What Books Are You Reading?

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Re: What Books Are You Reading?

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panzergator wrote:
Mon May 01, 2023 9:35 pm
"The Outpost" is a very good book. It was hard to read it, but finish it I did. I would never rely solely on a journalist's book to make an evaluation of an event, but this book has plenty of good meat. Just read other books, as well.
(Un)fortunately Jake Tapper writes very well. He certainly put me in the places he was writing and it was really hard at times getting through a few spots. You already know the troops and the impact is great. Never having "been there, done that" I could already see things were not going to "go well" and all you can feel is compassion and respect for what these servicemen will face and how they handle it. And the utter waste when you can see there really is almost no upside to their being in the places they are. Yet they keep trying their damnedest. I never felt our going to Afghanistan was a mistake, as I did Iraq before we actually left for there or ever since, but we certainly did not handle it well. We squandered world support and more importantly domestic support because of it.
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Re: What Books Are You Reading?

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Outpost reminded me a lot of At kin son's Day of Battle. You wonder what this or that leader is thinking and why something has to be done a certain way when the outcome is so predictable, but we are looking at it with hindsight and probably a better "big picture.". That's something I always try to keep in mind. I learned to do that in my early years studying Custer and Little Bighorn. Things are not necessarily as presented and you better do a little more reading (probably why my Custer shelf is 4 feet wide).

I've learned, over a number of years, to listen carefully to what an administration says, what words they are unconsciously and consciously choosing, to discern what they are selling us. The 2003 invasion of Iraq was clearly, from the way it was presented, a pig in a poke. The result was predictable, politicians and military leaders pulled the wool over their own eyes willingly, enthusiastically. They committed the folly of believing their own press releases. It cost us dearly and is still costing us. Military and naval people paid, and still pay, most of all. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Feith, Franks, all wanted an easy mark for their history book page. Powell should have quashed it, but Powell was no George Marshall.
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Re: What Books Are You Reading?

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I am currently reading "Red Army Handbook 1939 to 1945" by Steven Zaloga and Leland Ness. A must-have for anyone doing WWII Soviets or wargaming WWII Eastern Front.
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Re: What Books Are You Reading?

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I just started this book - Tactics: A Theory of Victory in Battle by B. A. Friedman. I'm hoping to step my tactical game up a little bit so that I don't make dumb mistakes in my next wargame!

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Re: What Books Are You Reading?

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Trying to Find a PDF Copy of Praxis Tacticum that Redleg recommended to me since it was written by a Canadian. So Far that Book has Eluded me for weeks.

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Re: What Books Are You Reading?

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Here you go.
Amazon info below. Check your public library. I have seen some listed as high as $41.00.
Praxis Tacticum: The Art, Science and Practice of Military Tactics (Essential Guides to War and Warfare) Paperback – Illustrated, September 23, 2021
by Col Charles S Oliviero (Author)
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Download or Read ePub/PDF Praxis Tacticum: The Art, Science and Practice of Military Tactics Kindle Unlimited by Charles S. Oliviero (Author) PDF is a great book to read and that's why I recommend read
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Re: What Books Are You Reading?

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the link did not work. ill have to check my local library for the book.

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Re: What Books Are You Reading?

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Unfortunately my library does not have a copy of Praxis Tacticum, if anyone has a PDF scan of the book. ill pm you my Email.

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Re: What Books Are You Reading?

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MechCommander wrote:
Fri Jun 16, 2023 1:52 am
Unfortunately my library does not have a copy of Praxis Tacticum, if anyone has a PDF scan of the book. ill pm you my Email.
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https://newreleasesbook.com/?book=1777312159

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Re: What Books Are You Reading?

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the link did not work Mick.

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Re: What Books Are You Reading?

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Works fine for me on three different computers, MS and Linux.
My link is not the same as the one Chris posted.

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Re: What Books Are You Reading?

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My guess is the Anti-Virus program I use must have blocked it.

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Re: What Books Are You Reading?

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Find another book then. Praxis Tacticum was a recommendation, but if it's not available to you then find something else. Look in your library. Google. If you want to learn the basics you have to put some effort into it.
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Re: What Books Are You Reading?

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Currently Reading FM3-21-20 right now redleg.

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