Reading Suggestions??

[murphranch]

The way I heard it by Mike Rowe.


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[druryj]

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
By: Yuval Noah Harari

A deep and scholarly look at the history of the world as defined by the only human species left on the planet. Covers a lot of the impact modern man has had on the world; socially, ecologically, and politically among others. Fascinating. Very deep and maybe even a bit controversial, but fascinating.

 

[SoonerP226]

I just finished Leadership In the Shadows by SGM Kyle Lamb, USA (Ret.). As you might guess, this is a book on leadership, and it's one of the better books I've read on the subject.

FYI, that's Kyle Lamb of Viking Tactics, formerly of the Army's Operational Detachment Alpha (aka Delta Force). He was in the Battle of Mogadishu as a Delta operator; as he put it, he wasn't at the bottom of the chain, but it wouldn't be far to fall from where he was. He does talk a bit about the leadership lessons to be learned from "the Mog," but he doesn't talk a lot about the battle; if you want to hear that, look for "three veterans recall the Battle of Mogadishu" on YouTube. That's him and two officers who were involved in the battle talking in detail about it.

 

[druryj]

I just finished Leadership In the Shadows by SGM Kyle Lamb, USA (Ret.). As you might guess, this is a book on leadership, and it's one of the better books I've read on the subject.

FYI, that's Kyle Lamb of Viking Tactics, formerly of the Army's Operational Detachment Alpha (aka Delta Force). He was in the Battle of Mogadishu as a Delta operator; as he put it, he wasn't at the bottom of the chain, but it wouldn't be far to fall from where he was. He does talk a bit about the leadership lessons to be learned from "the Mog," but he doesn't talk a lot about the battle; if you want to hear that, look for "three veterans recall the Battle of Mogadishu" on YouTube. That's him and two officers who were involved in the battle talking in detail about it.

Wouldn’t that be Operational Detachment Delta?


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[SoonerP226]

Wouldn’t that be Operational Detachment Delta?

When he was in Somalia, he was in Operational Detachment Delta. From what I gather, he was in Operational Detachment Alpha as a non-com, though I'm not clear on the relationship to Delta (he references ODA in the book, but doesn't clarify the structure, as it's not really important to what he's trying to teach).

 

[dlbleak]

I read this book a couple of years ago but forgot about it.

DAYS OF RAGE by Bryan Burrough

It's the history of the Weather Underground, a domestic left-wing terror group in the U.S. in the late 60s and early 70s.
It started from the Vietnam war protestors and they wound up setting off bombs, burning buildings and assassinating police officers.

I might pick that one up. Always been intrigued by Bill Ayers and bernadine Dohrn and how they can still do some invitational speaking and not be in jail.

 

[dlbleak]

I’m re-reading Out of the Ashes by William Johnstone. Pretty fitting for the times we’re living in.
While we were holed up hiding from the virus I read Dan Crenshaws book and Glenn becks new book ‘arguing with socialists’

 

[Gunbuffer]

Thank God. Finally got some new material. Screw the media and sports and all of them. (Until hockey starts in August)

 

[HFS]

Something I read in bits and pieces is reloading books.
I like to see the history and ballistics of offbeat calibers, even if I will never own or reload for them.

I have a copy of Phil Sharpe's THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO HANDLOADING (the Funk & Wagnall's Edition from the 1950's).
It has lots of loading data. Sadly a bunch of the powders he mentions are no longer made. Some of his loads with common powders still available are kind of spicy, compared to modern reloading manuals.
It's kind of odd considering his own stout load data but he has a deadly serious warning in the book about the dangers of careless reloading and he gives permission to quote it, as long as the entire warning is used and the source (his book) is properly credited.

Edited to add, Phil Sharpe's reloading warning is called "And the Angels Sing..."

I also like to thumb through the LYMAN CAST BULLET HANDBOOK 4TH EDITION because it has lots of lighter-than-factory-loads that use lead bullets.
But the book's description of how to go about casting your own bullets has turned me off to the idea. I suspect the process wouldn't be too bad, if you had an area you could dedicate just to that purpose.
I think the process itself, along with having to set up and tear down every time, would be more hassle than I'm interested in. But I appreciate the effort and research to get the loading data, from people who do make their own bullets.

 

[SoonerP226]

The way I heard it by Mike Rowe.

That's a good one. If you've listened to his podcast, you've heard a lot of the stories, but there's a lot more in the book. The Audible version is read by Rowe himself. (I actually got both the Audible and hardback versions.)