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I finished Three Sips of Gin about a guy who served with the Rhodesian Seluous Scouts. It wasn't good. He glossed over anything that would be actually interesting and focused more on his drinking escapades, and shenanigans than what I cared about. It reminded me a lot of Helmet for my Pillow which I also didn't like.
Reading now Fangs of the Lone Wolf - Chechen tactics in the Russian Chechen wars. It's set up as just a series of retellings from militants who fought and what they remember/their strategy. It's short but so far interesting. Has a small commentary after each short interview. Seems like a pretty short book as I'm a third through and just started reading the other day.
I think after this one I need to read something not military focused. Been spending too much time reading about this stuff and not larger political histories.
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It's always dissapointing when the author's ego is more on display than the actual things that make it interesting. Did you ever pick up the Condor Years by Dinges?
Additionally, if you want some crazy political history, check out A Mad Catastrophe by Wawro. Made me cry a bit, even though it was mostly about Austria-Hungary in WW1. Honestly when you read in the last few chapters how people were living, you go from "How could people trust the nazis" to "I would have campaigned for Hitler". Not saying Hitler is good, just saying the vivid picture of end-war WW1 is nutty and interwar Austria-Germany is like, a massive disaster for everyone.
Really eye opening if you want to understand fascism and the rise of Germany in WW2.
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
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I've not read condor years yet, it's on my list.
I think I'll download both it and A Mad Catastrophe and have them be my next two.
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