Rereads: “Dune”, “Declare”, “Battle of Britain” and “Overlord” on Audible
I have recently noticed a tendency to reread books that I think I might enjoy - and more often, to...
Inside the Seraglio: Private Lives of the Sultans in Istanbul – John Freely
This book describes the private lives of the sultans in and around Istanbul during the Ottoman Empire's occupation of the...
Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil – The Story of Fleet Logistics Afloat in the Pacific During World War II – Rear Adm. Worrall Reed Carter
This is a digital reissue of a 1953 book issued by the Naval War College Press that tells the story...
The City We Became (Great Cities #1) – N.K. Jemisin
Yeaaahhhh, not quite. This science fiction novel takes an interesting point of view, presenting a New York City where individuals...
The Royal Navy and the Battle of Britain – Anthony J. Cumming
It's rare someone takes issue with Winston Churchill's statement about the Battle of Britain that "[n]ever in the field of...
The Making of the Atomic Bomb – Richard Rhodes
This book took me years to finish, but in the end it was worth it. It was universally recommended as...
The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War – Malcolm Gladwell
This was a great little read that I picked up after listening to Gladwell on a panel about the bomber...
The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire: Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Birth of the Pax Americana – Peter Clarke
I ran across this book while searching for additional sources for one of the papers I was updating for my...
The Battle for Hell’s Island: How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save Guadalcanal – Stephen L. Moore
This was one of my least favorite books about the Pacific war. It wasn't because of the subject, which was...
To the Marianas: War in the Central Pacific 1944 – Edwin P. Hoyt
Hoyt's "Blue Skies and Blood" was the earliest book I had on the Battle of the Coral Sea, and I...