What are you currently reading ?

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Across a danerous feild looks good as well. Thought AOF was about AWI?

IanS

[kipt]

Just finished "Studies From The Franco Prussian War, 1, The French Imperial Army 1870-71" by Stephen Shann, 1991.  He is the author of the Osprey booklets on the French for the FPW.  Not a long book (other than size) but it has a short paragraph on each Imperial regiment, including artillery and engineers, with the strength of the regiment as of 1 August and its history.  It also lists the colonel of each regiment. There is an OB of all the corps plus the 12th Corps in the back.

Evidently he has also done a study on the Republican troops (1991), as well as books on Wissembourg and Froeschwiller (both 1987).  I would love to get all 3 of these but not in Amazon.  I will need to search around.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Oh okay. I need that book!

[kipt]

"Studies From The Franco Prussian War, 1, The French Imperial Army 1870-71" by Stephen Shann, 1991.

It appears the book is privately published.  There is no company listed.

I can't find any reference so far for the other books.

[kipt]

Finished "The Seeds of Disaster The Development of French Army Doctrine, 1919-39" by BG Robert A. Doughty.

The title says it all.  Typically I like books that get into theory but as it turned out it was a bit of a slog.  Probably because it was a book I only read on lunch break.  Took too long to go through.

I did enjoy the sections of the differences of development on battle tanks vs cavalry tanks.  The infantry kept tanks close to them, in theory, but the cavalry people developed a tank to support their old time roles of scouting, harassment and pursuit.

[kipt]

Finished issue 50 of The Gettysburg Magazine.  Typically the magazine has military  articles.  I believe over the previous 49 issues every brigade, North or South, has been covered.

This issue was about the 3 reunions; 1913, 1939 and 2013.  Personal remembrances rather that military.  I didn't enjoy it.

[Leman]

Crikey! someone had personal memories of Gettysburg in 2013!

[Last Hussar]

Does anybody here read non-military books?!

[fsn]

There are non-military books? 

I'm currently reading one of the "In Death" SF crime novels, and I've got a couple of original "Saint" novels queued. I've also got a book about time keeping called "A Short History of Time" on my bedside elephant.


Literary man about town - FSN 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Waiting for Neal Asher's "Dark Intelligence" to be published.

[Techno]

Does anybody here read non-military books?!

Yes, sir.....I do.
Cheers - Phil

[Steve J]

I read military history, history or travel books. Nothing else seems to grab me these days.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Me - I read Sci-fi, military history, some thrillers and rules.

Currently - Claws of the Bear on the Kindle, The Given Sacrifice in my coat (S.M. Sterling post disaster).

IanS

[Leman]

France at Bay 1870 1871 - the second in Douglas Fermer's history of the FPW. Once again a book on a subject I thought I knew a lot about which includes events I knew little of after all, such as the events at Chateaudun and the battle of La Bourgance.

[Hertsblue]

Does anybody here read non-military books?!

I read sci-fi, crime, general history, thrillers and anything that looks interesting.