WAR BOOK CLUB MINUTES: APRIL 4TH, 2018:
Books discussed (* indicates title available at RPL):
*The Hounds of Hell/Jean Larteguy:
*How Soccer explains the world: an unlikely theory of
globalization/Franklin Foer:
KAR: a history of the King’s African Rifles and East African
Forces/Malcolm Page:
*Russia: the story of war/Gregory Carleton:
Selous Scouts: Top Secret War/Lt.Col. Ron Reid Daly &
Peter Stiff:
*The Siege of Tsingtao: the only battle of the First World
War to be fought in East Asia/Jonathan Fenby:
Tip and Run: the untold tragedy of the Great War in
Africa/Edward Paice:
Bonus links:
War in Africa:
The Siege of Jadotville (for your viewing pleasure):
(English with foreign language subtitles)
Book:
*Siege at Jadotville: the Irish Army’s forgotten
battle/Declan Power (eBook):
War in Russia:
Why We Fight: The
Battle of Russia:
Theme for May:
Topic for May is UN wars and peacekeeping, which would
include Korea,
Suez and the Gulf War (and hell, let’s throw in the League of Nations
if they ever did anything).
Suez and the Gulf War (and hell, let’s throw in the League of Nations
if they ever did anything).
See you on May 2nd.
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