a_mom - Hi. Don't know if you are aware of this, but the LT Harding that asked for this book is now on the old contacts list.

Thank you for the post however because I found another Harding, SSG Ron G. who is collecting clothes for wounded soldiers at his base's hospital.  Will post it on Contacts Request thread.

Thanks again - would never have found SSG Harding if you hadn't posted.

Ann

Since so many contacts ask for reading material ie: both magazines and books I keep looking for books to send as well as the usual periodicals. 

In honor of Presidents' day:

The First Salute by Barbara Tuchman - A View of The American Revolution - with a lot on Washington.  ppbk, but not exactly pocket sized.  also not exactly light reading although not real heavy stuff either.

Abraham Lincoln, His Essential Wisdom, edited by Carol Kelly-Gangi. hrdcvr but small and thin enough to fit in a bubble mailer.  Interesting and cool quotes from his life and speeches.  Found it at the B&N sale table.

Ann

Hi,

My favorite books are:

Keith Armstrong and others, Courage After Fire. Great for families, troops and therapists.

Dave Grossman's books, On Killing and On Combat. He is a former Army Ranger, and teaches military. These books are not expensive and explain a lot about how people do not want to kill, and how difficult it is for most to have killed. In On Combat, he explains the physiological changes of what happens when a person is in a life/death situation, and - for example, why a Soldier may think he did nothing to help his buddies, but in fact he really did a lot.

Jonathan Shay's books - Odysseus in America and Achilles in Vietnam. These are a more difficult read, and he compares the experience of Odysseus to all soldiers. He is a great psychiatrist, and has advice on how the military could help lower combat stress. Works at Boston VA.

Barbara

ann:

The First Salute by Barbara Tuchman - A View of The American Revolution - with a lot on Washington.  ppbk, but not exactly pocket sized.  also not exactly light reading although not real heavy stuff either.

oops I forgot a few:

Aphrodite Matsakis ' books - there is a new one that came out in 2007 or 2008. If your library has Vietnam Wives but not anything newer, take it - there is one really good chapter about what it was like to have "boots on the ground" - and even though the country is different, I learned a lot about what it would be like in Iraq.

Author? I Love my Rifle More than You. - great book by female soldier who served in Iraq.

Jackie Spinner, journalist. Tell Them I Didn't Cry.- female journalist in Iraq - great book to read on a long flight. Oh - I forgot to say that I got some really funny looks reading "On Killing" at a Souplantation - middle aged, graying woman reading this book!

Barbara

Great new book - recently published

"American Heroes in The Fight Against Radical Islam", 

by Oliver North edited by Chuck Holton

and if you'd like a copy signed  

check out this site to see when the author will be in your area on his

book tour  www.OliverNorth.com  and click on Book Tour.

You can also go to Chuck Holton's site www.livefire.us 

Ann 

Hi,

  I saw Pat Tillman's mother on the Today Show the other day. She has written a tribute to her son called "Boots on the Ground by Dusk".  I'm sure it is a heartwrenching story considering the events that occurred after his death, but I plan to get a copy ASAP.