Grand unified books thread

[Ed Anger]

Been reading Beevor's D-Day battle of Normandy.  CdM would approve of the very critical look at the British army.  Apparently different fighting arms didn't like to support each other very much.  Infantry wouldn't help the engineers dig holes and engineers wouldn't pick up their rifles when people were shooting at them.  Also way to much tea drinking.   He has very high praise for the Canadians.  He made an interesting claim that 3% of the casualties suffered by the 115th infantry regiment were due to friendly fire from a Texas national guard unit who had a bad habit of shooting anything that moved.

Monty is still outside of Caen awaiting developments.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Been reading Beevor's D-Day battle of Normandy.  CdM would approve of the very critical look at the British army.  Apparently different fighting arms didn't like to support each other very much.  Infantry wouldn't help the engineers dig holes and engineers wouldn't pick up their rifles when people were shooting at them.  Also way to much tea drinking.   He has very high praise for the Canadians.  He made an interesting claim that 3% of the casualties suffered by the 115th infantry regiment were due to friendly fire from a Texas national guard unit who had a bad habit of shooting anything that moved.

Monty is still outside of Caen awaiting developments.

He's the Brits' greatest general since the Black Prince.  He'll have things sorted out just you wait.  Allowing the Jerries to march their entire army out of the Falaise gap was all part of the plan.

[Ed Anger]

Been reading Beevor's D-Day battle of Normandy.  CdM would approve of the very critical look at the British army.  Apparently different fighting arms didn't like to support each other very much.  Infantry wouldn't help the engineers dig holes and engineers wouldn't pick up their rifles when people were shooting at them.  Also way to much tea drinking.   He has very high praise for the Canadians.  He made an interesting claim that 3% of the casualties suffered by the 115th infantry regiment were due to friendly fire from a Texas national guard unit who had a bad habit of shooting anything that moved.

Monty is still outside of Caen awaiting developments.

He's the Brits' greatest general since the Black Prince.  He'll have things sorted out just you wait.  Allowing the Jerries to march their entire army out of the Falaise gap was all part of the plan.

That Market Garden plan was sheer genius. XXX Corps attack along one narrow road? AWESOME.

[Kleves]

Monty is still outside of Caen awaiting developments.

"Goodwood." lol

[Razgovory]

Beevor does point out that the "drop all the bombs all over the city of Caen" wasn't conductive with capturing it on the first day and speculates if Monty really did intend to capture it on the first day at all.  Or that first week.  Or that first month...

[Queequeg]

Looking for a book on Hinduism and the English Civil War and the Commonwealth.  Suggestions?

[garbon]

Looking for a book on Hinduism and the English Civil War and the Commonwealth.  Suggestions?

From my Stuart thread a bit ago.

Michael Braddick God's Fury, England's Fire: A New History of the English Civil Wars

I like this one although I've not finished reading it. I think I like it because it is dense.

And then near the beginning of that thread, books were suggested from the Unhappy Charles game

http://languish.org/forums/index.php?topic=467


That's assuming though that you didn't mean a book about Hinduism and the English Civil War.

[Eddie Teach]

Charles I betrayed Shiva! 

[crazy canuck]

Just about finished the Game of Thrones series.


*mild spoiler alert*


I am liking the series but he is a bit too consistent in that fact that usually anything that can go wrong does (except for one notable character of course).  the story has become a bit too predictable in his attempts to provide an unpredicable outcome.  So for example there was a lot of lead up to Rob going back the Freys to apologize.  But the reader knows that it will not end well and as the event comes closer it becomes more and more obvious.

But that minor problem aside, if anyone hasnt yet read the series (I may be the only one left here) I do recommend it.

[ulmont]

if anyone hasnt yet read the series (I may be the only one left here) I do recommend it.

Don't do it!  There's no way George R. R. Martin is ever going to finish this series, so you're only setting yourself up for pain.

[Razgovory]

I working on that 30 years war book that was discussed here a month or so ago.  It's pretty tough going.  I suspect the author is Catholic since everything seems to be the protestants fault.  But then, that might be true.  Personally I blame the reformation for Marxism.

[crazy canuck]

I suspect the author is Catholic since everything seems to be the protestants fault.  But then, that might be true.

No protestants = no 30 year war.

[LaCroix]

if anyone hasnt yet read the series (I may be the only one left here) I do recommend it.

Don't do it!  There's no way George R. R. Martin is ever going to finish this series, so you're only setting yourself up for pain.

i don't see why not; he's young, fit, and healthy

[ulmont]

i don't see why not; he's young, fit, and healthy

He's 61 years old and fat.  The heart attack is imminent.

[Sheilbh]

the English Civil War and the Commonwealth.  Suggestions?

Austin Woolrych's magnificent 'Britain in Revolution: 1625-1660'
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Britain-Revolution-1625-1660-Austin-Woolrych/dp/0199272689/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260390284&sr=8-1

I want this book at some point:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Noble-Revolt-Overthrow-Charles/dp/0753818787/ref=pd_sim_b_2