Category: History
I got The Operators a few years ago and had never got around to reading it and now I’ve read it, I regret that. The Operators is about a …
This is a detailed non-fictional story about a bombing campaign codenamed Linebacker II during the latter stages of the Vietnam War. Due to Linebacker II, the North Vietnamese returned …
A harrowing first-hand account by Royal Marine Ronald ‘Tubby’ Healiss about his survival at sea after his ship, HMS Glorious, was sunk during WWII. This was written in 1955 …
This is written by a guy who worked in the UK Government and rose to become the Labour Prime Minister’s spin doctor. Very detailed and providing more than a …
I’ve read and watched a lot about the wars in Iraq but this is a first for me. This book is about ‘Johnny Walker‘ who was a translator for …
Painting in the Sand is a first hand account by Kim Hughes, a British Army Ammunition Technical Officer – AKA bomb disposal specialist – operating in Afghanistan. Reading this …
Easy read of 200 pages, The Money Hackers – How a Group of Misfits Took on Wall Street and Changed Finance Forever the history of bank disrupters in the …
Junkyard Planet by Adam Minter (I’ve shortened the proper title which is Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade by Adam Minter) This book opened my eyes to …
The Spider Network: How a Math Genius and a Gang of Scheming Bankers Pulled Off One of the Greatest Scams in History by David Enrich is a solid take …
Task Force Black by Mark Urban is a detailed and meticulous look into the operation of special forces in Iraq in 2003. A high level of research was undertaken …