What book are you reading now...

[gao_yixing]

I'm reading DAS BUCH HITLER by Henrik Eberle and Matthias Uhl.

[temujin77]

I'm 10 pages away from finishing the Last Lion by William Manchester, which is a damned good book of the political scene of western Europe during the rise of Germany (in addition to being a good biography of Churchill). And of course in Manchester's usual manner, the narratives are just stunningly beautiful.

On deck is Reminiscences (First Edition!) by Douglas MacArthur, my hero! I already cracked it open and read the forward and the first chapter, actually. It's very nicely written especially for a soldier. But then of course, MacArthur wasn't your typical type of soldier, either.

[temujin77]

By the way, I highly recommend Goodbye Darkness if any of you are looking for that next book to read. Click on that link to see a review I wrote about that book.

[Jim O]

I'm now reading An Infantryman in Stalingrad by Adelbert Holl, translated by Jason D Mark and Neil Page.

[Lancer44]

I just received Polish translation of " A Question of Honor" by Lynn Olson and Stanley W. Cloud and I'm enjoying this book second time.
Translation is not bad, but somewhat reading this book in English was better for me. My brain is slowly being "anglicised"... ... perhaps...

You can find about this book here:

A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: The Forgotten Heroes of World War Two, by Lynne Olson and Stanley Cloud

Interview with the authors is very interesting as well:

A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: The Forgotten Heroes of World War Two, by Lynne Olson and Stanley Cloud

Cheers,

Lancer44

[Hobilar]

Originally Posted by cbstokes

I just fininshed "Decision at St. Vith" by Charles Whiting. It was a tattered old copy, but still full of interesting views about who was responsible for the weakness that led to the Battle of the Bulge. Montgomery comes off looking pompous, Bradly is represented as clueless and Ike is a mindless puppet. The 7th Armored gets some good words along with a few heroic elements of the 106th infantry. I think I'll read more Whiting to see if his anti-Ike bias carries through his other works.

At the risk of getting myself in trouble with the moderator (again) I would say that personnally I am not a great fan of this author. His books are all very similar and predictable and probably the best is 'Massacre at Marmedy'

[sniper1shot]

You are allowed to not "like" an author.
I have read this book and actually enjoyed it. Some good reading on the post war treatment of the pilots in Britain.

[Helmut Von Moltke]

I'm currently reading "Grenadiers" by Kurt Meyer.

K

[Jim O]

I've just started on Diary from the Years of Occupation 1939-44 by Dr. Zygmunt Klukowski, translated from Polish by George Klukowski. It's the diary of a Polish physician and historian from just before the start of the war until the "liberation" of his region by the Red Army. I also have the "sequel" called Red Shadow which covers the Soviet Occupation of 1944-56.

[temujin77]

Last reported, I was just about to get into Reminiscences. Well, I finished it earlier this week, and wrote a review on it yesterday at this link:

World War II Database: Your WW2 History Reference Destination

I started reading Flags of Our Fathers last night. Despite its best seller status, I still can't say the book is actually high on my reading list, but I'd like to read it and let it settle in before the movie/mini-series based on it is released in the next couple of years.

I have two books on deck after this one, not sure which one I'm going to read first. One of them is on Kamikaze pilots (the actual title escapes me at the moment), and the other is Arms of Krupp by William Manchester who is my favorite author of late.