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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
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The first 1/2 of the book is pretty much relegated to his upbringing in Texas and then pretty much the gruesome exercise regiment that the men have to go through. Lots of running, push-ups, etc. Over and Over again. Kind of overdone page after page. No real insight into special techniques on... more info

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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
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This is a superb history of Genghis Kahn and the Mongol Hords, without the European and Islamic biases that go with it. The Mongol conquerers and rulers come across as more competent and, dare I say it, more tolerant than the people they conquered, albeit part of the same milieu of conquering,... more info

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The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed
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"The Last Days of Old Beijing" is written by an American volunteer English teacher in an "old Town" Beijing elementary school. The area surrounding his rental room is being squeezed by encroaching redevelopment motivated both by profit and patriotism (putting on a good face for the Olympics). Public... more info

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Escape from the Deep: A Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew
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This an unbelievably well-written book that keeps you on the edge of your seat, and I couldn't help wondering what I would have done if I were thrust into a similar circumstance. Calling these guys the Greatest Generation is uttering an understatement.

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Orientalism
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Dr. Said missed the track completely with this supposed historical analysis that is neither historical nor good analysis. While I won't write pages of critique, here are just a few examples of poor work to make points not supported by fact (nor faith).
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Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam
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In his book The Two Vietnams, the late Bernard Fall warned that any comparisons between British victories in Malaya and the situation in Vietnam in 1960's was nothing but a dangerous self-delusion, or worse, an oversimplification of the whole problem. Mr. Nagl should have followed that advice before... more info

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Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
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This fellow is an arm chair quack. He grew up in Pakistan, but that's all about it. Now he makes his living saying cocophony about Pakistan and that region of the world on US TV networks. And with so many networks looking to fill up their airtime, he is having no trouble making this living. He has... more info

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All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
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This is a good history book everyone needs to read. Especially anyone running for political office.

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Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence
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Bryce positions the book as a comprehensive treatise on energy independence, and it's not. Which for me knocks the book down to 1 star.
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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
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Ilan Pappe used Israeli records and interviews with victims of Zionist ethnic cleansing to document how terror, murder, and rape were used by Jews, in Palesting, from the end of World War II through 1949 to expell Palestinians from Palestine and create a larger and larger Isreal. The book is a good... more info

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