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Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
December 31, 2017
Words
263

“About 50 pages into this, I was bored, and it seemed very similar to another book I had read. Sure enough, turns out Annie Jacobson wrote The Pentagon’s Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America’s Top-Secret Military Research Agency . I’m just not a fan of her writing, I guess. The truth is…”

The Cold War: A World History
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
October 6, 2017
Words
50

“ Fantastic, detailed history of the Cold War. covers all the bases, from World War I on, including quite a bit of coverage of India and Africa, outside of the big players – the U.S., Soviet Union, and China. Really, well done. 800 pages, but never got bogged down in it. ”

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
June 3, 2017
Words
92

“A book about applying military principles to business. It’s not a bad book, but the hook is clearly the Navy SEAL angle. Every chapter starts with a novel-esque recounting of some warfare scenario in Ramadi, Iraq, then segues into how that applies to business. It’s all very gung ho and ‘MURICA!…”

First Team
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
December 27, 2015
Words
289

“I read this book because I loved Red Storm Rising (which Bond co-wrote) when I was in high school, and was looking for a way to recapture that. The result was mixed. This book was less ‘nation states at war’ and more ‘special forces beats the terrorists.’ The plot was very human-oriented, which…”

Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
September 27, 2015
Words
218

“A fairly nondescript techno-thriller about World War 3. In my attempt to replicate my love of Red Storm Rising , I took a chance on it. It was okay. The plot centers around the Zumwalt, one of a series of new stealth destroyers (a real thing, apparently), and its massive railgun (not a real thing,…”

Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
September 24, 2023
Words
307

“This was a wildly entertaining book, because of both the subject matter and the writing style of the author. The book is about military science, but not weapons. It’s about a bunch of the other, decidedly unglamorous things we do to enable humans to fight wars, and how science is trying to make…”

Legacy
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
September 30, 2018
Words
112

“Strange little book. I wanted to read some Michener without commitment, and this is the shortest Michener book. It’s a family history, told in flashback by a modern-day solider preparing to testify in front of Congress during the Iran-Contra scandal of the 80s. The main character comes from a long…”

Legion versus Phalanx
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
February 14, 2019
Words
211

“I struggled with this book. The author admits that it’s about almost everything except a direct comparison of the legion and the phalanx. After a short introduction to ancient military tactics, it pretty quickly launches into a long history of ancient warfare and battles. About halfway through…”

The Manchurian Candidate
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
February 19, 2017
Words
45

“ One of the best novels I’ve ever read. Incredibly suspenseful with a fantastic payoff in the end. There’s a sentence 84% of the way through (according to my Kindle) that had me literally slack-jawed for about 60 seconds as my mind reeled with the implications. ”

Silent Night: The Remarkable Christmas Truce of 1914
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
December 18, 2021
Words
124

“I loved the idea of this book, but the reality was a mess. The problem with documenting the Christmas Truce (an actual event ) is that it’s told largely in legend. It was impromptu and distributed – it happened with no advance notice, and it happened all up and down the Ypres front. As a result,…”