you currently reading ?

[Leman]

I have gone back to finish off Collision of Empires, the war on the Eastern Front in 1914. In my opinion better written and more engaging than the Koniggratz book,

[Hertsblue]

Just finished Quintin Barry's "The Road to Koniggratz: Helmuth von Moltke and the Austro-Prussian War 1866".  I thoroughly enjoyed it (and didn't find it dry - but I like detailed books about the logistics, etc).  It also discusses the Danish War and shows how this is the background to the war of 1866 and goes through the campaign in quite a bit of detail.

I liked it much.

Agree entirely. Very readable.

[Techno]

Gave up on the last book I was listening to.....I skipped 7 CDs, and went straight to the last one.....It was dire.
Now listening to 'Bleak Expectations'.
Cheers - Phil.

[kipt]

I give up!  And I always finish a book!  After 209 pages (out of 703) I have stopped reading "Poltava 1709: The Battle and the Myth".

I thought it would be a good read on the battle for the early horse and musket period.  I have others on the battle and Peter the Great, but this one did me in.  It does have a good chapter on "Peter's Dragoons: How the Russians Won at Poltava", but then gets into chapters such as"Poltava: A Turning Point in the History of Preaching" (this is what stopped me), "Love's Labour's Lost: Mazepa's Grammar of Romance" and other such.

It is part of the Harvard Papers in Ukrainian Studies and has 26 contributors.  Much more of a social history/archeology/literature graduate studies type of book.

Oh well, back to blood and guts.  At least I have 3 other books going at the moment.

[far4ngn]

I've been reading about Solo wargaming as I try and decide what to collect next.


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[wurrukatte]

Just started The blade itself by Joe Abercrombie

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[Steve J]

Just started Ortona by Mark Zuelke. Might push me to finish my Fallschirmjager for BKCII so that I can game some of the actions...

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

2015 Beano Annual

[Leman]

Mission to Paris by Alan Furst, one of a series of espionage novels set between the Wars. This one concerns Nazi infiltration into the higher echelons of French government in 1938/9.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

2015 Beano Annual

Sure you can cope - looks a bit advanced.

my current - Lost Stars novel, about to read SOTCW Journal 82, and Neiros War - a Kindle SF freebe.

IanS 

[kipt]

Finished "the World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and The Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin, along with Elio Garcia and Linda Antonsson.  It is as it says a precursor to The Game Of Thrones.  A long, oversized book with many illustrations (324 pages).  It has the lineages of the Targaryens, the Starks and the Lannisters.

Hard to keep the various kings, princes, lords and knights straight.   But interesting for the history of wars, battles and heritages.

[Leman]

I imagine the above would be ideal for those who like their fantasy battles to have a Medieval slant.

[bigjackmac]

Panzer Aces, but it's not helping my wargaming prowess...

V/R,
Jack

[lentulus]

The Orenda - Huron vs Iroquois in 17th century New France.  Brutal stuff, really captures the how alien 17th century Europeans are just as much as 17th Century 1st nations.

[Matt J]

Just finished Boys of '67 about Vietnam riverine actions from the view of one company. Hard read in places (due to the graphic nature) but compelling stuff.

[paulr]

Just finished Boys of '67 about Vietnam riverine actions from the view of one company. Hard read in places (due to the graphic nature) but compelling stuff.

I know almost nothing about this part of the Vietnam War and have noticed a few expressing interest of late. Did the VC and/or the North have riverine forces and were there battles between riverine forces? Or was it more a case of the US and South using riverine forces to disrupt supply routes and project power?

[Matt J]

I know almost nothing about this part of the Vietnam War and have noticed a few expressing interest of late. Did the VC and/or the North have riverine forces and were there battles between riverine forces? Or was it more a case of the US and South using riverine forces to disrupt supply routes and project power?

I'm only just getting into the history myself but it is more the latter. Charlie were basically hiding out in the Mekong delta and using it as a staging area for infiltration into the South. The US used the river to basically go in on seek and destroy missions as the terrain wasn't suitable for vehicles. It was an awful job for the young conscripts - snipers, booby traps and incidents were whole platoons pretty much wiped out in ambushes. Lots of young men dying for no good reason 
The book is well worth a look if you're interested in this period as its all based on interviews with vets.

[Leman]

Now reading the Valley Campaign (abridged title), jointly written by Holdfast. Very informative and an interesting view on the legend of T J Jackson.

[Hertsblue]

Just finished Hunter Killers by Iain Ballantyne, a potted history of Royal Navy nuclear submarines. Fascinating details of Cold War shenanigans in the Barents Sea and the North Atlantic. You wouldn't think it possible for two submarines to collide, given the huge expanses of water they operated in, but there were several Soviet/British and Soviet/US comings together over the course of thirty years cat-and-mouse adventures at sea.   

[cameronian]

Now reading the Valley Campaign (abridged title), jointly written by Holdfast. Very informative and an interesting view on the legend of T J Jackson.

Perhaps we could invite Holdfast to post something concerning his views on Jackson. I think (and I may be wrong) that I heard him criticise Henderson once for promulgating views that were unduly complementary of Jackson.