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15 posts tagged with "military"

The Athena Project 14 June, 2020

The Athena Project is the next installment in the Scot Harvath series by Brad Thor. Once again not much to talk about. I like these books…

The Forever War 20 December, 2019

I forget how I came across The Forever War , but I read it rather quickly when I did get around to it and it is pretty good. Similar to…

Rise and Kill First 04 April, 2018

I saw a review for Rise and Kill First a month or so ago and immediately put it on my reading list. I decided to read it after I picked up…

13 Hours 16 November, 2015

I forget what movie I was at when I first saw the preview for this upcoming movie, but I was pretty excited when I saw it. There was a lot…

Spec Ops 01 July, 2015

I was looking for books related to the history of unconvential warfare, and Spec Ops kept popping up. This book presents a theory for how…

Masters of Chaos 20 June, 2015

While reading Chosen Soldier , there was a reference to the book Masters of Chaos as a good historical account of the missions of the…

Path of the Assassin 16 June, 2015

After reading The Lions of Lucerne , I really wanted to read more about Scot Harvath, so I followed up with the second book in the series…

Chosen Soldier 08 June, 2015

Chosen Soldier is an account of how the US Army recruits and trains special forces soldiers. This was the state of affairs as of around…

Inside Delta Force 23 May, 2015

I have been reading a few military books recently, so naturally I would eventually come to read something about Delta Force. What better…

Roughneck Nine-One 10 May, 2015

It appears that I was able to make good on my hope that I would be able to catch back up to my previous pace of a at least a book a week as…

Cryptonomicon 04 May, 2015

Cryptonomicon was a long and at times convulted read, but overall it was entertaining. Although the book was not ridiculously long (around…

Lions of Kandahar 10 March, 2015

The Green Berets form an interesting part of our military. They are the Army's tier 2 special forces operators analogous to the SEALs which…

The Lions of Lucerne 24 February, 2015

I have always liked thrillers like Rainbow Six and The Bourne Identity , so when I heard about the Scot Harvath series, I decided to…

An Officer and a Spy 08 February, 2015

Historical fiction is a strange genre. The first example of this that I remember reading was The Agony and the Ecstasy . That was a very…

American Sniper 04 January, 2015

I had heard about the story of Chris Kyle through various sources over the past couple years, but I had never got around to reading this…

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