Book recommendations
04-21-2022 | 05:17 AM
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04-25-2022 | 07:34 AM
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I love this thread, because the basic format is:
“Here’s a book I recommend”
And sometimes
“Here’s a very brief summary”
Show me what a man reads, and I’ll know who the man is. Just the posting of book titles is an excellent insight into the collective mind of our pilot group. It is a reminder not everyone at Delta has the same opinions, and good manners in the cockpit require us to acknowledge that fact.
It sure would be nice if it could stay that way. (Yes, this post violates that plea, and I won’t repeat it here)
Title. Author. Brief summary (optional)
“Here’s a book I recommend”
And sometimes
“Here’s a very brief summary”
Show me what a man reads, and I’ll know who the man is. Just the posting of book titles is an excellent insight into the collective mind of our pilot group. It is a reminder not everyone at Delta has the same opinions, and good manners in the cockpit require us to acknowledge that fact.
It sure would be nice if it could stay that way. (Yes, this post violates that plea, and I won’t repeat it here)
Title. Author. Brief summary (optional)
04-27-2022 | 05:44 PM
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Boys in the Boat is one of my all time fav books...really give one an idea of how hard the 1930's were for folks, and how present day people have zero idea of the struggles of the Great Depression.
Vulcan 607 - About the Operation Blackbuck raids in the Falklands War.
SkyGods - Find a free copy if you can, was written by a PanAm scab that became a Delta Pilot (A310 transfer). Good insight into the fall of PanAm.
Enterprise by Barrett Tillman - About CV-6, most decorated WWII Ship (and my personal fav boat)
Ian Toll has a GREAT 3 book series about the Pacific War: Pacific Crucible/Twilight of the Gods/Conquering Tide.
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer...loads of information from a first hand witness writer to Nazi Germany, must read for any WWII student.
Vulcan 607 - About the Operation Blackbuck raids in the Falklands War.
SkyGods - Find a free copy if you can, was written by a PanAm scab that became a Delta Pilot (A310 transfer). Good insight into the fall of PanAm.
Enterprise by Barrett Tillman - About CV-6, most decorated WWII Ship (and my personal fav boat)
Ian Toll has a GREAT 3 book series about the Pacific War: Pacific Crucible/Twilight of the Gods/Conquering Tide.
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer...loads of information from a first hand witness writer to Nazi Germany, must read for any WWII student.
04-28-2022 | 02:47 AM
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Boys in the Boat is one of my all time fav books...really give one an idea of how hard the 1930's were for folks, and how present day people have zero idea of the struggles of the Great Depression.
Vulcan 607 - About the Operation Blackbuck raids in the Falklands War.
SkyGods - Find a free copy if you can, was written by a PanAm scab that became a Delta Pilot (A310 transfer). Good insight into the fall of PanAm.
Enterprise by Barrett Tillman - About CV-6, most decorated WWII Ship (and my personal fav boat)
Ian Toll has a GREAT 3 book series about the Pacific War: Pacific Crucible/Twilight of the Gods/Conquering Tide.
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer...loads of information from a first hand witness writer to Nazi Germany, must read for any WWII student.
Vulcan 607 - About the Operation Blackbuck raids in the Falklands War.
SkyGods - Find a free copy if you can, was written by a PanAm scab that became a Delta Pilot (A310 transfer). Good insight into the fall of PanAm.
Enterprise by Barrett Tillman - About CV-6, most decorated WWII Ship (and my personal fav boat)
Ian Toll has a GREAT 3 book series about the Pacific War: Pacific Crucible/Twilight of the Gods/Conquering Tide.
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer...loads of information from a first hand witness writer to Nazi Germany, must read for any WWII student.
04-28-2022 | 05:52 AM
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From: Enoch Powell Enthusiast
Stalin’s War: A New History of WWII - Sean McMeekin
Interesting take on how WWII was the primarily the ambition of Joseph Stalin, not Hitler; his ultimate success and spread of communism through Eurasia and China due in no small part to short sighted American generosity.
Interesting take on how WWII was the primarily the ambition of Joseph Stalin, not Hitler; his ultimate success and spread of communism through Eurasia and China due in no small part to short sighted American generosity.
04-28-2022 | 07:10 AM
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Interested in getting back into biographies, even better if it's an autobiography. Most of the books I've read are military related, but I'm looking to branch out to other individuals. The last biography I read was a few years ago, but it was American Patriot: The Life and Wars of Col Bud Day by Robert Coram. Great story! Any good ones that you've read recently?
04-28-2022 | 11:40 AM
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I recommend any books David McCullough has written.
If you like WWII books, I recommend John McManus‘ dozen WWII books. Riveting, well written. He is a university professor of history. A couple of years ago he did a sabbatical at Annapolis. Researched their archives. Just came out with the second of the trilogy on WWII in the Pacific..
He is regularly a talking head on the History channel.
If you like WWII books, I recommend John McManus‘ dozen WWII books. Riveting, well written. He is a university professor of history. A couple of years ago he did a sabbatical at Annapolis. Researched their archives. Just came out with the second of the trilogy on WWII in the Pacific..
He is regularly a talking head on the History channel.
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