Book recommendations
04-13-2022, 01:48 PM
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For you Fox News nuts that don’t understand the left…and you CNN crazies that don’t understand the right, I can’t recommend this book enough. It does a great job explaining why people take sides on everything and feel they are right. The writing flows very well, it’s balanced, and it’ll change your thinking (might relieve some stress, too).
The Righteous Mind - Jonathan Haidt
The Righteous Mind - Jonathan Haidt
1491: Great insight at new discoveries about the Americas pre-Columbus and how what we're taught is school is wrong
Mig Pilot: Soviet MiG-25 pilot hates it so much in the USSR that he defects to Japan. We get to see the Russian's fast new jet for the first time and get a sneak peek into the Iron Curtain for the first time in the Cold War.
04-13-2022, 04:37 PM
#283
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Great book. Also from JH, The Coddling of the American Mind
1491: Great insight at new discoveries about the Americas pre-Columbus and how what we're taught is school is wrong
Mig Pilot: Soviet MiG-25 pilot hates it so much in the USSR that he defects to Japan. We get to see the Russian's fast new jet for the first time and get a sneak peek into the Iron Curtain for the first time in the Cold War.
1491: Great insight at new discoveries about the Americas pre-Columbus and how what we're taught is school is wrong
Mig Pilot: Soviet MiG-25 pilot hates it so much in the USSR that he defects to Japan. We get to see the Russian's fast new jet for the first time and get a sneak peek into the Iron Curtain for the first time in the Cold War.
Somewhat related is America's Secret MiG Squadron: The Red Eagles of Project CONSTANT PEG
Book by Gaillard R. Peck Jr
Might be some who flew in that outfit or fought against them! 😉
04-13-2022, 04:41 PM
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For you Fox News nuts that don’t understand the left…and you CNN crazies that don’t understand the right, I can’t recommend this book enough. It does a great job explaining why people take sides on everything and feel they are right. The writing flows very well, it’s balanced, and it’ll change your thinking (might relieve some stress, too).
The Righteous Mind - Jonathan Haidt
The Righteous Mind - Jonathan Haidt
04-13-2022, 05:04 PM
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I just picked up "The Blond Knight of Germany" after it came highly recommended. I'm sure the story of military aviation's highest scoring ace will be fun to read.
A lot of these older gems you can find in Thriftbooks.com cheaper than amazon and in great condition.
04-14-2022, 04:13 PM
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I just finished his book "Consilience". Wish I had read it years ago, but better late than never.
A thoughtful man (E. O. Wilson) who tried to understand the big picture.
04-14-2022, 04:21 PM
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On a related note, Skunkworks was another great aviation book. The stories Rich tells as Kelly Johnson's right hand man are awesome.
I just picked up "The Blond Knight of Germany" after it came highly recommended. I'm sure the story of military aviation's highest scoring ace will be fun to read.
A lot of these older gems you can find in Thriftbooks.com cheaper than amazon and in great condition.
I just picked up "The Blond Knight of Germany" after it came highly recommended. I'm sure the story of military aviation's highest scoring ace will be fun to read.
A lot of these older gems you can find in Thriftbooks.com cheaper than amazon and in great condition.
“Top Guns of the Luftwaffe” and “Luftwaffe Fighter Aces”, and “The First and the Last” (by Galland) are decent as well.
04-14-2022, 04:25 PM
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A somewhat similar style used in poking holes in nationalistic pretentiousness is "The Good Soldier Svejk" by Jaroslaw Hasek. The ending is not really a finale as the author died before finishing it, but by then the reader can almost write a version of it himself.
04-14-2022, 04:44 PM
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CBreezy,
I don't read a great deal of fiction. However I have gleaned some great truths from fiction that are simply too complex to explain in non-fiction. A fictional narrative can reveal them more easily.
My point is that I have benefited by occasionally getting out of my reading comfort zone.
That being said would recommend a non-fiction book from 2017 by Timothy Snyder, "The Road to Unfreedom". Though coming up on 5 years old it still is one of the best books that comes to my mind for some insight into the crises involving Putin(AKA Russia), Ukraine, Western Democracy, and much more.
Snyder is not a simple narrative styled Historian. To get much benefit from reading his work requires one (well myself anyway) to pay attention and periodically pause to reflect on his arguments and conclusions.
I don't read a great deal of fiction. However I have gleaned some great truths from fiction that are simply too complex to explain in non-fiction. A fictional narrative can reveal them more easily.
My point is that I have benefited by occasionally getting out of my reading comfort zone.
That being said would recommend a non-fiction book from 2017 by Timothy Snyder, "The Road to Unfreedom". Though coming up on 5 years old it still is one of the best books that comes to my mind for some insight into the crises involving Putin(AKA Russia), Ukraine, Western Democracy, and much more.
Snyder is not a simple narrative styled Historian. To get much benefit from reading his work requires one (well myself anyway) to pay attention and periodically pause to reflect on his arguments and conclusions.
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