Military
Reading List Monthly
Military Reading List - May 2001 Issue
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IN
THIS MONTH'S ISSUE:
-
Recommended Book of the Month (Pearl Harbor: The Movie and the Moment)
-
In the news (China
and U.S. Maritime Patrols)
- New to the Korean Reading List
-
New to the Desert Storm Reading List
-
Link Partner of the Month
RECOMMENDED
BOOK OF THE MONTH
Pearl Harbor: The Movie and the Moment by Jerry Bruckheimer
This
gorgeously illustrated companion volume to the film Pearl Harbor brilliantly
captures the movie and the history it celebrates. Filled with nearly 200 images,
including four-color movie stills, candid shots, storyboards, sketches, and
maps, this book offers something for every movie and history buff. Presenting a
unique, behind-the-scenes glimpse of a blockbuster in the making, this
illustrated volume features articles and sidebars detailing the making of the
movie. Amazon Description.
IN
THE NEWS: With the Chinese still
holding the U.S. P-3 after the high profile maritime patrol incident we thought
that you might enjoy this book. The
P-3 has a long and illustrious history. This
is a great book to add to your library. Take a look and see what the Chinese are
holding.
THE
AGE OF ORION: LOCKHEED P-3 AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY (Schiffer
Military/Aviation History) by David Reade
The
Age of Orion is the first book devoted solely to the development and operational
use of the illustrious USN maritime patrol and anti-submarine hunting aircraft
the Lockheed P-3 Orion. David Reade details for the first time the complete
history and walks you through all the different models, versions and variants.
The book authoritatively establishes the Orion's different configurations, roles
and missions it performs, as well as describes its endless array of capabilities
currently and into the future. Besides chronicling all of its international
operators, and their future upgrade programs, The Age of Orion contains
comprehensive and informative appendices, charts, graphs, and impressive
illustrated Bureau Number Aircraft Location listing of every P-3 Orion in the
world Ð this list is packed with additional historical data on any particular
P-3 Orion. Over 280 color photographs illustrate all of the various U.S. Navy
and foreign markings during the aircraft's thirty-plus year history, over 280
color and b/w photographs, line drawings, 8 1/2" x 11".
Amazon Description.
NEW
TO THE KOREA READING LIST
KOREA,
THE LAST OF THE FUN WARS: FROM THE BEACH TO THE RESERVOIR & OTHER HEROIC
EVENTS by Anette Kalnasy
This
book was a lot of fun. Not since M.A.S.H. have I heard stories of the Korean War
told in a way that the troops would have remembered it. I especially enjoyed the
references to Chesty Puller. Even though the author gives us the chance to guess
on it's authenticity, you know these tales must be true. The poem, "From
the Beach to the Reservoir" is the cause for my review's title. This heroic
tale clearly reveals God's grace that the author is here to write about it. A
must read for every Marine.
BRAVO
TWO ZERO by Andy McNab
From
the Publisher
Their mission: To take out the scuds. Eight went out. Five came back. Their
story had been closed in secrecy until now. They were British Special Forces,
trained to be the best. In January 1991 a squad of eight men went behind the
Iraqi lines on a top-secret mission. It was called Bravo Two Zero. On command
was Sergeant Andy McNab. "They are the true unsung heroes of the war."
-- Lt. Col. Steven Turner, American F-15E commander. Dropped into "scud
alley" carrying 210-pound packs, McNab and his men found themselves
surrounded by Saddam's army. Their radios didn't work. The weather turned cold
enough to freeze diesel fuel. And they had been spotted. Their only chance at
survival was to fight their way to the Syrian border seventy-five miles to the
northwest and swim the Euphrates River to freedom. Eight set out. Five came
back. "I'll tell you who destroyed the scuds -- it was the British SAS.
They were fabulous." -- John Major, British Prime Minister. This is their
story. Filled with no-holds-barred detail about McNab's capture and excruciating
torture, it tells of men tested beyond the limits of human endurance... and of
the war you didn't see on CNN. Dirty, deadly, and fought outside the rules.
LINK
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From
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finally to the tear filled eyes at Appomattox. For four of the bloodiest years
in the history of this Republic the war raged. It started as Yanks and Rebs, it
ended as
"Americans!!"
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