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[SBRPearce]

Two titles on my shelf for interest & inspiration:

Three Armies on the Somme: The First Battle of the Twentieth Century, and

Our Man in Tehran, a profile of the Canadian Ambassador to Iran during the Islamic Revolution, whose staff harbored a handful of American diplomats who'd escaped the takeover of the US embassy. The tricky process of spiriting them out of the country, as well as the aid the Canadian mission offered to the Americans planning the embassy rescue mission, makes for great reading.

[Hammers]

I just had a cursory insight in Operation Mincemeat and when I saw this book getting great reviews in on TV I figured I had to get it.

I started to read this and it is a stonking read which give an insight in the 'corkscrew' minds of the secret service. I recommend it to all KKBB fans. Ian Flemming is on of the people described in the book.

[Col.Stone]

From my wonderful girlfriend
Ivor Thord-Gray - Soldat under 13 fanor (Soldier under 13 flags)
about this fellow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivor_Thord-Gray#Primary_Source

[archangel1]

I started to read this and it is a stonking read which give an insight in the 'corkscrew' minds of the secret service. I recommend it to all KKBB fans. Ian Flemming is on of the people described in the book.

I've read Ewen Montagu's book The Man Who Never Was about this story.  You're right about it being fascinating.  The movie starring Clifton Webb and Stephen Boyd is quite good, too (although there is some fictionalization, being British 'Hollywood' after all and some factual errors due to lack of information at the time) and is available on DVD.

I'll have to look out for this book now.

[Hammers]

I've read Ewen Montagu's book The Man Who Never Was about this story.  You're right about it being fascinating.  The movie starring Clifton Webb and Stephen Boyd is quite good, too (although there is some fictionalization, being British 'Hollywood' after all and some factual errors due to lack of information at the time) and is available on DVD.

I'll have to look out for this book now.

According to Macintyre, Montagu, who was heavily involved in the proceedings, had painted some of the more sordid events in, to him, rather flattering colours, in fact  he lied like the spy he was. Especially in regards to the poor Welsh bastard they nicked from the mortuary and dressed up as spy bait. That bit is a rather appalling account in  Operation Mincemeat.

[carlos marighela]

It's an excellent read and if you enjoyed that one I'd recommend you pick up a copy of his earlier book, Agent Zigzag, which deals with an episode of WW2 espionage, every bit as bizarre and hugely entertaining.

[white knight]

[Comsquare]

Red snow is nice, have that too

[answer_is_42]

Got this for my birthday, just begun reading it:


Wasn't expecting much, but have been impressed thus far. Short but concise, with lots of nice anecdotal tales of derring-do to inspire the wargamer.

[Poiter50]

Osprey Cobra units in Vietnam.

[white knight]

Osprey Cobra units in Vietnam.

You mean, like this? 

[Poiter50]

Sorry, fell of my chair laughing! 

You mean, like this? 

[HPFlashman]

Triggered an accumulating cart at Amazone, and hauled off these:

Lettow-Vorbeck Reminiscences of East Africa
Life of Fredric Courtnay Selous
Mimi and Toutou goes forth
The first word war a pictorial history
We danced all night
A very british strike
Hurrah for the blackshirts

and a mil sci-fi thingy called the Black hand gang.

in the mail as well, are a couple of the VBCW source books from Solway and the Dallimore books from Foundry.  Should get me over the middle of may, atleast...

[General Roos]

Ospreys Petersburg 1864-65. The longest siege.

I´m gonna make myself a "battle of the crater" board sometime (when I'm done with my Innsmouth project).

[archangel1]

Nothing to do with miniatures but still cool!