Category Archives: Recommended Books

Special Forces Berlin: Clandestine Cold War Operations of the US Army’s Elite, 1956-1990

Special Forces Berlin by James Stejskal https://amzn.to/46kT5IvWhat I found intriguing about this book is that the author is a fellow Special Forces soldier who actually served with the Special Forces in Berlin. Hands on truth, the ground truth. If you are an SF dude this is a must read. If you are a history buff […]

AGINCOURT

Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell I highly recommend the audio version for this book. The narrator is awesome. It made me feel like I was hanging around swatting flies with Henry V and his archers. Agincourt – Paperback Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle that Made England by Juliet Barker After listening to Bernard Cornwell’s Agincourt […]

The Winter Fortress

The Winter Fortress Winter Fortress is action packed and filled with daring men that made history. One of the most remembered commando raids ever it lives on in books like this. Winter survival, guts, hardship, tough men and women, and worst of all the devastation brought to their country by the Nazi’s and their own […]

War on the Run by John F. Ross

War on the Run by John F. Ross Major Robert Rogers has always been an interesting man to discuss while I served in the Army. I never attended Ranger schools or served in Ranger Battalion but I feel as though I understand this unit pretty well. Hundreds of the men I served with were real […]

Bunker Hill A City, A Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick

Bunker Hill A City, A Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick This book fell in place with the previous books I had been reading and I wanted to see what the likes of Israel Putnam and Thomas Gage were acting like now. I also wanted to see more about William Howe and what his thoughts […]

Journals of Robert Rogers of the Rangers by Robert Rogers

Journals of Robert Rogers of the Rangers by Robert Rogers This book is a great accompaniment to War on the Run. It can definitely be used as a reference and lets you get a feel for the man who was Robert Rogers. It isn’t an easy read but it is more than likely how he […]

A Plain Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings and Remarkable Deliverance of Thomas Brown of Charlestown, in New England by Thomas Brown

A Plain Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings and Remarkable Deliverance of Thomas Brown of Charlestown, in New England by Thomas Brown I had to read this narrative about one of Robert Rogers’ Rangers who was captured at the Battle of Snowshoes. It is a very short book but written by the boy who was captured. […]

White Devil: A true story of war, savagery, and vengeance in Colonial America by Stephen Brumwell

White Devil by Stephen Brumwell If I had never read War on the Run, this would be considered a pretty good book. Since I have read War on the Run this was a less than stellar read. I felt as though the writer sided with Thomas Gage and didn’t call out his poor leadership. It […]

Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Some think 007 is cool, but Jim Bond hasn’t got anything on the real Brits that fought World War II. Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, The Maverick’s who plotted Hitler’s Defeat by Giles Milton is a page turning story of the outside the box thinking that started with Winston Churchill […]

The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk

The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk After a day of range and CQB training with some of America’s finest we headed to a little greasy diner to get chow. Both men who were seated at my table had a wide level of experiences, in service and out. One had returned from a fight camp in […]