A Rumor of War105 reviews Philip Caputo Holt Paperbacks, 1996 Viet nam account + Excellent look into front line Vietnam + Well written and engrossing + Real life account             Target Blue: An Insider's View of the N.Y.P.D.2 reviews Robert. Daley Delacorte Press, 1973 The NYPD is notoriuosly tight-lipped about it's history + Go Inside One Police Plaza Luckily the author(a civilian writer) was appointed Deputy Commissioner to be a spokesman for Patrik Murphy and the Department during one of it's most turbulent periods - the early 70's. So he had an insider's access to events such as the Knapp commission, Foster and Laurie's assassination, the ...             Soldier10 reviews Anthony B Herbert Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973 A True Hero... + Great! + Record Corrected - Herbert Real Hero + Good history             Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft58 reviews Thor Heyerdahl Pocket, 1990 Adventure and more + Kon Tiki + Kon-Tiki Across the Pacific in a Raft + Kontiki paperback received + Non-Fiction             Shogun305 reviews James Clavell Dell, 1976 A Classic Epic of Breathtaking Scope + What every Japan lover wishes for... + Great Read + Good stuff + Loosen the Jesses on the Falcon of Your Soul!             Abandon Ship! The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster34 reviews Richard F. Newcomb Diane Pub Co, 2004 Damn That Torpedo + How Could This Have Happened? + Riveting nonfiction + Tragic Disaster Written With Finesse + Some of the best reading this year             The Onion Field17 reviews Joseph Wambaugh Dell, 1974 EXCELLENT READ - SOME OF THE BEST IN THIS GENRA + The Book Has Some Great Lines + The Meaning Of Guilt + A Treasure + Moving Narrative about a Crime and it's aftermath             Guernica, the Crucible of World War II1 review Gordon Thomas Stein & Day Pub, 1975 The Birth of Air Raids Unparalleled in the history of warfare, the Luftwaffe's elite "Condor Legion" flattened the remote Basque town of Guernica in April 1937 during the experimental Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. This historical novel dissects the facts on why and how the ancient capital of Basque honor and history ...             Sybil: The true and extraordinary story of a woman possessed by sixteen separate personalities90 reviews Flora Rheta Schreiber Grand Central Publishing, 1989 Chilling True Story of Child Abuse and Coping Mechanisms! + Sybil + Compelling I have a friend who is a multiple personality disorder. Regardless if you have seen the movie version of this book, Sybil, with first rate performances by Emmy Winners Sally Field and Joanne Woodward, multiple personality disorder is a lot more complicated. Sometimes, the person who has it can't ...             Tai-Pan85 reviews James Clavell Dell, 1986 Fantastical good in spite of the fact I didn't really enjoy reading it + :) + Lots of pirate adventures set in Asia + pirates, gold, guns, Hong Kong, glory + Top 5 Book List             In Cold Blood429 reviews Truman Capote Vintage, 1994 Anarachy in the heartland : an American story + Brutal Event in Journalistic Focus + The first true crime book is still the best + In Cold Blood in a new edition + A Commentary on our 21st Century Culture             Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu38 reviews Bernard B. Fall Da Capo Press, 2002 Absolutely Riveting - Tactical/operational level study of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu from the French perspective + An empire sacrifices its non-commissioned officers... + A book legend among my Vietnam Vet friends + The Indochina War + Absorbing and comprehensive             Chickenhawk94 reviews Robert Mason Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005 Good reading for the 4th of July + ChickenHawk + Huey + Timeless and much to learn + Don't read this if....             The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945 (Modern Library War)31 reviews John Toland Modern Library, 2003 Excellent + Places us in the other's shoes + Intelligent and Readable + Behind the scenes history at its best! Easy read.             Yeager: An Autobiography46 reviews Chuck Yeager Bantam, 1986 A great story that is easy reading. + The Mark of Chuckie + Well Wriiten and Interesting Book + The Write Stuff-Definetly             The Underground Empire: Where Crime And Governments Embrace14 reviews James Mills Doubleday, 1986 The most intellectual and realistic book on illegal drugs + How to Destabilize the International Economy without even trying + A fantastically well written and informative book + Government Crime Pays Very Very Well + The best book written so far on illegal drugs in America!             Grasshoppers and Elephants: Why Vietnam Fell Wilfred G., Burchett Urizen Books, 1977             Son of the Morning Star: Custer and The Little Bighorn56 reviews Evan S. Connell North Point Press, 1997 A Captivating Read + A wonderful narrative, impossible to categorize + Son of the Morning Star Those who study the Little Big Horn battle seem to fall into two camps where this work is concerned, some love it for it literary style, others loath it as it doesn't adhere to a strict timeline in recounting the events preceding and encompassing the battle. Instead, this book is a literary ...             Noble House74 reviews James Clavell Dell, 1984 A MASTERPIECE WORTHY OF THE TAIPAN! + Nothing was Noble + I have read it twice, given enough time I will read it again. + Wonderful! + Another Great Entry in the Asian Saga             Fields of Fire91 reviews James Webb Bantam, 2001 Phenomenal Read + "Fields of Fire" + Fantastic book! + A pity I did not discover this book sooner... thirty years old (the book not me) + P.