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[Prof.Witchheimer]

Roman Ungern von Sternberg was a Baltic aristocrat, a violent, headstrong youth posted to the wilds of Siberia and Mongolia before the First World War. After the Bolshevik Revolution, the Baron - now in command of a lethally effective rabble of cavalrymen - conquered Mongolia, the last time in history a country was seized by an army mounted on horses. He was a Kurtz-like figure, slaughtering everyone he suspected of irreligion or of being a Jew. And his is a story that rehearses later horrors in Russia and elsewhere. James Palmer's book is an epic recreation of a forgotten episode and will establish him as a brilliant popular historian.

[Aaron]

Ooh, nice! Another one for the wish list!

[Helen]

Nice one Prof

I suppose at some point I'd like to look at this book too.

[DFlynSqrl]

"The Arab-Israeli Wars:  War and Peace in the Middle East" by Chaim Herzog.

"The Yom Kippur War:  The Epic Encounter that Transformed the Middle East"
by Abraham Rabinovich.

"Six Days of War" by Michael Oren.

Found all three at a Half-Price Bookstore for $20!
My interest in wargaming the AIW has been rekindled.

Rodney

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Nice one Prof

I suppose at some point I'd like to look at this book too.

It's worth it, Helen, it's a new publication, first released some weeks ago, very thorough, yesterday started reading of it and I really like the writing style.

[PeteMurray]

Von Sternberg has crazy eyes. But I suppose rational people don't set themselves up as tyrant warlords in Mongolia, either.

[twrchtrwyth]

Thrilling Expeditions:Valley of the Thunder Lizard, PDF.

[Helen]

Nice one Prof

I suppose at some point I'd like to look at this book too.

It's worth it, Helen, it's a new publication, first released some weeks ago, very thorough, yesterday started reading of it and I really like the writing style.

Thanks Alex 

[knoxville]

I found the one mentioned by Chris a few days ago and today I got his:



Pretty nice for 15,-

[Poliorketes]

[Doomhippie]

I rediscovered a book I was given at the tender age of 12 and had no appreciation of it at that time. MORENGA by Uwe Timm. It's about the Herero and Nama rebellion in the German south west African colony. Apart from the fact that there are a couple of nice ideas for Triumph and Tragedy in there I also found the description of a German Lieutenant with the archetypical "Graf von" in his name. He is described as a drunkard and morphine user.

That alone wouldn't be any funny if it weren't for the fact that just two years ago I taught two students in my English class with the very same name... I haven't really had teh heart to tell them of their ancestor's reputation... Poor kids. 

[majorsmith]

some fantastic rogue trooper graphic novels, fort neuro, to the ends of nu earth and re-gene, completes my collection now!! well worth a read if you like sci fi comics

[Prof.Witchheimer]

got "Sand, nothing but sand" by Hugo Pratt for 1 EUR  no Weird War at all, just a short and nice story about some australian soldiers (beer lovers) in the Africa in 1941. Maybe not the level of a Corto Maltese book, though amusing and entertaining

[Doomhippie]

I rediscovered a book I was given at the tender age of 12 and had no appreciation of it at that time. MORENGA by Uwe Timm. It's about the Herero and Nama rebellion in the German south west African colony. Apart from the fact that there are a couple of nice ideas for Triumph and Tragedy in there I also found the description of a German Lieutenant with the archetypical "Graf von" in his name. He is described as a drunkard and morphine user.

That alone wouldn't be any funny if it weren't for the fact that just two years ago I taught two students in my English class with the very same name... I haven't really had teh heart to tell them of their ancestor's reputation... Poor kids. 

Alright, I talked to the kids. They confirmed that this guy was actually their ancestors but the family does not really hold him in too high esteem as they know that he was responsible for the odd killing of civilians in South West. Funny how history comes back to "haunt" us once in a while.

[Westfalia Chris]

got "Sand, nothing but sand" by Hugo Pratt for 1 EUR  no Weird War at all, just a short and nice story about some australian soldiers (beer lovers) in the Africa in 1941. Maybe not the level of a Corto Maltese book, though amusing and entertaining(...)

Oh, that one! I´ve had it for years (bought it discounted just before the excellent comic book store here in Münster folded) but always thought it a bit contrived. I agree, not "Corto"-quality. The black and white art is rather impressive, though, but I still prefer the coloured pieces. And that tank is not that plausible, especially the part in France...