My loose understanding is that WWII air combat was a lot more slashing then circles.
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Not enough thrust for energy-sustaining maneuvers, so everything would inevitably go downhill otherwise.
Spoiler Alert: things do not go well for Gen Pickett.
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AFAIR there was a flashdecker in that book. Which means both vomiting stains and body bruises much wider.
Most valued trait of surface ASW warrior coinsides IMO with most valued trait of a man generally: an endurance. And his ship has to be quick just to cope with surfacing (literally) threats. U-Boat then had to be virtually surfaced to properly aim the torpedoes. Torpedo-Kommando-Geraet, a TDC in USN parlance, was of great help but Der Underseepiratten had to properly evaluate the speed and course of the target, and then it was hardly possible through the P-scope at night or in any other Atlantic darkness.
Just like the Hunt for Red October, the Soviet reality as described is FAR from reality as it was. During 1970-80s Soviet Navy was sticking with special ethos separating itself from the rest of Soviet military by some kind of irony simultaneously maintaining quite strict discipline within. It was impossible to see the enlisted men freely smoking or drinking onboard, as well as taking clumsy civilian clothes on. Look, the Russian naval sense of a discipline stems from old Cartesian picture that military structure is a watch-like mechanism: every cog and every spring has to do its own job for long and there's no such thing as individual mind: the only "mind" that exists is the mind of a commanding officer. You can find something similar in German and Japanese navies, by the way.
“2034” by Admiral James Stavridis and journalist Elliot Ackerman releases next week - has the potential to be really good as the authors stated it is an updated version of one of the best Cold War novels: “The Third World War, August 1985” by General Sir John Hackett.
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2034 by Elliot Ackerman, Admiral James Stavridis, USN: 9781984881274 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An instant New York Times Bestseller! “Consider this another vaccine against disaster. Fortunately, this dose won't cause a temporary fever—and it happens to be a rippingly good read.”...
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The Third World War
Early in 1977 a retired NATO general called together six of his collegues--including an admiral, an airman, an economist and a diplomat--...
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I loved Hackett’s book. I don’t keep much fiction around the house but I always have that one on the shelf.“2034” by Admiral James Stavridis and journalist Elliot Ackerman releases next week - has the potential to be really good as the authors stated it is an updated version of one of the best Cold War novels: “The Third World War, August 1985” by General Sir John Hackett.
View attachment 300892034 by Elliot Ackerman, Admiral James Stavridis, USN: 9781984881274 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An instant New York Times Bestseller! “Consider this another vaccine against disaster. Fortunately, this dose won't cause a temporary fever—and it happens to be a rippingly good read.”...
The Third World War
Early in 1977 a retired NATO general called together six of his collegues--including an admiral, an airman, an economist and a diplomat--...www.goodreads.com
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I thought Hackett’s book was absolutely superb as well. I purchased my house a few years ago from a retired Army artillery officer and he had Hackett’s book in his library too - I just texted him and told him about “2034”.
I thought Hackett’s book has held up well as a period piece from the late 1970’s - early 1980’s. Was thinking about going back and re-reading some novels from Allen Drury that I haven’t looked at in decades, starting with “Advise and Consent” which won the 1960 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Advise and Consent - Kindle edition by Drury, Allen . Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
Advise and Consent - Kindle edition by Drury, Allen . Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Advise and Consent.
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I read way too much required reading for school right now to spend any of my free reading time on more of the same, so I was looking for a little fast-food bedtime reading. I had never read a Star Wars book and decided to start with the Thrawn series based on some recommendations and Google searches.
If you enjoy SW and haven't read the books, they're actually pretty enjoyable. I'm on the second one of this series.
If you enjoy SW and haven't read the books, they're actually pretty enjoyable. I'm on the second one of this series.
