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Flying the SR-71 Blackbird: In the Cockpit on a Secret Operational Mission
Richard H. Graham
Zenith Press, 2008
Mach 3 Aviation Nerd Heaven
This is a great book! It's exactly what the title says it is -- a pilot's inside the cockpit explanation of flying the SR-71, in expansive detail. The author is perfectly qualified for the task as a former SR-71 pilot, instructor pilot, chief stan/eval and commander ...
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Hell Hawks!: The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht
Robert F. Dorr, Thomas D. Jones
Zenith Press, 2008
Giving the 9th AF their due
A very enjoyable book concerning the 365th Fighter Group, IX Tac, 9th AF. The author does an excellent job of covering the unit's campaign throughout the ETO, blending both the "big picture" and personal experiences nicely. My only complaints are that the time line ...
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The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century
USMC, Colonel Thomas X. Hammes
Zenith Press, 2006
Thoughtful, neutral and critical of business as usual
This book joins a number of others (Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife, The Utility of Force,Tactics of the Crescent Moon) that advocate a more carefully thought out, less technology-driven and hopefully more productive approach to fighting terrorism. And, make no ...
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Lost Victories: The War Memoirs of Hitler's Most Brilliant General
Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, Anthony G. Powell, ...
Zenith Press, 2004
Must Read for Serious Student of World War II
Lost Victories is an excellent first-person memoir of some of the critical battles of the Second World War. Its primary focus is on the Eastern Front in Russia and the Ukraine; von Manstein speaks some about the attack on France in 1940 and opines on what might have ...
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Rupert Red Two: A Fighter Pilot's Life From Thunderbolts to Thunderchiefs
Jack Broughton
Zenith Press, 2008
Rupert Red Two
This is the third book by Colonel Broughton that I have read (the first being "Thud Ridge" and the second, "Going Downtown"), and as always, I found it extraordinarily well written. His previous books provided us with the real soundtrack of flying combat missions over ...
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Afghan Guerrilla Warfare: In the Words of the Mujahideen Fighters
Ali Ahmad Jalali
Zenith Press, 2001
Useful in a practical sense
Before deploying to Afghanistan last year with a Special Forces battalion, I read this book (along with "Afghanstan's Endless War" - Goodson, "The Hidden War" - Borovik, and "The Soviet-Afghan War" - Grau & Gress, eds.) to prepare for battle. While a rough read that ...
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SpaceShipOne: An Illustrated History
Dan Linehan
Zenith Press, 2008
Five Star Rocket Ride
On the first line of the acknowledgments page, author Dan Lineham apologizes to "any of my former English teachers who will have heart failure upon hearing that I actually wrote a book." I'm no doctor, but I have read a lot of space and aviation books, and I can say ...
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Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
Gunther K Koschorrek
Zenith Press, 2005
Blood Red Snow
"Blood Red Snow" is another excellent book written about the German version of War in the East, through yet another direct participant in that war (this book is "one more" excellent - German perspective from the many great books on WWII, within the Amazon ...
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Illustrated Manual of Sniper Skills
Mark Spicer
Zenith Press, 2006
Book Review
I purchased this book to expand my knowledge of snipers in general, not only did this book provide me with a valuable source of information but it has allowed me to transfer this information to my own long range shooting!
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The Spycraft Manual: The Insider's Guide to Espionage Techniques
Barry Davies
Zenith Press, 2005
James Bond it ain't
I am writing this primarily as a counter to another poor review that expected more, and said that this was only for children and uninformed adults. How he decided that a real world example given in the book of a British operative seducing an Irish contact and having ...
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A Spy's Journey: A CIA Memoir
Floyd Paseman
Zenith Press, 2005
Entertaining and easy to read
This book presents a detailed account of one man's life in the CIA, the challenges he had to face and how he went about to resolve these challenges. Its more of a biography rather then an account of what the CIA is really is. Futhermore, the author talks about how ...
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Tales From a Tin Can: The USS Dale from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay
Michael Olson
Zenith Press, 2007
Destroyermen The Few The Proud
This is a terrific read and well reflects the lives we endured on the "greyhounds of the sea". The memories of these terrific sailors is exciting and certainly reflects the challenges that they faced again and again. Having rode many of these ships over a 30 year Navy ...
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To Be a U.S. Army Green Beret (To Be A)
Gerry Schumacher
Zenith Press, 2005
Gold for possible SF er's
This book provides great insight in to what it takes to be the best. It breaks down the process from the beginning of basic to the last phase of the Q Course. I thought I knew pretty much everything I needed,boy was I wrong. The info. is from BTDT's and students ...
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To Be a U.S. Naval Aviator (To Be A)
Jay A. Stout
Zenith Press, 2005
Great book on Naval Aviation
Being a current flight instructor in the Naval Aviation Training Command I can atest that Jay Stout's book "tells it like it is." It is an accurate, informative and interesting tour of what a young man or woman goes through from the day they show up to begin training, ...
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To Be a U. S. Army Ranger (To Be A)
Russ Bryant
Zenith Press, 2003
A great Brief guide
The picture quality in this book is excellent. The book also does an excellent job of keeping the pictures and information relevant and in good chronological order. Having gone through Basic and Airborne School down in Fort Benning it was great to look back and ...
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